ZabaSearch
I missed the news on this, but ZabaSearch is one freaky people finder engine. Pulls up satellite pictures of your house, your birthdate, your address, your phone number. More detailed background checks can be purchased.
Here’s an article discussing more weird stuff about ZabaSearch (including a reference to the Heaven’s Gate cult):
It’s impressive, scary to see what a Zaba search can do
Everything that’s great and everything that’s frightening about the Internet can be summed up in a single word.
Zaba.
That’s Zaba as in ZabaSearch.com, a so-called people search site that allows you to quickly track down the whereabouts of just about anyone, free of charge.
Thanks to John Battelle’s Searchblog for the link.
Lois Sandrock:
April 28th, 2005 at 5:54 pm
How do I get my name taken out of zabasearch?
Terry:
April 28th, 2005 at 6:05 pm
Hi Lois,
According to this article:
It’s impressive, scary to see what a Zaba search can do you can remove your info as follows:
[edit: I had to seperate the email address because the comment form made it wonky - make sure you email info@ then the zabasearch.com]
Hope that works for you.
Marie Kalp:
April 30th, 2005 at 10:49 pm
Seems to be a scam. When I PAY $20.00 for more info at Zabasearch.com nothing happens. I e-mailed and received an e-mail from Tim Kostner who said he had nothing to do with the site. Zabasearch provides no information for the $20.00 paid. SCAM
Terry:
April 30th, 2005 at 11:07 pm
Marie if you paid by PayPal or Credit Card, contact them to cancel the charge. Good luck.
Maurice:
May 4th, 2005 at 12:00 pm
If you have any problems with Zabasearch, you can call/contact them at the following:
Eric Siegel
ZabaSearch, LLC
P.O. Box 89172
Atlanta, Georgia 30312
877-385-4020
Terry:
May 4th, 2005 at 6:04 pm
Thanks for that info Maurice, seems I’m getting a few visitors here looking for that info.
a plumber:
May 11th, 2005 at 12:46 pm
I’m skeptical of calling/contacting them; it seems that anytime you need to give more information to have the previous information removed, it can’t be real. I’ve been searching and it seems that peopledata.com is also related to zabasearch. Do a WHOIS on peopledata.com and you will see that the address is different but the phone number is the same:
Registrant:
PeopleData, Inc.
2828 Cochran Street
Suite 397
Simi Valley, California 93065
United States
Registered through: GoDaddy.com
Domain Name: PEOPLEDATA.COM
Created on: 09-Apr-97
Expires on: 10-Apr-07
Last Updated on: 11-Mar-05
Administrative Contact:
Zakari, Robert rzakari [at] peopledata.com
PeopleData, Inc.
2828 Cochran Street
Suite 397
Simi Valley, California 93065
United States
(877) 385-4020 Fax —
Technical Contact:
Snowden, Pete pete [at] peopledata.com
PeopleData, Inc.
2828 Cochran Street
Suite 397
Simi Valley, California 93065
United States
(877) 385-4020 Fax –
Enuf S. Enuf:
May 11th, 2005 at 9:39 pm
THE IRATE AND FREAKED-OUT POSTINGS THAT ARE DEMANDING TO HAVE THEIR PRIVATE INFO REMOVED FROM THESE INVASIVE AND DISGUSTING DATA-MINING SITES SHOULD BE A CLEAR INDICATION THAT PEOPLE WANT THEIR PRIVACY.
ALL YOU SCUM-BAGS WHO ARE SELLING THEIR PRIVATE INFO SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN, AND ALL THOSE INJURED BY YOU SCUM-BAGS SHOULD FILE A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT IMMEDIATELY, TO NOT ONLY SHUT YOU DOWN BUT TO CLAIM DAMAGES!
WHO THE F*CK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?????
THIS MESSAGE GOES TO ANY AND ALL OF YOU SCUM-BAGS, FROM ZABASEARCH ALL THE WAY TO CHOICEPOINT AND THE NATIONAL CREDIT AGENCIES, AS WELL AS ALL THOSE FEDS WHO ARE SELLING OUR INFO: THE IRS, THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMIN., THE POST OFFICE, AND ALL THE STATE DMVS.
