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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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Oklahoma
1 review
1 helpful vote
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As it turns out, BeenVerified, is not for me. I immediatly emailed and cancelled so that i would not be charged the monthly fee. I am amazed(!) how quickly they responded... Just as immediate, they cancelled and assured no further charges. Amazing AMAZING company. Amazing customer service. I have since gotten two more emails to be sure i was satisfied. Thank you guys for being legit!

Date of experience: November 7, 2016
Carla S. — BeenVerified Rep
over a year old

Thank you for your comments Michael! We're very glad we could help.

California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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This is a service you can use for a small amount of money to get a large amount of information. I Will use it again.

Date of experience: November 3, 2016
Florida
1 review
3 helpful votes
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BEEN VERIFIED
October 26, 2016

Had problems initially with the site but lately it has been working great. I have data verified by individuals who I searched for.The data retrieved from the site was accurate in many cases.

Date of experience: October 22, 2016
Illinois
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Buyer beware
October 23, 2016

MOST of the information was correct, but was missing a majority of the information. I ran a check on self so i know what should have been there. I have two misdemeanor offenses on my record, but it said i have nothing on my criminal background, so this was in accurate (unless they only check for felony offenses) It had most of my address history, however it had a lot of addresses i have never lived at or used. It has me listed as related to Manny many people that i am not related to. It listed many email dresses that i have never heard of. It told me i had no judgments or liens against me, which i have one. Also tried looking up my ex- wife and her information was wrong as well. And when it came to bankruptcies, judgments and liens, it makes you pay an additional 10 bucks on top of what you already paid to... in my opinion this is defiantly a rip-off. Buyer beware.

Date of experience: October 20, 2016
Carla S. — BeenVerified Rep
over a year old

Hi Robert,
We appreciate the feedback, however I'm sorry to hear you had any trouble with the report you ran on yourself. We are dependent upon the availability and accuracy of public data. Sometimes there is more data and more current data available on some individuals than others. This can be dependent upon things like the state in which you reside and what is considered public record. There are also differences from county to county in what kinds of criminal data they make digitally available.

If you have not already contacted customer service for assistance with your account, please contact us at [email protected] or at 888-579-5910 and we would be happy to assist you with your account and answer any further questions you may have.

Our database is routinely updated in order to pull in the most up-to-date data we possibly can.

If you have any additional questions or need assistance with your account, please contact us.

Best,
BeenVerified Customer Care

California
1 review
11 helpful votes
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As soon as I purchased a membership, I looked up a couple sex offenders in my area (via Megan's Law website) just to test this app before really trusting it. BeenVerified failed to find a criminal record on the sex offenders I looked up. This is public information readily available. If BeenVerified's search engines cannot detect this, it a useless service. VERY disappointed!

I cancelled my service same day and was refunded after expressing my concern; however, they were not interested in my concern for public safety and would not forward me to anyone who could look into linking the public sex offender database to their BeenVerified search engines.

Date of experience: October 11, 2016
Carla S. — BeenVerified Rep
over a year old

Hi there,
I'm sorry to hear you had any trouble finding the information you needed in the report. In the criminal results section, we are dependent upon what county courts, departments of correction and other agencies make digitally available to us. There are some counties that provide more data than others. Another way to locate registered offenders is by searching an address, where we will use the public databases you mention, to list the registered offenders in a radius around the address searched, with their crimes, photos, and registered locations.

Please be assured your account was canceled and your subscription was refunded when you spoke with customer service.

We are constantly updating and expanding our database to provide the most accurate and comprehensive data we possibly can.

If you have any additional questions or comments, please feel free to contact BeenVerified Customer Care at 888-579-5910 or at [email protected].

Kind regards,
BeenVerified Customer Care

Arkansas
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I asked if we could use this service to find information on an uninsured driver who hit our car & was told that would be an acceptable reason; so we found her but unfortunately no information that we didn't already know about this person. While we had the trial membership, I searched myself & other family members, in which I found some errors; however the site offers a link to report errors, so I have no complaints about the peoplelooker site. The customer service reps are very professional & extremely friendly! The only reason I gave it a 4-star instead of a 5-star was because of my initial reason for the search, which showed less than I already knew about that person; but considering this at-fault driver is apparently known for deceit, I am not really surprised at the findings.

