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2ndAmendment

2ndAmendment

Just a forgiven sinner
PREMO Member
Almost all your stuff is searchable. Used a credit card to purchase anything anywhere for any purpose? Guess what? Have a telephone listed or unlisted? Guess what? They might even be associating your name to web sites you visit - yes - all of them - public record. And it is all apparently legal.

http://www.zabasearch.com/#first
 
2ndAmendment

2ndAmendment

Just a forgiven sinner
PREMO Member
Wow. I'm in there. So are Sharon, Catt, Otter, Jazz, Kyle, Larry; eveyone I have checked so far is in there.
 
vraiblonde

vraiblonde

Board Mommy
PREMO Member
Patron
I'm not in there, under any of my names (real name, nicknames, married names or maiden names). I come up easily on a Yahoo or Google search.

I took myself out of Switchboard.com a while back, too, so maybe that has something to do with it.
 
Lenny

Lenny

Lovin' being Texican
2ndAmendment said:
Almost all your stuff is searchable. Used a credit card to purchase anything anywhere for any purpose? Guess what? Have a telephone listed or unlisted? Guess what? They might even be associating your name to web sites you visit - yes - all of them - public record. And it is all apparently legal.

http://www.zabasearch.com/#first
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Found my name but it said I died in 1865. I wondered why I was feeling so poorly lately.
 
willie

willie

Well-Known Member
I found that type of search quite useful in tracking down a thief that had over $12,000 of my construction tools/materials.

By searching names you just may have put you and your friends on a spam list.
 
Larry Gude

Larry Gude

Strung Out
I've always felt the better known...

...I am, the better known I am.

I guess if they had pictures of me with a chicken suit on maybe I'd feel different...

I mean, I do have a website.
 
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bedazzle

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It even gets worse --- after you find the address of your intended you can go to http://sdatcert3.resiusa.org/rp_rewrite/ and find out what they paid for their house, how big it is, when they moved there, who they bought it from, and who they might own it with. Way too much info out there for someone who might be up to no good.
 
SamSpade

SamSpade

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PREMO Member
bedazzle said:
It even gets worse --- after you find the address of your intended you can go to http://sdatcert3.resiusa.org/rp_rewrite/ and find out what they paid for their house, how big it is, when they moved there, who they bought it from, and who they might own it with. Way too much info out there for someone who might be up to no good.
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And therefore - UNLIKE years past - don't give out your personal info to anyone, unless you think it won't cause any harm - specifically, if you're single and looking for a date on something like Match.com, do NOT give out your home phone number.

In the past, such personal info was harmless - NOW, people can find out all about you - weirdos who get your number can EASILY learn where you live.
 
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bedazzle

New Member
SamSpade said:
And therefore - UNLIKE years past - don't give out your personal info to anyone, unless you think it won't cause any harm - specifically, if you're single and looking for a date on something like Match.com, do NOT give out your home phone number.

In the past, such personal info was harmless - NOW, people can find out all about you - weirdos who get your number can EASILY learn where you live.
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I'll only give my cell phone number at first. That provides a little more security. All it takes is a home phone number and a reverse search on msn.com and you've got the home address.
 
morganj614

morganj614

New Member
SamSpade said:
And therefore - UNLIKE years past - don't give out your personal info to anyone, unless you think it won't cause any harm - specifically, if you're single and looking for a date on something like Match.com, do NOT give out your home phone number.
In the past, such personal info was harmless - NOW, people can find out all about you - weirdos who get your number can EASILY learn where you live.
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Just having a number published in the phone book gets you out there. My friend was so upset she found my name and I told her it's been out there for years. She said hers wasn't there. Her first name was missing one letter in the phone book so I typed it that way and she popped right up.
I also did her maiden name and even more stuff came up
 
2ndAmendment

2ndAmendment

Just a forgiven sinner
PREMO Member
morganj614 said:
Just having a number published in the phone book gets you out there. My friend was so upset she found my name and I told her it's been out there for years. She said hers wasn't there. Her first name was missing one letter in the phone book so I typed it that way and she popped right up.
I also did her maiden name and even more stuff came up
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Even an unpublished number will get you "out there" if you use it on any application or form. Unless the agreement between you and the phone company specifically says they cannot sell your number their only obligation is not to publish it.

For BuddyLee and other that wonder the same thing, The problem is identity theft. The more information that is available to someone the more easily they can steal your identity. I've been through that on a small scale; caught it quickly years ago. It is no fun trying to prove that accounts were not opened by you.
 
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