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SafeLinkWireless has a rating of 1.4 stars from 131 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about SafeLinkWireless most frequently mention customer service, sim card, and acp program problems. SafeLinkWireless ranks 157th among Mobile Carriers sites.

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    63
  • Shipping
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    45
  • Quality
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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 12.5%
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Top Positive Review

“SafeLink is useless”

Elaine J.
7/16/22

I have been going through this for 3 or 4 weeks now. My phone has no data connection. They make you call in, they make you verify and go through a tech person that goes through the same steps over and over. Then they claim they'll transfer you to the next level. I tell them that if you transfer me to the next level it's going to disconnect. They claim it won't. They transfer me to the next level and disconnects. I've talked to 18 different tech operators at their company. I'm going round and round in circles. I have no data connection. I paid for this phone. They made us all pay for phones claiming they were doing a network upgrade. The phone doesn't work. Why do I have to keep a product that I paid for that doesn't work? Where am I to go from here; what do I do to get my phone to work that I paid for from them?

Top Critical Review

“I feel sorry for anyone who has to deal with SafeLink!”

Peanut S.
8/8/24

On 8/5/2024, I started working with them to get my sim card inserted and the phone activated. The sim card worked and the phone had the 4G and bars. For the next 3 days, they went over and over again with the same process even though it didn't work for the previous representative. I told them that and they started to get hostile with me. Melissa called me stupid, I said enough and finally contacted them back to cancel my application. I've never been called stupid before, and I didn't understand not allowing me to speak with technical support. The biggest frustration was not being understood. I ask a question, they would respond with something that made no sense to me. I would say that is not what I was asking you. I have such a headache now that I couldn't get phone service from them activated. When I called to cancel, I said you aren't going to ask me why I'm canceling a service that was never activated, never started? The representative let me know she didn't care at all. I have a phone number everyone and never got to use it. Really, if you want a headache and super frustration, contact SafeLink, I feel sorry for anyone and I mean anyone and everyone that has to deal with them. The Supervisor didn't care at all to try and help when I ask for help with them. I got some of the same treatment from Assurance Wireless when I reached out to them to have Benefit transferred. They hung up in my face and didn't understand me at all.

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Thumbnail of user shaiyar
Tennessee
6 reviews
7 helpful votes
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August 8th, 2024

On 8/5/2024, I started working with them to get my sim card inserted and the phone activated. The sim card worked and the phone had the 4G and bars. For the next 3 days, they went over and over again with the same process even though it didn't work for the previous representative. I told them that and they started to get hostile with me. Melissa called me stupid, I said enough and finally contacted them back to cancel my application. I've never been called stupid before, and I didn't understand not allowing me to speak with technical support. The biggest frustration was not being understood. I ask a question, they would respond with something that made no sense to me. I would say that is not what I was asking you. I have such a headache now that I couldn't get phone service from them activated. When I called to cancel, I said you aren't going to ask me why I'm canceling a service that was never activated, never started? The representative let me know she didn't care at all. I have a phone number everyone and never got to use it. Really, if you want a headache and super frustration, contact SafeLink, I feel sorry for anyone and I mean anyone and everyone that has to deal with them. The Supervisor didn't care at all to try and help when I ask for help with them. I got some of the same treatment from Assurance Wireless when I reached out to them to have Benefit transferred. They hung up in my face and didn't understand me at all.

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Dealing with them was one of the worst experiences I have ever had. I've never been called stupid before, ever by a representative. I guess when you are overseas, you can get away with no customer service.

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Thumbnail of user kaemin001
Alabama
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May 19th, 2024

Safelink is a subsidiary of Tracphone Wireless, and is used ONLY with the Lifeline program... or so I recently discovered.

I had Lifeline service for the past 9 years or so through Safelink without too many complaints... but with the recent addition of the Affordable Connectivity Program, and subsequent (even more recent) closure of that program, something is amiss.

I had to re-certify this month (May 2024), and did so, I was approved and believed everything was good. I even got the typical first of the month text message from Safelink thanking me for being a valued customer... 7 days later my Safelink account was closed without warning or notification of any kind. I contacted customer service, explained the issue and even added a minor service card to my account to cover any delays during their issues with verification. The next day my account was closed, and the added service right along with it. Contacting customer support was useless except to verify to me that the money for adding additional service was a waste and was essentially gone (unless I re-enrolled with Safelink, at which time they would add the additional minutes to my Lifeline account. As we all know, Lifeline is free, additional minutes would expire in 30 days, meaning the money was still wasted, for literally no reason). I would have to had gotten Tracfone Wireless service, essentially making a new wireless account and paying it, for my phone service to remain active during the delay... or so they told me on that second call.

