What a rip-off! Despite all the glowing reports from “unbiased” 3rd parties (which I’m now 100% sure were planted by Net Detective) all they provided was LESS than I could find out by myself. And you only know this after they have your $29. To find out any “real” information, you have to pay a monthly fee. And the link to cancel my subscription doesn’t work! Now I have to go through my bank; hopefully they will help me get my money back.

Please file a complaint with the FTC at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=

You will need this information:
Net Detective Harris Digital Publishing
1392 S woodland BLVD
Deland Florida 32720 USA
Phone 386-736-3881
service@customercaredotcom.com

Also file with BBB in central florida

PLEASE. ANYONE EVEN CONSIDERING PURCHASING THIS PRODUCT, READ THESE REVIEWS FIRST. This is a total scam. Here is what happened to me and probably everyon. I bought the basic service for $29. BUt the screen tells you that the registration did not work so you have to call them. Then they say, the registration worked fine, but for your trouble they will give you a discount on their plus product for a period of time and then it is only $29. What they did not tell me was that it weas $29 per month. Thankfully I did not buy it , but many do and they pay out the nose. Then if you want to cancel, that is the fun part. You have to fill out a 5 page document and mail or fax it in. In other words you can buy it in a matter of seconds but to cancel and get a refund, you are looking a a huge amount of time and a great deal of trouble. These people are trouble. And they know it. When I realized I had gotten scammed the customer service lady basically just laughed at me because she has heard the same complaints so many times. Watch out. PLEASE>

I thought I was being a smart consumer and did a search on “Net Detective review” and found several articles (obviously fakes) that touted this great service. I wish I had done a search on “Net Detective rip off” first. Anyway once you get in the site after they take your 29 bucks there is not even a link to do a background or credit check on anyone. Just a name search by state that then directs you to other pay sites to get any more information. Save your money, time and some agravation. I called to get my money back and they e-mailed me a link to the form (same as above) you need to fill out the form and send it back via snail mail. I am doing that it did not take too long about 5 or 10 min but will also dispute the charge with my credit card company. Stay away from Net Detective, it does not give you anything, and do not pay for the monthly service, lord only knows what virtual hell holes that will take you into.

Net Detective is a Scam. I have better results with google. It does not do all it advertises for $29 for 3 years. If you want it to do more, in addition you must sign up and pay for an “updated law enforcement” version. Naturally, you do not find this out until you pay your $29.

Thanks for weighing in. It’s comforting to know GOD is taking the time to point out the, as always, fallability of the human race. BTW, while I’ve got you, is global warming our fault?

They charged my credit card twice!then send me an e-mail form to fill out to get a refund

Please keep this site alive. I got suckered into using Net Detective because of all of the bogus review sites they have to make you believe they’re legit. This site was on the third page of a Google search “Net Detective Review”…the first two pages were full of bogus review sites. Here’s to hoping this makes the first page.

are there any GOOD ones out there?

Net Detective is a total scam and I got duped. I used my AMEX card, so I filed a complaint through American Express’s fraud department. After an investigation, they refunded my money. Apparently even the CC companies know that this site is a complete and utter FRAUD. AVOID!

I purchased this and paid $29.00 for three years. After I proceeded to do a search, they wanted an additional $10.00 for each search. Now, I cannot even access my account. They Block your password and email. I am going to back charge the amount I paid on my credit card. Everyone who purchased this service should do the same thing. Call your credit card company and they will send you a form to fill out. Also, please do not use any of these companies. They are all frauds and scams. Intellius is the worst of them all.

i was going to promot net detective

but with the big negatives around net detective i

pleased i didnt

see {site…….blog.worldvillage.com/business/the_top_10_online_detective_services_of_2006.html}

i promote ” finding or search for information services

online ” the following [and so the owners of this

site get some payment ] you should find

the best in my opinion on the top right side as adsense add

these are my finding:

1 ReversePhoneDetective.com is highly dedicated and is

high on the user list which means

people like it ..

2 Reversephonesite.com this is new to me and i have just

put it out into the market

to find the response

3 http://www.reverserecords.org this is my favorite ..its extensive .{.for affilates this is well managed

and have there own affilate manager which means they are serious} for customers

they have a lot to loose if they dont deliver as there site costs a lot to run ..have alook

you will see what i mean.

my suggestion when using these type of sites is to look

at how extensive the site is in its range of service the

more the better.

thanks for the warning on net detective

Net Detective is a scam. I couldn’t even find myself. You cannot access criminal records unless you commit to them charging your credit card an additional $29.95 a month indefinitely. I feel like a sap for wasting the $20. Don’t bother!

