Instant Checkmate Reviews

The information you can access on this website is very limited. If you are just looking for addresses, past and present, and phone numbers (including cell phone #s), I have found that it's pretty accurate. And it also includes social network information. All of this could be done without spending any money, however it is a time saver and I feel like I have gotten my money's worth. There isn't much as far as criminal background history, so I wouldn't suggest it for this. I paid the extra 20 bucks for info on one individual and it simply wasn't there at all. Google provided me with links for all of that. But I think it's unfair to say this site is a rip-off. You really can't expect too much for 14.95 and unlimited searches.

I did not receive any information for my trial offer or one month paid subscription. As a consumer I would not recommend using this source for information because nothing is offered that can't easily be found with a Google search. The only very positive thing I have to say about my experience is that I was able to cancel my subscription after paying the first month. My suggestion: Don't waste your time or money on this site.

Old man of 70+ hearing impaired. My call center man took me to site to help me spontaneously to have information about a known person. I got immediate response. Though I was charged $3; however I got phoned through someone and lady on other side cancelled my membership without a fuss. It shows class and culture and alert staff of Checkmate. I wish them all the best for their quick lightning response if you like to know information of your nearest and dearest. Wish all the best and may God bless you.

You promised for all the data but have another upgrade and even that did not work and got error. I knew more than what you show about people. I want my money back.

Love it. Was a member last year. Looking for friends.

I wanted to check out information on myself because of alleged identity theft, and on my family to see how accurate it is. Well, my mother has been dead for almost 33 years, but not here. My daughter supposedly has three arrest records, but they don't even match the part of the country she was living in. I also paid the premium on my nephew twice, because the first one should have been his dad, but no useful or accurate information on either one. The arrest records are totally ridiculous, i.e., wrong race, wrong part of the country, etc. There are no marriage or divorce records, and apparently none of us have any social life, at least not online. This is a total waste of money website. I spent about eighty dollars and got about ten cents worth of accurate information. Save your money. Just ask Professor Google.

I subscribed for a month (no one-time reports available) to get reports they claimed to be "detailed". But if I wanted something useful, I would have to upgrade. Oh, and if you want to download the report in a pdf... extra money please. You can get more information by googling the subject and looking on Facebook. Took me 5 minutes to find them on Facebook, where Instant Checkmate found NOTHING!!! I think it is a scam company.

I signed up earlier today and have already located six of my classmates from the class of 1964! And, 3 of those were women, which we all know are harder to locate years later because of name changes, etc. I'm very excited and ready to get back to my search.

Checkmate is great for locating old friends and former acquaintances. My only issue is with the search field results where the state or other jurisdiction - in every case so far, returns zero on marriage/divorce records. Suggest Checkmate provide a link or other menu pick that illustrates at least the current state/territory law(s) for this important search point. Thanks!

I have been a subscriber with Instant Checkmate twice now. When I signed back up the other day I was able to get the actual DAY someone was born, now I can only get the month and the year. When I was a subscriber back in January I was able to get the actual day they were born all month; now I find I was only able to get it for the first day or two, and now no longer. Why?

There is minimal if no information i.e. driver’s license, criminal, etc.

I paid for a full year with full access for reports on background included but the last two months each time I attempt to access the background report, the screen shoots up a new upgrade offer to get the said background info when I already paid for that service.

Very misleading, does not provide complete information and everywhere you turn more charges. Will cancel immediately!

I went to this site to look myself up, as I am interviewing for jobs currently, and I was curious to see what might be out there. This site practically gave me a heart attack when it warned that my search results contained "VERY GRAPHIC INFORMATION." Apparently, my date of birth is very graphic? I am extremely concerned that employers are seeing this absolutely FALSE, DECEPTIVE, AND MISLEADING STATEMENT about me, and that it is costing me opportunities. Putting this statement on its search box without discretion is completely defamatory. The statement is untrue and it is published with knowledge of its falsity and/or reckless disregard as to whether it is false. I don't understand how this company still exists. It operates in a manner that violates several consumer protection provisions of every state. They should not be allowed to do business.

There was no helpful information. Many of the individuals I searched for had a birth year of 2014, including myself!!!!!! I did not understand the purpose of showing the criminal records of every individual that had the same name as the original person I was searching for. It makes it look like the person's criminal history is a mile long, when really some of the offenses belong to another individual with the same name!!!!!!

I am rarely gullible enough to be caught out by charlatans, but I goofed this time. I needed, needed, needed a phone number for an old biz acquaintance. Instant Checkmate made it appear that an extensive search was being done with bar graphs that update over a long span of time. This added to the illusion. While the bar graphs were updating, I checked my computer network adapter throughput to see if my computer was being invaded. I don't think it was, but I don't trust this company. When the search was done, I was finally offered the report for a fee. Oh, big surprise! I was informed that the search revealed some graphic details about the individual I was looking for. This added legitimacy to me and I fell for this up selling ploy.

This is bogus. I tried looking up two people I know are convicted felons and there's nothing on here. So I looked up my name and several family members and nothing is accurate on them either. It's ridiculous. When people have been married for 30 yrs or more there's no records of that. Also it's a scam. You pay a lot to get information and you're lead to believe you will get everything for that price, then you have to pay more money and so I paid another twenty dollars for one person's criminal record through the premium and there was nothing when I know there is one. This is a scam. You can go to the county you live in and get a person's record for free. I want my money back.

You sign on and pay based on information your claim to have, only to find out you have to pay even more to get what you want. I cancelled my subscription within an hour of buying it.

