Djanglebert Dinglebart and MyLife.com
When I first heard about MyLife.com, the word 'scam' came to mind. MyLife.com is the web site that advertises that somebody is searching for you and if you just type in your name and some personal details (birthdate, zip code), you can find out who that somebody is.
Now most folks will type in their own names. But my gut feeling was that even if you make up an outrageously unlikely name - Djanglebert Dinglebart, for example - the good ole MyLife.com search engine with come up with people who've apparently gone to the site and searched for that name.
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And guess what? Thirty-three year old Djanglebert Dinglebart has a half dozen people looking for her (yeah, I decided to make Djanglebert a female and added a novel maiden name - Bartendingle).
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Looking through the list of names on the site, I headed down to the Dinglebart area and discovered an entire community of Dingleberries - including Dufus, Clean and Dang Dingleberry. Just a wild guess, but it looks to me like a few other folks are skeptical about MyLife.com's basic claims.
-g
