Was told about this via Facebook. Go to www.spokeo.com. I looked up my husband and myself. The info was only about half correct but I removed us any way. If you are married, you have to go through the process for both of you. Scary stuff!
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Thanks for the heads up alpha. Couldn't find myself, but my dad will have a fit when I show him, he's paranoid anyway. Do you know where they get the info?
SikVapor-go to your information and then copy the URL. Go to the spokeo home page, at the bottom in fine print (of course) find HELP, it's a frequently asked questions type thingy and there is a link there. It will want you to paste the URL, enter your e-mail addy and a provided code. They send you an e-mail with a link to click on to be removed.
Wonderful-I read somewhere on there that they get the info from various sources such as surveys etc. They do tell you that removing your info only affect their site and not the places that they got your info from.
I have decided to not fill out anymore surveys!
Wonderful-I read somewhere on there that they get the info from various sources such as surveys etc. They do tell you that removing your info only affect their site and not the places that they got your info from.
I have decided to not fill out anymore surveys!
Thanks alpha. What a scam web site 
According the their info I'm 30 and my house is worth $1million. On both accounts, don't I wish!
According the their info I'm 30 and my house is worth $1million. On both accounts, don't I wish!
yup, they got me, and my.... 21 y/o cat! LOL! I think my son filled out a survey in my cat's name so I could track who is selling our name and the junk mail. My cat is pre-approved for multiple cc's. This stuff is irritating as I am a very private person (no, really, just a fugitive... don't tell). Apparently I live in a below average neighborhood in a home worth $1M. I'm a sagittarius and like long walks on the beach...
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Must be we all live in million dollar homes in bad neighborhoods! Isn't that kinda like an oxymoron?
How can people with million dollar homes have bad credit ratings?
I'm glad to see that all of you, like me, once you get passed being pi$$ed you find the humor in it!
How can people with million dollar homes have bad credit ratings?
I'm glad to see that all of you, like me, once you get passed being pi$$ed you find the humor in it!
Just do a search on yourself, it helps if you don't have a common name. There are hundreds of sites that have a tad of info on you. You can waste a bunch of time addressing these sites one by one. Let it go.
It's just public information that they are putting out there. Since the Internet, this kind of info is a lot easier to obtain if you are willing to pay some website for it. When I was a kid, the only way you could get this information was from going to the courthouse and asking for it.
The information is totally incorrect. I looked up my name and i am listed as being married to my sister on one house. I am single on the house that i owned with my ex wife, and I am not even on the site with the properties that i do own. So I'm sure if someone actually paid them money to get information on me, it would be totally incorrect.
The information is totally incorrect. I looked up my name and i am listed as being married to my sister on one house. I am single on the house that i owned with my ex wife, and I am not even on the site with the properties that i do own. So I'm sure if someone actually paid them money to get information on me, it would be totally incorrect.
...ooooh I heard THAT! I removed my dad's (and mine, and my whole family's), but will never breathe a peep of it to him! With the exception of offhandedly advising him not to be so 'helpful' about participating in surveys!
He's an 80-something, can't (CAN'T) accept that he has little to no control over this kind of cyber age crap. And crap it was -- SUCH inaccurate junk on all of us, what a joke.
Wow, that is amazingly inaccurate! There were 3 hits for me at previous addresses...The only one that got my full first name had a totally different middle initial and said that I was in my mid 60's. The other 2 weren't much better.
Ha Ha..>Too funny...Had my Home Value at + 1million and neighborhood at below average.
OMG I have kids!! 8-o And apparently I am apolitical! 
I never knew either of these things until I visited Spokeo. Fascinating, those zany Intertubes.
Feel free to call me Pops, Dad, Daddy, or Father from now on. And I always thought having kids would be a huge expense and chore. Now I can testify that the entire process is painless and expenseless... you won't even know you have 'em!
I never knew either of these things until I visited Spokeo. Fascinating, those zany Intertubes. Feel free to call me Pops, Dad, Daddy, or Father from now on. And I always thought having kids would be a huge expense and chore. Now I can testify that the entire process is painless and expenseless... you won't even know you have 'em!
OMG I have kids!! 8-o And apparently I am apolitical!
Feel free to call me Pops, Dad, Daddy, or Father from now on. And I always thought having kids would be a huge expense and chore. Now I can testify that the entire process is painless and expenseless... you won't even know you have 'em!
(Funniest post of the day award!
)Edit to add value: For stuff like this (the spokeo removal) and any one-time or sketchy need to provide an email addy, I use the email-addy masking/forwarding service: sneakemail.com
Generates 'disposable' email addies, can delete 'em if they start getting spammed (and tag each one you create so you'd know who sold you out). There are also ways to initiate and reply to emails with it while still masking your real addy.
There used to also be a free membership but given that, few were signing up for the paid one lol (only $24/yr, or $2 billed monthly if preferred), so now there's only the paid membership. (One-month free trial available.) SO worth it tho, have used it for years and use it tons. There may still be other similar services, some may still be free, but sneakemail is the most reliable and established afaik. (And now that it's not free anymore, fewer spammers themselves will try to use it!)
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I searched these forums the other day for carrying cases, including diabetic supplies case. Shortly afterwards, I received an e-mail from Reader's Digest:
'Our records show that you purchased a book from Reader's Digest called Stopping Diabetes In It's Tracks and we are interested in your opinions. Please take a few minutes to complete our survey...'
'Our records show that you purchased a book from Reader's Digest called Stopping Diabetes In It's Tracks and we are interested in your opinions. Please take a few minutes to complete our survey...'
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