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Spokeo People Search allows you to search for anyone by performing a name, reverse email, reverse phone, or reverse address search. Searches can also be performed to obtain court records, historical records, or business information. Our database covers social networks, public records, marketing lists, and other sources to reveal demographic details, public profiles, and more.
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A scam - a useless scam --an evil useless scam.
if I could give zero stars I would. How about minus 5?

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It helped me find information on my husband’s father he never got to meet. So now we know his grandparents name. Very cool I think. Thank you Spokeo

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I’ve done better on my with just typing a name in a overall I’d have to say very much disappointed

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Most dishonest behaviour by hiding the cancel account information

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Spokeo is a complete rip off. Once they have your paymdnt info the charge you for services that you did not authorize, then tefuse to issue refunds. WORSE THAN HERPES, AND HARDER TO GET RID OF!!! AVOID!! AVOID!! AVOID!!

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So far it was able to bring up the owner of the phone number that keeps calling our house. I just finished "reporting the number" on your site. Let's see how that goes.

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I was offered a search for $.95. I looked for person that I had not talked to for 40 yrs. They provided me with the means to contact her.

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I did not sign up and they have taken two payments for Jan anf Feb - How?
I also seem to have two 11 second phone calls to them which cost as well?

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Promised it was 100% free and brought me to a paywall after requesting info.

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DO NOT USE SPOKEO. Don't trust them and don't click on anything. You will find charges on your credit card for a service you didn't ask for. The only way Spokeo survives is essentially operating as a scam.

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I clicked an offer for a report for $0.95, received nothing. Looking for it on their site, I saw a button that said Download Your Report. No indication of any other charge. I clicked it and was charged $19.95, without my consent. I was also signed up for a $29.99 monthly subscription of which there was no mention. I called to ask for a refund, was refused, and when I asked for the person's ID number they hung up on me. The site is set up in a deliberately unclear way to trick you into selecting things you don't want, but just accurate enough that they can insist that it's not fraudulent.
Addendum: the canned reply here is absurd. I don’t care what record they have to offer, I care that they charged me without my consent. The reply is so they can publicly look like they make an effort to resolve things, when in fact they are barely better than scammers.

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They won't refund the entire amount when you cancel, even if you never purchased a subscription.

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I used Spokeo once for 95 cents and that was a good experience, but was charged $29.95 for an unwanted subscription. I called to argue and dispute the subscription and request a full refund. The rep said he would help but I only got a $11.98 refund. I called again and loudly complained until I got the remaining $17.97 refund.
Weeks later I got my VISA card statement and reviewed it. I saw a $17.97 refund. I also saw an unexpected and unauthorized charge for: $17.97. If I wasn’t looking, I would have missed it.
What was Spokeo doing by charging me $17.97 on the same day they gave me a $17.97 refund.
I think this is illegal.

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Fraudulent and deceptive practices. I paid for a $0.95 sample report. Did not give them any permission to re-bill me every month. Sent them 3 emails in the last 40 days to cancel the monthly plan that I, again, DID NOT AGREE to sign up. Received no reply. Will forward the emails to my credit card company to demand chargebacks.

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Lack of information as. promised. So easy to sign up and SO complicated to cancel. No simple online cancellation. Live chat just gets you on hold forever and advises you they may email you instead. FORGET THIS. SERVICE!!!! Thereare FAR better services available.

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The fact remains that I paid for 7 days and asked Spokeo to cancel my 'membership'. Not paying close attention to my credit card charges, I discovered I've been charged $29.95 for months. I didn't use Spokeo and everything I needed I found online with basic searches. Now I have to follow-up with my CC hoping it gets resolved. This has happened to me twice before in many years. I need to avoid all membership subscriptions and don't give out my CC number so easily. I should know better. Add up 10s of thousands of overcharges on a monthly and it's a big chunk of change. Maybe Spokeo will do the right thing and not charge me. If that's the case, I will return and change this poor review in their favor.
3/16/2026
They lied to my CC and said I used their service! I was looking for a friend I served with 55 years ago but found him on 'DuckDuckGo! Name, Address, Phone #, everything! Spokeo did nothing! I have transcripts of my canceling message and call. I'm hearing impaired and need it for reference! About their redundant canned response:
'Addendum: the canned reply here is absurd. I don’t care what record they have to offer, I care that they charged me without my consent. The reply is so they can publicly look like they make an effort to resolve things, when in fact they are barely better than scammers.'

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