Would be nice if it were for free since this is all public info anyway. If it is not public info that they get, how is that legal? They should at least be upfront about the cost before having you do the whole search. Just someone making money off of scaring people rather than really trying to help - in my opinion of course.

Cannot load reports. Gets as far as personal then it doesn't go any farther.

I have tried to download complete background checks on four people in the last hour. Two of these people have criminal records, namely NM state DUI records, that are not listed on this website. I'm angry. Your website sucks! Get with it, please. I am paying $15 a month now for the next three months for really washed out information. I hate to say this..... but even the record on myself is incomplete.

I was suckered in with their flashy website and against my better judgment paid for a 1 month membership. Site said I would get a detailed report, including criminal, but gave out entirely wrong info on my girlfriend. I immediately called to cancel and was told I would get 50% back. I used the site and paid for a specific service that was not rendered to me. I should be entitled to a FULL refund not a partial one. So, I used a search engine to find out if it was a scam and low and behold, not only are they not BBB accredited but there are hundreds on top of hundreds of consumers who have complained about being scammed, promised a partial refund and never receiving it.

This is a scam! I purchased a membership and was informed that I could run unlimited background checks for one month. I ran reports on myself, my siblings, and a friend. The only information I was provided with was all of our names, addresses, and birthdates. Then an advertisement notified me that I could contain all the additional information, which I should have already received, for an additional $19.99 per person. I fell for that scam and paid the $19.99 for one person. The only additional I received was the SEV on his home. I called to complain and request a refund less than 1 hour after paying for my membership. After a half hour of haggling with the representative, he finally agreed to cancel my account, issue me a refund of the $22.86, and send me email confirmations of both.

I found my name and I am very pissed right now!! You have totally WRONG info. associated with me!!! You don't even have my middle name OR initial right!! I am actively seeking employment and even though it states your site can't be used for determining employment, how do you really expect people to abide by that!?!?!?! I might very well be a victim of identity theft and of course, your site is just to make money! There is no recourse actions on your site if you feel the info. about yourself is wrong or not even you!! And it's VERY WRONG how you repeatedly spray WARNING-VERY GRAPHIC all over the damn place!!! Of course people want to see that... then you pay $ only to find out your VERY GRAPHIC report includes a damn speeding ticket!?!?!?!

I will find a person but then I do not even get a phone number? This site is linked by White Pages but no phone numbers, so what good is it?

Thank you, but your report is not free nor does it include any arrest records, which is why I searched for background check. I've paid your for absolutely nothing and now what am I to do about getting my report? Possibly paying another company.

The accuracy is not the greatest, but that was expected. My real issue comes with downloading the PDF files. It's hit and miss. Some will download and some won't. This is a recent issue and I've submitted a fix request already. Aside from that, the site is usable and operable.

I have looked up people that I know have arrest records but nothing shows up on them. And some have case codes and nothing saying what the arrest was for so I know nothing more than when I started.

I'm very pleased to have access to this company's ability to make it safer for all of us. Thank you very much.

Thank you for your services.

On 4/15/2014 at about 9:00 pm central, I purchased a one month's access for background checks through Instant Checkmate. Their ad was misleading as it indicated that it would be up to date and accurate information. I paid my fee of $22.86 and was prompted to input the name of the person I was searching. After it found information it prompted me to pay $1.99 for a PDF copy. After doing so, I got information that was more than 3 years out of date. The person I was checking has been living in Mississippi for the past 3 years and Instant Checkmate indicated that she was in Michigan.

I was curious to see what may be "out there" regarding my personal history. I signed up for Instant Checkmate and found that my own information was accurate with some minor inaccuracies, i.e., very old addresses, old places of employment, etc. I called and cancelled my 5-day free trial within two days of signing up. I was told over the phone that I was all set; my account was cancelled. After that, I did not think about Instant checkmate again until today.

Your company made an entire $11.43 from a person on SSD! Every penny counts to me! Word of mouth about you will get around. I have read much already about people's experiences with you. NOT good at all. I wish I read them BEFORE I joined for a month. How nice of your supervisor Ashley to credit me back half of my money after being a member for an entire 10 mins. then cancelling.

The information is not up to date. It is at least three years ago. I checked my own information and I moved over three years ago and you do not show my current information. I did like how you showed satellite location with current time. Did not like how I kept having to pay more & more to keep getting information.

This is so easy & quite accurate. I'm GLAD that I started using this for multiple reasons!

Saw the article on AOL so I thought it was worth looking into. I wanted to see what others would see if they looked up my name. Was it correct and how much is out there. I clicked into the website. It advertised that you see everything when you do a background check. First request was a $22.95 monthly fee. Fair enough to see what is there. I paid and put my info. in to get the report which says it has name, birthdate, licenses, location, tickets/arrests, etc.

I found the site to be adequate in the information that was available. It was quick and easy to find what I needed. It is worth a try before signing up with any other information service.

I like being able to locate information on people who I am doing business with. Makes it nice to review a person's history and know that they are not lying about who they are.

It would be helpful if the reports included a phone number with them at the top under the address instead of having to click on the social tab to see if one is available! Sometimes y'all won't have a phone number and I can go on whitepages.com and find one myself. If I can go to other sites and get the info (free sites and that), then what's the point of paying y'all? Also, I do think it's a huge rip off to click on a premium report and it gives you no further useful information on someone and you're still charged for it. That is a total rip-off. Other than that the site is pretty helpful.

I joined this and when I clicked on my husband's name in a list, it brought up 2 arrest records. He has never been arrested or been in trouble with the police, and never lived in the state where these arrests supposedly took place reports. Since we have been together since before these arrests took place, I think I would know if my husband was at the other end of the country! It is grossly inaccurate and could cause extreme upset in people's lives. Luckily, I know for a fact these reports are either fabricated, or relate to someone else with the same name, born the same day. Surely it cannot be legal to attach this sort of thing to a person's name without absolute proof they are genuine and pertain to that particular person. Shocking!

