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Check People

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Check People has a rating of 2.2 stars from 467 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Check People most frequently mention credit card, customer service and fine print. Check People ranks 130th among People Search sites.

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Georgia
1 review
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Report was Exact
February 12, 2021

Got my free trial after paying 1$ and my report was exactly as it should be. The fine print said that it would continue to charge me 30$/month afterwards so I called and cancelled when I was finished.

Date of experience: February 10, 2021
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Very fast service
April 21, 2020

I've used Check People several times to look up people before meeting them to interview them as new a possible new roommate. I use all social media sites too, but I feel like Check People give you more details than you can find all in one place and through a very fast search. Because I wanna filter through roommate applications, this helps me do a quick and very detailed check so I don't have to spend hours searching online first.

Date of experience: April 20, 2020
California
1 review
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I've had bad luck with roommates in the past and i tried checkpeople to get an idea of who I'm dealing with before I meet them. Information was often good but like all these tools sometimes not complete

Date of experience: June 12, 2020
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Check People saved my life. Couldn't be happier with the information I was provided. I've used other websites before and I always found that there was still a lot of stuff missing. Would recommend to anyone looking to do background checks

Date of experience: July 23, 2020
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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My husband and I used this site to check out his fathers very shady past. We were nervous at first, and during!, because our credit card company gave us an alert asking if it was us... meaning its a flagged site by credit card companies. When we finished looking through the information, I sat down with the phone and prepared myself to wait on hold for 7 hours and finally battle out a cancellation with someone in another country. I went into complete shock when a total sweetheart answered with her thick southern accent and quickly helped me cancel my account in less than 5 minutes. At this time I am not sure if my account was charged extra fees or not, but so far everything seems okay! I will update my review if my credit card ends up getting hacked/scammed!

Date of experience: July 12, 2020
Maryland
1 review
13 helpful votes
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I was told I accepted a charge of 6.99 to download unlimited reports. The only thing is, I read everything. There was no option to accept or decline this feature. I definitely didn't download any or even consider downloading an option. Buyer beware, they will take your money, thievery at its finest. For anyone willing to look, you will find some 5 star reviews are obviously repeated. Different names a few months later, same exact reviews and stories behind the positive remarks.

Date of experience: August 17, 2020
Oregon
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I fell out of touch w/ my family and sought my grandmother's address as she won't use a phone. The advertised.99¢ +. $5.99 service charge was fine and I paid. Next day my bank informed me check people had taken an additional $29.90 out of my account, almost overdrawing me. These liars are scum. Reporting them is useless. If you know their whereabouts achieve retribution if you can. Otherwise you're screwed.

Date of experience: April 11, 2023
Colorado
1 review
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Fantastic site!
October 4, 2021

Fantastic site! I've been doing some online dating recently and my mother mentioned that the idea of me going out and meeting up with strangers made her a bit nervous. I decided to look online for a way for me to get more information about the people I was talking to, and Check People doesn't disappoint!

Date of experience: October 2, 2021
Oregon
1 review
12 helpful votes
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False Advertising
March 12, 2021

Paid for a background check, price agreed to was 1$, they charged 30$ On top of that. I cancelled my subscription the same day, and received an email confirmation, but unfortunately I deleted it. When I called their customer service line to explain to them about my cancellation because I got another $30 charge and it hasn't even been 2 weeks from the first time, the guy did not want to hear me out he was too busy mansplaining to me. This "service" is a scam. At least now I no longer have to Deal with them.

Date of experience: March 12, 2021
Bangladesh
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Recently i've been using check people to help decide on potential roommates and
It's been a lifesaver - i had no way to verify who they were otherwise and i was
Geting really nervous about living with a total stranger. Not only was i able to
Make sure they were safe, but since i could scope out their social media, i could
Even guess if we'd get along in person. It saved me so much time trying to sift
Through my options!

