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ID.me

ID.me

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ID.me has a consumer rating of 1.09 stars from 155 reviews indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Consumers complaining about ID.me most frequently mention customer service, phone number and social security problems. ID.me ranks 89th among Payment Processing sites.

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  • No reliable customer service and the website is hard to navigate.
  • There is absolutely no customer service available, No phone number, just canned email responses and no communication.
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Top Positive Review

“Had a change of heart about ID.ME”

christina c.
12/5/20

I gave this company a really bad review a few days ago that i must retract. Once you are able to make contact with a person at the company everything goes very smooth. The people there a very nice and know what they are doing. The "trusted referee" operators or the system suck. Maybe they both are inept. But if you email *******@id.me or *******@id.me you will get the help you need quickly. Be sure and include a phone number for them to contact you

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Top Critical Review

“5 days waiting idme”

Lila B.
12/12/20

I'm using Idme for unemployment of Texas So far its been a pain in the ass. No phone # to contact customer service, Five hour wait time to chat on line with a trustee referees simply to verify who I am. I already uploaded my iD l, my health insurance card and my SSC but as you can see this is a joke of a website! It's absolutely frustrating and makes me wonder how much money they got pay? They are doing such a poor job

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lilab27
Lila B.
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“5 days waiting idme”
December 12th, 2020
I'm using Idme for unemployment of Texas So far its been a pain in the ass. No phone # to contact customer service, Five hour wait time to chat on line with a trustee referees simply to verify who I am. I already uploaded my iD l, my health insurance card and my SSC but as you can see this is a joke of a website! It's absolutely frustrating and makes me wonder how much money they got pay? They are doing such a poor job
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markd1229
Mark D.
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“Shameful, deceitful plug from the California DMV”
February 12th, 2020
I ran across this service on the California DMV website. There was very little information about what it was but they made it look very official like it was required DMV business. It's nothing more than a marketing company trying to sell you something. Somehow they negotiated a spot on the DMV website to place their ad, because that's all it is. Sneaky and deceitful. I will not do business with someone who has to slink around in the bushes to attract customers. Don't fall for this scam.
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jpk8
jp k.
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“Sad”
April 22nd, 2020
For a business dedicated to our front line workers its pretty sad they do not value their clientele. You can forget about any customer service. I have submitted multiple request for assistance and have received nothing but cookie cutter responses. Then when I try to respond for additional assistance they close out the inquiry so you have to keep going through the same process with no assistance.
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davidh4873
David H.
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“Perpetual hold to verify ID, awful service”
December 11th, 2020
Everytime I logon to ID.me to get a "referee" to verify my identity for state services here in Texas, I'm put on perpetual hold. Wait time NEVER drops below 3 hours. This service is deplorable, and I'd give them negative stars if I could. The State of Texas should cancel it until they adequately staff themselves to handle the load.
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delilahf6
Delilah F.
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“Worthless.”
December 7th, 2020
Same problems as everybody else. I've been trying to get my identity verified for 3 days for unemployment purposes. I leave my computer open for hours but my wait time never drops below 3 hours. Either this system is a fraud, or they need to hire 100x the number of "referees" they have right now. The government services we depend on should not be contracting with ID.me until they fix their issues!
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rhettb16
Rhett B.
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“Absolutely horrible and incompetent”
January 13th, 2021
Site has several issues, none of which have any reliable workaround. It gets hung up on phone numbers, it can't handle any kind of curveball (foreign passport, maiden name), and the wait time for "referee" is basically eternity (nobody can confirm ever actually talking to one). Horrible customer service and basic troubleshooting. Really stupid and incompetent app beginning to end. Only an idiot who likes to burn their money would find this garbage company.

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Be prepared to go back to the agency and find an alternative because this service doesn’t work fo squat.

