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BeenVerified's aim is to help people discover, understand and use public data in their everyday lives. BeenVerified works to provide people with access to public information that was formerly only available to big companies and people with deep pockets in a way that is easy, affordable, and fast. With subscription plans starting at less than $10/month, free apps for iPhones and Android devices, and subscription plans that offer access to multiple levels of reports, BeenVerified offers a variety of affordable ways to engage in background reports. At BeenVerified, we are always focused on customer service. Unlike many other websites, we have live customer support specialists available from 8am-10pm Monday through Friday and 10am-8pm on Saturday and Sunday. You can reach them via our toll-free number 1-888-579-5910. They are happy to help with questions about the process or with questions you have about your reports.


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BeenVerified Reviews Summary

BeenVerified has a rating of 2.4 stars from 309 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 7th among Background Check sites.

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Illinois
1 review
8 helpful votes
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On your end, it took a little bit of work. However, Carla liaised with your Data Team, kept me up-to-date via email and ultimately completed the task. Carla ensured I was in the loop until it was completed to my satisfaction and I think she did an excellent job, (excellent customer service skills and operational knowledge level). Thanks again!
Mark Ryan

Date of experience: April 10, 2015
Arizona
1 review
4 helpful votes
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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.)

Date of experience: April 9, 2015
New Jersey
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Clearing up a misunderstanding
April 12, 2015

I enrolled in your service to search for information about an old acquaintance. It really was not helpful and I canceled the account on the same day. I had a lot of trouble with the automated cancelation and I guess I overreacted by complaining to BBB. I was contacted by Carla, who assured me that that the account had indeed been canceled. She was very gracious and she even gave me a refund, which I did not expect. She is truly an asset to your company. You should have her cloned!

Date of experience: April 9, 2015
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Amazing resource!
April 5, 2015

We found this to be an exceptional resource for searching for available public data. I was even surprised it understood so much of my own background! They had data of old addresses i had completely forgotten about!

Date of experience: April 2, 2015
California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Very helpul and informative!
March 29, 2015

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!

Date of experience: March 26, 2015
Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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My customer service representative was extreme quick and efficient to work with. Although, I came to the process upset - after having canceled and still been billed - she was a pleasure to work with. Very quick responses and good feedback are excellent qualities to possess while working with an angry customer.

Date of experience: March 25, 2015
Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Phone Operator: Timothy
March 28, 2015

Great Help With My Account: Spoke Clearly & Nicely- Also Quickly & Professionally To My Requests - He Was Ex-Special With Assisting Me & Therefore Want To Let You Know. Thanks

Date of experience: March 25, 2015
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Surprised & Very Pleased
March 27, 2015

I needed the one month subscription and no more. Typically, it takes many emails, phone calls and a lot of frustration to get through to a company and almost always results in more than one months charge. I was pleasantly surprised and very happy with the prompt and courteous service that Been Verified responded with immediately! Thank you for making my experience smooth, effortless, and a happy one. Excellent Customer Service.

Date of experience: March 24, 2015
Hawaii
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Personal good tidings
March 26, 2015

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!

Date of experience: March 23, 2015
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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BeenVerified Rocks!
March 26, 2015

My entire experience was extremely helpful. Always fast, knowledgeable, professional & courteous staff. Richelle was top notch in her efforts to help with my request. I would highly recommend BeenVerified & will use it again.

Date of experience: March 23, 2015
Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great Customer Service
March 21, 2015

I needed to use this service for only a month. When it came tie to cancel my subscription, customer service was very efficient, responding to my email request almost immediately and even offered me one more background check as a gift.

Date of experience: March 18, 2015
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Customer service
March 16, 2015

Richelle was very help She answered all my questions very professionally I would call on her again if I had any other problems

Date of experience: March 13, 2015
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Honest
March 13, 2015

Overall a good experience. Helpful staff, caring and honest

Date of experience: March 10, 2015
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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World Class of Service
March 9, 2015

Your represenative was so nice and kind, very company oriented. He provided world class service. Thank him for doing a job well done.

Date of experience: March 6, 2015
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Excellent Site
March 9, 2015

I was looking at my and my families records. Site was easy to navigate, pretty much accurate and I found what I wanted. If I need the service again, I will definitely use Been Verified.

Date of experience: March 6, 2015
Virginia
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Joined up, paid the fee and then checked on myself. They had me born in 1898, living in West Virginia (Never been there), wrong phone numbers, wrong relatives, wrong military service, tickets from places I had never been. A complete joke of a web site.

Date of experience: March 5, 2015
Carla S. — BeenVerified Rep
over a year old

Hi there,

I'm sorry to hear you feel this way about the service. Unfortunately, you didn't provide a valid member id, so I'm not able to see your account to better understand the issues with your report. However we don't provide date of birth in the report and we don't report on military service in our reports. Are you sure that BeenVerified is the service that you tried out?

Please contact customer service at 888-579-5910 or at [email protected] at your earliest convenience so we can make sure any account you created is canceled, and answer any other questions you may have.

Best,
Carla
BeenVerified Customer Care

North Dakota
2 reviews
12 helpful votes
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I was interested in testing this site to see if it held up as a logical source of finding information on someone. Their site says that it uses social media as part of its research and I can attest that the information is in accurate. I keep majority of my own information extremely public with a few seconds on google you can learn everything about me in minutes. This site reports my current residence at a location that is over 12 years old. I was able to confirm it was me based on the known relatives. For a site that simply runs a search algorithm to process data anything over $3 a month is a rip off. (Netflix is $9 a month and that's something you constantly use. Netflix has to pay other companies to be able to use those movies they have to pay people to add and delete content constantly) This site has to pay for a call center, and a development team. Their costs divided among the number of users they have wouldn't be high enough to justify more then $3 a month. If they overgrew that's poor business planning it should not be reflected on the open market.

Date of experience: March 4, 2015
New York
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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The product is pretty straight-forward, but I need to ask about an additional service the provided. I spoke to someone, I think Carla, who couldn't have been nicer to deal with.

Date of experience: February 13, 2015
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Cody, the Been Verified client services representive was both, professional and personable; I was so impressed with Cody's expertise and attention to client detail, that I asked to speak with and shared my sentiments with his manager. Been Verified is the "real deal", the background check product exceeded my expectations: moreover, l accomplished my goals and now, l'm at peace after confirming what I initially suspected about persons of intertest. Bottom line, do invest in this medium,
It's worth every cent spent!

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Sincerely,
J. Weaver - Florida

Date of experience: February 11, 2015
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The info I've received has always been correct and helpful. The support staff is superb. Highly recommended for finding information on people!

Date of experience: February 9, 2015