I immediately went to the Lifeline service website and changed my provider. I will never use Safelink again, and coupled with the other reviews here, I would suggest that you don't even consider this company. Tere are others.

I also dislike not being able to leave a zero rating on this review, but it is what it is.

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New Jersey
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May 6th, 2024

Worst customer service ever. If you are even able to get through to an agent they either can't resolve the issue or they hang up on you.

Thumbnail of user dianabarreras920
Florida
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January 12th, 2024

I qualified and got a sim card from them. I intended to keep my phone and phone number. I have been through hell for the past 5 days, after talking to about half the population of India, and countless hours I have no data and no phone service. Do not use this company, you will regret it!

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California
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January 27th, 2024

Customer services center is located in the Philippines. You can tell they are strictly going by the script. No matter how many times you explain to them for you to transfer to another department since you've already spoken to them that handled the issue since CS couldn't, still CSR will not transfer and tries to fix the issue and waste 30min of your time again. Language barrier was my first concern but their lack of comprehension and explanation that i've already been speaking to another department and wanted to immediate transfer so we don't waste time they still won't comply insisting they can fix the issue. Customer service is their weakness and i'm not against outsourcing employment in foreign countries but atleast let them know their role and they need to freshen up with their english comprehension.

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Thumbnail of user charlesc2827
Virginia
1 review
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February 24th, 2023
Verified purchase

Ordered a phone 2-3-23 been jerked around every since. Called 25 times each time they got it fixed. Sent 2 tracking num8and neither one works. Poor customer service all the way around. Just straight up liars. Still no phone.

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Thumbnail of user tracim154
Arizona
1 review
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May 10th, 2022

First does anyone speak English?!? I have been calling for 1 month and get nothing but transferred or call national life line.
Don't know who owns this but your employers are garbage and no help at all. How are you guys in business?!? Do owners or GMs ever call and check on these non speaking English people. This is straight bull$#*!

Thumbnail of user rashedael41
Pennsylvania
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April 22nd, 2023

I called to transfer my old number to a replacement phone and was told that I could not authenticate the account, because they could not verify the email on file or the recent numbers attached the account. It appears that these are scammers gathering information from people who are vulnerable. I'm going to contact the media and the better business bureau in order to report them. People need to be cautious with these scam programs.

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Thumbnail of user colinj131
Pennsylvania
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August 28th, 2023

These a holes have no idea what is going on. I have this program over a year and I had interrupted service seven times so far and I can't understand why… ever because their customer service is intelligible! I don't know if they are scammers from India or not?

Thumbnail of user flsunscin
Florida
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December 26th, 2023

Stay away from Safelink. Customer service does not exist. Finally got ahold of live person. Wanted to know what numbers i call frequently as a security question. Asked to speak to a Supervisor then she hung up. I was recently scammed out of $500

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Thumbnail of user amyh1544
Illinois
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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December 13th, 2022

I applied on 11/21/2022 suppose to wait 7-10 days for service well it's now 12/13/2022 no service called many times with many dropped calls to get people telling me they don't know what is going on some barely speak English. They just 100% SUCK in the customer service department!

Thumbnail of user angelab2421
Georgia
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August 26th, 2022

I have been trying to get my service disconnected for almost 6 months now. When I log onto the site it says my account has been cancelled, however the phone service very much remains active. My ex stole the phone from me and everytime they say it's been cancelled for some reason they continue to send the phone some text with a code and all he has to do is call them with that pin and the service stays on! This has happened 3 or 4 times. I just want the service out of my name! Let him keep it but get it out if my name!

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Thumbnail of user eraesnyder
Washington
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September 18th, 2023

My mother is on disability and thought about getting a phone so these people assured her a thousand times, a thousand ways it would in no way effect anything about her bills going on. What a lie. Now her internet is canceled because they failed to say that as government programs you must choose one or the other.

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Disgusting business ptactice that takes advantage of people by not giving them all the information.