I have done advanced searches and never see Marriage records. Not 1 Marriage record.

Found most everything I was looking for; definitely recommend!

Was suspicious about my sister's past and grew suspicious when I received calls from my bank telling me that someone had tried to use my credit card without my authorization. This is a great service you provide. Thank you.

Able to determine who is who with the help of Instant Checkmate. Thanks.

I must admit. My very first time I used this service, my experience was not a good one. However, after having called customer service someone called me immediately to see what, if anything they could do to help me. That was over a month ago and I have been using the service daily. I am working on locating my high school classmates whom I have not been able to locate until now. Thank you to Instantcheckmate.com for a most helpful site.

I have been looking for my son, David, for over 2 yrs & your info has not shown me anything new.

This site gave me absolutely no more information than what I had already found for FREE! How do I cancel my subscription!? This site is a rip-off! Can't locate marriage records. Can't locate jail reports that are factual. Can't locate divorce records. Can't locate any more information than I could on any other site for FREE!!!

Find the site confusing at times and unable to find the info I'm looking for.

I am turning 60. I left my hometown a long time ago, but I always think about my friends. So before I call, if I have some input to their life, would be nice for our old age get together.

The site gives NO information. I can get better results by googling someone rather than being ripped off paying for NO information. MY information is incomplete... WHAT A RIP OFF.

There just is not enough information on people. For one thing, you don't use social security number so it is hard to pinpoint who you are looking for. And every time I put a name, the message that show up does not tell me anything except if I want more information that I need to pay more. I called for support and they told me the message means is that's all they could get on that person. I explain to him that when I first started using this site it gave me more to go on. He stated I could always stop using this service if I was not happy. And that was no help at all.

I pay a monthly fee but for the last 2 months, I have not been able to access any reports that I have run. All I get is the name and when I click on one of the tabs - all that happens is that it just keeps trying to open but never does. I get the Found A Bug icon on the side and I have reported this problem numerous times but I don't get a response or the problem fixed.

I signed up. Started a search and realized through the process they kept adding upgrade costs for services advertised as included. Very misleading. I called them immediately to cancel and complain. The lady spoke with her supervisor and agreed to half the cost. No deal. I would settle for nothing but a full refund as this is a scam. She went to supervisor again and agreed to a total refund but it would take up to five days to process. What a rip off.

Looking for relatives for my family tree.

My son and husband, I have not heard from them for 18 years.

This was the most wasted money I had ever spent. You all need to have on hand what you advertise. VERY VERY POOR SERVICE. Will report site as con.

I don't think we are given enough information for what you say we would be given. No marriage info and a lot of information that I just don't care for. Horoscopes who cares about that? And we can get some of the info without paying for it on other sites like address, phone numbers etc. And when I go under the same person a week later sometimes, it's very different from the last time; I don't get it and what to trust.

This site is easier than some other search sites!

I have paid 30 dollars for incomplete non updated reports. My son died 2001 Adriel ** in his teens.

PDF DOWNLOAD FEATURE NOT WORKING.

I signed up for their $1 five day trial membership in order to conduct one search. The search produced no more valid information than is available from white pages and google searches but also generated a bunch of incorrect data. When you take out a trial membership, you also agree to automatic renewal at $30 per month thereafter. I should have immediately processed a cancellation. Unfortunately, I did not print the contact data from the website and therefore my credit card began being charged the monthly membership fee.

It doesn't really tell me anything I do not already know or cannot find for free. Example: I typed in names I knew had records and your site did not inform me of them. Another example... I am looking someone up from "State A" then I decided to look up the same person from "State B" and your site would not let me do that. It would automatically take me to a person on the list and that was it. IT would not refine to the next state I was requesting.

I wanted to get the current address of Daniela **. You got ** ; ** and ** but none of those address are a current one. If I can get the current one I will be very satisfied and happy. Thank you.

I came across this company while checking a phone number on WhitePages.com. They are sneaky and deceptive. I would not want to do business with them. They lead you on, thinking you will get info about the phone number of the guy who has been making harassing hangup phone calls. Several pages show a green progress bar which is just there to waste your time. They do not mention their $30.00 per month charge for this information until you sign up, giving them your name and email address.

So far, I have paid for this several months now and have yet to get any relevant current info. I keep giving it one more chance hoping it will be useful but my patience is about to run out and I will be giving another service a chance.

I find names with partial & a lot of incomplete info & accuracy. The main one I have been looking for Instance, the birth date is incorrect, yet the family members are generally accurate. The arrests are all in the wrong State (yes I verified this out our county courthouse) and the address is usually a couple of years old. So this has been exhausting not to even come close, I would say, to finding what I am so desperately trying to VERIFY.

I am very happy to be able to get general info regarding people in my life.

A few years ago, someone physically threatened my son, and then went to federal jail for some sort of unrelated crime. His wife wanted to divorce him. I wanted to know if he was out of jail and divorced by now - safety concerns - and zeroed in on him and his name and address accurately. I was told to be prepared for terrible news, and that I might be shocked and distressed if I learned the truth about friends and acquaintances who might be criminals or sex offenders. I had to promise I was over 18. Having paid for 2 "prime" searches on top of my membership, I learned absolutely nothing. They said they had no access to jail time, or marriage/divorce records. In my opinion, the owners of the site should spend a little time inside to see how it works (after being taken to court, of course). How are they allowed to continue this scam business?

