posted on November 16, 2005 06:25:37 AM new
I was checking to see if my item was readily indexed on google.
Typed in my name, which is different enough that it rarely shows on a Google search and this site popped up with WAY more info than I care to think about being on the net.
They showed addresses of places I had lived that I had even forgotten living there. I moved a lot with my job but I can't understand how they have some of these addresses. I never owned property at some of these addresses and all mail went to PO Boxes. So how did they get the info??
Only thing I can figure is that I used to hold high govenment security clearance and the info came from that data base. But it still feels freaky. I may have to spend the money to see what they really have on me!
Really odd thing is I checked my ex-husband's name and they having nothing on him after our divorce. I feel like Uncle Sam is watching, ugh!
When your ship comes in.... make sure you are willing to unload it.
posted on November 16, 2005 12:29:46 PM new
I splurged and spent the $14.95 for 24 hours' worth of access. Ran a search on myself, of course.
Wow. I must have some incredible amnesia. There are five San Diego addresses for me (and it's indisputably me) and I have never lived anywhere near San Diego. The closest I got was Orange County and that doesn't even show up.
My ex-husband is linked to four of my addresses, all of which I lived at long after the divorce.
I warned long ago (no one listened) about how dangerous relational databases are when no one checks to make sure the relationships actually make sense. This is the fruit. I got 29 results when I ran my name and most of them are useless.
In a way, though, this is actually good news. We can hope that the relationships become increasingly error-ridden until there is little or no valid personal data on us stored anywhere.
posted on November 16, 2005 12:39:52 PM new
Fluffy, I did the same - just out of curosity - and I feel like powerweb said, maybe I am paranoid, but I remember way before I started doing ebay - my name didnt pull up anything anywhere, now its showing places I havent ever lived. It looks like an ID clone thing to me. Scary.
posted on November 16, 2005 12:52:43 PM new
powerweb: I had my credit report pulled a couple of years ago. No addresses I hadn't actually lived at.
Given Occam's Razor (given two theories, the simpler usually turns out to be true), it seems far more likely that this data is generated in a faulty manner than it is that someone systematically impersonated me while living in San Diego at five different addresses.
posted on November 16, 2005 01:26:07 PM new
Wow, I tried it out too (though I didn't pay) - It had pretty much all the places I have lived. It did miss a couple of places I have lived, and has more addresses than I had in others, but overall, it is kind of strange!
posted on November 16, 2005 02:33:04 PM new
Checked and none of my previous US addresses are listed so I'm still safe after all these years.
Mind you it probably pays to always have offshore debit cards issued without a name imprinted and only an offshore PO Box as an address, or to pay in cash. Got to value your own privacy as US businesses certainly don't. Outside the US privacy laws can be quite strong - for instance you can't view a German eBayer's buying history or address even if in a transaction with them.
posted on November 16, 2005 03:09:12 PM new
I just did the basic free search and under my married name (now divorced) it only pulled up information from where I lived at 19 before the military moved us about. Yeah...I know married young..stupid.
Then I popped in my maiden name and it came up with the 2nd town my brother taught school in and listed my mom, dad and brother as possible relatives. My mother died over 10 years ago but it still listed her age as 72.
posted on November 16, 2005 04:04:46 PM new
There's a lot they don't tell you before you pay for better access. One thing is yeah, you get access to marriage records, but for California they're only available for 1960 to 1985. Not very useful.
You have to pay extra to search death records as well. My father-in-law is shown as alive. A beloved friend who took his own life on September 15 of this year is also shown as still among the living.
posted on November 16, 2005 04:17:25 PM new
I'm with Fluff, hopefully there is enough mis-information in these data bases that they tend to be ignored. But I also know that in the past I have used them to locate family members for friends and nine times out of ten, I could usually locate the right person.
When your ship comes in.... make sure you are willing to unload it.
posted on November 16, 2005 04:27:23 PM new
Lt, where did you come across this site? There is not much information on it. I received a phone call from a rep from their company today after I registered. I dont like that at all.
