Area code blocked for privacy but it is spoofed from my phones number which I have not lived there in many years

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    5 months ago

    Looks like you got phished. Doubt that was the real bank site. Suggest you change your passwords if you logged in to that site, too.

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      5 months ago

      Banks and hospitals sell your information, too.

      When my wife gave birth to our son at the hospital, I have to put down my phone number as part of the check in form. Immediately the next day I got call for “Home care services for new mom and baby”.

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        4 months ago

        …hospitals sell your information, too.

        I feel so sorry for those of you living in places with for-profit healthcare.

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        5 months ago

        Oh totally. But they don’t sync that information “immediately”. Nor would they ever want to because then the user would know that’s where the information came from.

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          5 months ago

          I don’t think they really care if it’s not actually illegal.

          Or they could sell the data in bulk. And the day I put in my number just happens to be the day they sell their database.

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        4 months ago

        …hospitals sell your information, too.

        I feel so sorry for those of you living in places with for-profit healthcare.