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Thumbnail of user fernandof44
Florida
4 reviews
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August 23rd, 2023

If you enjoy being aggravated purchase a plan from these losers, can't understand a thing these foreigners say they don't even make an attempt to help, instead they get aggravated because of their lack of education and hang up on you after a half hour of waiting

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Just that the service Safelink provides sucks

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Thumbnail of user ghitgtu
Washington
1 review
7 helpful votes
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August 20th, 2023

Paid for a service plan after months of having free service then paid to reactive phone and transferred me to 9 people who didn't know what they were doing to eventually claim I need to repay said amount to have service "working" again. I $#*!ing hate indians

Thumbnail of user willb402
Michigan
1 review
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January 23rd, 2023

No one seems to care about resolving your phone issues. They tell you to reboot the phone. Problems don't get resolved. Got hung up on a few times. They talk over and interrupt you. Rude and unprofessional

Thumbnail of user amyd669
Idaho
5 reviews
16 helpful votes
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July 20th, 2021

Buyer beware. This company fraudulently signed me up for the EBB discount and took 3 months of discount benefit that could have been used with my regular service provider. Their customer service was terrible. The majority of the time the reps could not be heard when I got someone on the phone. And the fact they signed me up for the EBB discount through them without my knowledge is deplorable.

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Do not get service through this company they are scammers

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Thumbnail of user bberry4800
Pennsylvania
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May 25th, 2023

Jerked around for weeks just trying to recertify. Hung up on several times INTENTIONALLY. Never called back. Given countless different contradictory "solutions" by every different agent (whom you can't even understand) I spoke with. REFUSE to let you speak to a supervisor. Come to find out you are not permitted to, so the inmates are running the asylum and have absolutely 0 accountability. It's a $#*!ing joke and one of the worst experiences of my life. Just to $#*! with me. One of the agents asked to verify the address I created the application with 10 years ago. Are you $#*!ing kidding me?! Never been asked that in the ******* times I've called. It's a disaster and these people are clowns.

Thumbnail of user fayeh98
Florida
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June 23rd, 2022

My elderly deaf mother had to get a new 4G phone they sent it and it does not work at all. We have contacted them for 2 weeks and spent numerous hours doing the same things over and over and have been disconnected at least 7 times. Whenever we called back had to repeat all the steps again and again. The phone is defective and they just absolutely do not want to help you through to the end they just disconnect EVERY single time. What a waste of government assistance. I will pay a phone company for my deaf mother so she can text. Beware of safelink! They wanted a credit card number for no reason. SMH

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Thumbnail of user nancyc2034
Indiana
1 review
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March 18th, 2022

I called customer service to find out why my phone isn't making calls or receiving calls. I was on hold the first time for 45 minutes hung up called back and was on a calling list for them to call me. It took a half hour for them to call me back in which we got disconnected. I called them back was on hold for another 20 minutes finally I hung up wasted about 2 2 1/2 hours waiting to talk to someone from customer service and I still haven't talked to anybody. Very very disappointed in my service today..

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Thumbnail of user tahras2
North Carolina
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January 18th, 2023

Worst customer service. Requested phone replacement that was free because my screen was fully broken. Never received. Called several times for over a month. Still No solution & no phone.

Customer service told me I do not have to return old device & I could throw it away.

Now they are stating they have to receive broken phone back or I have to buy another one.

You can request a supervisor or someone higher up but they will not get you to a Person. They will either hang up or continue to tell you they have been trained to handle this situation.

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Find a better company

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Thumbnail of user sarahc188
Alaska
2 reviews
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October 21st, 2022

I have had several problems communicating with representatives until I got Chanel #*******. She took care of all the problems professionally and quickly. She is an awesome employee for Safelink.

Thumbnail of user kristiedillon901
Tennessee
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November 14th, 2023

SafeLink I like SafeLink they are so helpful and friendly their phones are a whole lot better product they have name brand phones they don't break down.

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Thumbnail of user jenniferr429
Alabama
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November 30th, 2018

This company really makes it hard to get approved. I would recommend if you desperately need a free cell phone... just focus on the object at hand.

Thumbnail of user candersonmarcus
Florida
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October 4th, 2023

Safelink is better then assurancewireless you guys and dont get assurANCE WIRELESS SO YEA GUYS DONT GET ASSURANCE WIRELESS GET SAFELINK WIRELESS BYEEEEEEE GUYSSSSSSSSS

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safelink is the best service

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