[vox-tech] Alarming spam

[jim stockford]

did you enclose your SSN in quotes?

On Apr 16, 2007, at 1:57 PM, Richard Harke wrote:

> On Sat April 14 2007 06:41, Gandalf  Parker wrote:
>> On Sat, 14 Apr 2007, Richard Harke wrote:
>>>      I find this rather alarming as I doubt if the sender is a 
>>> friend.
>>> I also don't know where they got the info as I never post such info
>>> in public forums. I'm wondering if my ISP could have suffered a
>>> breakin as that seems the most likely to tie together all the 
>>> elements.
>>>
>>> Has any one else had this problem or any suggestion?
>>
>> See if it can be googled.
>>
>> And the computer guru said "Google thyself".
>> Then he said "For to google thyself is to know thyself,
>> and to see thyself as others see you".
>> Now available as a shirt at
>> http://www.cafepress.com/oddthotz.40658864?pid=2837642
>>
>> Sorry, Im not playing light on it. This is a shirt I made to make a 
>> point.
>> Everyone should google themselves. If it can be googled, then you will
>> know whats out there and where it came from. Ive been a netcop for as 
>> long
>> as there has been internet and I think that everyone should google:
>>
>> (A) their name. As a full string. On a regular basis I google 
>> "Anthony A.
>> G. Parker" and sometimes "Gandalf Parker" with the quotes. (but 
>> Gandalf
>> Parker comes up with way too many hits in web and newsgroups. Its a 
>> good
>> thing Google only goes back a couple of decades)
>>
>> (B) their street address, maybe just their street. You might find 
>> someone
>> talking about you. You might find history on your house. You might 
>> find
>> something bad is happening on your street. You might discover a friend
>> near you.
>>
>> (C) your phone number. Is it listed someplace other than white pages 
>> or
>> yellow pages? Is it connected to your name and info about you?
>>
>> (D) your social security number. Some people are nervous about typing 
>> info
>> like that into any computer. After all, search engines do keep 
>> records.
>> Its up to you whether you want to do that or not. But its not like 
>> you are
>> attaching it to anything. And if it shows up, such as some kids 
>> "cracked
>> info" page, then you want to know. I wouldnt do this one too often.
>>
>> (E) your kids. By ALL means if you have kids old enough to type then
>> google your kids. They cant complain that you are snooping if you find
>> public info about them. You can setup google to do a regular search on
>> things and email you any new results.
>>
>> (F) your parents. If they are still living then for the same reason as
>> searching on you and your kids. If they arent then it can be 
>> interesting.
>>
>> By the way, as far as any of that info... you can easily find any of 
>> it on
>> me (except social security number). Ive got info pages everywhere, and
>> resumes, and life stories. Im even in the whois database if anyone 
>> still
>> knows how to ask for a personal id mine is gp1628
>
>
> Thanks for the ideas.
> I have googled several of these and not found anything bothersome. My 
> street
> name turns out to be pretty well known in some cities so the number of 
> hits
> is pretty large. I have tried searching on a piece of my SSN but the 
> number of
> hits is huge.
> Richard
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