Before you deal with any company, it’s always a good idea to look on the Internet and see if there are any complaints being registered against them. Now, I have not even heard of NetDetective prior to this article, but when I began to investigate them I found so many complaint sites specific to NetDetective that my curiosity was definitely raised.

What I found is that there are enough complaints on NetDetective to fill a small library. Now, I am always fair minded and objective, when it comes to things found on the Internet, and I know that any company no matter how honest it is, is bound to have some complaints against it, given the very nature of the Internet, but the magnitude of these complaints totally floored me. There were entire sites devoted to just complaints and warnings about using NetDetective.

Most of the complaints centered around the fact that they charge an initial $29.95 to perform background checks, but all you receive is a basic name and possibly outdated addresses. According to complaints, many people have found more information on a name search on Google.

Those complaining then state that they were told that to gather further information, they would have to pay an additional $10.00 for the NetDetective Pro upgrade. Much worse are the reports that you must state that you approve for them to charge you yet another additional $29.95 after three days have elapsed!

Other complaints are frequently listed as giving out erroneous or missing information. People who are related to other people who have a long rap sheet put in their relative’s name, but the NetDetective found no reports of them ever having been incarcerated and no convictions were found. One individual said that it gave him information on where his grandfather was currently living. The only problem was that he had been at his grandfather’s funeral 5 years ago! Caveat Emptor—Buyer Beware!