• Intelius

Intelius

Overview

Intelius has a rating of 2.39 stars from 100 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Intelius most frequently mention credit card, and background check problems. Intelius ranks 136th among People Search sites.

  • Service
    35
  • Value
    33
  • Shipping
    14
  • Returns
    20
  • Quality
    26

This company responds to reviews on average within 2 days

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How would you rate Intelius?
Top Positive Review

“Easy to use and provided excellent service and value.”

Jillian K.
3/17/23

I have been wanting to reach out to an old friend all the way from Australia. Intellius made it easy and efficient. Pleasure doing business with Intelius.

Top Critical Review

“Just a dishonest search company, trying to bait you with the $1 search”

Samuel H.
1/23/24

Fought tooth and nail to keep your refund The second much higher charge for a service that I didn't use, going to their customer service, PayPal, my bank, and these fellas took the money and run. Make sure not to use this service at all, but if you do, make sure you cancel the """subscription""" after you use the $1 search, otherwise you're not going to have a fun time getting your refund. All in all, didn't help with my dispute, fought my bank and PayPal mercilessly to keep the money and left me with the bill! Dishonest, stressful, and shady.- the Intelius way!

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Thumbnail of user jilliank75
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 17th, 2023

I have been wanting to reach out to an old friend all the way from Australia. Intellius made it easy and efficient. Pleasure doing business with Intelius.

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Jillian,
Thank you for taking the time to review your experience with us. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed our services, and were able to track down an old friend! We look forward to continuing to assist you in the future.

Thank you,
Intelius Support

Thumbnail of user ginnieb3
1 review
1 helpful vote
October 7th, 2022
Verified purchase

I spoke with a representative and found her to be not only professional, but by the end of the conversation I felt she was a friend who was looking out for my best interest. Please tell her thank you.

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Ginnie,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with us, and wish we knew which representative you spoke with so we could pass along your kind words! We look forward to continuing to assist you in the future.

Thank you,
Intelius Support

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1 review
0 helpful votes
May 13th, 2022

Dear Intelius,

I had occasion today to chat with Adam on your help line. He was good at his job. I am old. Computers are not my strong suit. Adam walked me through the process of getting into your system and getting the information I needed.

Thank you for having a responsive person like Adam on your team and thank you for having your response people here in the United States.

Warm regards,
Richard Hild
Port Townsend, WA

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Richard,
Thank your for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with us, and will be sure to pass along your kind words to Adam! We look forward to assisting you again in the future:)

Thank you,
Intelius Support

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1 review
0 helpful votes
January 4th, 2023

I was very pleased with the results using this company and just as pleased with the pleasant way I was treated when I needed customer support from Josh a team member. Thank you for the information. Will use this company again if I ever need to search another individual.

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Debbie,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with us, and will be sure to pass along your kind words to Josh and his team! We look forward to continuing to assist you in the future.

Thank you,
Intelius Support

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1 review
0 helpful votes
November 20th, 2022

I was overcharged and called to let someone know about it and was able to speak with a Bobbie Joe who was very helpful and willing to do her best to help me get my money refunded back. I really appreciate her help in the matter.

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello George,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are sorry that you were overcharged, but so happy that it was resolved! I will pass along your kind words to Bobbie Joe and their team. We look forward to continuing to assist you in the future.

Thank you,
Intelius Support

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1 review
0 helpful votes
July 2nd, 2022

Customer service isn't bad. Quick and easy. Needed to do one search. Got some info and that was it lol.

Tip for consumers:
read thoroughly

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Amour,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with us, and were able to get the information you needed for your one search. We look forward to assisting you again in the future.

Thank you,
Intelius Support

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1 review
0 helpful votes
February 18th, 2023

Great service quick with solution and informative I would definitely use this service if ever needed again

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Thaddeus,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with us, and look forward to continuing to assist you in the future.

Thank you,
Intelius Support

Thumbnail of user brandonw758
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 26th, 2022
Verified purchase

I did not intend to sign up for monthly account and billing. I didn't notice until after I had been billed for 3 months. I called and got through to customer service immediately. And then received a full refund for all 3 months that posted within minutes. No drama. Very impressive.

