• PeopleWhiz

PeopleWhiz

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Overview

PeopleWhiz has a rating of 3.1 stars from 50,689 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with PeopleWhiz most frequently mention long time, credit card, and much info. PeopleWhiz ranks 1st among Background Check sites.

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    697
  • Value
    45
  • Shipping
    6
  • Returns
    14
  • Quality
    293

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 31.1%
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Business's Favorite Review

“Customer Service”

Mary G.
10/1/21

Your customer Service staff is great and do their job very well!

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Top Positive Review

“Good Site for Vetting”

Lissa L.
9/12/24

This website was easy to use. Putting in information and vetting was easy. Good to know about this website in this day and age!

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premium report (329) credit card (292) phone number (300) media accounts (107) divorce records (144) time user (53) web site (54)
Thumbnail of user rachelm1489
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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February 13th, 2023
Verified purchase

Went on a dating site and met someone right away. Dated a bit and all was well, that is until he met a couple of family members. They didn't approve. Bad vibes they said. I remembered people whiz site and turned out to be a disbarred attorney, then arrested as a stalker and did time. Thankfully I used this site to check him out. He's out and no more dating sites for me. Sorry Charlie!

The customer representative was great and helped me immediately once she answered the phone. Took a while, but speaker phone helped the time go fast. I would have given her 5 stars if fed she answered in a timely manner. So it was great, except for the bad news about him.

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Thumbnail of user brandonp611
Netherlands
1 review
0 helpful votes
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March 16th, 2023
Verified purchase

I have stage 4 cancer. I have no money. Someone gave me $27 for a one month subscription. This is garbage. The worst I ever seen. When my mother gets up in the morning, she will be on the phone with the card company. We have to get our money back today. Are y'all working on your website? Got to be. Just give us our money back please

Reason I chose this business:

Please just give us back our money. It's was so bad, I don't even know what to say

Thumbnail of user jerryz80
Michigan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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April 7th, 2022
Verified purchase

Nothing like the advertising. I searched myself and family members first just to check before moving on. $30 and making it look like I had a criminal record when you have to actually refine the search to a particular state to find my state not on their to clear me is disgusting! Then social medial shows 20 Twitter and none of them are mine. It is all inaccurate.

Reason I chose this business:

Followed the headline that said "tell if someone is lying in 12 seconds" had no idea it was advertisement but fell for it.

Thumbnail of user zacharyx18
Arizona
1 review
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April 11th, 2022
Verified purchase
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I am disappointed to find that the promotion was a way to get me to invest more in your program, giving very little info for the $1,00 offer, then requesting $19 99, additionally, for a complete report. Also, you were unable to search for people whose names I supplied, without addresses. If I had the addresses, I would have contacted them myself instead of going through your offer.

Reason I chose this business:

Seemed user friendly and had some good reviews. My experience did not prove that this was so, however.

I am disappointed to find that the promotion was a...
April 11th, 2022
Verified purchase
• Previous review

I am disappointed to find that the promotion was a way to get me to invest more in your program, by giving very little info for the $1,00 offer, then requesting $19 99, additionally, for a complete report.

Thumbnail of user emmay183
Arizona
1 review
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December 26th, 2022
Verified purchase

Terrible. All the hype you do as someone goes through the process of seeing if they even want to sign up for the service is nothing but just that... hype.
Looked for an old friend, No web presence, online anything. No photos, no nothing. Just info, and little of it that I had 20 yrs ago. Decided to try MYSELF. Looks like I also have no web presence, photos, social media, and just some basic info a ten-yr-old could have pulled up 10 yrs ago. Very disappointed.

Reason I chose this business:

Guess I believed your hype. First time I have ever used one of these services. Last time also...

Thumbnail of user paulm3294
New York
1 review
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February 12th, 2022
Verified purchase

Got a report with incredibly limited information... have used another service since and the report was much more in depth and accurate for the current time... Overall unsatisfied, please remove me from any further email or notifications and any future charges.
Thank you in advance for your help

Reason I chose this business:

Choose your service because of the feedback that was published... but my experience was awful
Compared to the reviews i read on your site!

Thumbnail of user randys690
Maryland
1 review
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May 18th, 2023
Verified purchase
• Updated review

Your telling me someone lives at an address that changed ownership more than 6 months ago, they have not been there for at least a year!
Your system would not let me use the CR card of my choice after I put in the name on the card.

So far so good
December 7th, 2021
Verified purchase
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Thumbnail of user kathryne333
Colorado
1 review
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January 20th, 2023
Verified purchase
• Updated review

One off search. Hoping I can stop my membership after this! Report was worthless. After watching the reporting mechanism whistle through all its search criteria, and informing me of criminal activity, when the report completed, there was very little information available, including NO Criminal Activity. However, "Premium Repo

Reason I chose this business:

Research on someone who elder-scammed me!

One off search
December 21st, 2022
Verified purchase
• Previous review

One off search. Hoping I can stop my membership after this!

Reason I chose this business:

Research on someone who elder scammed me!

Thumbnail of user gayleneb7
California
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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August 10th, 2022
Verified purchase

The information on my report is incorrect in several areas. Not a very accurate account of my life. If just the general accounting is so far off, how could I trust any information gathered on someone else? Sorry but I would ask for my money to be refunded!

