Have you heard of Spokeo?

tuarceatha

This morning on the radio they were talking about how you can look up all sorts of freaking info about yourself and others on this website. So creepy!

www.spokeo.com

tuarceatha

think* Do you think this is freaky. ...sighhh

AudgiePodge

I'm not on there. I must be too under the radar.

I told FI and he said, "Don't spoke me!"

Elle1036

I looked myself up on it once, and while it did find me and some old addresses, pretty much all of the other information was wrong.  So I'm not too worried.

tuarceatha

Yea it said my BF is in his 60s... he most certainly is NOT.

PaigeMcC

I haven't heard of it but apparently, according to it, I do not exist.  Or it just doesn't do Canada.  Not sure which.

sparkles88

Elle, I pretty much had the same experience. Some not so important info was correct, while things like my address and marriage status were incorrect. I removed myself from it, so now people can't find me. I believe it gives you an option to do it under the privacy link. I also heard it was a big scam for people who bought the subscription. It was something to the effect of Spokeo charging people money repeatedly and not providing info.

SeaTea02

It has me listed as married... not yet? 

bethsmiles

It has my address wrong, close but wrong - but its still kind of creepy

eliza261

no canada yet.. but i looked up a couple of friends.. and the info is pretty wrong...

deburnin

All of the info it has about me is wrong. lol I'm married and still living at my parent's house according to it. The address they have is close, but wrong. I'm not worried.

Ember01

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_heard-of-spokeo?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:b9c5c4ca-3517-46b0-8a67-13cc2d7d68d9Post:d213424a-be30-4230-bfad-9c4b842465db">Re: Have you heard of Spokeo?</a>:
[QUOTE]Yea it said my BF is in his 60s... he most certainly is NOT.
Posted by jenjenniferf[/QUOTE]

Don't feel bad, it says I'm a man :)

redheadtmk

none of my info is on there... however there are other people with my same name all over the country

Wrkn925

My name is on there at my parents' address.  

It says I make about 50k more that I do, so I left it...lol.

SeaTea02

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_heard-of-spokeo?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:b9c5c4ca-3517-46b0-8a67-13cc2d7d68d9Post:e45cd155-c9ce-4f15-9a04-54a119d5e416">Re: Have you heard of Spokeo?</a>:
[QUOTE]My name is on there at my parents' address.   It says I make about 50k more that I do, so I left it...lol.
Posted by Wrkn925[/QUOTE]

<div>It said I make about 450k more than I do. Their system is far from accurate. </div>

[Deleted User]

Mine says I make far more than I do and also BF's says he's married (he never has been) and the pic of his house shows a car he sold 2 years ago. I don't think this is accurate by any means...

JMM4208

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_heard-of-spokeo?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:b9c5c4ca-3517-46b0-8a67-13cc2d7d68d9Post:31724f9b-3d33-4fc0-8ffc-7bebbf70bc4a">Re: Have you heard of Spokeo?</a>:
[QUOTE]It has me listed as married... not yet? 
Posted by SeaTea02[/QUOTE]

It has me listed as married too, Spokeo fail. Its a bit creepy that it has the worth of the house my parents live in.

calindi

I removed my stuff from there a long time ago... turns out, they found my new address.  It has me as married though... everything else is pretty much correct!

BF needs to learn a few things about internet security.  They have the last 6 addresses he's lived at, and the information is generally correct.

The sucky thing is that they require a different email address to remove each name - so I had to create 5 different Yahoo email addresses to get rid of his various records.

marleylikeair

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_heard-of-spokeo?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:b9c5c4ca-3517-46b0-8a67-13cc2d7d68d9Post:69a75c61-053a-472e-bc26-68e57d70615f">Re: Have you heard of Spokeo?</a>:
[QUOTE]I removed my stuff from there a long time ago... turns out, they found my new address.  It has me as married though... everything else is pretty much correct! BF needs to learn a few things about internet security.  They have the last 6 addresses he's lived at, and the information is generally correct. The sucky thing is that<strong> they require a different email address to remove each name -</strong> so I had to create 5 different Yahoo email addresses to get rid of his various records.
Posted by calindi[/QUOTE]

GAH. This is why I haven't done it yet. I don't really want my address out there, new or old.

motoLyn

Too many ladies with my name.  None of them are at any addresses I lived at.  Another face in the crowd.

marleylikeair

I would like you all to know that I am removing myself, slowly, from the bowels of Spokeo.com, with fun email addresses such as "butte.outspokeo@(domain).com".

I amuse myself...

leia1979

I came across this stuff awhile ago. I removed some of it. It shows me twice (unfortunately I have a very uncommon name, which is why I don't share it here). Once is at the address of my university (haven't been there since 2002) and the other is my parents' house, where it also shows my dad and brother, but not mom.

Anyway, I tried again to get the one at my parents' house removed. I don't really care about the university address. It had nothing but the address.

luvdncn90

Neither me or BF is on there, but my parents and brother are. Mostly all of it is accurate too. Creepy. I'll have to let them know. I don't like the though of anyone being able to access my address or phone number or any personal information.

HeartOverMind

I'm on there and they have my current address and both of my parents' names! I think it's very creepy!

None of my sisters are up there nor is BF. Weird!

ericsbabygirl26

well my bf on there, and my mom too and im on there twice. It says i can only delete one acct a day even though im using sperate emails.The phone number on mine was wrong but address was correct wierd...