I signed up after I saw they had a perfect match to the person I was looking for, right name, birth date, etc. I should of known better’ After they got my money the code number wouldn’t work after typing new code numbers in, God only knows how many times, the message read, they didn’t have any imformation. I’d been had. I emailed them asking for my account to be canceled a couple of days later. Tonight I check and my user name and password no longer work so I figure they have, tomorrow I’ll call to make sure plus find out how to get my money back. It’s just another form of stealing, I don’t see how they can get away with it. I mean if you don’t have someting how can you say you do get paid for it and then not give a person what they paid for?

Sept 29,2007

Please for anyone considering this website it is a complete scam !!!!! Beware for signing up for the extra report only 10.00 because there is a recurring fee net detective charges [29.00] that they won’t refund!!!Also they are extremely rude
and unprofessional on the phone!!! Whoever is recommending them on the internet is a fraud!!!!The bottom line is the company does not give you anything you could’nt find out from your local County Courthouse!!!I have had to cancel my credit card because they keep charging on my card!!!

net det is a complete waste of money,just another scam

I also purchassed Net det and found it to be a real waste of time and money. I used it for less then 2 hrs and asked for a refund, which they did do. I used other free resourses to find people I was looking for, and had better results. Net det just sends you to another web site all the time and always for a fee. I was truly dissappointed. Don’t waste your money, try http://www.privateeye.com and people finder to help you find people you are looking for,,,,

Hunter

I intend to call Volusia County police today and ask if they can shut these frauds down – they are less than 4 miles from my home and I have all kinds of free time on my hands to “collect” info…….

I contacted Net Detective at 386-736-3881 on Feb 10, the same day I realized I got scammed by them. They didn’t ask me why I wanted to cancel my subscription…I’m sure they know. I was pleased to find out, however, that there was only one charge of $29.00 to my account and the other charge for $29.95 was “just to make sure we had the right credit card, so if you continued to use our services, we could bill you that $29.95.” I double checked my up to date credit card statement online, and sure enough, there was only a charge for $29.00. When I called them, they informed me that they had already responded to my email requesting that my account be cancelled. They sent me the necessary paperwork to fill out and mail. So, I’m out a 41 cents, big deal. I will get my $29.00 back. The paper work only took me about 2 minutes to fill out. I’ll post my final report once I get my money back and it’s confirmed that it has been credited to my credit card. Thanks.

I spoke to rep Liz at 386-736-3881. She said she would refnd money. I told her I want an answer why would they market a product that is fraudulant? She said it is not in their disclaimer they state they do not guarantee they will have the information and they do not have everyone in the database. I searched 10 people to see if it would pull info up and it would not. Not even a home address. Most of the time it just kicked me out. She was VERY rude.

NETDETECTIVE AKA HD Publishing gives a parking lot in DeLand,FL for an address! GoogleEarth substantiated. SCAMbag thieves!

So if none of these sites work, is it completely futile to keep looking for information that can not be found on free websites? I got lured in by intelius people search and they signed me up for some stupid service it took forever to get rid of, but now I’m at a loss for where to look and private investigators are so 1950’s. Glad I didn’t sign up for net-detective, I was about to, but ran a google search for rip offs first.

Completly worthless, charged for additional sevices I did
not authorize, found information on “FREE” searches that I
could’nt find on Net Detective. These “Scam Artists” should
be shut down!

Aw Jeez Joe,
I guess we all jus kant be as smart as U —-

P.S. Just in case you haven’t figured it out yet
YOU are the “Mac Daddy” of the morons! Congratulations.

Luv,
Hank & Helen

Hello
how are you please i need some credit card to pay some goods that i bought like laptop so i need some credit cards send it to my mailbox

net detective is a total scam. I was billed five times at 29.95 per month and the total billing was supposed to have been a one time charge of 29.00. All the information that I did find was so wrong.

Net Detective is a scam, I can’t beleive someone as sceptical as I was scamed

About 6 months ago..I fell for their pitch. Only 29.95 for unlimited use for 3 years. Little did I know they would bill me that amount every month(after all, they had my credit card number) and little did I know then I could use a free Google search and find more information about anything. They should be investigated and I’m going to do everything I can to put these crooks out of business. I’ve dealt with a bunch of internet companies that are fair and honest…but Net Detective is not one of them.

They have now twice charged my credit card and I have never even heard of them until I saw charges on my card under HDP NETDETECTIVE.COM. I am not sure where they stole my credit card number, but I have never paid them. BEWARE!!!!

