Social Catfish
Social Catfish Overview
The generated data is based on reviews and questionnaires provided by PissedConsumer.com users.
Social Catfish has a 1.6 star rating from 8 reviews with most consumers dissatisfied; complaints cite high price, privacy and data security issues, billing and subscription problems, and limited customer service; site praised only for colors and layout.
Positive Feedback
The website’s design and organization are noted as pleasant, and one reviewer reported no issues after canceling their subscription.
Negative Feedback / Risk Areas
- Frequent Social Catfish reviews describe blocked opt-out attempts and violations of the privacy policy.
- Multiple reports of unexpected billing, difficulty obtaining refunds, and subscription/cancelation failures.
- Poor customer service responsiveness and claims about limited data depth and inaccurate search results.
Key Takeaways for Future Customers
- Expect potential hurdles with opt-out and privacy requests and confirm membership billing terms before subscribing.
- Document interactions for refunds and dispute charges, and consider alternative people-search services.
The generated data is based on reviews and questionnaires provided by PissedConsumer.com users.
Social Catfish has a 1.6 star rating from 8 reviews with most consumers dissatisfied; complaints cite high price, privacy and data security issues, billing and subscription problems, and limited customer service; site praised only for colors and layout.
Positive Feedback
The website’s design and organization are noted as pleasant, and one reviewer reported no issues after canceling their subscription.
Negative Feedback / Risk Areas
- Frequent Social Catfish reviews describe blocked opt-out attempts and violations of the privacy policy.
- Multiple reports of unexpected billing, difficulty obtaining refunds, and subscription/cancelation failures.
- Poor customer service responsiveness and claims about limited data depth and inaccurate search results.
Key Takeaways for Future Customers
- Expect potential hurdles with opt-out and privacy requests and confirm membership billing terms before subscribing.
- Document interactions for refunds and dispute charges, and consider alternative people-search services.
Media from reviews
This review is from a real person who provided valid contact information and hasn't been caught misusing, spamming or abusing our website. Check our FAQ
Verified Reviewer
Fail to provide any help
went on the socialcatfish website ( www.socialcatfish.com ) to attempt to have my information removed
as per there privacy policy i did the requested steps ( including the options stated of what i was asking to opt out)
gte confirmation email , click that and end result is " my ip has been blacklisted" and they will not do anything
so i go to there contact us part
has vasrious options to choose as for the reason ( would assume would go to the right person and or deptartment)
explain what happened
get a reply from welcome@***.com telling me basically there just a ( in my words) a tour guide and do nothing
and proceed to tell me to do the steps i already did
there was no let me pass this or send this to right person or anything like that
if my "ip is blacklisted" how am i on the site?
what does that even mean?
do they not follow there own privacy policy?
update jan.30, 2026
after several rounds of there bot closing my ticket ( which they denied they did ) i seemed to got a person for once or someone who didnt repeat the same script ( auto reply copy paste)
claimed there site " only allows 2 visits per year to there site" to explain the ip ban.
along with other excuses, and you guess it imediately closed the ticket
so lets review
1- dont follow or allow users ( consumer) to use there opt out ( privacy policy) , close tickets to ignore anything
2- only allowed 2 visits a year to the site if you plan to use the opt out policy ( takes 2 or 3 steps alone ) that is a automatic ip ban
3- send you auto replies and deny they did and make up excuses
4- they can careless
User's recommendation: dont expect any help or have them honor there privacy policy
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Verified Reviewer |
Newark, New Jersey
SocialCatfish blocked first-party opt-out/deletion, forced a broken form, and used IP blocks / arbitrary “two requests per year” cap
I attempted to exercise basic privacy choices on SocialCatfish (delete my profile, opt out of sale/sharing, and suppress re-ingestion of my data). I followed their process exactly, submitting via their web form with the specific profile URL.
The site then misclassified my submission as third-party and refused to process it.
After repeated good-faith attempts and emails (with safe, redacted identity verification), the company responded that my IP address was blocked and that they only allow two data-related requests per year from the same IP address. They directed me to try from a different IP or wait twelve months, and declined to process by email despite the form failure.
This created a closed loop that prevented resolution while my data remained posted.
This pattern aligns with hundreds of negative reviews on Trustpilot describing other issues especially billing complaints about $1-$1.99 trials that are later followed by $24.99-$49.99 charges. These are recent and numerous, and many use the same language about unexpected post-trial billing.
Why this matters: A company handling sensitive personal data should provide workable, good-faith methods for consumers to exercise deletion/opt-out not block first-party requests by IP, impose arbitrary request caps, or force consumers into malfunctioning channels.
