Comments on: Naveen Jain’s Latest Scam: Intelius

By: Gordan

Gordan — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:05:21 +0000

Guys,

This fraud was major. Approximately $1.4 BILLION was taken from US customers alone since 1999.

Over 35 million ‘customers’!

The revenue to participating companies was 50-55% of total revenue.

The three companies involved Webloyaly, Vertrue and Affinity.

http://consumer...nd-vertrue.html

YOU CAN CLAIM BACK ALL THE CHARGES!!!

SPREAD THE WORD!!!

By: Gordan

Gordan — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:04:03 +0000

Guys,

This fraud was major. Approximately $1.4 BILLION was taken from US customers alone since 1999.

Over 35 million ‘customers’!

The revenue to participating companies was 50-55% of total revenue.

The three companies involved Webloyaly, Vertrue and Affinity.

http://consumer...nd-vertrue.html

YOU CAN CLAIM BACK ALL THE CHARGES!!!

SPREAD THE WORD!!!

By: U.S. Senate Committee Hearing On Aggressive Internet Sales Tactics

U.S. Senate Committee Hearing On Aggressive Internet Sales Tactics — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:42:09 +0000

[...] Adaptive Marketing, which works with Intelius, is a subsidiary of Vertrue. We outlined how these offers mislead consumers into agreeing to unwanted credit card subscriptions here. [...]

By: Intelius Files To Go Public Again. Still A Huge Toxic Scam

Intelius Files To Go Public Again. Still A Huge Toxic Scam — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:46:30 +0000

[...] is trying to dip it’s toes into the public markets again. Last year we wrote about their business, which combined for-pay people search information with a post transaction marketing scam. After [...]

By: William Restis

William Restis — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:13:16 +0000

Our law firm is Plaintiffs’ counsel in a class action lawsuit filed against Intelius and their partners in the Central District of California. If you have information you would like to share, or to assist in the prosecution of this case, you can contact me at:

William R. Restis, Esq.
Finkelstein & Krinsk LLP
501 West Broadway, Suite 1250
San Diego, CA 92101
Toll Free: (877) 493 5366
Fax: (619) 238 5425
email: wrr@classactionlaw.com

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:48:38 +0000

I have been able to avoid those scams on Intelius, but the one scam I have not been able to avoid with Intelius is how they changed their site.

In the earlier days, Intelius used to list the date that the information they were showing was last updated. This would let me know how fresh the data was, so when looking for someone, I could tell if I had already read the information provided and also be able to tell if the address listed was probably still good.

Intelius stopped providing that information a few years ago forcing me to buy reports I had already seen because I had no way to tell if the new report had been updated without comparing it to a previous report I had already purchased.

I complained about it but Intelius customer service just responded that that was the way it is and they were not going to change it.

The result is I no longer use Intelius to locate people except to get the free listing which gives me a general idea of what states they might be in.

Bottom line, Intelius lost revenue by withholding relevant information from their searches and I still get the information I need using Intelius for free to point me in the right direction for hands on research.

By: There Is A Difference Between Evil And Just Absurdly Profitable | ScooperNews.com

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:58:57 +0000

[...] stuff. Like Jigsaw, who continues to make a killing of the sale of our personal information. Or the Intelius scam we reported on last year where consumers were being automatically signed up to useless credit card [...]

By: There Is A Difference Between Evil And Just Absurdly Profitable

There Is A Difference Between Evil And Just Absurdly Profitable — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:10:39 +0000

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:02:43 +0000

I know all about both these companies. It is a brutal scam, nothing more. They just try to “sucker” as many people as possible.

It’s really a shame someone does not shut these guys down completely.

By: Friendster Partners With Intelius. Let The Scams Begin.

Friendster Partners With Intelius. Let The Scams Begin. — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:45:23 +0000

[...] Friendster isn’t saying is how they’ll monetize this search, and whether Intelius’ scammy privacy services will be offered to Friendster users. Earlier this year we wrote again about Intelius and the myriad [...]

By: The Best of DEMOfall 09: Five Companies to Watch | Techno Portal

The Best of DEMOfall 09: Five Companies to Watch | Techno Portal — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:10:12 +0000

[...] a “best of” list because the app is really just a front for Intelius’s paid (and sketchy) background checking service. That being said, there were still plenty of companies worthy of [...]

By: DEMO: Can A Hooking Up And Looking Up App Redeem Intelius?

DEMO: Can A Hooking Up And Looking Up App Redeem Intelius? — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:16:25 +0000

[...] Unfortunately, Intelius, and its co-founder Naveen Jain, have a bit of a sketchy history, including allegations of fraud. Jain, who left InfoSpace to start Intelius, was said to be buried in lawsuits back in March, and [...]

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:16:51 +0000

http://www.yout...h?v=DCyfL2nb-rU

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:15:05 +0000

I was scammed too. payed for .99 cents phone # look up and they charded me twice for 19.95. was watching Naveen Jain CEO of Intelius haw he and his gypsy wife are talking about helping people and community. There is no law about these people! Just will be more careful about internet transactions and already closed my credit card. too bad they have all my other information including my home address. I know they are going to sell all these information to other scammer and disapear.

