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My Paranoid Side
WTH.
I was looking at one of my preloved Crichton books and noticed the old owner's name there. So I randomly went to google for the name expecting to find their Facebook or other social accounts. Not finding any doesn't really surprise me (good for you for keeping it private!). BUT unfortunately, I found a site where you can apparently search...probably any Malaysian(?). WTF. Is that even legal? They don't show the whole thing of course except the full name BUT...
<- These are what they have. Only name and age shown. E-mail address too, but only the initial letter and what e-mail you use (like gmail or yahoo).
That's super shady. Really, really shady.
I'm aware that there's a place where you buy profiles of companies (since this mentions that) but these are individuals though... why would you need to sell the "profile report" of an individual who doesn't own a company? Isn't that illegal?
Edit an hour later: After messaging back and forth with a friend, I realised that this website might be a scam of some sort. I used AdBlock so I didn't see it at first but when opened in incognito mode, there are many pop-ups and "invisible" links. They might not have the full information (only the surface) and intended to scam other people's money.