Looking for divorce records as you promised. Can't download PDF reports.

Really thought I would be getting a lot more personal info for the money. Was really nothing in report that I could not have found for free online.

I really expected a little more information with the membership, and disappointed that the website asked for more money to obtained that information. To be fair, this website does give you just the "basic" information... incomplete, or missing family members makes me wonder where they get their information which I found a little strange.

I was led to believe that I signed up for a 30-day membership only. My credit card company shut down my card because the account was compromised. They couldn't tell me which merchant compromised the account but it was easy to figure out it was Checkmate because I don't use the account often. Checkmate told me that reoccurring change per month would occur if I didn't call and cancel the membership. A 30-day only membership is just 30 days! No charges should reoccur each month thereafter.

I was doing a random search about my name in Google. And I found out "1 results found for 'my name' with possible criminal records". I was freak out and made the payment and registered. There was no criminal records under my name. They even do not know my birthday. I called the service line to cancel. The representative said they say this for everyone. She said they use this frame "1 results found for 'my name' with possible criminal records" for everyone. I recorded the conversation by the way. This is totally spam. After couple of minutes of registration, I started seeing some spam e-mail in my e-mail account. They apparently sold my e-mail address to the 3rd party. Now you can say how you can be sure. I used a nickname that I have not used before. And the spam e-mails just arrived using my nickname that I have not used before after my registration. I am totally disappointed. Please do not use this company. I am looking for legal ways to get my money back (I am not a native English speaker, sorry for potential grammatical mistakes).

I found out that a friend and his sister both died over 18 years ago because I decided to try this.

Went on Checkmate.com. After reading promises of getting criminal info on a person. Approximately $60 later, nothing but address, email... Don't do it. THEY ARE FRAUDULENT. Called and complained, but they were rude... and didn't even want to have me explain. IT'S A TOTAL SCAM. DON'T GIVE your $$$$ to this company.

Quick and surprisingly accurate, so far as I have been able to ascertain.

I had a credit card compromised and replaced it. It may be the one I used to pay for this in the first place. I am trying to buy it again but every attempt fails and does not even allow me to enter a different credit card. Please call me at ** to help me straighten this out.

Checkmate billed my Visa for $90.00 for "premium access.” It is the biggest scam on the internet. I found more info on my own than Checkmate found. Their excuse was "different jurisdictions have different laws for access to records.” I found quite a bit on my own and went to Checkmate to find the rest. But Checkmate said "No Records Found.” This site is run by THIEVES and their only purpose is to scam you out of your hard earned money. Run away fast. Do not give them your credit card number. I had to cancel my Visa to keep them from taking any more.

This company promotes nothing but a scam. When I called to get my money back they wouldn't do it and said they ARE NOT qualified to do the criminal checks. Clearly when I started to try and look someone up it said criminal charges and backgrounds were being searched. DON'T CHOOSE THIS COMPANY. Go elsewhere for your background and information needs.

Spent $22 for 1 month and it's a joke. They didn't have records of most of the people I looked up and the information they did have is free on other sites. I cancelled the account 20 minutes after I signed up for it. Don't waste your money!

I subscribed to this site to ensure my safety in the new dating world of online dating. This site has provided me with information on subjects that I was pursuing me as a potential date. This site is awesome!!!!!!

I find that some of the search result(s) birthday's reflect the current day the search was performed upon which I know for certain that some of the results are not that date of birth.

You guys just removed the phone contact from search results and asked for more money to supply with premium but that is false. I paid more but got same results. Will definitely not renew my sub. You have downgraded your service… unhappy user. You know that.

I was conducting a periodic background check/credit check on myself, and the Instant Checkmate program came up in a search. I entered basic information, and was shocked to see a notice of warning for "dangerous/shocking information." When I was prompted pay in order to continue, I chose the cheapest plan (that is far from cheap at ~$22.00 a pop). When my "report" loaded, I discovered what anyone could by conducting a basic/free internet search and, as I hoped, I found nothing whatsoever that was "dangerous/shocking."

Your service isn't current as I've entered deceased members from last year (checking current addresses for VFW Auxiliary members) and there isn't info on them...

The system is very easy to use. Advise all to be very careful for typos because there is NO WAY to delete anything. Sometimes the system will not come up with the exact name ordered and there is no way to remove that. Other than that, I would say extremely easy to use.

I just got my statement and found that I was charged for each time I went online and looked up a person and wanted the premium.... I was completely unaware that they would charge 10.00 for each person... Not 10.00 for the added feature!!! I've talked to several people and they were charged extra too and didn't realize they would be.. Why can't they be honest with what the charges will be.. I was charged to sign up $23.40, then an added fee of $22.86 for I don't know what and then 10.00 for a premium of each person I looked up... I will tell all I know not to sign up for this rip off!!!!!!

I never got One piece of information on marriages or divorces. I don't care about horoscopes - don't use. Very seldom anything about licenses. Very seldom anything about arrests. I will not pay extra for premium data.

Very often I look up someone by name and address and need a number but have to pay more just to get a number. I find more info on White Pages for free than I do on this site.

You present with providing any/all info available for subject name requested, but then you send a mediocre return, and then say for more info, I need a "premium" option for MORE money. I will be watching my c/card, and IF there are charges that are not acceptable, then, we will take appropriate action.

I have been fooled as some information I already knew about someone was not correct and also did not display as advertised. I want my money back! I would not recommend purchasing CheckMate!

I purchase checkmate for 22.95 for 1 month. I check someone that I know has a criminal record and it came back nothing. I check someone with another name that I know has a criminal record too - nothing. I used it for 7 min and I can't get my money back.

