susancollins Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 ATTENTION EVERYONE---There's a site called spokeo.com and it's an online phone book that has pictures that you have posted on facebook, credit score, profession, home value income , # of children, age,..... Remove yourself by the Privacy button on the bottom right on their website. I personally checked it out and just ......removed my listing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RanchGirl Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 check snopes.com -- some people are suggesting that the "remove yourself" thing is just a ploy to collect email addresses. And the info you "removed" is still available online wherever spokeo pulled it from anyway. I wasn't on there and my husband's info was half wrong. It's definitely not going to be considered a reliable source anytime in the near future from what I can tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanestMomInMidwest Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 That's funny. I just went on there and input my husband's name. His first (deceased) wife shows up as a household member, as do I. The funny part is, she is listed as "decision maker" and I am not, and there is more info on her than me (she apparantly still likes dogs and gardening as well as making decisions). Oh, and looks as if the children in the house are hers, not mine, which is odd, since all were born after her death. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeny Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 There are a lot of sites like this popping up. Some contain more accurate info than others. The only one I can think of off hand is 123people.com My info on that site is more accurate than on the spokeo.com Then with all the facebook privacy issues... The internet has been kind of a scary place to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee in NC Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 According to Spokeo, I live in a million dollar house in NC!:lol: The pictures aren't me and the info is all wrong. My dh's info is even more wrong than mine!:tongue_smilie: (Trust me, if he had a graduate degree he wouldn't be doing maual labor in the 90 degree heat.:D) I am *not* concerned. Even if they *did* have all that info (and it was correct) does it really matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeefreak Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 It told me I don't exist! It asked, "Are you sure you're using the correct spelling?":lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 (edited) . Edited May 8, 2010 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 (edited) , Edited May 8, 2010 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mynyel Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 According to Spokeo, I live in a million dollar house in NC!:lol: The pictures aren't me and the info is all wrong. My dh's info is even more wrong than mine!:tongue_smilie: (Trust me, if he had a graduate degree he wouldn't be doing maual labor in the 90 degree heat.:D) I am *not* concerned. Even if they *did* have all that info (and it was correct) does it really matter? HEY! I have a million $$ house in NC too! I also enjoy shopping but am not interested in politics....wow...they don't see the AM radio station I have programmed into my van. They certainly didn't take it from facebook because if they did they would see the radio talk show hosts I have as favorites. I would say some of it was right but that info is probably readily available from tax records and such. I will worrry when they start pulling my kids pictures from my computer and posting them or some such thing. Otherwise to get accurate info people have to pay for it and they would've had to do that anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allearia Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Wow, I'm a single upper middle class Sagittarius in a $1M+ home with kids! I never knew! Now where did I hide that money??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Another million+ homeowner :lol: That is rather creepy though. LMHO, Dh's hobby is reading, and he has a college degree! You would have thought I'd have known that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Wow, I'm a single upper middle class Sagittarius in a $1M+ home with kids! I never knew! Now where did I hide that money??? Now that's not fair. It lists my home, from 12 years ago and said my neighborhood was below average! It may not have been a wealthy community but it certainly wasn't below average! Though it did say I made $92K per year. Woo! I couldn't find myself and looked under my ex-husband's name that I got rid of 14.5 years ago. And I found me. I was also listed as single and under my ex-husband's name. I haven't claimed single since age 19 when I was married. And I certainly didn't sign paperwork for that house under that name! Another funny: we've gotten mail that had my husband's first name, and my ex-husband's last name. :lol: It's a pay-site though. In order to get more detailed information, I have to pay an annual fee. As for facebook, I don't list anything I wouldn't tell a stranger, so it's never worried me. Anyone want to know my shoe size? I don't think I have that listed. Hm... sounds like a new status line! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 (edited) lol Edited May 9, 2010 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCMom Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 How come my dh gets to be single with no kids?? He has lived in this house 5 years while I have lived in it only one. They got his Zodiac sign wrong and it says I like shopping. O_o Sign me up! :glare: Georgia ( I wanna million dollar house, too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I don't have facebook but I'm listed. Apparently I live with my ILs and my Canadian SIL. It says that I don't have kids but then one of my hobbies is listed as having kids! (Apparently I just like having them but don't keep them. . .) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 He he... neither my dh nor I exist! I found my brother and SIL, though. Apparently they have no kids. Don't know what they've done with my nephews. They also live in a $1M house - not! Almost everything except their names and address is inaccurate. The creepiest thing is that they both have pictures under their names - but none of the people in them are them, or anyone else I know. Oh, wait - more confirmation that I don't exist! I found my parents - and they are also childless... :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 check snopes.com -- some people are suggesting that the "remove yourself" thing is just a ploy to collect email addresses. And the info you "removed" is still available online wherever spokeo pulled it from anyway. I wasn't on there and my husband's info was half wrong. It's definitely not going to be considered a reliable source anytime in the near future from what I can tell. Yep, we did the remove thing for hubby and his stuff is still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 (Apparently I just like having them but don't keep them. . .) :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLHCO Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 :lol::lol::lol::lol: My husband's hobby is "home decorating". :lol::lol::lol::lol: I'm going to love showing him that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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