Incogni: Unknown Number Calling? It's Not Random

A BBC investigation filmed scam call centre workers laughing at the people they were tricking — one boasting about how much he'd taken from victims.

The part that should bother you: they didn't pick those numbers at random. They bought them.

Your Personal Data Is Already For Sale

Your name. Home address. Phone number. Past addresses. Relatives.

Individually, none of it feels like much. Combined, it's a detailed map of your life — and that map is scattered across people-search sites, data brokers and public directories right now.

That's the data broker business: collect, combine, sell access. Your name isn't worth much. Your name plus your address, your relatives and your household details is a product.

What it enables:

• Scam and phishing calls that already know who you are
• Doxxing and harassment
• Stalking
• Identity theft and impersonation

The more someone knows about you, the easier you are to target.

Removing Yourself Is A Nightmare

You can do it manually. Google your name, find the sites, submit opt-out requests, check again, repeat. Then start over when your information resurfaces somewhere new. It takes days or weeks, and it never really ends.

Incogni does the tedious part for you — sending removal requests to participating data brokers, monitoring the process and following up as new listings appear. That covers people-search sites, public non-governmental directories and other sites distributing personal information. The Unlimited plan also lets you submit custom removal requests for anything you find elsewhere.

Privacy Is Security

You can't disappear online. You can make yourself much harder to find, target and impersonate.

Get 55% off Incogni's Unlimited Plan with code GEEKDEAL.

Because your digital footprint shouldn't be an open invitation to your front door.