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laurens470
Lauren S.
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“Their system can't verify my RN license, so fristrating”
April 18th, 2020
I've been trying to get my RN license verified for 3 weeks. Their verification system doesn't recognize letters, however in colorado, letters are part of our license number. They give me every reason under the sun that has nothing to do with why it can't be verified. A simple manual verification on their end would solve the issue. It's almost maddening. You want to help nurses but your actions speak louder than your words. Thanks for nothing ID.me
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maryam4
Marya M.
3 reviews
38 helpful votes
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“Awful, terrible customer service, no actual person to talk with, frustrating and they don't care”
February 4th, 2020
They work with many major hotels to offer a student discount so people take the time and frustration to submit paperwork. I submitted my social security #, student records, official emails from the school, screenshots of my current classes showing my full name and address, etc. This took 4 FOUR hours and did not work, they did not accept it. Super frustrating and no real person to connect with. I HATE this company!
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johnb843
John B.
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“Not even close to working.”
October 7th, 2020
I submitted a very simple form to create an account, and it's been wedged at this error (see image) for hours. So far a totally worthless web site.
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tylerd167
TYLER D.
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“ID me is a pathetic excuse for a identification company”
December 9th, 2020
I am a single father who is going to be homeless with my child this Christmas because of ID me. I've provided my driver's license and state issued health insurance card and current utility bills and a selfie but that wasn't good enough and I lost my unemployment and I owe it to ID Me
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Anon S.
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“This undignified company is a fraud and exposing users to identity theft.”
January 13th, 2021
Do not use this service, the system is run by fascists. They try to force people without their consent to facial scanning by tricking them into taking selfies, etc. Refuse to connect via video chat and after waiting 14 hours, yes, 14 hours they hung up on us. This company is a fraud. Do not use this service!

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Do not use this service. It will expose you to identify theft.

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ebonyb61
Ebony B.
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“Do People Actually Work Here?”
January 22nd, 2021
What's the point in having a verification system if doesn't work? Hour waits, sometimes day waits, only to have a Google number pop up that may or may not be them or it may be a scam, who knows! It's not like they identify themselves or anything. Pro-tip: if you're going to have an agency that verifies things for a governmental agency, make sure it works. Because ID.me does not. It's inefficient and practically useless. I've had my appeal held up by this "system" and for the length of time that it's taking to verify, I might as well walk to Sacramento. I'd get it done faster. I'd give it less stars but there's not an option.
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leonardf77
Leonard F.
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“What a horrible idea”
December 27th, 2020
EDD California is using ID.me now. I filled out all the forms, my docs got verified, but the final verification did not happen. Every piece of info about me is correct, but I did not get verified. The message from ID.me is we will get back to you. No indication of when! How do I apply for unemployment insurance now I have no idea. How long it all will take?-I have no idea. The State of Ca acts stupidly again!
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elviar10
elvia r.
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“ID.me Garbage, Worthless, Awful service ever deal with.”
January 7th, 2021
Started my ID.me verification on 11/30/2020. Hold=3 to 5 hours waste of time. Over 10 emails with apologies and excuses but no solution to my verification. Today 01/07/2021 waste 30 more minutes and back to square one. Trusted Referee still in in vacations because never show up for over 5 times and still waiting for him. If I had the power to out of business/close this ID.me company before I finish my review it would be gone. Good Luck America with this shameful ID.me worthless company.
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rachelb443
Rachel B.
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“TRAIN WRECK”
April 28th, 2020
ID.me is a joke and a total waste of time. They'll "block" or disable your account claiming you entered the "wrong" password but they'll route you back to page where you can log on and then email you and tell you they fixed it. (This happened to me twice, two weeks apart.) Their customer service SUCKS. Good luck doing anything through them. Don't fall for their B. S. it's a joke.
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timw467
Tim W.
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“Avoid like the plague”
June 26th, 2020
The idea of an online verification service is a very good one, and timely. Sadly, the general concept is the only good thing ID.me has going for it. Their "verification" process is, well, broken. It cannot and will not verify your identification no matter what documentation you provide. Trust me, I tried more than once with the formal documentation my employer provided. Nope, sorry. And inquiry to customer service? Another black hole.