Agreed 100%. I was very disappointed in NetDetective. I also refused their fake services and real charges. I went to the bank and stopped the credit payments. NetDetective did reimburse every penny they charged me, which wasn’t much, but it was the principle involved that they lie about having resources they do not have. They did send me so much garbage in email that I had to spam block them.

I fell for this too, paid the $29 and saw straight away that they do not deliver anything they promised.

Within 5 minutes of signing up I called them and did hold of a human, they wanted to give me 2 months of the updrade service for free – I figured that if they did not give you at first what you expect, then this talk is more of a scam, so I said no way, I want to cancel right now and be done with it.

So they emailed me a link to a word document, that they want you to fill in and snail mail to them. I got the form while I was still ont he phone to them and said, I am going to email this to you, there is no reason you need this in the mail. She said I could.

So I filled in the form, they want you to sign it saying you will not use their service (why would you?) while the cancellation is in process. So I just found a free handwriting font for the computer and used that as a signature (looks real enough). So I respond to the email with the word for attached.

Just what? They relied saying: Due to security reasons, we cannot open attachments. – I said so you don’t have anti-virus scanners then? And then just pasted the word doc in the email, saying this is a legitmate copy, you must legally accept this for the refund.

They did. I got a relpy saying they would and an hour later they sent and email saying they had applied the refund or stopped the payment (as I cancelled so quickly) it should never have left my account. I will kepp an eye on my credit card, but looks like I got it cancelled without having to mail the form in (which is obviously a delay tatic for them).

hard to unmask this modern thieves..they have ‘satellites’ sites that recommend them as the best option on the net…Now if you don’t mind waist your time, like the mistake is yours,(and it is..) follow their ‘for idiots’ steps and you get your money (Not your pride) back period

On 3-2-09, I signed up for Net Detective, paying with Visa debit card. Did not like their format, couldn’t navigate the screen, couldn’t get any info. I needed. The same day, I requested cancellation & refund of $39.94.Net Detective’s customer support turned out to be support@hdpublishing.com in DeLand, Florida. I’ve requested status on that concellation & refund request, repeatedly via e-mail. I actually got someone on the phone at HD Publishing, only to be told they couldn’t find that account anywhere! Now I have to fax actual proof that my account was debited for that amount! They debited my account within 3-5 minutes of my request & now they can’t find my account! Here it is 1 month past the date! Has anyone else had this problem?

I am looking to do a background screen on myself since I keep getting denied employment even though I am qualified. I have been told I am blacklisted so I suspect that my background has bad info.

I ran into these net detective reviews on the top of my google searches and was like wow this company looks great. But of course, I know about scams so I did a search. some of the fake review sites have very misleading names like consumer-advisory etc and they pay for top links in google.

This is a calculated attempt to defraud people. It seems like a massive enterprise and I can’t believe they would say that law enforcement uses them!! Although it wouldn’t surprise one bit if cops did use them to get info on people.

Thanks to this community, I saved my money. I’d like to know where I can do a background check tho. I don’t have the time or resources to do it myself, and besides, I want to see what an outsider to my life would see in one of these background checks.

No you won’t..you just bitching about it.

Hi this D.M.Escobar,You can reach me @210-789-2008.I’m canceling net detective effective 6/06/09.1:05 Central time.Thank you for your every courtesy.

there is a refund they guarantee a 90 days money back

dear noname

R U brain dead or unable to read?..or you work there

BBB will do shiet, BBB is under payroll, this scam is no game, is well done by pros, even if you crash n airplane on them they won’t go down, ask obama for help

cancel cannot get no information

Such a BS!!!

I found a License plate search web page via Google. I signed up and it was Net detective. then for ONLY $10 MORE, I signed up for Net Detective Plus.. four days later I was charged ANOTHER $30 for NDP !!! I am currently in the process of conatcting the BBB of Central FLorida to get my money back because they don’t want to refund me the $30 for NDP. I’m in for a fight, and I WILL get my money back. !!! Any questions, or if you need info contact me at xfallenanjelx at gmail dot com.

your owe so right

Paid 29 bucks for three years access an program no longer works paid 9.95 for three days crimnal look up they charged my credit card 29.95 again total rip off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do not waste your money. After falling prey to the hype that you “can get the scoop on anyone!”, the info I hoped to gain on my brother only provided me with the same 8 YEAR OLD OUTDATED INFORMATION I already had. As a test, I entered the names of friends for whom I had current information and WHAD’YA KNOW! That info is also woefully outdated. Keep your money and your credit cards in your pocket and pass on this rip-off.