I found the whole site to be confusing and very disappointed with reports, because I know the people I looked up all had been arrested several times and there wasn't information of those arrest. I'd like to know how much I paid and for how long!

Every time I have used Checkmate it has been fast and easy. Results have been accurate. Would recommend it highly.

Awesome and accurate most of the time.

I paid $20 extra, but still could not get info. I needed to get someone's phone no.

I am disgusted. Nothing that I have researched was up-to-date. I couldn't even find my own number. I rate this negative -5.

I wondered why many people I requested weren't "there". It's a nice site. I didn't find my people, and they hadn't moved. Which was puzzling.

Know several people that have criminal felonies. The background searches I did, none of them came up with their actual criminal charges. Wish I could get money back.

Sometimes difficulty coming up with some numbers.

Our class of 1963 Class Reunion last year was excellent. We were able to find several classmates that we were not able to find in the past 30 years. Thank you for your great service .

I entered name, city, state, and 9 segments were run through rapidly. Next, I was to login, etc., and thought I would immediately receive access to the report, but was routed to Instant Checkmate again and now am filling in "Your Experience". If this is a report I have to pay for, I am not interested. This person attends our church and an issue came up today that seems to indicate he may have a criminal background and I wanted to check him out. Thank you. Your website seems to be incredibly fast and accurate, but IF I have to pay for the info I must refrain. Limited funds.

This loser app only finds people with only social media accounts. Ancestry search provides more content than this CRAP APP!!!!

I am writing this review because I am very dissatisfied with this service. It advertises that you can see all this information on here but in my experience all you get is very basic information, once you get your credit care information in, it tells you if you want to see more information it will cost you more money, that angers me, and makes me feel like I got ripped off and feel it`s very misrepresented. I looked one person up and some information was right but under the arrest record there was clearly a totally different person's name there.

I am finding a little info on the people I'm looking for... I think it needs to be 100 percent free... A lot of people can't afford it or have debt cards... Thank you all for having the info out there for people to look up...

I did a trial for InstantCheckmate, Inc on their website promising to provide public records which include death certificate, marriage certificate, birth certificate, etc. but the only thing that popped out was the name (even the birth date is wrong). Funny thing was that the person I am looking for is a family member that has a unique name and location that the chances of it to be mistaken is very low.

The records found were nothing and that's not what you're promoting. I found out more just searching the name on the web. I would think a paid service should be able to provide more. My subject shows 2 arrests yet no data is showing up in the report. When the subject's name is searched they come up and there again is Instant Checkmate available to get the arrest data, but once you pay I guess that makes you ineligible, right.

You advertise everything in the premium package as being a part of the purchase package of unlimited backgrounds. That's the only reason I joined your site. I would prefer my money back if that is an option. I have too many people to find and verify that I cannot waste a single ounce of my time if it goes nowhere, which is exactly where you take me on every search! It's a scam and you continue to do so because you are not regulated well enough!

David ** date of birth was 4/4/2014, age 61??? Your computer was very slow!!!! No one was married, even if I know I attended the wedding. The only information available was name, address, date of birth and relatives. Vincent ** had no arrests and died in 1988. GIGO. I really had a ball today relaxing and although I did not check my personal information because nothing was available, I got what I paid for.

This sucks. These records are OLD!! Can't even get a valid phone number. I want my money back.

Could be better, especially as now you do not show any telephone info, but when I started the service you did show the phone numbers.

I got ripped off! I can get much more information on my own and it would be accurate.

I was searching for my Mother. When I put in her maiden name it came up with someone by a different name. So, no luck here. But I have had success finding other family members.

Divorce and marriage records do not show up on anybody. There is no place to change email address.

Lots of wrong or no information at all. Most of what you provide is on the net if you look for yourself and I add for free.

The first subject you provided was, per your records, tied to my brother's father, wife and daughter. However, he lived in Port Jefferson, NY. My brother lives in Ballston Lake, NY. On the second attempt to look at my brother's records, you did get the correct man. However, several of the relatives listed are not related to my brother. I noted that on the non-relatives profiles by using the rating section. I do think that when someone first enters a name for a report, they should be given the opportunity to provide more detail about the person they are looking for, if they have it.

Saw Publishers Clearing house record saying I had possible 2 arrests - never been arrested. Want to hunt down mis-info and correct/remove. It wants complete name, but gives me no opportunity to enter it and you won't even collect but one middle name initial, nor allow a two word first name.

After paying for the so-called "Premium Report" (on myself), as well as the extra $1.99 for PDF, I was extremely disappointed in the missing information not contained within this report. For example - Related Persons only showed my ex-wife, deceased father and current wife. Yes, I have been arrested, however not 1 arrest record was found. Business Affiliations; 24+ years in Engineering related work and I previously owned my own business - nothing listed. Assets; I own several parcels of land and my own home - nothing listed. Marital/Divorce records - Married twice, divorced once - "no records found". I believe that I made the wrong choice in using this service. By what I have experienced it is my belief that Instant Checkmate business practices border on the line of fraud - but who am I to say, I'm not a lawyer.

Not satisfied; can only access basic information... Not what I thought it would be... Keeps prompting me to give more money. I want to cancel.

I have looked at two of these sites, but did not join because I read all the fine print.

I am astonished that marriage reports are not included. Sometimes Location is not updated. Rest is fine.

I registered a basic account and I knew more information about the people I looked up than Instant Checkmate did. So I decided to do the Premium account, wouldn't work. It was like the program was frozen. I called Instant Checkmate to terminate entire service. They told me that they could only do partial refund. I utilized their services for 30 minutes! I filed a dispute through my bank.... Instant Checkmate is submitting claim for full payment now! I'm not paying them one thin dime. This company is a SCAM!

