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How do businesses get your email address????

11 years ago

I am curious as to how does any business get my email address--that is when I buy something at a store or from the Scwan co. within a week or so, ads begin to show up sometime in my spam, using my name. No I do not give out my email. Even when I do buy anything, I still get requests by name from companies.

Ideas???

Thanks

Marie

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cathyid
11 years ago
Many businesses sell your address, and email. Even banks do it. MY dh gets a lot of them, and I am sure they are from ebay and craigs list. I use a different account for any purchases.
monica_pa Grieves
11 years ago
I protect clutter in my email by using a separate email address for stores, etc.
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I think that you have to start a thread to get the responses sent to your e-mail address. If you are responding to someone else's thread - you don't get an e-mail response. No, as of recently, both the OP and those making replies can check the box to have emails sent to them. I see below the post a follow-up box where it says A copy of further followups will be emailed to this poster. Check here if you would like post replies emailed to you. Please note that you must enable this feature on your Preferences page by checking off 'Allow other users to send you email'. island, I've found that the emails are not sent instantly, and often come through hours later. Sometimes there will be several email replies come into my email at the same time, though they had been posted at different times. I've checked the box now to get follow-ups so will report back when I get reply emails. Sue
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donna_loomis
11 years ago
On a lark, I ordered "free" business cards from Vista Print. I used what I thought was a catchy little phrase as a "business" name, just to hand out to people who were interested in my handmade crafts. I immediately started getting mail and email for this business name, so it was proof positive that Vista Print was the one who sold my name and other info. I believe you have to be informed about that though, and you will usually find that hidden somewhere in the fine print when you buy.
cynic
11 years ago
Another way they get it is from people you think are friends who refuse to show you the respect of using BCC on bulk mailings. They're the best friends of spammers.

Also the spammers just generate names as you can often see in lists. For instance once they get a name like janedoe@yourisp.com, they'll generate a list, i.e. jandoe, janedoe1, jdoe, doejane, etc and hope that some of them hit. There's also the spiders that search for names on forums and the like and use them for email attempts. Essentially free email promotes this.

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