Date of experience: May 28, 2023
Hawaii
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I like to know everything
September 27, 2020

I just moved to a new neighborhood and I like to know everything I can about my neighbors in advance. Once I got most of their names, I subscribed to Check People just to make sure there were no skeletons in their closets. You can never be too sure these days. Luckily, they all checked out. I'm pleased with their results and accuracy.

Date of experience: September 25, 2020
Alaska
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I once stated a background check, and they originally posted it as free then became 39.99 month every month. Hard to cancel,false and verbally abusive even to seniors. I get nasty incriminating pop-ups every day like he got arrested today,preditor type statements, these people are heartless to get business.I wont ever use their site.they wont stop.I will try to copy one of their pop ups

Date of experience: January 15, 2023
Arizona
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Unethical and useless
January 28, 2023

They charge you $30 and then won't refund you when their site won't work! What type of company won't at least partially refund a paying customer when their site doesn't work?! I was charged 3 times, as well. Was even the $6 charge refunded, as a courtesy, since their was even a $30 charge and a $4 charge, you might ask. Nope! But they sure did offer me a mighty fine "sorry, but it's non-refundable" about a dozen times. Isn't that worth the $40 that they got out of me? Survey says: no.

Date of experience: January 28, 2023
Nevada
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I canceled right away and I was charged $29 for a one dollar trial after I had that straightened out they now continue to charge me $2.33 repeatedly do not get involved with this place unethical practices and overcharging for services you never asked for

Date of experience: June 16, 2020
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I was recently looking for someone close to me whom I lost touch with many years back. I came across Check People through a simple google search and had some questions about their services. I had to call the customer service line and was promptly greeted by a young friendly lady who took her time answering my questions and addressing my concerns. Although I was originally reluctant to sign up and try the site, I ended up giving it a go. It was very easy to use and I was able to find the individual I was looking for very fast. The site offered extra information which was all correct to my knowledge as well. Great results and great service!

Date of experience: March 11, 2020
New York
1 review
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Awsome Service
February 25, 2020

I have a premium account, so I assume I'm getting a lot more features than the free service, but in my opinion, it's more than worth the money. If you need to use this service in your HR department, I encourage you to give it a shot and go for the premium account. You'll save a lot of time and effort and getting background checks for employees and potential job candidates. I think any HR representative would be more than pleased with the services they offer.

Date of experience: February 24, 2020
Belarus
1 review
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I didn't think a background website would be very useful or at least any better
Than google, but checkpeople is amazing. I cant believe how much it was able to
Tell me about my neighbors and coworkers. I even tested it on myself first to see
How accurate it was - it literally knew everything about me. When Ive looked on
Other sites, they've always gotten something wrong or missed something major,so checkpeople seems much more reliable.

Date of experience: May 27, 2023
Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I had my doubts about the person
June 26, 2023
Updated review

I had my doubts about the person I was dating, and wanted to be cautious before getting too involved. I used CheckPeople to run a background check on them to gain a better understanding of their past. I saw some red flags in the criminal history that was included in the information. However, I'm grateful for CheckPeople's service because it allowed me to protect myself.

Date of experience: June 25, 2023

Ensuring the safety of my children
June 25, 2023
Previous review

Ensuring the safety of my children is always a top priority. Kudos to CheckPeople's background check services! I was able to thoroughly investigate and gather information on individuals around my children. The comprehensive reports provided details on criminal records, past addresses, and other crucial information. It offered me peace of mind, knowing that I was taking extra precautions to safeguard my kids.

Date of experience: June 25, 2023
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I trust their results.
September 24, 2020

With the school going back in a few weeks I have to find a roommate and place to live on campus. It's not easy vetting roommates during Covid, so I use Check People to filter through possibilities in advance. It helps me illuminate anyone who has any red flags in advance. I trust their results.

Date of experience: September 23, 2020
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Love this website and how accurate the results are. Other websites will only give you basic information but I really like how Check People provides me with the answers to questions I didn't even know I had

Date of experience: August 8, 2020