Vital Records Certificates

When I first started using the site for the needed certification, I noted it was run by LexisNexis which is one of the databases we use in collecting information for developing contacts at my job and tracking people. This data can easily be obtained by anyone. But, I overlooked my concerns because Vital Records initially doesn't ask anything personal. It's once they obtain and supposedly processed my payment and all should have been completed that the site demanded my social security number, more personal information, and copies of my identification to be uploaded. There's no turning back at this point. Then the wait time turned from being the quickest method of 10 days to deferring to the health departments' timing of 20 days or longer. So, it does feel like a scam, because they are basically collecting your imperative information and you still require the direct services of the state department. So you gave your important data to strangers and actually paid for it. They will in turn also get paid by the companies that buy data and use their database services. It's best to just wait for the state department and skip this third-party "service".

DO NOT USE THIS GROUP_ SCAM ALERT. THERE HAS BEEN NO FOLLOW UP> I HAVE CONTACTED CREDIT CARD TO ENSURE NO OTHER CHARGES FOLLOW THE INITIAL ONE> TERRIBLE! WE MUST FIND THE PHONE NUMBER FOR THIS COMPANY

IT ONLY STEALS FROM YOU, NOW I HAVE TO DISPUTE!
ITS SOMETHING SERIOUS, BIRTH CIRTIFICATES AND MORE, ITS AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
PEOPLE SHOULD NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY ONE TO MAKE PROFIT, THIS PPL SO CALLED COMPANY ARE GOING STRIGHT TO HELL, IM REPORTING THEM TO THE BEST BUSSINESS BUREAU RIGHT NOW!

My son placed an order for a birth certificate which I paid for on my visa card (big mistake). After we placed the order and paid with my Visa card VitalChek then requested additional documentation from my son which we sent. Then VitalChek notified us that there was a discrepancy with the mailing address and the payment address. We contacted VitalChek and their reply was that Maryland Vital Statistics are an out of house agency and that we need to contact the Maryland agency ourselves. The site says that if we cannot supply the proper documentation that they will issue a refund after 15 days minus what ever the charges are for the search by the agency. Now we have no certificate and we have paid VitalChek to do absolutely nothing with no other option but to wait out the 15 days and hope for a refund. VitalChek is a third party company working on behalf of the State of Maryland that is suppose to process applications for customers seeking vital certificates (birth certificate in our case). It is a disgrace and total waste of time to use VitalChek and the State of Maryland should stop using VitalChek immediately and handle the Vital Statistics Department research themselves instead of wasting customers time and money on non-delivering third party company. We are totally disgusted with the situation concerning VitalChek and caution others to try to find an alternative to using VitalChek. I don't know how to include proof of purchase without showing our personal information so our credibility rating will be low. All I can say is we live in South Carolina and are originally from Maryland. Best of luck to all.

ON YESTERDAY I THOUGHT I WAS ORDERING MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE ONLINE WITH THIS COMPANY.
I PAID $47.00 FOR A NOTHING FORM. I COULD HAVE DOWNLOADED THE FORM THEY SENT ME ON MY OWN FOR FREE. THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES FOR SCAMMING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR MONEY. THERE IS NO PHONE NUMBER LISTED TO CALL TO STOP PAYMENT. NOW I HAVE TO PAY $46.00, FILL OUT THE FORM, MAIL IT TO VITAL STATISTICS IN MY STATE. DO NOT USE THIS SITE FOR ANYTHING THEY ARE FULL OF B___S___.

SCAM absolutely NO STARS FROM ME. NEVE RECEIVED BIRTH CERTIFICATE. THEY JUS TAKE YOUR MONEY. I paid over $100 dollars with no response or birth certicate.

The following message is what I wrote to them after realizing that I was scammed. I wouldn't mind paying the $40 if they were going to handle getting the certificate and mailing to me. However, as you will see, they emailed a form with instructions for completion to be mailed and include the $15 actual certificate fee!
BEWARE, BEWARE, BEWARE... THIS IS AN UNSCRUPULOUS BUSINESS. DO NOT TRUST.

"Yes! I am going to dispute this $40 charge with both PayPal and my Chase Visa credit card because the $40 fee is simply to send me an email with Birth Certificate form and instructions on filling out and mailing myself. I'm also going to report you to BBB and leave you negative reviews. I agree your service deserves a fee BUT not $40 for sending me a form that I am to fill out and mail it in myself! Your competitor Vital Check costs a total of $23.30 which includes an $8.30 fee and they finish the process and the certificate mailed directly to me. You are shameless."