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PeopleWhiz

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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
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    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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“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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Thumbnail of user oliviab507
Texas
1 review
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December 15th, 2022
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The price comes up only after spending a good bit of time which makes people tend to pay or feel like they have wasted their time - a psychological phenomena called "cognitive dissonance." In addition, even the basic evidence in the $1 report had numerous errors.

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Alabama
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August 23rd, 2022
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You made it sound like I was getting everything for $27 for one months. Then it pops up! For $19 more you criminal history and more. So basically I payed $27 to gets social Mania, birthday and where they might have lived witch most people already know. Stop playing mind games! Just say it's gonna be $50

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Minnesota
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June 25th, 2021

They will never stop charging! I've cancelled 5 times in writing. Called customer service to complain and cancel 7 times. And new charges keep coming in! There is nothing on the report you cannot get on your own. RUN AWAY!

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Thumbnail of user sherryg210
Texas
5 reviews
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November 19th, 2021
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Inaccurate info! Where data should come up, they say no data exist. Report says I have a criminal history but I don't. This info could cause serious problems especially since it's basically based on a name. NOT worth the money!

Reason I chose this business:

Just curious about what was out there on me.

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Illinois
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June 26th, 2022
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This report is on my now ex-fiance. He didn't move into my house until September 2020. I have lived here since 2016. I'm very interested in finding out his secret accounts on social media. You don't even have his main account on Facebook because it's listed to his email not his name. If you can't get basic information on him how can I trust you can find anything about the stuff he's been hiding. Which I have been able to uncover myself for free. Now ex-fiance because he's in jail for hitting me and trying to burn my house down.

Reason I chose this business:

I've been pulling his information and it was posted that there is an update to his records. I started using PeopleWhiz to remind myself to not keep putting up with his abuse and manipulation.

Thumbnail of user jayi401
North Carolina
1 review
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September 5th, 2022
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I know for a fact this person, who has a my brother has an extensive criminal Record & yet you say there are no offenses. Please refund my money! Sincerely, Rebecca Ward
(I'll have PayPal cancel payment for fraudulent charging(

Reason I chose this business:

Wanted to know my brother’s card Trent legal status

Thumbnail of user peterl1489
Florida
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September 20th, 2022
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For $28 this "report" was bare-bones at best. I searched my own name to get an idea of the results. Nothing more than what could've been found on many other sites for free. Obvious intent is to get unsuspecting searchers to upgrade to a much more expensive report option.

Reason I chose this business:

Saw internet ad.

Thumbnail of user theresam792
California
1 review
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November 21st, 2021
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Information is valuable but wish they provided instructions on how to correct errors. I did have problems making payment to get my report. It logged me out after entering my payment info a couple times. So hopefully you don't charge me twice. I also had some problems logging in to site once my account was made. Kept asking me for log info and then at one point said no account existed when my log in and password and email we're all correct.

Reason I chose this business:

Saw advertisement on social media and the reviews were pretty good.

Thumbnail of user heathery268
Florida
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March 12th, 2023
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Most of the information found in this report is grossly inaccurate and does not apply to me. Please get your act together and correct these errors. My info is mixed with criminal s from places I've never been and,some of the people list as relatives are not my relatives. I paid $27.99 just to find out yo u records are wrong and there is no way to change it.

Reason I chose this business:

Curious to see what you have about me.

Thumbnail of user jessicav717
California
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December 1st, 2021
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The only correct info on here is age, relatives, current address, and cell #. He is not married to any of the people listed, he has one divorce. All the email addresses are incorrect. As far as media, those are none of him. So if possible, please refund my $1 and make sure to cancel any other charges after trail. Thank you Cheryl

Reason I chose this business:

Because I thought maybe you would give me info that I needed. Social sites and email addresses that I dont have, suspect that he's hiding. I am his wife.

Thumbnail of user keithr722
Illinois
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February 7th, 2023
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I paid a lot of money for something that seemed to promise thorough results. I know this report is greatly lacking. I used my ex husband as a test to see how good this was. And you don't even have a divorce or marriage record?! That seems very sub par and I'm not impressed at all

Reason I chose this business:

Because you ads said this was very good but I feel mislead

Thumbnail of user stephaniez538
North Carolina
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March 10th, 2022
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Person listed as 31 on your records yet married in 1969 at age 22, which would make him much older than 31 now. Needed more info on this person but don't trust the information you have. Please issue a credit to me for the amount I just paid for a 3 month subscription to your business.

Reason I chose this business:

Used you before.

Thumbnail of user randyj197
Rhode Island
2 reviews
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February 19th, 2021

I used this service once and did not subscribe to anything. It was supposed to be a single inquiry. All of a sudden, I find myself being billed $27.99 a month for a subscription, so mind your checking account, especially if you have a debit card attached to it. I'm finding all kinds of fraud on my account this morning coming from Great Britain, The Netherlands, etc. It's a crazy world.

* PeopleWhiz attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond

Thumbnail of user christiane151
Maine
1 review
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February 1st, 2022
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This is the rating I choose because I am doing a search on my husband and his Facebook doesn't come up that he has had for Years, the current address ( for the last 9 months) doesn't show. Many relatives don't show and then it shows marriages in FL. Of someone with the same name. Hmm info is way off.