Again, a great idea that simply doesn't work. A sad wonder this startup ever got funding.
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robinb633
Robin B.
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“This is a waste of time”
December 11th, 2020
Been trying for 10 days to get a video call with a trusted referee. Over and over I get a 5 hour wait. The time only seems to INCREASE. People have lives and things to do. Not spend 10 days staring at a phone. Im almost homeless and starving because my unemployment has stopped. They now have all my personal information. Will be hiring a lawyer and reporting to BBB. No customer service at all! Unprofessional time consuming life altering crap!
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jerryp346
Jerry P.
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“Registering For My Unemployment”
December 4th, 2020
Was required to register@ id.me for my unemployment. The site said it was basically super easy. After 2 days and countless hours of getting nowhere, I ended up so frustrated I sent nasty emails and tried deleting everything I'd submitted. Of course, it takes them 1 full week to delete my account, so my unemployment's going to be at least 1 week late. This whole website and company sucks!
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michaelm6172
Michael M.
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“I don't know why they need facial recognition for EDD”
January 11th, 2021
This is quite fishy the company admits that 3 parties have access to your ID and they force you to have facial recognition. My question is why the CA government certainly does not do this for voting, welfare, or other social programs.
So we have to submit to the Orwellian company whose system is deeply flawed why?
Now it gets good I tried to set this up but can't no matter what I do I cannot set up the facial recognition portion it would be OK with me if we could just skip it unfortunately that will never happen.

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Avoid if at al possible they say right in their security statement that it is not secure and is used by third parties and they disavow any responsibility for damages by the third parties they supply with (sell) your data.
Just for your information I used to work for a data security firm and this is not it.

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roya130
Roy A.
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“Biggest scam in unemployment”
January 5th, 2021
California claims that they have been scammed by unemployment claims, but they are too stupid to realize that the biggest scam of all was when they agreed to use Id.me to provide verification services!

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Complain to the government!

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pattya75
Patty a.
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“Can't get any help with creating an account”
January 19th, 2021
I'm trying to set up an account so I can verify my ID with the unemployment department when I went in to use my email address it said that that email address was already associated with an account I need help and I can't find it anywhere every number I call they don't answer this is holding up my unemployment benefits I haven't received a payment since December and I thought I had already sent in my ID verification but evidently not
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mariand54
Marian D.
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“Don't use this service”
December 9th, 2020
I've been on there site for a solid 3 days and nights and still have not been able to get in. It says my wait time is over 5 hours, then it goes down to 1 hour 12 minutes then goes back to 5 hours when my WiFi shuts off. No wonder so many can't get there unemployment. This is nuts! The don't have the staff for the contracts they take on. Don't use them.
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caseys198
Casey S.
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“Awful!”
December 8th, 2020
Horrible horrible horrible. They have one job. Verify identities. Yet they can't read ID cards, they can't verify phone numbers, customer service does nothing to resolve anything, and their live video option has a wait time of 3+ hours but keeps hanging up on you. Another example of private contractor lining their pockets with money at the expense of the vulnerable.
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kamorem
Kamore M.
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“TERRIBLE SERVICE”
December 9th, 2020
I've been on hold waiting for a representative for over two days now! If everybody is basically working from home how in the world is it taking so long to verify someone's identity all these people put here that need jobs money etc... and y'all playing get a better system cause this is terrible worst idea y'all ever came up with!
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sarahp860
Sarah P.
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“NEVER EVER GOT THROUGH TO A "Trusted Referee"”
December 6th, 2020
I have been trying to get though to a trusted referee for 3 weeks - the queue is not first come first serve, they kick you out or leave you waiting for HOURS. I have uploaded my documents dozens of times. This is a scam. The system is completely flawed, they should be flagged for fraud. Customer service is a waste of time. The entire ID.me system is train wreck. Figures the government uses this for identity verification.
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How easy is it to get a hold of customer service at id.me?

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NO CUSTOMER SERVICE! AT ALL... good luck with ever getting an answer or anyone to come online because they won't it's a company that should not be allowed to exist but it's America go figure

By Lauraetta G.
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Is id.me a scam or a legit company?

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Scam worst website ever should never use ever... doesn't work at all

By dustin C.
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I'm not familiar with all of the different files like pdf , jpg exe. can all of the forms requested be uploaded in pdf format.

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YES. They can be, it's the safest format that records and displays of someone has tried to alter your submission.

By Karen K.
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Is company open or bankrupt why no one working

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I waiting for 5 days in the row more than 8to 10 hours still can not meet a trusted referee did any one have idea to faster?

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Hello is this site used for scammer to steal your your importation info?

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Is there a purely gov.or military secure sight that i d'. s a veteran of the u.s.a.

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