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Brandon,
Thank you for taking he time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with us and with our dedicated Customer Care Team. We apologize if there was an error in charging, but are glad to know that it was resolved with no issues! We look forward to continuing to assist you again in the future.

Thank you,
Intelius Support

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1 review
0 helpful votes
February 16th, 2023

"Intelius provided everything I needed and more. I will definitely use this service again not to mention the professional and courteous customer service I receive.
"Thank you

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Liggielane,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with us, and with our dedicated Customer Care Team. We look forward to continuing to assist you in the future.

Thank you,
Intelius Support

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1 review
0 helpful votes
January 18th, 2023

The person who attended me was great. She met my needs and exceeded my expectations! Wonderful and magic worker!

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with Instant Checkmate, as well as our Customer Service team. We look forward to providing you with our services again in the future.

Thank you,

Thumbnail of user georger1345
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 20th, 2023

Whenever Intelius makes an error in subscription services, they correct it immediately and with a generous attitude. I really appreciated the courteous and effective manner in which your representative handled the issue.

Tip for consumers:
Very effective serice

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hellon George,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with us, and with our dedicated Customer Care Team. We look forward to continuing to assist you in the future!

Thank you,
Intelius Support

Thumbnail of user margaretb1613
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 7th, 2022
Verified purchase

I needed to run just one search, so purchased a one-month membership. There was absolutely no pressure to renew, which is very refreshing. I easily found the information I needed. Excellent product and customer service.

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Margaret,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with not only our product, but also with our dedicated Customer Care Team! We look forward to assisting you again in the future:)

Thank you,
Intelius Support

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1 review
0 helpful votes
June 1st, 2022
Verified purchase

Good evening. My name is Lloyd and I just wanted to take a moment of your time to express the great experience we had a moment ago speaking with Nikkole. Let me begin by saying that both of us are completely ignorant as to how your process of gathering and filtering all of the available information out there and narrowing it down to one single person is mind boggling. (yes, I'm old) I found myself in a situation where I needed specifics regarding my sisters affairs and some of her friends that I've never met to inform them of her passing. Some of the reports I got back I knew were bogus and some seemed just wrong. Then Nikkole answered our phone call and our questions. She was so helpful it's silly. Almost as silly as some of our questions. She was super patient and so very friendly. I just wanted to share that there are people that appreciate service of that quality and wanted to praise it. Thanks again and have a wonderful day.

Tip for consumers:
call and have it explained to you.

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email, phone, search

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello May,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with us, and will be sure to pass along your kind words to Nikole and her team. We look forward to assisting you again in the future:)

Thank you,
Intelius Support

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1 review
0 helpful votes
August 13th, 2022

Easy to access and has a lot of information easily accessible. The only downside is their reoccurring membership but they offer a full refund if you're disatisfied with your services. Super informative website

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Mel,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with us, and we look forward to continuing to assist you in the future!

Thank you,
Intelius Support

Thumbnail of user cherylb1818
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 12th, 2022

I wrote this already. The 2 ladies at Intelius did a great job getting me hooked-up, but signing up should be way easier on your website. It only took a dumb phone, laptop and baby tablet to get the job done and a good - plus hour at that. Since I can't do the following pictures, my e-mail is *******@yahoo.com - just so you know it is me writing this.

Tip for consumers:
The site NEEDS to be clearer for where to sign up!!

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just want to get on ZABA

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Cheryl,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to know that you enjoyed your experience with us, as well as with 2 of the women on our dedicated Customer Care Team, and we look forward to continuing to assist you in the future!

Thank you,
Intelius Support

Thumbnail of user jasonw1905
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
August 7th, 2022

I tried a trial membership with this company and couldn't find out the information I needed which was probably information no one could find out. I do respect the facts that they gave me no problems canceling and they didn't make it complicated and they refunded the small amount of money I put down for the trial membership. It's hard to find companies like that nowadays that have integrity. So thank you for being an honest

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Jason,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with us, and we look forward to assisting you again in the future.

Thank you,
Intelius Support

Thumbnail of user patricial1781
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 22nd, 2022

I had a subscription issue and he took care of it. His friendly manner was contagious. A real ambassador for your company

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Patricia,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with us, and with our dedicated Customer Care Team! We look forward to assisting you again in the future:)

Thank you,
Intelius Support

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1 review
0 helpful votes
February 21st, 2023

The service representative I got was amazing he got straight to the point and help me tremendously thank you very much.