I didn't even have to purchase anything to know this is a scam... Every time I went to click out of the page it would engage a pop-up saying 'Don't go, we'll lower the price for you blah blah blah'.. at one point it was down to a dollar but I still didn't give in. I entered my email address and now I have junk mail ALL over my inbox. IF you go to this site just because you're curious, do not give out any information, not even your email. You will get scammed.

Some things I knew to be accurate were not found on this site; others I found easily. I had assumed at the first inquiry, that I would get all the information on this person. I did not realize I would need to look up each individual subject to inquire. I do think the explanation of what you get when you purchase this needs to be more accurate as I had understood ALL the information including legal records would be able to be found. Most of the information I could have gotten out of the phone directory or other free services. Thank you.

You advertise that with the $20 a month, I would be able to get phone numbers, but I have to pay an extra $20 for each person I search. Very disappointed, very misleading.

I like it. You only get so much info yet still good.

Looking into my own record I found a long list for a white blue eyed female, not me. However, she has my address and my relatives not really accurate. My baby sister is listed as 94 yrs old. My neighbor who is younger than me is also listed as 74 yrs old. All wrong and someone who did malicious destruction of property, he has no record at all?

I am married to the man. No marriage records. He was arrested last year, that was not included. The ONLY thing I learned for the approx $40 I spent was the lien information. Your site said his info had been updated in the last 24 hours??? There was NOTHING on your site... not even the fact that he has a FACEBOOK account, which should be the easiest thing to find.

The information was vague. I ended up getting all kinds of junk mail. I assume you sold my email! It was hard to log on and I never did get my last report. Also after looking myself up I do NOT have traffic tickets in Texas!

They offer you up a free report which then leads you to select a $ package. You give up your data and DO NOT get anything back under the free option which is highly misleading, false advertising and basically a scam - BEWARE!

I saw on AOL on how you can find information on someone, so I decided let me join for one month. Well after I paid and I'm thinking, "great now I get to see what this person is about." Nothing. All I got was his name and address and age that I already knew. Click to see if he was marry which I know he is and it didn't give me any information. I want a refund and I decided to do a check on myself. They had me like I was born today and that I'm 63, which I'm not. This is all false advertisement. I want a refund. Why charge $22 for no information. It just wants you to keep adding money. I don't think that's right.

I saw the "story" on the AOL homepage about Instant Checkmate and thought I'd check it out. As soon as I put my name in, up popped a notice that people who may be related to me had "graphic" and disturbing arrest records. I went ahead and signed up for the $22.86/month with the intention of checking them out and cancelling, but didn't even get past the first 5 minutes. As soon as they processed my payment, I was sent a "report" which contained nothing but my name, address (from 6 years ago, I might add) and my age. When I wanted to access these "graphic and alarming" arrest records, I was informed it would cost an additional $19.99. They claim to have disturbing information on my kids and my ex too, yet all they could show was their addresses.

The information provided to me was nothing more than address updates. The premium, both of which I purchased was utterly dissatisfying. I feel that your services and information to which you claim to be able to provide are misrepresented. The search I did on myself was not even accurate. Will not recommend this to anyone. Sorry.

Disappointed in the amount of data available and presented - often outdated and incomplete information available with sources. No option to upgrade for a premium data service only phone numbers.

Very good information with many facets for each area of concern. One who purchases this service needs some common sense and personal information in order to ascertain what degree of accuracy are in the reports that you collected. More research may be needed to tie up the ends. I am quite satisfied, as I have done investigating, reporting, and recording for both police and private security for industrial management for over 30 years. I got more than what I was expecting. Your services opened a lot of doors. Thank you.

While subscribing to Instant Checkmate. I click on the $9.95 become mandatory for 6 months $59.00 or so. To "continue" each additional click cost more money, then I realized it's a fraud and cancel my subscription in less than two minutes. They charge my credit card anyway and refuse to give me full credit. They took $36.00 to use the services for one month. When I try to use the services they ask me to subscribe for "premium service" which I refused on the first place. Before the government step in they are going to make millions by fraudulent way.

I really enjoy the sex offenders feature. It is free with the service! I love the pictures and full names!

I search for someone and paid the $23 monthly fee. Once I was able to review the information, I found that no information was listed on the report. It had an old address and that's it! No background check, arrests, marriages, etc. None of the stuff they claim to have. So, I made the horrible decision of ordering the Premium for $20 more. And....no change. I spent almost $45 to find an old address that I could have found for free on Whitepages.com.

100% pure rip off. They took my money and told me the same info I could have gotten in the phone book then tell you that you need the premium service try $5.00 5-day trial. And it tells you the same as before. 3 days into your 5-day trial, they'll take $29.95 out of your account and give you the same info as before. They wasted my time and stole my money for absolutely no reason.

I was about to order a report on myself out of curiosity but I'm glad I decided to read reviews first about Instant Checkmate. It is misleading in that it tells you there's a possible criminal record but will eventually lead to nothing. I am also suspicious when a membership automatically renews unless you cancel it on time. This is a red flag for me! Thank you for the warnings. I'm keeping my money and I won't be duped.

Very cool concept until you really want to read the information you need on the person you are checking on. Once you get in, the charges just go up, up, up, up. They nickel and dime you and 5$ bill you to death to get to the real information. Each time you want to look at the criminal, or divorce or the stuff, you should be scared of there is an extra charge. Be warned, to get what you really want may take you 50-60 $$$. But it might be worth it too.

