The creepiness that is Spokeo.com

Awesome! I apparently live in an unheated home that's worth more than $1M. And my mom doesn't exist.

 

It's got an address that's three houses ago for me. And when I click on my dad's entry, I don't exist! CREEPY.

 

One relative is on there at his parents' address - a house he moved out of more than 20 years ago. I also just found out that one of my good friends, who I always thought was a woman, is actually a guy!

 

Hey, there are worse ways to find that out.

 

Sweet, I don't exist.

Does this mean I don't have to pay my taxes?

 

This is awesome.

It lists me living in Bristol, which I never have. I'm apparently a late-30s African-American who is an Aries (none of those are true).

I will give them credit on this: It says I enjoy shopping and toys (HEY-O) and am not interested in politics.

 

I'm not on there, and neither is my wife, but my mother is. Quite a surprise to find out she has no children. This could make the next family reunion uncomfortable.

 

I don't exist on this site. Guess I should be relieved.

 

It says I research my investments. Me, who owns no stocks or land.

 

Is this spoke.com or is spokeo.com something else?

OK, to answer my own question -- I just looked -- spokeo.com is something different.

I don't see myself, but there's no way they could accurately collect this data by just trying to aggregate the info that's out there without having an actual person cross reference and/or check it -- at least not for free.

 

I thought the income and home value were the medians for whatever city you live in. Did I read that wrong?

 

Well, they got my address, phone number and marital status correct, but that's about it. All of the financial information is wrong, as are the hobbies, so they are pretty much talking out of their asses with the exception of stuff you can find in the local phone book.