BeenVerified has a rating of 2.4 stars from 310 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with BeenVerified most frequently mention credit card, day trial and criminal records. BeenVerified ranks 8th among Background Check sites.
Just signed up for one month@ $22.86 specifically to get a criminal background check, which their site clearly states is a category covered. Nothing showing, which I know is not the case on an individual with a extensive criminal history. But, for an additional fee, of course, they'll send a court runner to fetch more data. This should have been explained up front prior to signing up. I called & got the professional run around, 'maybe it was expunged', nah. So I just paid $23 to basically get an address I already had.
Just like so many others I didn't check for reviews on Beenverified before forking over for a month. No excuse really. My report gave a comprehensive list of all addresses for over 30 years, but the information I really wanted was PREMIUM and required an additional $10.
Classic bait and switch. The social media search comes up with somebody else, certainly not me. Yup, I got conned. I'm going to contest this charge on my credit card. I got next to nothing for my one month charge!
I asked if we could use this service to find information on an uninsured driver who hit our car & was told that would be an acceptable reason; so we found her but unfortunately no information that we didn't already know about this person. While we had the trial membership, I searched myself & other family members, in which I found some errors; however the site offers a link to report errors, so I have no complaints about the peoplelooker site. The customer service reps are very professional & extremely friendly! The only reason I gave it a 4-star instead of a 5-star was because of my initial reason for the search, which showed less than I already knew about that person; but considering this at-fault driver is apparently known for deceit, I am not really surprised at the findings.
I did searches on known criminals and nothing came back. Total scam. I really wish I checked the reviews before buying into the subscription. Luckily I paid 1 dollar for a five-day subscription, and so I will call and cancel and then see whether they continue to charge me the full rate or not.
If you look at the replies by some of these BeenVerified reps here, they do not do any kind of deep search. It appears they only receive the kind of information you can receive for free doing the search yourself, which proves how much of a scam they are. Stay away or you'll be sorry. They got my dollar.
Hi Eric,
I see that you also contacted customer support directly. Please be assured your trial account was canceled as you requested and we also refunded your $1 purchase. You will not be billed for a subscription.
I'm sorry to hear you didn't find the information you were looking for. I'll email you directly as well, because it would be helpful to know what specific states or counties the records were in, that you were expecting to find.
We are dependent upon the criminal data that's made digitally available for integration into our reports by the county courts, departments of correction and other state agencies. Some sources make more data available in this format than others (some may include arrests for example while others will only include felony convictions), and there are still some that do not make their data digitally available to us. We do list our coverage area from the Criminal section of the report so that you can look to see if perhaps we don't receive data from the source you're looking for.
We are more than happy to answer any questions you have about where our information comes from and how its updated. If you have any additional concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us again directly at 888-579-5910 or at support@beenverified.com.
Best,
Carla
BeenVerified Customer Care
First off, I did so many searches just to verify that it was good information, which I found out it really isn't. I've had my cell phone number for 17 years and with major carriers like AT&T and Verizon, yet when I searched myself, it didn't list that number. I searched many of my friends and family and found that it didn't have their current phone numbers either, and it's not like they just got a new number. Second, which is the most troubling is, when I searched for an acquaintance of mine who did about 10 years in a federal penitentiary for armed bank robbery and has been out for about 5 years, it didn't list any criminal issues with him. I think that this site can give people a false sense of security if you are using it to do an actual background check on any one. The only thing that it was accurate on was in regards to the property searches, but that can be done easily enough by going to the county assessor's website for free.
Hi Brian,
I'm sorry to hear you had any trouble. Thank you for providing your member id. I was able to locate your account. You did sign up for unlimited reports. In reviewing your account, I do not see anywhere where you are limited in the number of reports you can run. Your account also provides you with our monitoring feature, which you can activate on up to ten reports. Is this perhaps what you were seeing?
Regarding the data in the reports, it is possible that we may not always have all of a person's most current contact information. The data in our reports comes from public records and publicly available data. We are constantly updating and expanding our database to provide the most current and accurate data we possibly can. We are dependent upon the accuracy of public records.
Please do not hesitate to contact support for additional assistance, at 888-579-5910 or at support@beenverified.com.
Kind regards,
Carla
This is bordering scam…It's not free. Though You are required to provide your info to them (free of charge), they provide you nothing without payment…After you submit your info it takes you to a payment page
& can go no further without paying their fees$$$
Hi Susie,
Can you share with us were you saw our information was free? If you could provide a URL that would be extremely helpful.
BeenVerified's mission is to provide easy affordable access to public records, so people can use public data in their everyday lives.