I looked them up, they are registered to to Coastal web Online which is an ISP service in Sacramento. But if you go to that site, there is no mention of veromi.net on it. Also no about us or any information on either of these sites. I am really sorry I put my information in there.
posted on November 16, 2005 08:04:15 PM new
This is a very basic and not so trustworthy information search engine. When I did vehicle reposessions a few years ago we used a online search engine and I would say it had a 99.9% success rate at tracking down a person. You do have to provide proof that you are either a law enforcement agency, government entity or claim's agent of some sort. It would give you address, phone, social security number, everywhere you have ever lived, any property you own in US and a couple of other countries, job history and length of employment, drivers license number, physical description (from license I would guess), full credit report. Basically you name it, it was in there. I ran myself on it once, had my vehicles with VIN numbers, phone and it even had my APO address's for when I was stationed in Korea and Germany with the US Army.
I have come to one conclusion, you can't hide anymore. Shoot for $40 I can get your phone records for the last 6 month's. All in all, if you feel paranoid, you should.
posted on November 16, 2005 09:45:28 PM new
DB, the site came up when I googled my name. I did not register on the site.
I would have been pizzd if someone called me after I registered on any site.
But for the record, I would never register with a site such as this because then they can add your email address and whatever other info you give them to their database.
posted on November 16, 2005 09:53:00 PM new
On the flip side, I have a buyer who has provided me with a shipping address and a phone number that don't show in any database!
Neither FedEx nor the USPS have the address on file.
I'll call him in the morning, but how weird is that?? He has already paid and I have already contacted him once to verify the address when FedEx couldn't find it. When he verified it was correct, I tried to do a USPS label tonight and even they say it is not a valid address.
He is in Enterprise Utah, are y'all still on the Pony Express route out there???
posted on November 16, 2005 10:18:03 PM new
Ummm..Ltray. "First pink house with white pickett fence north of filling station" isn't exactly the type of physical address that will fit into FedEx's database I know what you're up against. When I was in the moving business, we had a few shipments that went to towns so small, they didn't bother naming the streets. The delivery address that stands out in my mind was "go to center of town and sound air horn. We'll find you"
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on November 17, 2005 12:12:52 AM new
I think I've been to that town Sparkz. Its the one where the center of town is where the dirt road crosses the gravel road, right?
When your ship comes in.... make sure you are willing to unload it.
posted on November 17, 2005 05:25:29 AM new
LtRay...
I live just on the other side of the mountain from Enterprise, UT, and yes, it is a very small settlement. As is my little town. Unfortunately, many of my product orders are sent to another small town down the road from Enterprise, when they are shipped via UPS. For all UPS shipments I now have my sellers HAND-WRITE the address and zip code into the address.
UPS, by the way, is the only carrier I have this problem with. USPS and FedEx seem to get the address right each time.
posted on November 17, 2005 09:33:32 AM new
Lt, I dont know what the hel1 they were calling me for. Hubby took the call and asked me if I was expecting a call from somebody at veromi? He said the girl said, no problem, that she will email me. pffst.. trying to sell me something? - What did she want? I dont really not expect them not to email me, if they marketing something, but dont friggin call the number I registered with. and the only reason I gave a "real" number was because Ithought it would reject the cc if I didnt or something. They say in their privacy statement, they dont add you to the DB, but that is probably a real good lie, too.
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[ edited by dblfugger9 on Nov 17, 2005 09:37 AM ]
posted on November 17, 2005 10:01:23 AM new
Thanks for the info Pat. I'm stumped by this this. How the heck can the USPS not have the address??? Too weird.
posted on November 18, 2005 08:09:39 PM new
LtRay...
Out here, in our tiny settlements in Utah, we oft times do not have mail delivery to physical addresses. All residents have to go to our little shed-of-a-Post-Offices to collect our mail and packages. That may be one reason for no address available.
I've also found, with the few sales I've made, that new developments are not yet in the system, so they are not recognized by computerized shipping operations. This I learned when trying to create a label through PayPal not long ago. The customer, when contacted, told me it was a new housing development she had just moved into. I shipped the product with a hand-written label. She received the item promptly, so all was well.
posted on November 18, 2005 10:19:13 PM new
Ok, here's a new twist on Google Info.
Type in your home address with just the house number, street and zip.
Google pulled a dozen sites. #1 was my husbands student info from UWF! What the heck is that doing in a public file?? It included our home phone and address. Thank God for the new Blocked Callers list!
several more included political contribution records. I know they are public domain, but what the heck are they doing on the net??? These records even include the amount donated. Now I know where all that new junk mail is coming from <g>
And the next time we make a donation to anything it is going to be anonymous cash.
I know what you're up against. When I was in the moving business, we had a few shipments that went to towns so small, they didn't bother naming the streets. The delivery address that stands out in my mind was "go to center of town and sound air horn. We'll find you"