It did not give any additional information as what they claim they do. Thinking that probably it was not enough paid to instant checkmate I paid on additional fee to see if they really provide more information about background check, and its a lie, because they don't give any more info, as the one they have in their database. I only just got back personal present and previous addresses and names of close relatives, expecting to get more when I paid them on initial fee of $22.86, and to my surprise, I got same thing and thinking that I had not paid them enough, I went and paid them on additional $19.99. Because they claim that there was more info on the person that I was checking out and got the same thing. I felt that I was scam because I ended up paying a total of almost $45 and got really nothing.

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So, I made my way to the very end. Nice use of status bars making you think something is really going on in the back end, but just flair is all. I did submit an email that I made up on my personal domain seconds before but I did opt out of purchasing the results as I was reading the horrible results listed here. Now, I check the brand new email address, and low and behold, SPAM!!! There is no opt in button for marketing purposes, you give them your address and you get spam, Period. What kind of company does this? From the looks of these results, Instant Checkmate is in the business of gathering emails and selling them, frauding folks by forcing them with trickery then not fully refunding when asked and lackluster results. Luckily, I gave them a fake address that I'm about to just delete.. Stay away, stay far away.

I signed up for the 1 month membership in hopes of being able to gain access to find and or get info on others. What the company produces is completely different than what they promise. I ran a report on somebody and got back the same stuff I found myself doing public records checks. Doing a background check and getting back the name that I provided in the first place, an address and the persons date of birth and astrological sign was not what I signed up for. In order to get any additional info you must PAY FOR EACH ADDITIONAL SEARCH. I signed up for the month membership on the 21st of March and it's the 26th today. I'm so disgusted with the false advertising they do. I just called in and cancelled my account with them. I was given the exact same info anyone can find on the internet free of charge. I regret trusting these people. It was a huge waste of money as well as time. I would highly recommend using another co for your search reports. I hope this place gets it together!!!

Great data. This was exactly what I was looking for. I was looking to do a few background checks and find out what some of my old relatives were up to. :) Thanks, Instant Checkmate!

Tried to use this website to get info on an acquaintance before introducing this person to my immediate family. There was no info given other than what I already knew: name, address and D.O.B. and birth sign.

I wanted to check on my boyfriend's past criminal history so I subscribed to the site. After stating it was free there was a charge of $19.95 plus another $1.99 to download the file to pdf. Well when I did his birthdate comes up as the year 2014. I called and they said there was a glitch in the system and to try back later. I tried back last night and today and still can't access criminal check. Waste of money. I called to cancel and they made me pay for this full month even though it's useless to me. I feel this site is some kind of scam. Don't get taken in by it like I did. Lesson learned. Very unhappy.

After writing my review, the company contacted me, listened to my complaint and satisfactorily resolved my issue. It was much appreciated.

I just checked my name with Instant Checkmate. They had the wrong birthdate, had me living in 2 different cities, (never lived there) and had one alias with the wrong last name? I asked for a full and received a partial refund. Asked where they could have obtained the wrong information and the lady couldn't give me an answer. She tried and only saw my name, not a choice of names. BEWARE

This site is a scam to get your money! Even for the "free 5 day trial" I was charged. They didn't have the info I needed, so I cancelled, then later found out that I was charged for some "premium" service that I unknowingly was being charged $19.99 for! They lead you in, then when you find out the information isn't there, they promise more info with a better commitment that is not there! Don't waste your money, do a google search, it's cheaper and you will get more accurate information!!! Very P.O.'D!!

Saw an article about them. After what occurred, I went back and looked at it again. At the very bottom, it said it wasn't an article, but an ad. I should have read that before clicking on the link to their site in the article (ad). Well, tried a test to see how it worked. Went through the entire process until the last step... enter your credit card number and choose a plan. Didn't know there was a charge, so I decided against. No big deal. I unsubscribed on their email welcoming me. Lo and behold, along with their welcoming email, I had also received 3 more emails (all spam) within 3 minutes. Two from credit score companies and one from a company to verify my loan request. Then just now another email to assist a person to invest money in this country. Clearly my email address was given out when I went to their site as my email address had been entered on their site and the next thing you know, not only their email, but spam emails from other companies are in my mailbox at the same time.

The company reached out to me through an unknown number, I almost didn't pick up the phone, and the gentleman explained to me why the information I received could be incomplete or inaccurate. He offered me a full refund, which I did not expect, and he expressed to me how sorry he was. If the companies services matched it's good customer service, they'd have a really good business. Either way, the problem was resolved. However, I still cannot recommend this company to anyone, yet I'm sure my 2 cents won't effect the bottom line.

I signed up for this site hoping to find out more information for a friend on their missing parent. After paying the 19.98 I was taken to what was supposed to be a full report. The report did not have any information that we could not have found for free google searching. Also, to get any additional information such as criminal checks and such that costs extra. I was a little frustrated so I thought I would enter in the information of my father and see what the report came back with. I was shocked to see that they had a completely incorrect birth date for him putting his age younger than me. I feel that this site is a scam and will not be worth the money. I experienced the same issue as another reviewer when I called and tried to get my money back all they could offer was to cancel my subscription, but would not refund my money.

I used Instant Checkmate for the purpose of finding out information to help a family member escape a violent relationship. We knew of several arrests/charges for violent behaviors but wanted specifics. The website advertises that they know detailed information on criminal backgrounds. I was utterly disappointed after discovering they had no access to mugshots nor updated criminal records and kept giving a sensor that their information might be shocking. I got no information other than very old traffic violations which you can access for free. They also encourage you to pay an additional $2 for a more detailed PDF version which I did with no additional information. Then they asked for 5 more dollars for a more in-depth report which I did pay and found out nothing more than he had a fishing license. The total was $27.