Our aim is to make the service as easy to use and affordable as we can. There are costs associated with obtaining the data and integrating that information into easy-to-read reports. Payment is required to sign-up for BeenVerified.
If you're interested in trying out the service, you can access a special $1 trial offer here: https://www.beenverified.com/lp/32fc4f/6/special-offer
I hope that helps, but if you have additional questions, please email us at support@beenverified.com
I want to see that management is aware that it has an employee whom they should appreciate/value immensely.
(As a side note: I refuse to jump through all the needless security hoops. Based on my experience with this hassle, I'll never come back on your site again.)
We used it to check the backgrounds of caregivers for my dying father. Found great people and were comforted that we knew they had no criminal histories. I'd recommend "been verified" to anyone. Thank you. Doug
I have used BeenVerified several times over the past few years with excellent and accurate results. Equally important is the fast, friendly professional customer Support. I made a mistake and they corrected it immediately. Could not ask for more!
Been verified help find a lost family relative that had been missing for over 2 years. It helped us locate and verify his location and even call him. The website is an invaluable service and I will definitely use it again if needed.
Have you got your problem resolved within ONE minute after reporting?
It happened to me. I was pleasure surprise when Beenverified support staff - Linda - emailed with a resolution before I even look at my next email after writing them an email with erroneous charges were happening on my card after service was cancelled in Feb.
I was at little fault also for not checking my credit card statements regularly and I expected many back and fourth before eating my refund. Instead, literally within a minute I was informed that my card will be credited for three months!
I just became a life time customer for Beenverified.com. Keep up the good work!
Hi Raj,
Thank you so much for your detailed comments about the service. I've shared this with Linda also. We greatly appreciate your feedback and are so glad we were able to take care of this for you!
I signed up to use "Been Verified" on a short-term (trial) basis, as I was seeking a single piece of common information about a "long-ago" friend with whom I'd lost touch. After providing basic information that was required for the search to begin, the results which "Been Verified" found were, I felt, inadequate, considering the fee I'd just paid. I notified the company by e-mail, and on the very same day "Been V Verified" made arrangements to discontinue membership (at my request) and refund the charges. I find that to be extraordinary in this time of widespread deception, both on the web and in countless other ways. I am sincerely and surprisingly pleased with "Been Verified" 's customer service... nothing short of outstanding!
Hi Philip,
Thank you so much for your comments! I'm sorry we weren't able to provide you with the information you needed, but happy to hear we were able to make things right.
Thank you again,
Carla
BeenVerified Customer Care
Carla was very helpful. She responded quickly and helped turn off the auto payments. She let me know I can still access older reports in the future, and subscribe later if I need to do more background checks.
Thank you. I appreciate good customer support. It matters.
I signed up for a 1 dollar trial for a single phone number but didn't end up receiving any information about it and decided to cancel and get a refund. I have to mention it's 11 PM at night and people Manning these phones are probably tired and their shifts are ending soon. The person who picked up the phone was the sweetest person I'd ever had at the end of a customer service line and was very helpful. Told me all the information about the cancellation and how the refund would work, even gave me the cancellation verification number. When I complimented her service she sounded so happy and told her I made my night and I have to say she made mine too. I know the phone number thing is good since I've had friends of mine compliment it but it's just not my thing, so I'm not going to sign up. But the people they hire for customer service are top notch!
Hi Brianna,
This is awesome! We are equally excited to hear that you are satisfied we our customer service. Thank you for your review.
First off, I like BeenVerified because, unlike most such sites, when you search with their tools, you get all the information that's publicly available - not a sales pitch to pay $35 for "a full report" when all you want is an address. So, after my first month, I happily went for a one-year subscription. Secondly, when I had to call their customer service to straighten out a payment issue, I got a representative who was a friendly, patient listener and promptly straightened out the (fairly complicated) problem -- the sort of customer service experience you always hope for and never really get. They're the Real Deal!
I used it to find my special needs sons father. We divorced before he was born. We parted on bad terms. He has never seen him before. Thanks to you, he is now sharing pics & conversation with him! He found out that his father has 4 sons & 4 daughters +him. Wow, what a surprise! His fathers wife died 13 yrs. Ago. I knew her too. Small world, huh! I am 67-when it's time for me to go, at least he knew him for a while. His father is 71. I really can't thank you enough! God Bless you all & keep up the good work!
I only needed the service for two months. I was able to find people by their addresses and also the real property they owned very easily. When I was almost finished, I sent an email stating 'I want to cancel my service" and immediately received a response that it was cancelled. I called the customer service number. Someone picked up and confirmed I still could use the program until the end of this month that I had paid for but would not be billed again. Good work!
