Regarding Spokeo as a Scam, Urban Legends says no. For more info, see:
Mike
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From: <ScotStout(a)aol.com>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 7:32 PM
To: <idgen(a)rootsweb.com>
Subject: Re: [IDGEN] TOT
In a message dated 1/7/2011 4:48:41 PM Pacific Standard Time,
blindgenealogist(a)gmail.com writes:
> Hi Folks:
>
> For those who wish to keep their privacy off some part of the internet
> ... a new website
http://www.spokeo.com had just arise from the WWW.
> If you go on to the website, search for your name (in which I have
> found TWO of mine listed there) click on the URL for that link, go
> copy &paste it, then on the bottom of that page look for the
> "privacy" link (bottom right corner below the map), click on it and go
> to the end of that page and paste the URL you copied and provide your
> email address and such. You will be removed from there list.
>
> Matt Friend
ok, i followed your instructions and they did not make sense. i also
found
my name twice. i clicked on the first one, then highlighted the URL.
clicked on "privacy", then provided the URL, e-mail address, and the code.
all
i got was "waiting for
www.spokeo.com" every time i clicked on "remove
listing", it just brought me back to the same screen with a different code
to
enter. i did this at least 5 times.
i think this is a scam.
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