Thumbnail of user stevenp1220
Illinois
1 review
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November 13th, 2021
Verified purchase

You advertised marriage / divorce records, licensing, you said there were social media accounts and some information that was offensive. After I purchased, none of this information came up and now you want me to pay you an additional $20 for information I was to have already received. What a scam. I'm calling my credit card company and cancelling this payment

Thumbnail of user garyh707
Nebraska
4 reviews
13 helpful votes
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March 8th, 2020

I was trying to get information on a relative; I knew what city he lived in and all the other details such as
Social security, full name, previous residences and phones. After entering all my information including my
Payment info, it took 5 minutes of nonsensical symbols of timers supposedly telling me how much work was going
Into the 'search'... what a joke! Even after 5 minutes I only had a animated lighted symbol rotating continuously, no info after 5 more minutes. Gave up and called the contact number where I was told to close my browser and log in again. I did so and finally got 2 addresses, no phone number that was active, and no other info... criminal history was negative. So what I got after 10 minutes and $28 was 2 addresses, total waste for the money.
Save your money and try another more reputable site!
Report. Finally gave up after 5 more minutes and called the number provided. Lousy website.

Thumbnail of user sharonq563
Kansas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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September 28th, 2022
Verified purchase

Why can't u see my report on my very own records? After get the 6 month premium unlimited membership. Then I ran into another "blow to the pocket book", and want another $20-$30 before I can even open anything. What's the deal! It even says I'm/my report is already premium, so no need to Upgrade but won't let me pass... I want my report or my all my money back.

Reason I chose this business:

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Thumbnail of user angelaf1507
Montana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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October 9th, 2023
Verified purchase

They are lying in the emails about new Updates on reports of someone I searched, I paid again to renew membership, but there was Nothing New about that person. I asked for refund. I got only 75% of my payment even though I didn't get any information.

Didn't refund the entire last payment, even though there was absolutely nothing new in the report as claimed in the emails I got from Peoplewhiz

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Thumbnail of user georgeq280
Arizona
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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February 17th, 2022
Verified purchase

I paid $27.99 for a report that I didn't receive what was promoted in the initial contents. Your ad did not say I would be charged another $19.99 for each piece of information. I was only given report frequency option. I am now annoyed and feel misguided and ripped off. Please

Thumbnail of user pierres127
North Carolina
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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March 22nd, 2023
Verified purchase

I paid extra for the expanded report and was disappointed to not receive any additional information- I know the person I was checking is married and has worked as both a police officer and security guard yet it said no weapons license. Could find no information on his spouse or employment.

Reason I chose this business:

Thought it would give me information on relative

Thumbnail of user melissas1904
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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October 25th, 2021
Verified purchase

You make it sound like your going to get all this information and really you get the same thing you'd get doing an individual search yourself. It gives barley any info in the social profile categories I know for fact he's got multiple social profiles and you give none of them.

Thumbnail of user kellyl1079
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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June 18th, 2022
Verified purchase

It's hard to have an opinion when I haven't even seen the report. Yet my bank did not recognize this and rejected it a few times I had to call my pink to allow this to go through so it's in very interesting so far I can hardly wait to see this on the other side. Please Please take me there. Thank you ~~ kindly^

Thumbnail of user cherylj406
Minnesota
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January 17th, 2022
Verified purchase

This is a fraudulent site- it falsely claims that they have "uncovered multiple criminal records " on everyone you search for. False and incorrect info on everyone I searched. Very disappointed with this. I want a full refund and wish to cancel any connection or any future payment for this bogus waste of money

Reason I chose this business:

I wanted to check out someone- incomplete and misleading info on all I searched

Thumbnail of user margaretd1235
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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September 28th, 2022
Verified purchase

The reports are giving me nothing that was promised, no social media accounts, no email address. Nothing but claims and promises of more information if I pay more. Why you failed to deliver on the basics.

Reason I chose this business:

Because this was supposed to be a site that has the most information on people.

Thumbnail of user mistyg80
Georgia
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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June 5th, 2022
Verified purchase

Y'all should be ashamed! What a total waste of time and money!
This service is nothing more than another example of the old bait-and-switch practices of some retailers.
I found your reports, including the "premium report" to be inaccurate and only provides a pitiful amount of information, yet your advertising promises a comprehensive report! You don't even come close to delivering on that promise.
Y'all should be ashamed!
I demand a refund!

Reason I chose this business:

I was gullible in believing product was legit!

Thumbnail of user gregoryi95
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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May 3rd, 2022
Verified purchase

I live in Lafayette County.
I get my mail from Water Valley, MS in Lafayette County. Good experience so far but it indicates criminal involvement which is not correct! I've never been arrested for any reason so I'm anxious to see what the report shows!

Reason I chose this business:

Testimonials were very convincing.

Thumbnail of user lauras1247
Arizona
1 review
9 helpful votes
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April 7th, 2020

If I could give this site a minus rating I would. I searched my own name first and the only thing they managed to come up with was my address from 25 years ago. That's where the show me currently living. I tried to get my money back and was given a phoney website for customer service.

Thumbnail of user patrickw797
West Virginia
1 review
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September 9th, 2022
Verified purchase

The criminal records for one of my reports completely missed the mark and I was told that such records did not exist. I have seen this person's criminal records with my own two eyes at our county courthouse. The person had been charged with more than three felonies. Wow you missed by a mile.

Reason I chose this business:

Article on smart news phone app

Thumbnail of user nothanksb
New York
1 review
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December 14th, 2023
Verified purchase

Multiple e mails from unknown person have started texting me claiming that they need to sale me products or they know me and want something's unknown to me. I never should have used your site, I learned a good lesson.

My information was given out so I had to redo any info on record.

Reason I chose this business:

Thought it was trustworthy. I was stupid.

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Thumbnail of user jeffreyn283
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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March 21st, 2022
Verified purchase

After paying $27.99 I knew more about who I was doing the search on, u listed 20 social media accounts for him and none of them was even his…. Not a single one of 29 were for the right person! What a rip off!

Reason I chose this business:

I saw an ad

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