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Virginia
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April 3rd, 2022
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I feel like I was duped. You see I know this person personally, they are in my family. However, that being said, there is public information that is available (e.g. Marriage, divorce) that were not listed. So I'm out of almost $30.00 for what?

Reason I chose this business:

Thought your organization was credible. I am highly disappointed.

Thumbnail of user jeffreyp685
Illinois
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May 30th, 2022
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They state that you will get a thorough report covering so many search areas only to extort you for more money to obtain what you think you're already paying for. It is a terrible business practice and I absolutely would not recommend this company.

I have only tried the email approach so It remains open at this point.

Reason I chose this business:

It came up on my phone and I needed a service like this so I pursued it.

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Just started haven't gotten any info yet
April 30th, 2022
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Reason I chose this business:

It came up on my phone

Thumbnail of user margarets1299
Pennsylvania
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November 7th, 2021
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Information was incorrect. Said no marriage license yet he was married twice and divorced once. Showed a criminal charge but no details. Also shows a lot of other people besides the person I searched.

Reason I chose this business:

It came up on google

Thumbnail of user benjaminz120
California
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January 15th, 2023
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This is the wrong Bonnie Jean Evans. I don't need a background report, I need an address, phone number and email. Bonnie is approx 79 years old.
She was married to Donald Ward Evans Jr. In about 1961. Donald was killed in Vietnam Jan 27,1967. He was awarded the medal of honor June 4,1968.
We were all best friends then. I want to find Bonnie and help her if she needs it.
Sincerely Joseph C. Leonard.

Thumbnail of user jeffu348
Colorado
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July 28th, 2022
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So far, you're no better than any other people search I've signed up for. That's five or six others. You want a flat monthly fee, and if you really want to know anything, really, that's when you pull out the big charges. Private investigating sometimes takes a lot of tim to find out information, and can be long, and costly, That is usual, yes? What's wrong with just being upfront about the charges in the first place. Little things like that make mistrust at the beginning. That's when my feelers are out to spot anything that looks out of place.

Thumbnail of user justinl782
California
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August 9th, 2022
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Seems to be a good tool to help find people and/or get information about people. I have had one experience where the search ran non-stop for multiple days without any results and without giving me an option to stop the search. I think you should look into this, it is quite disappointing.

Reason I chose this business:

I have missing family members that other online tools have not been able to give me their contact information or address history. Since PeopleWiz is relatively new, I thought it might be able to find them where other search tools have been unsuccessful. It found info for one of the people I'm trying to find that I can follow-up on but it doesn't stop searching for the second person. I left it running overnight for 2 days and I think if I had allowed it to continue it would still be searching.

Thumbnail of user kevs16
Texas
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February 20th, 2022
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In review, prior to payment showed criminal history... shocked so paid. Gimmick. Showed correct person for the search, but in the report showed everyone with my first and last name, even different initial. Had better results for professional service... Paid more, but worth it for real facts. Concerned as work at Govt job and if false information exists would be unemployed. Anyway pay at your own risk, just realize scare tactics to make you pay for results. Maybe another person with my first and last name, different initial has criminal history, but I did not pay for their info. If searching yourself and get incorrect data, would not find valuable to search for stranger. Maybe they have negative background and don't show up.

Was satisfied that they cancelled my membership so would not pay again as auto billing...

Reason I chose this business:

Curious and from web ad... Used services for employment background before and for roommates to know who I was inviting in, and other services much more accurate.

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Thumbnail of user terryq92
Maryland
1 review
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July 3rd, 2022
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Okay thanks knowing I haven't done anything wrong, also Four people pass away already, why you have their names on this program when they're no longer living is a great question as to why you're bringing that up to start with, and legally can be taken account against you for bringing something up that you cannot used to start with. You've made a bad mistake

Reason I chose this business:

I wanted to see if my daughter would show up on here and her name is Jessica Lynn Lembach and do not know if she had changed her name yet or not it would be nice if that shows up

Thumbnail of user joant388
Colorado
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August 17th, 2022
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I just paid for the 6 month deal and the first thing I checked was myself. You records concerning me are 25% correct at best. This makes me wonder how many jobs, dates, and other life choices I have tried to make have been foiled from your misinformation.

Reason I chose this business:

I thought People Whiz might be a more accurate representation of people than the other background checking sites and I was so wrong.

Thumbnail of user raymondv194
Illinois
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September 2nd, 2022
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I paid close to 30 dollars and then find out now they want more money to get there so called complete search results and that is bull$#*! because nobody said anything about paying and only getting a small report that stuff I already new. Tell the truth on what you get right away that is a scummy way to screw people for more cash. William

Thumbnail of user patricka421
New Jersey
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February 8th, 2022
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Easy to access, but I already knew more info than what was provided on initial report. Didn't want to keep paying for supposedly more info, Cancelled auto renewal already. Will not be using it again in the time remaining.

Reason I chose this business:

It seemed it would provide info I wanted

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January 8th, 2022
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Reason I chose this business:

It seemed it would provide info I wanted

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