01-06-2011, 03:06 PM
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Spokeo information directory
Have you guys heard of this search engine yet? I read about it on facebook and then tried a family member's name to see if it worked. Scary stuff. Lists address, income level, property value, age and more - though not all the information is accurate.
http://www.spokeo.com/
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01-06-2011, 03:20 PM
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Location: 41.21.1
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Other than my name & address, my information was 100% inaccurate.
(although I wish I was making $372k/year like it says I do...)
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01-06-2011, 03:28 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Basketball fan nirvana
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That's interesting. My address was wrong, but I only moved a couple of months ago. I come closer to making $316k / decade than per year, but interesting nonetheless.
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01-06-2011, 03:49 PM
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ahh....those $300k numbers look like they're supposed to be a median house value or something like that.
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01-06-2011, 03:50 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alexamenos
ahh....those $300k numbers look like they're supposed to be a median house value or something like that.
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I'm renting an apartment - the unit is worth far less than that, the building is worth far more...
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01-06-2011, 03:54 PM
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yeah, but I think that's probably more like $372k is the median value of households in your zipcode or something like that.
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01-06-2011, 03:57 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Seattle, WA
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Yeah, if you want to remove yourself, get the URL for your page, click on 'privacy' at the bottom, and follow the directions. My sexy charms get me enough stalkers. There's no need to enable them with stuff like this.
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01-06-2011, 04:20 PM
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Rooting for the laundry
Join Date: May 2006
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It's pretty far off on me, WAY off on the value of my home and doesn't know how old I am.
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01-06-2011, 04:34 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Austin, TX
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It doesn't have my Austin or Seattle address, but my DFW address from 8+ years ago. It also says I'm married and it seems to think my father is my brother and my actual father is unknown.
Maybe it's right. Computers always are.
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01-06-2011, 05:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alexamenos
yeah, but I think that's probably more like $372k is the median value of households in your zipcode or something like that.
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That would be interesting - I have Swiss Avenue mansions on one side of my 'hood and a bunch of ghetto shacks on the other...
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Last edited by Underdog; 01-06-2011 at 05:38 PM.
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01-06-2011, 05:45 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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Apparently I'm still in college in California, yet I'm living with my unknown parents.
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01-06-2011, 06:20 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: TX
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That's a trip...not to mention a bit eerie. In addition to the information, you can view a Google Maps picture of the property. Now we can see that I'm indeed a redneck as the picture shows my rundown house with overgrown trees, grass, brush and an empty flatbed trailer in my driveway. It's about 2-3 years old.
Some of this stuff is getting to be a bit too convenient...not sure that any of us want to live like complete open books. Not that we have anything to hide, but not sure I want con artist to have data that they can manipulate and use.
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01-08-2011, 05:11 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 11,074
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Sweet, I'm off the grid! I searched my name and they didn't have me listed.
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01-08-2011, 06:03 PM
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Guru
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Cowboys Country
Posts: 23,336
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I think they banned you.
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01-08-2011, 06:31 PM
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Platinum Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Plano, Tx
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it says I'm in my late 60s, married and have a house value of $320k. rofl. worst search engine ever.
However, searching via EMAIL address gives some good info!
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01-09-2011, 06:24 AM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
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yeah....but it's not very accurate. and my name is very generic there's like 10000000 of me in fort worth
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