Date of experience: October 7, 2016
California
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Misinformation abounds
October 2, 2016

The person i looked up is someone i know well. The initial information provided (before you pay their fee) included incorrect middle name (she doesn't have one), people reported as family members that she does not know, and places she lived where she has not lived (and some not even visited). The only thing completely correct was her age. I can't help but wonder how the information was "verified". I would not trust their information for someone i did not know if it has this many errors for someone i do know (and can "verify").

Date of experience: September 30, 2016
Carla S. — BeenVerified Rep
over a year old

Hi Joe,
I'm sorry to hear you ran into any inaccurate information in the report you ran. I'm happy to look into this a bit more with you. Are you sure this was the correct report for the person you were trying to locate? If the age and name was the only information that matched, I'm wondering if perhaps we have another report that contains this person's information.

That being said, it is possible that a report can contain some outdated information or possibly inaccurate information. We are constantly updating and expanding our database to provide the most current and information we possibly can. The information in our reports comes from aggregated public records and publicly available data, pulled in from many, many sources. So we are dependent upon the accuracy of public records.

I wasn't able to locate an account created recently under the name Joe Dunn. If you wish to cancel your account, I'm happy to help you take care of that. Please let us know the email address or member id associated with your account, or call us at 888-579-5910.

New Jersey
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Your staff is awesome!
September 16, 2016

I have had a little trouble updating my card. I had received a notice and immediately go it on it however something didn't take right. I emailed with them my concerns and you know they were so nice and their courtesy as well as understanding what the problem was and actually helped me get the darn thing updated. A big thank you to the staff at been verified. I truly enjoy using this site to check on addresses, date and animal / house sitters. Thankyou to the staff for understanding my disability, as I do suffer from a traumatic brain injury which leaves me in a memory fog. They totally understood and were very honest and together our cooperation got the problem fixed, updated, and well on my way. Thankyou

Date of experience: September 13, 2016
Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Great experience.
September 9, 2016

We used it to check the backgrounds of caregivers for my dying father. Found great people and were comforted that we knew they had no criminal histories. I'd recommend "been verified" to anyone. Thank you. Doug

Date of experience: September 6, 2016
Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Refund
September 4, 2016

I was charged on my Credit Card for another 3 months subscription. I emaiedl customer service for a refund and cancellation of service. The response was done quickly.
Thank You

Date of experience: September 1, 2016
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I recently met someone on eHarmony and used been verified to confirm their identity and to check them out. We are still involved and looks good for the future. I would highly recommend the site especially for anyone who is doing online dating. I also used this site to find out about some con artist that had contacted me through Christian mingle. Well worth the money.

Date of experience: August 24, 2016
Ohio
2 reviews
17 helpful votes
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WARNING COMPLETE SCAM
August 25, 2016

I signed up for the 99 cent 7 day trial I called within the 7 days and canceled but apparently they did not cancel it and carved me for about a year and a half save yourself the stress and money DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER THIS SITE

Date of experience: August 23, 2016
Carla S. — BeenVerified Rep
over a year old

Hi Nathan,
BeenVerified does not offer a 99 cent 7-day trial. Your member id would have been a 9-digit number, provided in your Welcome email. Are you sure you signed up for BeenVerified? If you have been billed for a BeenVerified account that you would like to cancel, please contact Customer Care so we can assist you right away. You can call us at 888-579-5910 or email us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you so we can resolve this as soon as possible.

Kind regards,
BeenVerified Customer Care

Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The free, nomonal fee, trial period was a great idea! I was able to get accurate information quickly! I had planned on extendingmy subscription but I just found out I need to move and things things are tight. Retirement income isn't the grestest. After the dust settles I will try to come back!
Oh! And the customer service beats EVERY BODY out there!

