What a scammer sees the moment they Google your name

Google your name right now. Not on a people-finder site. Not through a data broker. Just Google. Plain search bar, your full name, nothing else. What shows up in the first 10 results may make your stomach drop.

Your LinkedIn page. A Facebook profile. An address from a people-search site that Google indexed and ranked on page one. A photo from a community event you forgot you attended. A relative’s obituary that mentions your name and theirs.

You didn’t post most of it. You didn’t agree to have it all pulled together. But there it is, sitting on the first page of search results and available to anyone with a Wi-Fi connection and a few minutes to spare. That’s not just your Google search. It’s a scammer’s research session. And here’s what they do with it.

INSIDE A SCAMMER’S DAY AND HOW THEY TARGET YOU