Comments on: Naveen Jain’s Intelius Scam Begins To Crumble. Good.

By: Amit Bhawani

Amit Bhawani — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:14:04 +0000

yep, shameful acts done by him.

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 23:46:41 +0000

[...] Consumer complaints continue to flood the company. 1,159 consumer complaints have been filed with the Better Business Bureau in the last 36 months. There are another 214 complaints on RipoffReport. And they have had to deal with class action lawsuits in both Washington and California. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. [...]

By: William Restis

William Restis — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:03:38 +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: SaferDates Blog » “Date Check” or a Tool for Criminals

SaferDates Blog » “Date Check” or a Tool for Criminals — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:19:00 +0000

[...] Google search using the following words, “Intelius and scams”, I found this article in TechCrunch, from March 2009 describing a company swimming in consumer complaints and legal [...]

By: Martha

Martha — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:34:36 +0000

This scam went after anyone with a Heartbeat of America. The subscription charge is a dead giveaway that it is a scam.

By: workerbee

workerbee — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:06:35 +0000

I work for these guys and I challenge anyone to go to the site. Pick a feature. View the list. View details. Then on the product selection screen..select what the fuck u want. Is it really that hard? O wait..let’s say u select the idp trial by mistake..the next screen confirms what the hell u ordered! O u didn’t read that? Okay..I’m sorry..check ur email! O wait..u didn’t read the email either..o I get it..u got scammed because u were too dumb to read before u proceed u were too busy stalking sumone to pay attentÍon to what u were agreeing too! I wish people weren’t so dumb! Even on this site I see eature that says free trial..let me click it then claim I was scammed.

By: Tarak

Tarak — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:02:00 +0000

In technology world, they don’t call it steal, they call it reverse engineering.

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

Friendster Partners With Intelius. Let The Scams Begin. — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:45:27 +0000

[...] Intelius’ scammy privacy services will be offered to Friendster users. Earlier this year we wrote again about Intelius and the myriad of lawsuits and consumer complaints that the company was [...]

By: Intelius Date Check Sleaze Detector Delivers DEMO LOLs

Intelius Date Check Sleaze Detector Delivers DEMO LOLs — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:31:55 +0000

[...] Crunch goes to town on Intelius in this March 2009 post talking about alleged scams and a torrent of bad publicity and [...]

By: CM

CM — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:30:10 +0000

121 complaints out of THOUSANDS of customers…that sounds about like the % of the population that are absolute morons. Post-trans marketing is EVERYWHERE, from flower retailers to Buy.com. I have also never heard of a case where Intelius didn’t credit a full-refund, no questions asked.

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 22:21:54 +0000

[...] history, including allegations of fraud. Jain, who left InfoSpace to start Intelius, was said to be buried in lawsuits back in March, and the company was looking like it could be in [...]

By: Jeff H

Jeff H — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:29:16 +0000

Back in the day, if someone was frauding you, you would just find out where they live and wreck their world (for example The Sopranos). There is no accountability in the present world. This guy should get wacked.

By: SP

SP — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:37:51 +0000

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By: SP

SP — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:36:35 +0000

more than dirt

By: Danny Wallace

Danny Wallace — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:45:41 +0000

I was conned for the $19.95 subscription charge too. Unfortunately I have only just noticed. It’s interesting because the company has a reasonable board of directors. Peter Currie is a good board member. I can only assume the management team kept this practice close to their chests.

By: dahnb2000

dahnb2000 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:57:00 +0000

“gates stole everything from apple”? So DOS was an Apple creation & Lotus notes were masterminded by Jobs? It must be a fact- it was IN A MOVIE!!! And nothing was stolen by Jobs from Xerox PARC??
So who’s the noob, noob?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:45:46 +0000

SCAMMER. DISGRACEFUL, THEIVES…over all pigs!!!!
(appologies to the pigs
How would I voice my compalint to assist in shutting them down?

By: Gene

Gene — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:56:24 +0000

I was just scammed 100.00 by this jerk. Supposedly I will get my money back after threatening ot go to the Attorney general. We will see…

By: robert clothier

robert clothier — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:22:31 +0000

Thanks for this site TC.
As soon as I got my confirmation of intelius order and notification of a free 7 day trial for Identity protection, I realized this was a scam and googled intelius.
A quick call to my credit card company put a stop to his rip-off before he could nail me.
You’re in a jungle . . be vigilant.

By: Onehotmama

Onehotmama — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:13:27 +0000

I performed a $.99 search for a phone number and the next thing I know I’m charged $19.95! This Intelius group is a huge fraud! I have already begun the process of “unauthorized charges” to my credit card with my banking institution! There so called “terms and conditions’ are so ambigiously placed in the advertisement no one ever see’s it, I’m certain of that! I will fight their charge to my card with extreme vigor!

By: Notary

Notary — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:25:47 +0000

Great article. The screening buisness is full of higly ethical and proeessional firms. There is no reason to use rip-off artists like Intelius. What is very interesting is that on these sites, there are very few defenders of Intelius. Even thier own employees msut knwo its a rip-off and will not get involved. Lets hope the FTC shuts them show. It would be interesting to know what Jain think when he reads these comments. I wonder if he cares that so many people think he is dirt.

By: KayBob

KayBob — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:50:23 +0000

Just filed my complaint against Intellius with the Federal Trade Commission today. Hopefully, with enough of us doing that someone will take action against this slimeball. Thanks, Michael Arrington, for your information.

By: Pishabh Badmaash

Pishabh Badmaash — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:23:50 +0000

Vishalji, why you are not having my good name liked?

By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Spock And Intelius? Uh Oh.

The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Spock And Intelius? Uh Oh. — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:16:01 +0000

[...] But one company may have bitten and are close to buying the company. Sources are saying that the infamous Intelius (founded by the equally infamous Naveen Jain), a people search engine that charges users to access data, may be buying Spocksoon. If these rumors are accurate, God help Spock. Not only is Intelius embroiled in all kinds of legal and ethical disputes, but they also have a shaky history when it comes to acquisitions. See this article, for example, about a 2005 acquisition of addresses.com, which ended up in litigation. Our coverage of Intelius is here and here. [...]

By: Spock And Intelius? Uh Oh. | Stoth

Spock And Intelius? Uh Oh. | Stoth — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:33:10 +0000