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Recently I looked myself up in public records, and what I found was quite disturbing, and I'm unable to do anything about it. For years I've been receiving "mi
by NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
Recently I looked myself up in public records, and what I found was quite disturbing, and I'm unable to do anything about it.
For years I've been receiving "misdirected" marketing mail for a small number of women who definitely don't live here, and never have. I always ponder deeply how their names could get associated with my address. Dunno. Anyway, there is now a person listed with my address, phone number, and surname, with a very common Celtic feminine given name, but she doesn't exist. I am not sure if the scam is supposed to be that I'm secretly married, or living with my sister, or what.
So I pulled gently on this thread and a whole sweater emerged. I've not paid for any lookup services, just the free ones. This putative person is related to a large number of people sharing my surname, and I believe that none of them exist. There's another woman who lives within a few miles of me. There are obituaries linking all these people together as a family. WhitePages.COM links them as probably-related. The earliest publication date corresponds very closely to when I first moved into this region, 25 years ago.
So I can't say what, if any, scam is connected to this alleged network of names; I can't remove this person from sharing my address, phone, or surname, because she's not me, but anyone who looks up my PII will turn up this nonexistent "wife" or "sister". Nobody has ever mentioned this to me, I had to go looking for it on my own.
- BobbyTables2 3y agoI’ve seen a few similar cases. I think some of these brokers have trouble reconciling when they receive information vs when it was relevant or get confused on similar names. It is spooky when it shows deceased relatives now living in other states.