By: Sam Hill

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:22:39 +0000

I also got scammed by intellius but the name came under INT IDPROTECT MNTR SVC 877-974-1563 WA i was looking for someone for a friend of mine and did not sign up for any survey or this protection service i was billed in july 10th for 19.95 and i did not think anything of it until this month on the 10th that they took it out again i told my bank that i had no idea who theyare and tht i did not sign up with them and they noted all of it in and said it was fruad. Then got a call from them today and they said it was a link with intellius i am very angry with them and i am a single mom of two kids and now they left me with no money they are a scam and they need to be shut down and im not sure if im going to get my money back i am going to put a notce o facebook and msn so people will no not to go to them and to beware of these sites. Intellius and INT IDPROTECT MNTR SVC 877-974-1563 WA is a scam and if there is going to be a law suit then count me in my bank is issuing me with a new debit card so they will not have my details. anymore.

By: s hill

s hill — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:07:15 +0000

By: me_here

me_here — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:38:25 +0000

How can we bring these dangerous “information services” down? Any jerk can get your address and phone number without any effort and then harm you and your family. You used to have to go to the county recorders office to get public records. That’s the way it should be.

By: me_here

me_here — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:35:10 +0000

Why isn’t the country up in arms over the idea that a company has the right to give or sell public information over the internet. There are HUGE safety concerns here. Criminals can use the information to harm people so easily! It used to be that you had to go to a county recorders office and personally ask for someone’s address and phone number. Now intelius just gives it away so that any jerk can get it with no effort- shameful and extremely dangerous. How can we bring this kind of thing to a halt?!!

By: Carlos

Carlos — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:48:50 +0000

A half-hour ago, I just ordered a Name look up for a long lost fam. member. For only 8.95, i was gonna get The name , address, phone number blah blah blah, and all i got was just, yes, a name look up search. Simple as that. The same crap I would’ve find at white pages.com. I searched the company and got to this website. I regret not doing any research before i ordered the product. Is there anyway for them not to charge me anymore? Will changing my Debit card number help? Please, anyone with answers to these questions will be greatly appreciated. I don’t want this SOB getting anything…

By: A Hayward

A Hayward — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:44:06 +0000

I tried to find a phone number of someone I met on a cruise. I knew the name and city but not the phone number. I typed the name and city in Google and I was directed to the Intelius site. It said that for .95 I could get the info. I put in my Visa card info for the .95 and got the phone number info. Next thing I know I get a bill from visa with the .95 charge plust a charge called INT IDPROTECT MNTR SVC 877-974-1563 WA. Charge was for $19.95. When I called Visa to find out what this charge was for they told me that it was for a service I signed up for on line. I told them I never did that. Then they told me to
contact Intelius and cancel my account. To contact visa if I had a problem. I finally got through to Intelius, after a 30 min hold, and they did cancel my account. But would not refund the $19.95. They said that it was very plain on their web site. BS!! This is clearly a SCAM. I will join any class action suit that is available.
PS: Visa did remove the charge from my bill- at least for now.

By: Roy

Roy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:36:56 +0000

Are you aware of any class action law suits I can join? I was scammed out of $60.00, but would happily pay $100 to see this SOB go to jail.

By: Mediated Man

Mediated Man — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:14:10 +0000

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By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:09:50 +0000

Ladies and gentlemen,
What you are witnessing is a Bernie Madoff in the making. Everyone is talking about suing. But who has sued? The feds might shut him down. But he probably won’t do any time. So he goes back to the drawing board and figures out how to cheat people out of millions instead of $20 and $50 at a time.
in the Bronx and Brooklyn where i grew up if someone takes a dime from you you deal with it harshly for two reasons. #1-you let them know that if they take anything from you there will be consequences. And #2- you let everyone else know the no one is going to waltz in and take your hard earned anything without a fight. Most blue collar,white collar and no collar crooks prey on people who won’t fight back. So what’s the point? Some one like Naveen Jain will only change when he is laying in a hospital bed fighting for his life from the beating he received from that hard working guy who’s last straw came in the mail with money charged to his account by a low life jackass whose misssion in life is to get rich off the backs of hard working honest people. You want to stop him boycott his
backers. I closed my account with the credit card company where his site suddenly popped up after i attempted to exit the credit card site.

By: Law Offices of Michael T. Carr

Law Offices of Michael T. Carr — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:50:24 +0000

if you believe you have been deceieved or defrauded in some way by Intellius after purchasing their services, please contact my office at mtcarr1@earthlink.net

By: Walter

Walter — Sat, 30 May 2009 03:59:38 +0000

Thanks Mike,

I was scammed by this scum as well. I purchased a background check and was automatically signed up for the ID Protect Subscription. I called my CC company and requested the charges be reversed and filed a complaint with MC. Hopefully MC will drop both Intelius and Adaptive Marketing.

This is BS, theft plain and simple, Naveen Jain and his cronies should be sharing a cell with Bernie Madolf.