F*CK OFF AND LEAVE US ALONE!
HOPE SOMEONE WILL SOON OPEN A WEBSITE TO HELP US GET THAT CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT UNDERWAY TO PUT A STOP TO THIS OUTRAGEOUS HIGHJACKING OF OUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND OUR PRIVATE LIVES!
DAMN YOUR HIDES!
PS Here’s a little Info on ZABASEARCH Creeps: (It is time to CALL THEM, RAISE HELL & THREATEN LITIGATION! Their site needs to be SHUT DOWN!)
Registrant: ZabaSearch, LLC
Registered through: GoDaddy.com Domain Name: ZABASEARCH.COM
Domain servers in listed order: NS1.NAMEGENIE.NET NS2.NAMEGENIE.NET NS3.NAMEGENIE.NET NS4.NAMEGENIE.NET NS5.NAMEGENIE.NET NS6.NAMEGENIE.NET
For complete domain details go to: http://whois.godaddy.com Network Whois record Queried whois.arin.net with “!NET-216-52-81-192-1″… CustName: Zaba, Inc. Address: 135 N. Los Robles Ave. Address: Suite 850 City: Pasadena StateProv: CA PostalCode: 91101 Country: US RegDate: 2005-05-07 Updated: 2005-05-07
NetRange: 216.52.81.192 – 216.52.81.255 CIDR: 216.52.81.192/26 NetName: INAP-HOU-ZABA-2018 NetHandle: NET-216-52-81-192-1 Parent: NET-216-52-0-0-1 NetType: Reassigned Comment: RegDate: 2005-05-07 Updated: 2005-05-07
TechHandle: INO3-ARIN TechName: InterNap Network Operations Center TechPhone: +1-877-843-4662 TechEmail: noc@internap.com
OrgAbuseHandle: IAC3-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Internap Abuse Contact OrgAbusePhone: +1-206-256-9500 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@internap.com
OrgTechHandle: INO3-ARIN OrgTechName: InterNap Network Operations Center OrgTechPhone: +1-877-843-4662 OrgTechEmail: noc@internap.com
# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2005-05-11 19:10 # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN’s WHOIS database. DNS records DNS query for 211.81.52.216.in-addr.arpa returned an error from the server: NameError name class type data time to live zabasearch.com IN MX preference: 10 exchange: mail.zabasearch.com 3600s (01:00:00) zabasearch.com IN NS ns5.namegenie.net 3600s (01:00:00) zabasearch.com IN NS ns1.namegenie.net 3600s (01:00:00) zabasearch.com IN NS ns6.namegenie.net 3600s (01:00:00) zabasearch.com IN NS ns2.namegenie.net 3600s (01:00:00) zabasearch.com IN NS ns4.namegenie.net 3600s (01:00:00) zabasearch.com IN NS ns3.namegenie.net 3600s (01:00:00) zabasearch.com IN SOA server: ns1.namegenie.net email: postmaster.zabasearch.com serial: 1115829099 refresh: 3600 retry: 2048 expire: 1048576 minimum ttl: 2560 3600s (01:00:00) zabasearch.com IN A 216.52.81.211
Enuf S. Enuf:
May 11th, 2005 at 9:39 pm
THE IRATE AND FREAKED-OUT POSTINGS THAT ARE DEMANDING TO HAVE THEIR PRIVATE INFO REMOVED FROM THESE INVASIVE AND DISGUSTING DATA-MINING SITES SHOULD BE A CLEAR INDICATION THAT PEOPLE WANT THEIR PRIVACY.
ALL YOU SCUM-BAGS WHO ARE SELLING THEIR PRIVATE INFO SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN, AND ALL THOSE INJURED BY YOU SCUM-BAGS SHOULD FILE A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT IMMEDIATELY, TO NOT ONLY SHUT YOU DOWN BUT TO CLAIM DAMAGES!
WHO THE F*CK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?????
