PeopleFinders.com
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| Categories | Background Check |
| Free Offer | Basic search results |
| Pros | Highly accurate results, prompt customer service |
| Cons | Telephone contact information is hard to find |
Search dozens of databases and billions of records in a single search to locate your subject.
Our database is the same database used by the government and law enforcement.
Review
“Founded in 1988 by Licensed Investigator and former Intel Corp Investigator Robert Miller, PeopleFinders.com has become the leading provider of accurate people finder search results on the Web. PeopleFinders.com offers a variety of paid search options enabling users to search more than a billion public records, which may include criminal histories, sex offender information, address histories, phone numbers marriage records and much more,” (via PRWeb release #412927).
One of the better known names in the people search business, PeopleFinders.com is widely considered as one of the most accurate people searches on the Web.
If reviews were based solely on appearances, PeopleFinders.com would win hands down-every time. As soon as you land on the home page you notice a distinct absence of flashy banner ads, kitschy images of smiling people embracing or a mile long list of links (which has sadly become the norm for most people search sites). From the start, PeopleFinders.com gives you the business end of a powerful people search tool.
PeopleFinders.com homepage features a logo, a search box and 10 search categories to choose from: people search, background check, criminal check, sex offender lookup, business, unclaimed property, bankruptcies and liens, property, marriage and divorce, death search.
PeopleFinders.com has a centerd layout that displays nicely in any browser.. It is possible to refine each by input by manipulating the tabs at the top of each search box.
Though It does not even come close to qualifying as an advertisement or promotion, People Finders does have an opt in box, a very small one at that, for their newsletter. We opted in to the PeopleFinders.com newsletter and received some pretty good discounts.
PeopleFinders.com also displays testimonials in the footer of each page. These testimonials come from actual customers and cover a wide-range of people search successes. In the same vein, PeopleFinders.com has “Tell us your story,” feature which allows users to share their people finder stories. Each month, PeopleFinders.com selects one of these stories. Whoever submitted the selected story receives a free month-long membership to PeopleFinders.com
Search Results so Accurate, “They’re Scary!”
In the process of testing out PeopleFinders.com search, I ran my wife’s name through their database, she happened to be sitting next to me when I did this. My wife’s father was in the military and her parents were also divorced when she was 5. Therefore, she tended to move around a lot and live with different during various periods of her childhood.
My wife was shocked and somewhat amazed to see all of her childhood addresses, except one, listed on the computer screen. She then demanded that I hand over the computer immediately.
“This site is scary!” she exclaimed.
Unlike any other people search site on the Web, PeopleFinders.com lists possible relatives with for each person searched. My wife had more than 15 relatives listed, some of which were in-laws.
That same day, we had company over and my wife was going on about how accurate the PeopleFinders.com search results had been. One of our visitors was not convinced. He firmly believed that only the police of F.B.I had access to that type of information.
He dared me to look him up on People Finders. I did just that and not only did the results list all of his former residences, but also a conviction for possessing illegal fireworks that he had received more than 10 years ago. Needless to say, none of my friends want me to look them up anymore.
Having put all my friends off by letting their skeletons out of the closet, I waited until they left before testing the search anymore. When they did, I put PeopleFinders.com through the paces.
I looked up people that had been marred numerous times, people that had purchased homes together without being married, people that had died and people that I knew moved around a lot and tended not to update their address.
With each search, I was able to locate my subject with minimal effort. Sure, I did not always get the result I wanted right from the get go, very rarely was the case, but with the possible relatives and maiden and married name often listed with each search result, It was easy to focus my search in a new direction and ultimately achieve success.
Better Than the Rest
I can say that PeopleFinders.com is definitely one of the best, if not the best, people search sites on the Web. PeopleFinders.com charges the industry standard for all of its search types. However, I believe the quality of data makes People Finders a far better value than any other site on the Web.
I also tested PeopleFinders.com Custom Service Department. I received prompt answers to all 3 e-mails that I sent. I also called People Finders’ Customer Service on two occasions. I was never put on hold and my call was answered promptly and in a very professional manner.
My only complaint is that the telephone contact information is very hard to find.
In conclusion, I would have to give PeopleFinders.com 10 out of 10. In my opinion, I think it would be hard to find a Web-based people search service that offers access to so many records and includes possible relatives with each search.
Testimonial
I am a volunteer searcher who conducts searches for both adoptees and birth parents. I have been able to reunite over 500 families by using peoplefinders. I have found a daughter for a dying birth mother so they were able to reconnect months before she died. Without databases such as peoplefinders.com, none of these finds would be possible. I have too many stories to relate but can only tell you that hundreds of lives have been changed for the better due to having this great search engine. Others do not give you the background checks and family members names which often help me to connect the dots.