February 9th, 2009
Sound Advice: Use Facebook? Get the TrueScoop!
If you’re on the popular social media network Facebook, you probably get “add me” messages from people you aren’t quite sure you actually know, especially if you’re a woman with a picture in your profile, and even more especially as Valentine’s Day approaches. If you’re like me, you probably also love the ease of connecting with friends from yesteryear (or last week), but aren’t so keen on all the virtual gift, poke me, and meme applications that use up a good portion of the screen real estate.
There is one application you’ll want to try, however, and that’s TrueScoop.
What is TrueScoop? It’s a product developed by Arbor Ventures and it allows you to search through over 20 million records and a million photos for personal and criminal history of anyone, completely free of charge. It also provides access to the complete national sex offender list, with pictures included, and millions of other records containing people who have committed everything from misdemeanors like being too noisy, to full-fledged dangerous felons. No other source even comes close to TrueScoop’s scope - certainly not for free - and since it’s being released just in time for Valentine’s Day, you’ll be able to determine if any of your would-be Romeos are worth considering, or should be instantly ignored, forever consigned to the ethereal soup of deleted messages.
The TrueScoop Facebook application allows anyone, just by typing in a name, to access information such as past criminal records, DUIs, places they’ve lived, even money they owe or others owe to them.
Want to try it? Visit this link: http://apps.facebook.com/truescoop/.