I totally agree .I purchased a 19.00 dollar net detective and itcouldnt find any cell phone number I put in.Trying to get my money back now .What a joke..AND they charged me 29 dollars and not 19. I;m soooo mad

License Plate Hunter a.k.a. Net Detective takes your $$$
without allowing you to successfully log in after serval attempts and sending you in circles to seek help from CLKBank.com for customer service or vendor E-mail (support@recordslogin.net)which are of no help to log in in order to obtain the information you PAID for. After 6 hours of unsuccessfully trying to get help and login, I found this web site and realized I have been scammed; hopefully, the next person will read these E-mail warnings and save their $$$.
Good Luck.

I signed up for it and payed just a measley $10 to start, and when I couldnt even find a simple name in the ENTIRE united states I called….low and behold I cannot get my money back and this website is a complete waste of money!

Note: Most of the information you need you can find online for free. All you really need to know is the name and the city or state if not both and search public records. If you are trying to check criminal record, all public court documents are actually available to the public if you know where to work. Also, I work for a bank and, take my advise, you will want to cancel your card because you will not get them to cancel your membership. They don’t have a viable customer service number, you can not get an answer even if you called every minute of the day, nor will you see anything on them with the better business bureau, which any legit company will have. Please do not be stupid, go on public domains and ask if anyone can direct you to an sites that give you this information for free. Like I said, court documents are always a great source. I can even find your tax records from ten years ago pretty easily and not have to pay a penny for the information. Lol Please take my advice, people!

I too bit. I’m retired from the Justice Department and wanted a reverse cell phone lookup for my own freelance research. Came across a site, consumer-warning.org, supposedly operated by a “freelance writer” named “Kim” (who probably doesn’t even exist) extolling the virtues of the NetDetective reverse cell phone lookup, so I joined. Ran several cell phone numbers, including four of my own (which I’ve had for three to eight years), through their search and obtained “No Results Found” for every single one. Conclusion: Either they have no cell phone database or it is very, very limited. Fortunately, I still have contacts within the FBI’s Cyber Crimes Unit…

i purchased net dectective back when it first came ou t, it was a one time fee for the program and info and updates , but if you went to links then if they had fees thatwas separate, my purchase was a once lifetime payment , and they gave you the return online address to redownload if lost , so with receipt and order number you had lifetime ownership of the product, since then i have had the computer the program was on be destroyed and needed to redownload the net detective, but was unable to, upon contacting them they do not have any record of my purchase anymore but i have all my receipts and order number , but they refuse to set me back up for what i paid for , basically this is theft by fraud or simply fraud in what i was told i purchased , DO NOT ever buy products from these people m you will not get what they say you will.

I was looking for a background check for my employee and I was checking out net detective web site.It offer service for 29.99 and I want to find any other web site so I was trying to go back to google search.Instantly, the pop up window showed up and it reduced the price for only 19.99.I was lured by this price change and signed up.But I found out the service is nothing better than google people search and there is no background check.They claimed that if I want additional service I have to upgrade for additional fee but I don’t trust them anymore.

Unfortunately, most people arrive at this page after they have been scammed. Net Detective does a good job of flooding the web with glowing endorsements that will show up in searches long before this page does. With the money this scam brings in, they can afford the top google spots.

Right at the bottom of this webpage (right now), net detective has a banner add link, direct link and note that says Get 3 years Unlimited Searches with the best detective service online. Banner add place looks to be Adchoices. Okey dokey, boy this internet is really turning into an overall scam. I’ll have to just find a landline and dial zero to get a human operator regarding phone numbers vs. using the internet.

Net Detective is a HUGE SCAM!!! I can’t believe that the BBB hasn’t closed them down. As previously stated, information is not found!! I ended up paying over 69.05 for nothing!! DO NOT USE THEM

Their 100% customer satisfaction is a farce, when you call to get a refund they claim they can’t refund anything over the basic package! What a SCAM & RIP OFF

Do yourself a favor & don’t get scammed. How u do that is look at all the complaints & don’t use netdective. I’m pissed as I know alot of people r & most of them don’t voice their stories so u can imagine there is a huge following that this program is a scam. I was offered gift cards totalling $125.00 I wasn’t told I had 2 spend $500.00 to get them. I had plans for Christmas for my daughter. I was going 2 use $100.00 of the gift cards 2 help me buy her an XBOX 360 with connect. Now that’s messed up. IM REALLY PISSED TRUST ME I HAVE BEEN 2 THE BBB ONLY ONCE BEFORE & HERE I GO AGAIN

I’ve had a pretty rocky relationship with this company over the years. Recently, the number of complaints I receive has started to multiply exponentially, and the worst part is that many folks simply can’t reach anyone at the company.

I would be very freaked out if I found out they did that to me. I might even consider personal security protection in san jose ca. That would seriously be the only way I could sleep.