Net Detective Can't Find It's Own Happy Customers
from the sounds-useless dept
Assuming you spend enough time on the internet, you've probably come across (and ignored) hundreds, if not thousands, of ads for Net Detective. The software is often advertised via spam and pop-ups as a way to track down information "on anyone!!!". Tech columnist Mike Wendland decided to give the product a shot, and discovered what you probably already knew: it's a complete waste of money. In fact, the software can't even find any information on the people they quote as its "happy customers." About the only info it could find on anyone was the exact same info that's available for free in various online phone directories. For more detailed info, it just points people to the websites of free databases.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Net Detective-Consumer Fraud
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Wow!
A spam product that's a rip-off? My god!!! Perish the thought!
(/sarcasm)
That was a pretty funny article. My first thought was that the people in the ad were totally fake (hence there was no info to find)...but never ascribe to maliciousness what can easily be explained as stupidity...it may just be that their software is useless.
I'm guessing its both...
The sad thing is they did get 29 bucks from someone...
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Net Detective
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NET DETECTIVE
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Scammers and Spammers
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This is a scam
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Contact FTC
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
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Re: This is a scam
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A Complete Sham!
I am now in the process of requesting a refund b/c they DO NOT deliver on what they promised. You're better off searching the white pages if you're looking for someone. I was very disappointed.
Hopefully I will get my money back.
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Net Detective
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I'm not even listed!!
Vickie
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Net Detective is
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Net Detective Get OUT!!!
If has anybody who could help me telling me how I could have this money back, I would appreciate! Thanks
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Net Detective is a Scam
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Net Detective-internet scam
NetDetective does not provide any info that isn't already free on the web and public sources. They use the "Consumer-Guides.org" link ruse on Google as an unfair way to promote their "products" as reputable and lead you to believe youre buying access to a service beyond what is already available online for free. Also not appreciated is the deluge of Harris Digital Publications related spam now continually dumping on my email site. I cancelled my credit card immediately and flagged the Harris Digital Pub. site on my account as consumer fraud.
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Re: Wow!
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RIPOFF
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I thought I was savvy.
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net detective
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Net Detective is SCAM!
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Net Detective is SCAM!
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net detective
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Net Detective
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Net Detective
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finding people
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 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
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Net Detective
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Rip Off
To: support@hdpublishing.com
Please cancel the following account with a full money back guarantee of $29.00
Here is the money back guarantee ...
http://support.netdetective.net/index.php?page=moneyback
"90-Day Money Back Guarantee
We offer a 90-Day Money Back Guarantee for Net Detective Standard. However, we do ask that you give us the chance to help you find what you were looking for! Please contact us via phone, fax, or email for more information."
HD Publishing Group
1392 S. Woodland Blvd.
DeLand, FL 32720
Fax: 386.736.3882
Phone: 386.736.3881
Email: support@hdpublishing.com
Hours of Operation
Mon. - Fri.: 9am - 8pm ET
Sat. & Sun.: 9am - 5pm ET
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Scam
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Net Detective.com
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!!!
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Net Detective.com
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!!!
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SCAM
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reversephonedetective.com
Only to find out that all their "databases" are just links to free sites such as whitepages and whatnot, what a waste of time and money...
Anyway, here is what I did, please spread the word. First I contacted them (by email, no phone customer service, go figure), saying I was unsatisfied because I didn't recieve a name on the report (I will elaborate on this in a second). Then I contacted my bank to cancel the transaction, the lady at my bank, gave me the direct line to the website's bank.
So, I contacted their bank, clickbank, and spoke with a representitive, told them that i'd like to cancel my order that i made last night (within 24 hours), and she reversed the transaction immediatly. (Remember to get the name of the person you speak with, your bank may need that information later)
Thats what I did, we'll see if I recieve the money back or not... But anyway here is the deal with reversephonedetective.com:
They claim they have databases, which they dont (that is faulty product information right there, and if any of you have money, sue them). They provide you with links to common websites already known by the general public and other search engines such as "whitepages." You're not going to gain any unknown information by using reversephonedetective.com other than what you can already access on whitepages. Now, in order for reversephonedetective.com to not be a scam, they might want to start advertising that they can provide you with the materials needed to find information, instead of claiming they have databases with the information themselves. I hope someone with the means nails this company for false advertising.
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Net det
Hunter
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Another Scam!
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Net Detective is a SCAM
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Net Detective is CRAP
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Bogus is Right
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NetDetective
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Search these guys down
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Re:
Most of the records listed in Net Detective's listing are public records, you just need to do research and actually work at something instead of expecting something to be handed over to you immediately after paying a fee.
