MyLife Reviews
MyLife is a service that claims to be able to connect users with past friends and acquaintances and to let them discover who's searching for them online.
The MyLife.com website may be familiar to many people due to their extensive advertising on television and across the web.
How Does it Work?
MyLife often claims that it will let you know who is searching for you 'for free', which is technically true, though quite misleading.
Once you enter your name into their site, it will give you some information such as "5 Men and 11 Women are searching for you", including some more specific examples like "A 32 year old woman who lives in Anytown, USA and attended American University is looking for you."
However, to get the specific names and details of those that are searching for you, or the details of the people you are searching for, you must first become a paid member of the site.
Is My Life Legit?
There are numerous complaints about this company all over the internet, and some of the accusations made are fairly serious.
These include, but are not limited to:
- MyLife provides search results that are inaccurate and sometimes even fabricated to entice one to become a member.
- MyLife 'hacks' your email account and spams your contact list with invitations to join MyLife.com.
- MyLife asks you to authorize your credit card to be charged a certain amount, but then charges you far more and more often than permitted.
The first claim centers around the fact that MyLife.com provides you with a glimpse of the people that are looking for you, in order to entice you to become a paid member.
Once you do become a paid member, however, you may receive a list of names that you may be completely unfamiliar with.
Angry customers argue this is because MyLife is fabricating the list of supposed people who are searching for you in the first place.
One customer was so convinced of this, he entered his name as random string of characters, somethin like "sfg shgshdhsg" for example, and was informed that seven people were searching for him.
Secondly, the privacy policy of MyLife.com does admit they will scan and send invitations to your email contacts, though they claim they will only do so with your permission.
While the argument has been made that simply becoming a member of MyLife is the act of giving permission, many complaints have been filed by people who say they never became a paid member of MyLife, but their email accounts were hacked anyway after they visited the website.
Finally, the Terms and Conditions policy states that when you sign up for their services, you are also signed up for the services of third party companies, though these third parties and the cost of their services are not listed.
In addition, the Terms claim that only some of the website's functions are considered free with membership, while others would incur additional fees.
However, nowhere on their website do they explain which functions are included and which cost extra.
As a result, customers have experienced signing up for membership on one day, and sometimes within 24 hours their credit card has been charged with multiple extra fees that they were unaware of.
Other customers say they expected to pay a low amount for their monthly membership and ended up with almost $200 in charges after the monthly subscription came due.
These claims and others have been outlined in a Department of Justice lawsuit filed against MyLife.com.
If you have any experience with the MyLife.com or their services, please leave your reviews below.
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Don't use this service
No stars, They suck and make it very difficult to cancel cuz they know they suck...
Go elsewhere or get burned! Not a responsible firm!
Bad Business
Don’t bother to subscribe. It is a bait and switch tactic.
If you are trying to find info on anyone else you only get info on yourself with notes that your reputation is in jeopardy. Then they want more money.
They won’t answer their phone or respond to emails. Also be careful of auto renewing.
Everything this writer wrote is true. I wish I had checked with the Better Business Bureau before I was scammed.
Don't Get Scammed
I wish I had read these reviews before I got scammed. Note-to-others.....transfer money out of account so there's only $1 in account. This way they can't charge your debit card the $155.40.
SCAM & A BUNCH OF THIEVES
SCAM!!! Don't go anywhere near this site!! I paid $1 for one report and was immediately charged $1 PLUS $155.40.
sent numerous emails and never received an answer. I can't even get on the site bc I can't get my password either! A BUNCH OF THIEVES!!!
Why can’t this fraudulent, stealing company be stopped?
Need 0 rating!
Total scam. Charged my account $155.40 fraudulently.
Will not take calls and refuse to respond to numerous emails sent to address they give me for customer service.
Need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
I agree with the facts about this website - TOTAL SCAM
Total Scam!
scam
They did the same thing to me but charged me the 155.40 twice- once for the basic subscription and a second time for a premium subscription. We need to start a class action lawsuit.
Same here
Same with me! This is BS!
SAME - I WILL CONTACT BANKCARD
Let's start that lawsuit. Bankcard would not help me.
They charge your card for payments not authorized
If I could give them a Zero star review I would! I signed up for a trial membership and paid something like $25 for one month. The very next day I noticed a charge on my card where they took $80.20 from my account!
When I emailed their customer service they simply canceled my account. I asked several times when they would refund my money but they never answered that question. And I still haven’t received it!! Plus they don’t give what they promise. Total scam!!!
They don't answer their phone and will only email which tells me that they are not going to be transparent, not honest and have no desire to be accountable for anything. They are crooks, plain and simple.
Correct
Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam
Please add zero star option. What a scam. Why is this website still up? I JUST PAID 9.95 FOR NOTHING. I am reporting this site to local police.
I wish I had read the reviews before my payment.
Just Paid 59.00, no way to contact...Scam
It is best to have best friends and stay away jealous friend.
I am very upset someone wrote bad complaint about me. I would like to correct my rumored behaviors. I forgot mylife sign in address. I will make some corrections.
MyLife.com has tried to steal my money!
we need to start a class action.
