{"id":4710,"date":"2011-02-18T12:03:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T20:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/?p=4710"},"modified":"2022-04-13T12:20:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T20:20:20","slug":"spokeo-is-not-a-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/spokeo-is-not-a-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a Deep Breath: Spokeo is NOT a Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I recently heard someone use this cliché: "The news spread like wildfire<\/em>." Wildfire moves quickly, no doubt (as us Californians are all-too-aware), but have you seen the way a viral video spreads? Someone uploads a video of some girl at the mall who is too busy texting to notice she’s about to fall into a pool<\/a> and, within seconds, millions of people are giggling and one girl is crying. Such is the power of the Internet Age: information spreads faster and farther. It’s a bummer for the girl, no doubt, but it’s actually a direct consequence of embracing the very technology she holds in her hands, texting like mad as she takes another fateful step towards the wishing-pond in front of the Cinnabon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here at Spokeo, we know that false information can spread like wildfi<\/em>…I mean, spread-like-a-viral-video-of-some-girl-at-the-mall-who-is-too-busy-texting-to-notice-she’s-about-to-fall-into-a-pool (doesn’t have quite the same ring, huh?). There was a whole load of false information about Spokeo that sped through Facebook and the Twittersphere lately, and it caused some confusion: No, we don’t have social security numbers. No, we don’t have your credit score. No, Spokeo is not a scam<\/a>. (Scams generally don’t offer extensive phone and email support for their customers, or hire bloggers like me). No, Spokeo does not monitor your dreams, à la the dream police<\/a>. Spokeo is simply a people search<\/a> engine that aggregates data from public record: no more, no less. Don’t want your listing on Spokeo? No problem. Unlike some of our competitors, you can remove yourself from Spokeo’s name search<\/a>, email search<\/a> and phone search<\/a> for free at any time, no questions asked, by visiting our handy Privacy page<\/a> (where you remove your listing from Spokeo’s name search, people search, email search and username search<\/a> in a few easy steps).<\/span><\/p>\n

When you’re wired-in to Twitter and Facebook every day (like me), it’s hard to fact-check each tweet or blog post. Thankfully, some people do their research and <\/em>their Pranayama breathing exercises and are a little more fair<\/a><\/span>, which we appreciate. While scare tactics are good for television ratings and web traffic, they are bad for your health, like falling into a pool, or Cinnabon.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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