Broker profile
TruePeopleSearch.net
NOT the legitimate TruePeopleSearch.com. This .net version is part of a Chinese-operated people-search network documented in a March 2024 Krebs on Security investigation spanning eight look-alike domains. Parent entity per Krebs is Shenzhen Duiyun Technology Co. of Shenzhen, China, with the domain registered through Alibaba Cloud, Beijing around 2020. The "Marilyn Gaskell" co-founder name in a 2023 wire profile is a fabricated identity. The business model is affiliate-referral. Splash screens funnel users to established US brokers (BeenVerified, Intelius, Spokeo) for paid unlocks.
TruePeopleSearch.net overview
At a glance
- Data published
- Extensive
- Re-listing frequency
- Recurring
- Complaint record
- No public record
- Opt-out friction
- Moderate
- Operator opacity
- Hidden
- Prior data incidents
- None documented
Each broker is scored 1 to 4 across the six dimensions above; higher means more exposure, and the overall gauge is their average.
What each dimension means
- Data published: how much and how sensitive the personal data they put out.
- Re-listing frequency: how quickly you reappear after opting out.
- Complaint record: volume and pattern of complaints across BBB, Trustpilot, and Sitejabber; no findable review presence counts against the broker.
- Opt-out friction: how hard the removal process is to complete.
- Operator opacity: how hidden the operating company and its principals are.
- Prior data incidents: history of breaches or leaks of the data they hold.
- Category
People search · affiliate referral
- Domain
truepeoplesearch.net
- Registered
~2020 · Alibaba Cloud Beijing
- Parent (per Krebs)
Shenzhen Duiyun Technology Co.
- Parent location
Shenzhen, China
- Network
8 documented sister domains
- "Co-founder" name
Marilyn Gaskell (fabricated)
- Support email
- FCRA covered?
No
Data Published
Data types
Per the homepage interface, the site offers four lookup tabs: People Search, Phone Lookup, Address Lookup, Email Lookup. Search forms take first name + last name (with no required city or state). Per-record fields surfaced in the preview / funnel pattern include:
Sensitive: elevated identity-theft, doxxing, or safety riskStandard public-record field
- Full name and aliases
- Current and previous addressesSensitive
- Phone numbers
- Email addresses
- Names of likely relatives and associates
- Property ownership indicators
- Public records pointers (court / criminal records)Sensitive
Where the data comes from: Per commenter discussion on the Krebs piece, the underlying dataset reportedly comes from Endato - the same data-as-a-service provider that powers the legitimate US-based TruePeopleSearch.com, and a brand of Enformion. Unverified beyond that commenter attribution. The relationship (if any) between the .net Chinese operator and Endato is not publicly documented.
The 10-20 minute splash-screen funnel. Per Krebs's documentation, after you find a record on the .net display, the site presents an extended series of upsell / consent / "scanning" splash screens designed to maximize the affiliate-referral conversion rate. The user flow doesn't end with a delivered report on the .net domain - it ends with a redirect to one of the downstream US brokers (BeenVerified, Intelius, Spokeo) where the paid subscription is processed.
Contact
Contacts & links
- Operating entity (per Krebs)
Shenzhen Duiyun Technology Co.
- Parent location
Shenzhen, China (contact: Zhu Chenbiao)
- Domain registrar
Alibaba Cloud, Beijing
- Email servers
China-based per Krebs
- Support email (per Send2Press profile)
- Public phone number
Not disclosed on the public site
- BBB profile
None found
- Sister-domain Singapore presence
15 Scotts Rd #03-12 15, Singapore (used by sister domains CocoDoc.com and CocoSign.com - not specifically attributed to TruePeopleSearch.net)
- CA Data Broker registry
cppa.ca.gov/data_broker_registry/ CPPA registration status unknown - foreign-operator status complicates US state-level statutory enforcement
- General website
Network
Sister brands
The Krebs investigation "The Not-so-True People-Search Network from China" tied truepeoplesearch.net to a cluster of look-alike people-search and document-tooling sites built on fabricated staff identities, all operated out of China (parent entity Shenzhen Duiyun Technology Co.). It is a separate operation from the legitimate US TruePeopleSearch.com and FastPeopleSearch.com. The other seven domains Krebs documented in the network:
Related broker network: Krebs-documented China cluster
Per the March 2024 Krebs on Security report, these eight domains share registration (Alibaba Cloud, Beijing), China-based email infrastructure, and parent-entity attribution to Shenzhen Duiyun Technology Co., fronted by fabricated English-language "founder" identities. They operate as affiliate-referral funnels to established US brokers (BeenVerified, Intelius, Spokeo) rather than maintaining their own paid-subscription billing. FastPeopleSearch.io is distinct from the legitimate FastPeopleSearch.com.
Litigation
Litigation history
No US consumer-privacy litigation, FTC enforcement, or state Attorney General consent decree against TruePeopleSearch.net or Shenzhen Duiyun Technology Co. is on the public record we found. The foreign-operator status creates a substantial jurisdictional barrier to US statutory enforcement. California's Delete Act, the Vermont / Oregon / Texas data-broker registration regimes, and state-AG enforcement under CCPA / VCDPA / CPA / etc. all assume a US-reachable operating entity, which a China-registered LLC with email servers in China does not straightforwardly provide.
Related and contextual matters worth noting:
- The Krebs investigation itself is the primary accountability surface. The March 2024 article remains the most thorough public-domain documentation of the network. No US enforcement action has been publicly announced in response, though the article's naming of Shenzhen Duiyun Technology Co. and its detailed cataloging of fabricated identities creates a documentation baseline that future enforcement could build on.