I purchased online service to check information on a person. Information is incorrect then I was not provided with what I was told I would be provided with. They have hidden fees and when I called to cancel 5 minutes after purchasing product I was only refunded half. This is a scam and people need to stay away from this product that does not deliver what they advertise......

I stumbled onto this website as I have a family member I wanted to check on. They stated they had a no hassle cancellation policy, so I paid the $22 for one months' service. After signing up and paying, they state my report is ready. When nothing was shared about arrests without buying the premium service for a one time $10 fee, ok. But when the information about marriages and divorces came up blank without upgrading, I felt like I was being used! I called the customer service and requested my money be returned. I couldn't get my money back, but my membership would be cancelled and no further charges would be made. I might as well flushed my money down the toilet!

Just want to inform anyone out there looking to sign up for Instant Checkmate, "Don't Do It". It's not very accurate and there are hidden fees when they say there are no hidden fees. After paying to sign up and doing a search it comes back and suggests that you pay $1.99 to receive your reports in a PDF. Then after you bring up the report of the person your searching you will find inaccurate and accurate information on just a few basics such as social media, names, age, very basic stuff, but oh wait then you can go to a screen where it will get you all the information your looking for but wait that will cost another $10 each as I refer to as a hidden fee, when they promote their site has no hidden fees!! You can find all the information this site gives you out on the net with very little effort for free. When I call they were nice and canceled my subscription but would not refund my money for a service I used for less than 1 hour. I wish I would have read some feedback on this site before getting sucked into it. My Fault I guess.

Ran report on myself today (3/22/14) so I know what info should be in it. My birthday was wrong - my age was wrong - did not show my marriage or divorce nor a minor blib on my record from me youth. I have lived in one state - in one city my entire life and they couldn't get it right!!!!! When I called to cancel - Heather indicated that they can only provide what is available. So does that mean that can't provide info for Tennessee and if that is the case - that should have been noted on the site. Lastly, since I was married earlier - they should allow for at least one alternate name for the search. This was the biggest waste of money and time! If you want a PDF version of the report - it costs $1.99 - are you kidding me!!!! Instant Checkmate - in my opinion - is fraudulent. I found more info on myself just by "Googling".

I wanted to do a criminal back ground on my daughter's boyfriend so I paid the fee for Instant Checkmate of $22.00. I entered his information and the only thing that came up was his city and date of birth. I called the number on the site and spoke to operator to see if I was doing something wrong,. The operator informed me that there is a disclaimer at the bottom of the page that says, " Not all states release the criminal background of individuals."

Today I decided to sign up for "checkmate". I was very disappointed when I tried to search criminal histories and found that the information was not correct. I know this information was incorrect because I deliberately looked up a person who I am positive has been convicted of DUI's and drug charges. When I looked up this individual nothing came up. I proceeded to look up my own name and there were NO results. I called to cancel my membership and learned I has been charged 10 extra dollars for each search because the membership I chose did not cover criminal or sex offender charges.

I opened an account to get a report on someone and the report had many errors. I was charged extra to get a PDF report but couldn't get it to print because I didn't have Chrome. The website doesn't tell you that. Called the service department and requested a refund because the report had many errors and I couldn’t get it to print. Was told they would refund half of my money. This was a total rip off. Did not get a report that was worth anything. Would not use this service ever and I mean ever again!!!!

Very Helpful!

They pull you in saying you will find "Shocking information" about the people you are looking up (Arrest records and so forth). What a crock! I found out nothing. Then tell me on the phone they can tell me that info. by law. I went through hell to try to get a refund. Wish me luck. Don't fall for it people! I found out more from public town records. They should shut these rip off artist down.

I joined instant checkmate on 03/05/2014 to find out information about my children's father. I agreed to pay the 22.86 monthly fee and 1.99 pdf file download. I continued searching my children's father, nothing came up. He has been arrested dozens of times, in two different states and not one single arrest came up, I was furious. I pressed the premium button, not knowing it was charging me. I decided to search myself and became more furious. My information on myself was outdated and incorrect. My address was from 6 years ago. It also never showed that I had been married. I researched a few people that I knew things about and knew they had records. Nothing came up. I can find updated and more information on a google search. One person I searched was a felon and had spent years in prison and still nothing came up. I was pissed. Omg! What a waste of money!

The website makes it seem as if there are criminal records for the person you are searching when in fact there are no such records. It is a scam to get you to make a purchase. The company then fails to cancel your account when asked to do so and they then charge your account.

What a rip off. Cannot believe they have not been shut down yet. There has to be some kind of regulatory body that oversees companies like this. Do not waste your money. You will get more information on a free Google search than being scammed out of at least a minimum of $20.00. Give or take a few pennies, since you will not get a receipt for your payment and then they have the nerve to ask for another $1.99 to view "their report" in PDF.

Used Instant Checkmate. Contacted them to cancel the "service", almost immediately. Well just found out that I've been charging $22.86 from my bank account for 13 months. If I knew I was getting billed for this, I would have used the service continually and for many, many times. I admit that I did not check my bank statement with more scrutiny, but I was not supposed to be being billed for this service. I made a call to the phone # shown on my bank statement and supposedly they submitted a "fraud" inquiry and canceled this account - again. I was definitely tricked, hoodwinked and scammed by them.

Ordered the service, checked out mine, my mother's and sister's. What little that came up was mostly incorrect and at that, there was not much. Immediately called to cancel and had a big hassle. First they would only cancel for future months but not refund the $22. After asking for a supervisor and a long hold, they offered to refund half. Another long hold and finally they agreed to refund the fee. What a joke. Scam.