No info on married or divorced, one person had no arrest listed even though I had them arrested, no pictures of people on facebook etc... Do not renew You are not worth $10. After posting this beenverified said they listed all public information. I had previously emailed them a copy off the internet showing one persons booking arrest photo. If they can't find a marriage record and I can I should get their $10. No matter what they reply it is just psycho babble.
Hi Sundra,
You are correct that we do not provide marriage or divorce records. However we do provide criminal records, whenever available. There are differences from county to county regarding that records they make available for aggregation into our database and integration into our reports. I'm sorry to hear this was your experience with the service. We're constantly updating our database to provide the most thorough and accurate information we can.
I have turned off the automatic renewal of your account, so you will not be billed for a subscription again. If you don't wish to continue to use the service for the remainder of your paid time, please contact us at support@beenverified.com and we can cancel your account.
If you have any additional questions or concerns, please contact BeenVerified Customer Care at support@beenverified.com or at 888-579-5910.
Offered me a 7 day free trial, used the site for five minutes, then cancelled my membership effective immediately through an email to customer service. Doesn't sat anywhere where you will receive a return confirmation email cancelling your membership. Today I discovered after receiving insufficient funds notice from my bank that Been Verified has been charging me $48.00/every three months since the 7 day free trial, said they did not receive my customer service membership cancellation. So my 7 day free trial, 5 minute use now cost me $144.00. Total rip-off, totally pissed. Do not use them!
Using this service helped me find the information I needed, on more than one occasion. Completely happy with my experience. Reputable, reliable, and customer service was quick to reply to my question. Thank you!
Answer: Hi Mark, I apologize for the delayed reply. We do not offer to track text messages, we can offer to do a search on the number texting you to see who may own that number along with any additional contact information for them provided via public records.
Answer: Hi Pierre, BeenVerified is a website that provides a searchable database of aggregated public records. You can search a name on the site to locate addresses, phone numbers, relatives, court records, and much more. You can also run searches on addresses, phone numbers and email addresses. All searches are run by you in your account, once you sign up for an account. If you are interested in signing up, you can view our current pricing here: www.BeenVerified.com/subscribe Once you are signed up and logged in, just click at the top of your screen for the type of search you want to run: people search, phone search, email or property. You will then see fields to enter the information you wish to search. Enter the information (person's full name, a phone number, an email address or a property address) and click Search. Once you see the search results, click to Access Report. If you have additional questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at support@beenverified.com or 1-888-579-5910.
Answer: Hi there Michelle, can you please email us directly at support@BeenVerified.com ATTENTION: SHONILA so we can take a look at your account right away. Thank you!
Answer: Hi Lori, I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble locating the information you're looking for. The BeenVerified Social Search allows you to enter an email address, and locate any online profiles that have been created with that email address, such as Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, and more. If you are unable to locate a social media site, it could be due to the privacy settings. If the privacy setting is set to private for example it may prohibit results in an search. If you have any further questions or need any additional help, please don't hesitate to let us know. Respectfully, BeenVerified Customer Care
Answer: Hi, Thank you for your question. To look into your account, could you provide your id number or the email address you used to create your account? Thank you, BeenVerified Customer Care
Answer: Hi, Did you successfully create an account? If so what is the email address you signed up with? With this we can locate that account. Please note we do not share the information provided to us on the sign up page. Thank you, BeenVerified Customer Care
Answer: Hi Ellen, We are happy to help. To locate the account, please provide the email address you used to signed up with.
Hi Guy,
I just wanted to follow up with you to confirm that we canceled your account and processed a full refund of your $22.86 subscription purchase on 1/6/2015. You should have received an email confirmation of this cancellation and refund.
I'm sorry you felt like the service wasn't what you were looking for. The subscription you signed up for gave you access to run unlimited background reports, which include, when available: names, aliases, address histories, phone numbers, property reports, relatives and associates, criminal records, along with social search by email address, reverse phone and property searches. We also offer the ability to purchase a comprehensive report upgrade in any report you run, in order to unlock all additional sections of the report. This will return any results we have in additional categories such as: UCC fillings, watercraft ownership, DEA licenses and more.
The social search lets you search an email address to return any online social profiles registered to that email, depending on the privacy settings of each profile. This should return results like Facebook profiles, LinkedIn, and more.
If we haven't resolved your concerns, or if you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact us at 888-579-5910 or at support@beenverified.com.
Best,
Carla
BeenVerified Customer Care