Date of experience: August 10, 2016
Alabama
1 review
1 helpful vote
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As I had "NEVER" utilized social medias dating sites before, I did join one for a short, very short period of time. I found several of the contacts there to be much less than truthful (lol)!... The information gained from beenverified.com most likely saved me much wasted time and I shudder to think what else I could possibly have lost. The services provided me with many avenues to search out the truth, which revealed the untruths. I am most greatful and will use their services again should I need or require such information in the future. Learned my lesson about social media dating sites... will not make that mistake again!

Date of experience: August 1, 2016
Carla S. — BeenVerified Rep
over a year old

Hi Rita,
We are very glad BeenVerified was able to help you in this situation. Please stay safe out there!

Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great Customer Service
August 3, 2016

I had an account issue and was a little upset. A customer service representative named Melissa was very quick to respond and she was able to fix the entire issue. I am very happy with how well she was able to take care of absolutely everything.

Date of experience: July 31, 2016
Missouri
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great Site
August 2, 2016

I really enjoyed the thoroughness of Been Verified. I feel like I got my money's worth and I would recommend this website to anyone.

Date of experience: July 29, 2016
Carla S. — BeenVerified Rep
over a year old

Thank you Veronica! We greatly appreciate your comments.

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Been verfied has helped me meet ppl tht i thought were shifty but found out they were cool and truly honest :) so thank u guys and girls all of u at been verfied :)

Date of experience: July 28, 2016
Carla S. — BeenVerified Rep
over a year old

That's great to hear Andrew - we're happy to help.

Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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A wealth of information
July 27, 2016

I was able to find a contractor who had disappeared with a large deposit for work not even started. Several home addresses, email addresses, family member contact info, etc. were all part of that report that I was interested in. The service is very reasonably priced, and the staff is responsive.

Date of experience: July 24, 2016
Carla S. — BeenVerified Rep
over a year old

Hi Jean,
Thank you for the feedback. Happy to hear the service was helpful for you!

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Quick response
July 26, 2016

Thanks for quickly responding to my request to cancel membership.

Date of experience: July 23, 2016
Carla S. — BeenVerified Rep
over a year old

Hi Elyse, glad we could help! We welcome you back, anytime you need our service again.

North Carolina
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Caveat Emptor
July 16, 2016

I chose the one month only membership, but was then told, as my card was charged a second time, that the company had snuck the membership into the "terms and conditions" (which they know full well practically no one reads).

I am a business owner myself and would never consider screwing over my customers in the manner as was done. The excuse given to validate this dishonesty is that "you should have read the terms". Well, perhaps that is true, but when a business owner such as BeenVerified is full aware of the number of people being screwed over and being angry at the advantage taken, then it becomes the responsibility of the business to see that customers are satisfied.

I spend my days trying to calm customers down who call me already angry, certain that I am going to take advantage in some way BECAUSE of businesses like BeenVerified. I take great pleasure in having 99% of my customers walk away happy with the end result of whatever problem they have may encountered. My number one responsibility is customer service and customer retention.

I was very satisfied with the services rendered, the report was complete, concise, and to my knowledge, accurate. However, I will never use BeenVerified again and will not recommend their service to anyone, knowing full well that "caveat emptor" is too necessary to do business with them.

Customer service is always the most important thing in business, and by being greedy and taking advantage of what you are aware is an issue, you have failed.

**Edit: After completing this review, I was sent a full refund for the extra month I paid. While appreciated, apparently the only reason I received the refund was because of the review placed here, but it didn't arise from the actual complaint I made while on the phone with them at the time of cancellation. This is still a case of bad business principles where the squeaky wheel gets the grease. No one should have to go to an outside source to have a resolution of a business matter. Not if the company has excellent customer service.

Date of experience: July 14, 2016
Carla S. — BeenVerified Rep
over a year old

Hi Kelley,
I'm sorry to hear you feel this way. Our records show that you did not request a refund when you initially spoke with customer service. Therefore, once I saw your comments on here, I processed a refund in an effort to address your concerns and make things right. I sincerely apologize for any trouble you had with our service, and any inconvenience. Please don't hesitate to contact us at 888-579-5910 or at [email protected] if you have any additional questions or concerns.

Kind regards,
Carla
BeenVerified Customer Care