Thumbnail of user deannab355
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 2nd, 2022

I have been looking for my long lost cousin for a very long time and your company helped me find her. Thank You

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello DeAnn,
Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with us and were able to track down your cousin! We look forward to continuing to assist you in the future.

Thank you,
Intelius Support

Thumbnail of user benjaminb503
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
December 15th, 2022
Verified purchase

I will admit that the Intelius website is fairly tricky. If you plan to use their paid services I would advise you to be observant, cautious and to male sure you read the fine print. The next sketchy thing that this website does is they try to target your wallet. What I found was that regardless of what I clicked on, for example, it always triggered an offer for paid services even if I was purposely trying to avoid any sort of paid services. Another example is, I needed to do a reverse phone number search for a number that continually called and texted me. Yes, you need to create a login username and password to use paid services, so I literally only paid less than $1 for one reverse phone number search. I was disappointed when the results of that search were absolutely zero results. Later, like a couple days later, I got an email from them saying that yes their were no search results for the number and they were refunding my money. At that point I decided it would be a good idea to contact them to make sure and verify that I had not signed up for any service that would bill my card on file. I even made them delete my payment method on file with them.Then, 9 whole days passed by and BOOM a $39.48 charge popped up on my PayPal account! WHAT! Oh no they didn't! Obviously, I called immediately. This is where I was definitely impressed! The kind, polite and courteous woman I spoke with listened to what I had to say and quickly responded with an apology and offer to be refunded right then and there. She assured me that, if I wanted, she would delete my account. Which of course I did. And even then she offered me to use their paid services for 30 days free of charge for the inconvenience. Very impressed with the customer service and support she provided me. That much I definitely appreciate!

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Benjamin,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are sorry to see that this happened, but delighted to know that things were cleared up right when you called. We continue to make changes and improvements to our services, and your comment will definitely be taken into consideration as we continue to update the experience for our current and future users.

Thank you,
Intelius Support

Thumbnail of user allenr191
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 12th, 2022
Verified purchase

Knowledgeable, polite and succinct. Solved problem quickly and efficiently. Problem not only corrected but resulted in a less expensive plan!

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Allen,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with us, and with our dedicated Customer Care Team! We look forward to assisting you again in the future:)

Thank you,
Intelius Support

Thumbnail of user sandrac2541
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 26th, 2023

Of all places that I try to find information about somebody this is the place to go so if anybody needs to find somebody or their background check this out first thank you so much I appreciate your business

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Sandra,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with us, and we look forward to continuing to assist you in the future!

Thank you,
Intelius Support

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1 review
0 helpful votes
April 28th, 2022

Adam is a great rep. He explained, and helped me discover features in the app that I didn't know existed. I give him 5 out of 5 stars. Went in to app again, and Intelius gets 4 out of 5 stars.

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Don,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with us, and will be sure to pass along your kind words to Adam and his team! We look forward to assisting you again in the future:)

Thank you,
Intelius Support

Thumbnail of user erikaf142
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 4th, 2023

I was angry because I was charged a fee without consent also this felt like catfishing because it kept wanting more money, so deceiving. I canceled after an hour and it was surprisingly extremely easy. I called and it was canceled. The next day I received call from a kind person who wanted to discuss my review so I told him about my experience and was shocked when he not only refunded the 3.99 Not approved by me but the whole fee 29.00. Wow! That is honest. So I do recommend this service wholeheartedly. I do wish There were more information available for me though but I didn't keep paying more fees as it went deeper. I didn't lose any money so I am very grateful.

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello Erika,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with your feedback. We are delighted to see that you enjoyed your experience with us, and with our dedicated Customer Care Team. We look forward to continuing to assist you in the future.

Thank you,
Intelius Support

Thumbnail of user michaelr5551
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 19th, 2023

I needed help on this site and Demron helped me to the fullest. He is great and whatever he is getting paid is not enough. Thank you so much for all your hard work Demron. I would hire you in a minute.

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Nicholas K. – Intelius Rep

Hello,

We are very happy to see that you enjoyed your experience with Intelius and our Customer Care team! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us feedback. We look forward to providing you with our services again in the future.

Thank you!

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