- The downstream brokers carry the enforcement risk. Because the .net network funnels to BeenVerified, Intelius, and Spokeo for paid subscriptions, those US-based brokers - which are reachable for state-AG and FTC enforcement - bear the regulatory exposure for the subscription transactions even though the .net display surface initiates the user journey. FTC enforcement against TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate (cited in the Krebs piece) over deceptive arrest-record framing is the closest precedent.
- State-level deletion-right enforcement against a foreign operator would typically require either (a) the operator's voluntary compliance, (b) a US-domiciled affiliate or agent for service of process, or (c) a state-AG action targeting US-based payment processors, ad-tech vendors, or hosting / DNS providers facilitating the operation. The CPPA Data Broker Strike Force (launched November 2025) has not publicly addressed the foreign-operator gap.
- The fabricated-identity pattern itself may create separate exposure. Publishing press releases under fabricated executive identities can intersect with unfair-and-deceptive- practices statutes at the state level, though US enforcement against foreign-operated credibility-construction schemes is a thin precedent area.
FAQ
Q & A
Is TruePeopleSearch.net the same as TruePeopleSearch.com?
No. They are two different operations with confusingly similar names. TruePeopleSearch.com is a US-based people-search aggregator founded in 2017, headquartered in San Francisco, that partners with Endato as its data backend. TruePeopleSearch.net is part of a Chinese-operated people-search network documented in a March 2024 Krebs on Security investigation. The network is registered through Alibaba Cloud in Beijing, with parent entity Shenzhen Duiyun Technology Co. The sites use fabricated executive identities (the "Marilyn Gaskell" co-founder name surfaced in press releases is documented as fake) and function as affiliate-referral funnels to established US brokers (BeenVerified, Intelius, Spokeo) rather than primary data brokers.
Who really operates TruePeopleSearch.net?
Per the March 2024 Krebs on Security investigation, TruePeopleSearch.net is part of a multi-domain network operated out of China. The documented parent entity is Shenzhen Duiyun Technology Co. (established March 26, 2020, registered address in Shenzhen, contact Zhu Chenbiao). The network's other domains include FastPeopleSearch.io, CocoDoc.com, CocoSign.com, PeopleFinderFree.com, Numlooker.com, Cocofinder.com, and FindPeopleFast.net. CocoDoc and CocoSign maintain a Singapore physical presence at 15 Scotts Rd #03-12 15. The "Marilyn Gaskell" name surfaced in the Send2Press wire profile as TruePeopleSearch.net co-founder is one of several fabricated identities across the network; Krebs documented that the associated LinkedIn profile is fake.
What information does TruePeopleSearch.net publish?
The site presents itself as a free people-search tool with name, phone, address, and email lookup tabs. Per the Krebs reporting, the actual business model is affiliate-referral. Searchers see preview data, then are routed through 10-20 minutes of splash screens before being asked to subscribe (typically around $35/month) via established US brokers including BeenVerified, Intelius, and Spokeo. The underlying data per commenter notes on the Krebs piece reportedly comes from Endato - the same data-as-a-service provider that powers the legitimate US-based TruePeopleSearch.com - though the .net operator's relationship with Endato (if any) is not publicly documented.
Can I remove myself from TruePeopleSearch.net?
Yes - and the opt-out is unusually simple. Instead of an on-site removal flow, TruePeopleSearch.net uses a single Google Form (titled "Contact information", prompt "To remove your info, please kindly provide the following info"). It asks for your first and last name, an email address, the URL of the listing you want removed, and a removal-confirmation choice; only the free-text message is optional. Per the site you're off the database within 48 hours. There is no CAPTCHA and no separate verification email, though Google Forms requires a signed-in account to submit. That a data broker outsources its opt-out to a generic Google Form is itself a tell, consistent with the low-infrastructure Chinese-operated network this site belongs to. Caveat. The Google Form clears the .net display surface but doesn't touch the underlying data source (reportedly Endato) or the downstream affiliate brokers (BeenVerified, Intelius, Spokeo). For durable removal, also opt out at the legitimate TruePeopleSearch.com and at those downstream brokers. See our TruePeopleSearch.net removal guide for the full walkthrough.
Is TruePeopleSearch.net covered by FCRA?
No. Like most people-search broker funnels, TruePeopleSearch.net disclaims FCRA coverage. Its data cannot legally be used for employment screening, tenant screening, credit decisions, or insurance underwriting. The applicable framework is state-level privacy law - CCPA / CPRA in California plus the growing list of state comprehensive-privacy laws. Note that the China-based operator and Singapore physical presence (for the related CocoDoc / CocoSign domains in the same network) complicate jurisdictional enforcement for US state-level statutes.
Is the "Marilyn Gaskell" co-founder real?
No, per the March 2024 Krebs on Security investigation. "Marilyn Gaskell" is the name surfaced as TruePeopleSearch.net co-founder in a June 1, 2023 Send2Press wire profile, but Krebs documented the LinkedIn profile associated with that identity as fake. The pattern is consistent across the broader Chinese network. Each domain promotes a "founder" or "CEO" identity (Sally Stevens at FastPeopleSearch.io, Alina Clark at CocoDoc, Stephen Curry at CocoSign, Eden Cheng at PeopleFinderFree, Lynda Fairly at Numlooker, Harriet Chan at Cocofinder, Daniela Sawyer at FindPeopleFast) - all documented by Krebs as fabricated, using stock photography and sparse / coordinated LinkedIn profiles. The pattern serves an SEO and credibility-construction purpose: putting English-language press releases with named "founders" in front of search engines makes the China-operated sites appear domestically credible.
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