THIS MESSAGE GOES TO ANY AND ALL OF YOU SCUM-BAGS, FROM ZABASEARCH ALL THE WAY TO CHOICEPOINT AND THE NATIONAL CREDIT AGENCIES, AS WELL AS ALL THOSE FEDS WHO ARE SELLING OUR INFO: THE IRS, THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMIN., THE POST OFFICE, AND ALL THE STATE DMVS.
F*CK OFF AND LEAVE US ALONE!
HOPE SOMEONE WILL SOON OPEN A WEBSITE TO HELP US GET THAT CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT UNDERWAY TO PUT A STOP TO THIS OUTRAGEOUS HIGHJACKING OF OUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND OUR PRIVATE LIVES!
DAMN YOUR HIDES!
PS Here’s a little Info on ZABASEARCH Creeps: (It is time to CALL THEM, RAISE HELL & THREATEN LITIGATION! Their site needs to be SHUT DOWN!)
Registrant: ZabaSearch, LLC
Registered through: GoDaddy.com Domain Name: ZABASEARCH.COM
Domain servers in listed order: NS1.NAMEGENIE.NET NS2.NAMEGENIE.NET NS3.NAMEGENIE.NET NS4.NAMEGENIE.NET NS5.NAMEGENIE.NET NS6.NAMEGENIE.NET
For complete domain details go to: http://whois.godaddy.com Network Whois record Queried whois.arin.net with “!NET-216-52-81-192-1″… CustName: Zaba, Inc. Address: 135 N. Los Robles Ave. Address: Suite 850 City: Pasadena StateProv: CA PostalCode: 91101 Country: US RegDate: 2005-05-07 Updated: 2005-05-07
NetRange: 216.52.81.192 – 216.52.81.255 CIDR: 216.52.81.192/26 NetName: INAP-HOU-ZABA-2018 NetHandle: NET-216-52-81-192-1 Parent: NET-216-52-0-0-1 NetType: Reassigned Comment: RegDate: 2005-05-07 Updated: 2005-05-07
TechHandle: INO3-ARIN TechName: InterNap Network Operations Center TechPhone: +1-877-843-4662 TechEmail: noc@internap.com
OrgAbuseHandle: IAC3-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Internap Abuse Contact OrgAbusePhone: +1-206-256-9500 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@internap.com
OrgTechHandle: INO3-ARIN OrgTechName: InterNap Network Operations Center OrgTechPhone: +1-877-843-4662 OrgTechEmail: noc@internap.com
# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2005-05-11 19:10 # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN’s WHOIS database. DNS records DNS query for 211.81.52.216.in-addr.arpa returned an error from the server: NameError name class type data time to live zabasearch.com IN MX preference: 10 exchange: mail.zabasearch.com 3600s (01:00:00) zabasearch.com IN NS ns5.namegenie.net 3600s (01:00:00) zabasearch.com IN NS ns1.namegenie.net 3600s (01:00:00) zabasearch.com IN NS ns6.namegenie.net 3600s (01:00:00) zabasearch.com IN NS ns2.namegenie.net 3600s (01:00:00) zabasearch.com IN NS ns4.namegenie.net 3600s (01:00:00) zabasearch.com IN NS ns3.namegenie.net 3600s (01:00:00) zabasearch.com IN SOA server: ns1.namegenie.net email: postmaster.zabasearch.com serial: 1115829099 refresh: 3600 retry: 2048 expire: 1048576 minimum ttl: 2560 3600s (01:00:00) zabasearch.com IN A 216.52.81.211
Nobody Really:
May 11th, 2005 at 9:43 pm
It might be worth it to contact GODADDY and complain that their registered customer is violating everyone’s privacy with their sh*tty search engine that coughs up PRIVATE INFO about people, some of which is more than FORTY FRIGGIN YEARS OLD!!!!!! For Christ’s sake, give us a break!!!
Terry:
May 11th, 2005 at 10:16 pm
Ok I’m shutting the comments down for this entry. Anyone looking to get their info removed from zabasearch can follow the info given above.