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Information Brokering= scary

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little_ey
Posts: 609 - Karma: 392
(searchbar-ed and nearest thread was from 2004 so I think things might be different now)

So I was listening to the radio this morning and the hosts were talking about this site called Spokeo.com and other such sites that buy and sell your personal information.  It's kind of disheartening with how much information they have of you all the way down to street side pictures of your house, income, and family.

I had a friend have identity theft because of information brokering sites.  Her credit score plummeted and a bunch of other shit.

Has anyone had negative effects from these sites?
Mar 26 2010 11:55AM
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hellomynameisjef
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Hello my name is Moostafa I am from Nigeria I just dame into a large amount of canned meat worth USD 123,456,789,100 dollars and I am looking for an American bank account to transfer the money into please give me all your information.
Mar 26 2010 12:03PM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
Posts: 9097 - Karma: 777
Fuck that weak shit, the most recent ones I've been getting are from Staff Seargent Joe Blow who discovered an oil drum full of money in iraq. All I need to to is give him my address and little info and he'll ship it to me for safe keeping :)
Mar 26 2010 12:23PM
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1337
Posts: 31059 - Karma: 29,329
Oh really? I got one from the royal games lottery in the UK saying my ticket won and i need to put in a claim for the 500,000 British pound prize, seems legit.
Mar 26 2010 1:15PM
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skiierman
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that's a pretty fucked up site...
Mar 26 2010 1:31PM
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