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Spammers and my home address

Posted on August 23, 2005August 23, 2005 by Surya

I am usually spared from terrible spams mainly because till recently, I was overly protective of my email address. Thanks to that, some of the spam in my mailbox do get a second glance once in a while – and today I got one which was addressed to me along with my home address which I had six years back , right down to the unit, level, block and postal code. It was a regular spam from a guy who claims to have a variety of chronic illnesses and wants help in drilling oil. I could not imagine myself ever giving out such information to unreliable sources (yes, I am paranoid by default) – seriously, where do they get such information from !?!

The next time I have to hire a person for market research, I wouldn’t be too quick to pass up spammers.

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3 thoughts on “Spammers and my home address”

  1. kp says:
    August 24, 2005 at 11:51 am

    This is scary stuff. Wud you pls let us know when u figure it out?

  2. Surya says:
    August 24, 2005 at 8:39 pm

    will do..though I doubt I will ever find out.!

  3. Bala says:
    August 26, 2005 at 6:21 am

    There are numerous sources for this information. Companies we deal with typically sell this type of data. It could be your credit card company, phone company, hospital/clinic, etc. Sometime the applications we use – Plaxo, yahoo, google, etc. Some of them are less intrusive than others. And ironically, we have usually authorized this. Its all in the small print! :)

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