- Worthless support
- David mcclellan
- Intentionally broken form webpage
Preferred solution: Delete my data, ***
User's recommendation: Avoid this scummy website and it's owner, David McClellan, at all costs. Their services are horrid, based on Consumer Reviews on TP, and their busiuness practices are revealing of the owners subhuman nature.
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Verified ReviewerUpgraded multiple times to have every option and I'd get results saying goodbye news no results found on someone I have multiple criminal background checks on thru spoken with multiple arrests
The more I upgraded, the less results I got; sometimes even a result saying there's no result. Waste of money.
Customer service, all the information they give us is public, so no deep dive. It's free information they're selling to you, and it's not accurate.
Use another site. Scam!!!
- Pretty website colors and orgainzation
- Over priced
- Ive got multiple on this person thru others like spokeo has atleadt 10 arrests and i already had knowledge of that
- Customer service told me they only give out public information so your not doing a deep dive of anything
Preferred solution: Full refund
User's recommendation: Use a different site and company waste if time
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Verified Reviewer |
Miami, Florida
My card was charged and shouldn’t have been
My bank account was charged and there was no authorization to do so please renturn funds to my account ASAP
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Verified ReviewerRomantic catfish n finding another victim and money hacked
No one at Catfish answered or called me back. Maybe they are not the real deal.
I'm talking to my hacker right now.
I wish I knew how to get onto their files and get my information back. Will someone show me how to do that?
User's recommendation: Don’t talk to anyone on social media they are all liars and will break your heart
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Verified Buyer |
Saraburi, Saraburi
ขอความชวยเหลอ
I want you to return my money back because I didn't get continued using more than three day for free but you got my money that I didn't allow you to get my money to continue using more than three days any more please send my money back9 to my account 391025**** krung Thai bank MissSaowalak Pimsaithong
User's recommendation: No I don't want
To cancel
Thank you for helping me. I checked to see if he was a scammer.
It didn't show that he isnt. Still dont know what to do.
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Verified ReviewerBeing able to cancel is almost impossible
Tour phony phone number doesn,'t eben ring. You can't contact customer by phone. Your review section sucks.
- Cant unscribe
Preferred solution: Unscribed
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Verified ReviewerWorthless
This company is absolutely worthless The search never turned anything up. You had to join It charge me like nine bucks per month The person I search for wasn't even close to this person they say they can't issue credit because I used it.
I can't use a VPN which most people use a VPN nowadays for security reasons Don't waste your money. Absolutely worthless, It does nothing but spam you for all these extra charges save your money!!!
- Worthless experience
Preferred solution: Apology
User's recommendation: Find another way
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Verified ReviewerInaccurate, Just another scam
All these companies like there, Make false claims, On what they can find out about people.
- Total scam
Preferred solution: That these places that make false claims, Are charged for fraud, And shut dowm permanently.
User's recommendation: This company is nothing but a total scam.
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Verified Buyer |This review is from a real person who provided valid contact information and hasn't been caught misusing, spamming or abusing our website. Check our FAQ
Verified ReviewerNo report, ask for payment again and again.
No report was sent to my Email.
No way to correct this problem. Customer service is non-existent.
Their phone number is non existent.
What a scam. I will use my Visa take care of the charge and and future crap from this fake business.
- No service
- No report
Preferred solution: Deliver product or service ordered
User's recommendation: Avoid this business. What a disappointment.
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Verified ReviewerRemoval of YouTube video
I was interview in August 2022 because I had been involved in an online Romance Scam. I would like all content removed asap.
The purpose of the video was to inform others of what could happen to them, but I feel it caused me additional hardships.
Thank you.
Karen Garibay (aka. Alex)
- It can open up a can of worms
Preferred solution: Have video taken off of YouTube
User's recommendation: Just know that they will make a video that goes viral. And if you aren't willing to have that happen make it clear with them. I made a big mistake and hurt my family, which I had not thought about at the time because I was hurting.
Image Searches NOT working
It partially works. Identified a software defect. 2 separate image searches using the same original photo for comparison produced different results,
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Verified ReviewerBecause I canceled my subscription
I have no complaints. Social catfish is the best site Ive ever seen/used during my times of search for any person or persons.
User's recommendation: I will definitely recommend social catfish to any and everyone
Why would you cancel your account with them if your so satisfied , With there service?
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i got same excuse the 2 times a year limit after many of there auto reply scripts which they denied seems a scam job they just imeddiately close all tickets