I got used!
False reporting of damaging information
They said I had criminal charges and lawsuits also people were looking me up. I paid for the basic one time fee. When I got the report it said I didn't have a record and it listed 5 different blurred out liens.
I then investigated my self through the court system, no liens against me either. This could completely ruin someones life. These people are publishing false information . They should be sued and put out of Business.
Got Absolutely Nothing For My Payment!
Absolutely horrible. I just paid $9.95 for a screen that was 99% blurred out. What a scam. Don't waste your money unless you ready to sign up for the $179 special!!!
They suck you in! I never intended to become a member, I was going to SHUT DOWN the computer for the night, and BING! the scree said, CONGRATULATIONS sucker! You just got billed $239.88 for membership. I immediately crapped in my pants ( not literally, I told them I was sorry that I accidentally "must have" Hit the wrong button.
They do have some information on me, I am living on S.S> I'm 80 yrs. old in poor health , and they want me to pay $239.88. This company is horrible. The government has been on them for misinformation etc. THEY SUCK! I will be calling my Credit card Co. These people are worthless.
OOPS! I forgot to tell you they are shameless crooks. And...they suck.
I've got the rest of my life to taunt this "company" obviously, I am not a happy camper. it's a scam folks. It's too late, if you are writing a comment. You've been had.
They suck you in! I never intended to become a member, I was going to SHUT DOWN the computer for the night, and BING! the scree said, CONGRATULATIONS sucker! You just got billed $239.88 for membership.
I immediately crapped in my pants ( not literally, I told them I was sorry that I accidentally "must have" Hit the wrong button. They do have some information on me, I am living on S.S> I'm 80 yrs. old in poor health , and they want me to pay $239.88.
This company is horrible. The government has been on their ass, for misinformation etc. THEY SUCK! I will be calling my credit card company! These people are worthless.
They suck you in! I never intended to become a member, I was going to SHUT DOWN the computer for the night, and BING! the screen said, CONGRATULATIONS sucker! You just got billed $239.88 for membership!
Immediately Overcharged
All I wanted was my ex-wife's age, so I searched on their site, It was getting late, time for me to say nite, nite, and I GUESS I hit the wrong button, All of a sudden the screen shouts "Congtas Sucker, You owe us $239.88
I HAD previously used this site, in which at that time I entered my Credit card Info. I assume I will be charged that amount, I begged with them to forgive my grave error, I sent them 2 emails, NO RESPONSE.
Here's a cutie, I was looking for a phone # for this co. I Found 2 numbers for 'Customer service'. NO live person on both of the numbers, they gave me an email address instead. I think I did that twice b4. No REPLY. I understand, I CAN CANCEL WITHIN 15 DAYS, I am not waiting, for the bad news, I am reporting this company to my credit card company. This company is more fraudulent than trump!
Suckers! You have probably been scammed already, that's why you want to see what you got yourself in. You just got screwed! Wait until you see how much $$$$ you just got taken for. I am sincerely surprised these folks haven't gotten hit by the Government! BTW, they suck!
Total B.S. DON"T FALL FOR IT!
I ran the initial "self search" 3 days ago, of course I had to provide an email address. It ran thru all the steps and took me to the point of signing up and paying. I noticed it indicated 2 people searching for me, 1 man and 1 woman. I left the site without signing up.
Today I received an email saying there has been changes that might be lawsuits etc. I clicked on "review updates" and it took me back to their site and ran thru all the steps again and took me again to the point of signing up and paying. This time (3 days later) it indicated 514 people found are searching for me, 46 men and 46 women....So, in 3 days people searching for me went from 2 (1 man, 1 women) to 514 (46 men, 46 women). 46 x 2 = 92.
This is baiting by using false info to cause panic in order to manipulate us to sign up.
My experience is so much worse than the above. Chose the one month for 17.99 as i work with a lot of questionable persons at work - Ex cons who are still at it at night. but the choice of one month non automatic charge was ignored and i received TWO AUTOMATIC charges from paypal , which look like they will go nowhere. am out 324.80 . Of course there is no contact from MyLife. All phone refer to email, all email ignored. Looking into filing legal charges against these criminal bogus background check. Also , do not bother with CheckMate. At least they do have a customer service but also overcharged me - I was able to get a refund.
These People are GANGSTERS, out and out thieves, deceivers, fraudsters, I can't say enough BAD things about this Fake company. There is NO contact person or company reps to talk to, They have recorded message stating, You have to email them, They haven't answered me yet.
IF they think they are going to put me on the hook for $239.88 US dollars, My credit card will be notified Tonight, so that when they get billed, they have some "splainin" to do.
Does this CRIMINAL company have more than a ONE star rating? what does that say to you?
Get a Email confirmed cancelation
I cancelled the same day I ran a search . Received incorrect info and then called to cancel. I was given cancelation # and told I would receive a confirmation Email. The day after I was charged almost $50.00. No cancelation ever sent! Total scam...
it seems that they are much worse now.
MYLIFE is trash!!!!
Don't waste your time
A piece of crap website with false claims and error filled garbage.