Your post sums up the mentality of so many people today....willing to shell out hard earned cash for a quick answer....America is full of morons
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net detective
not authorize, found information on "FREE" searches that I
could'nt find on Net Detective. These "Scam Artists" should
be shut down!
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Scumbag scam bast*rds!
I just sent them an email within 30 minutes of purchasing, telling them I wanted to cancel. I will have the bank dispute the charges tomorrow and block any additional charges from them.
Gawd, I hate ripoff artists!
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Re: Re:
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
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Net Detective Fraud!!!
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hello sir/madam
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
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Dispute
Cyber Detective
Cyber-Detective, Inc
Cyberspace To Paradise Inc
Genealogy Detective 2000
Harris Digital Publishing Group
HD Publishing Group
High Voltage Marketing
Investor Detective
Leeds Publishers
Napster Faster
Net Detective Harris Digital Publishing, Inc
Rousseau Publishing Group
Search Engine Secrets
System Detective
Travel Detective
Turbo Surfer
I got scammed too. Fooled by the recommendation shill site and signed up. Then they asked for an additional $29.00 for the "Premium Service" to do a criminal background check that was supposedly included already in the original signup. When you ask for a refund and they try to make you send in a form via snail mail, refuse. They already have all the information they need to process the refund from the original purchase. Instead of playing their game, go straight to your credit card company and dispute the charge. Mention their unsatisfactory rating by the Better Business Bureau at
http://www.orlando.bbb.org/newsearch2.asp?ComID=07330029001237
I disputed with Visa and was successful. If enough of us take the time to do this and fight back, it will force them to change or go out of business.
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Net Detective Scam
later when I go to the recordsmembersarea site, all I get is
a blank blue screen. My user ID and password will not work
anymore. When you try to contact them thru the customer service solutions, all you get is a blue screen. Truely, a big rip off.
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from Scams to Fraud
Pathetic, isn't it?
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Net Detective...Net Scam
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Net Detective Scam
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Net Detective (by HD Publishing) is a SCAM!
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Re:
your comment is worth crap since you never up date like you said. Happy Trails.
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NetDetective
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take 'em out
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Looks like I got my refund
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).
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indeed a scam
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EXTRA EXTRA!!
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Net Detective Scam
Their data is junk and it's a bait and switch scam. Their advertsing is misleading.
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Cancellation & refund request
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Net Detective
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So glad this site is here
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.
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Yep......sounds about right.
It's a rip off!
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Re: Net Detective Scam
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this is another example of why they make a good living and you guys do nothing because is just 40 bucks!
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cancel net detective
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Re: Wow!
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NetDetective
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Re: Re: Wow!
R U brain dead or unable to read?..or you work there
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What a HOAX
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Re: What a HOAX
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Net Detective is a SCAM
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please cancel account
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This site is the BEST
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Re: This site is the BEST
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Why are they still in business???
Something need to be done!
I wish this article was the first one when you google that scam.
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NDP
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Net Detective a Scam
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I am a sucker for spending more than one penny for Net Detective.
If you hear the name "Net Detective", put away your credit card and run away from them.
Don't be a "STUPID SUCKER" like me and give these people your money!
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rip off by company DO NOT PAY THEM!!!!!!
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Net Detective
This is the Privacy Policy for the site located at http://www.PrivacyCouncil.org (the “Site”)... The Operator will respond to all inquiries about the Site’s policies concerning the collection and use of information Aggregation of Information. We may aggregate the personal information of users with the information of others, and incorporate it into our people search databses and we may use and disclose such information for any purpose.
Questions. For questions about the operation of this Site or other matters, please contact the Operator at info@hdpublishinggroup.com.
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net detective sux
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i got scammed
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Net Detective-Total SCAM!!!
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.
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Net Detective blows!
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Netdetective...total garbage!
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Re: Netdetective...total garbage!
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Net detective and RecordsArea.com are the same company,SCAM!
BIG QUESTION THOUGH!!! HOW ARE THEY STAYING IN BIZ FOR ALL THESE YEARS WITHOUT BEING SHUT DOWN!!!!???
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Total Scam
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fraud
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scam
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Net Detective is a liar
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Scam
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Scam again
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Scam for sure
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Net Detective add banner
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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
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Re: Scammers and Spammers
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scam
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scam
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Is Anyone Surprised
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Scary
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Re: Contact FTC
Net Detective Harris Digital Publishing
1392 S woodland BLVD
Deland Florida 32720 USA
Phone 386-736-3881
And I cannot Even login and the web page says Reload page each time or it doesn't exist. Please Help me get my money back or involved in a settlement to retrieve a portion of the proceeds of the settlemet should their be any against them.
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