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Jun 12, 2008 -- New websites for FREE people and public records searches

Clark often wishes he had a dollar for every time someone asked him about ZabaSearch.com, the website where you can search public records to locate a person. The info on the site is not always accurate or up to date, and Clark compares using ZabaSearch.com to being a private investigator tracking down leads.

Case in point: When executive producer Christa searched her name, she got a bunch of old addresses and also some listings for a woman who shares the same moniker in San Francisco.

Now ZabaSearch.com has spawned several imitators such as Wink.com and Spock.com. Clark isn't sharing this info to make you paranoid; he just wants you to be informed about the public info that may be out there about you.

Unfortunately, Clark won't be able to answer any questions submitted via commenting. If you have a question, please try posting it to our message boards.

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What others are saying

  • unlisted phone on Zaba
    When you give your unlisted phone number to companies like pizza delivery, they sell your name and phone number. That's how unlisted phone numbers can show up in searches like Zaba
    By Penny @ 09/10/08 07:31:02 PMreport abuse
  • PAY to get "deleted?!"
    ZabaSearch offers you the "option" to pay $20 to have your records deleted. Uh, yeah... right. Either it's a public record or it's not. Serving it up online and then charging to opt out is blackmail, not "value-added" service.
    By Robin @ 07/22/08 11:05:57 AMreport abuse
  • free public record web sites
    it says FREE, but then wants you to pay a fee. how is that free?
    By sylvia joyner @ 07/01/08 12:24:49 AMreport abuse
  • public record searches
    Even more horrifying than Zaba, Wink and Spock is
    privateeye.com
    It includes former addresses, aliases/nicknames/other names, names of relatives - all on the 'free' search page. You can pay for more info. You can sort of opt yourself out, but they don't completely guarantee that they will refuse to sell your info even if you follow their opt-out rules and request that they don't.
    Yikes!
    By S. Jones @ 06/18/08 11:21:16 PMreport abuse
  • news letter
    Clark you'r news letter is Great thanks
    By james williams @ 06/17/08 08:48:24 PMreport abuse
  • Lillith02@hotmail.com
    No more useful than any of the previous 'people-search' sites. Gives U the same info U can get out of the phone book. Also, extremely inaccurate. My own search gives 6 previous addresses. I have only had 2, AND it states that I am 30 YEARS older than I really am. Anything more spec. costs $$$$. So Not Free...
    By Lillith of course @ 06/17/08 03:54:46 PMreport abuse
  • public record searches...
    Try plugging your land line into Google....I did and my name, address AND MAP to my home pops up!!! My number is not unlisted, but....it's almost scary.
    By Victoria @ 06/17/08 12:25:44 PMreport abuse
  • public record searches...
    Try plugging your land line into Google....I did and my name, address AND MAP to my home pops up!!! My number is not unlisted, but....it's almost scary.
    By Victoria @ 06/17/08 11:08:52 AMreport abuse
  • Zabasearch - unpublished information
    I used this site and found my unpublished telephone number there. Is this legal? Can my telephone provider do this? How can I have it removed?
    By Priscilla @ 06/17/08 10:17:38 AMreport abuse
  • ZabaSearch
    With my full name... my address & phone # showed up! Which IS terrible. It says that they would delete my info for 20.-. Can you trust this site to give them the $ w/credit card # ?
    By Gerdi @ 06/17/08 12:38:20 AMreport abuse
  • ZabaSearch
    Seems like everything gets redirected to Intelius which requires $$ for anything beyond actually finding that records exist that are attached to a name. Not much different than any of the other personal search sites in that regard.
    By dendron @ 06/16/08 11:27:57 PMreport abuse
  • Zaba. , etc....
    Tried them/must be doing something wrong. Kept sending me to "inteliss" which wanted money. so much for free!!!!
    By R. Humphrey @ 06/16/08 11:13:07 PMreport abuse
  • people searches
    find info ok but to see it still costs money so not really free
    By David Ennocenti @ 06/16/08 07:47:24 PMreport abuse
  • eye glasses
    Here is some info from Clark Howard
    By sparks2020@copper.net @ 06/16/08 03:43:18 PMreport abuse
  • Free People finders
    I was rather dissappointed. I couldn't find myself on any of the three sites.
    By Ronald E. Stewart @ 06/16/08 02:20:28 PMreport abuse
  • Find
    Find information on Ardith Ann Beers
    By Ardith Ann Beers @ 06/16/08 12:49:36 PMreport abuse
  • zabasearch
    I agree big waste of time. Info not inaccurate.I also would like to be remove because it's very misleaing info. And they want $$$$ for this..non of these web sites are "Free"
    By Pat @ 06/16/08 12:46:58 PMreport abuse
  • Search to find people
    try Privateeye.com. Found my former boyfriends!!
    By Susan Martin @ 06/16/08 12:34:06 PMreport abuse
  • records
    Hey Clark, I love the emails & updates from you. Just wanted to say, none of the above listed anything accurate for myself. BUT I WOULD RATHER IT THAT WAY!

    Thanks!
    By ebony @ 06/16/08 12:25:43 PMreport abuse
  • zabasearch
    Is there anyway to remove ones name from this kind of information
    By Greta @ 06/16/08 11:59:33 AMreport abuse
  • Pickup Debris
    There already IS a law. It is called "Failure to Secure a Load." In most states, the driver of any vehicle is required to secure the load in such a manner it cannot shift, or otherwise come off the vehicle. In the case of yard debris, the load should be tarped. Most police officers will not give tickets for this, but in the case of ladders or mattresses comming off th vehicle, they will. That is, if they actually see it come off.
    By David @ 06/15/08 09:46:48 PMreport abuse
  • zaba search, spock and wink
    There is really no difference between these, they all use "intelius" as their search engine. Intelius is woefully inaccurate
    By mary @ 06/14/08 07:50:02 AMreport abuse
  • ZabaSerch.com
    Useless....last address shown was fro 1990!
    By Charles @ 06/13/08 05:07:36 PMreport abuse
  • Pickup Truck debris causing injury.
    I have proposed for a number of years that there "Ought to be a Law" that all open truck beds should be covered by 1"x1" mesh screen so as to prevent debris from leaving the truck bed. I seen hundreds of pickup over the years traveling on the freeway with everything from mattresses to plastic bags being dragged by the force of wind out onto the highways. I think there is a strong cultural thingy that if I don't throw debris out of you truck or don't see it leave the bed of the truck, then it's OK and not my fault. So putting paper, soda cans, and other debris in the bed of a pickup truck to eventually be blown onto the highway is OK because - I guess because it's Mother Nature doing the littering.

    In Sacramento its very common to hear about the per verbal LADDER on the highway.
    By Don Wyman @ 06/13/08 02:25:36 PMreport abuse
  • public records searches
    Useless
    By Sompopo @ 06/13/08 01:05:19 PMreport abuse
  • Genealogy
    These sites are boons for genealogists to help find relatives.
    By Jimmy @ 06/13/08 12:01:11 PMreport abuse
  • public records searches
    What options does one have if there is incorrect information in these public search tools? This is kind of alarming, but thanks for bringing attention to it for us.
    By Nona Gibbs @ 06/12/08 08:49:03 PMreport abuse
  • Zaba, Wink, etc.
    Be careful. A lot of these sites just track back to Intelius.com, the pay ($50 !) per view website that gives you only slightly more meaningful information about people you might search.
    By Jimmy Doors @ 06/12/08 04:37:19 PMreport abuse
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