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On 08-Jul-08 23:14, stbenge wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Here's a quiz for you. What kind of mentality would give your personal
> e-mail address and your home phone number to numerous companies, causing
> you to receive dozens of spam e-mails and phone calls each day? The
> person in question would have not considered the time and money wasted
> by these companies in pursuing a dead lead.
interesting that you don't mention your own time.
> This person would have also
> changed your name into a crude form. So which is it:
>
> a) a mature adult
> b) an immature adult
> c) a child
your ex or her new boy friend?
If you have a kid in the range 12-16 it could be some of his/her
'friends'. Unless he/she is the favorite victim in class more parents
may have your problem.
> Is it possible to track down such an individual, even though he/she has
> obviously used online forms to give out your e-mail address and phone
> number?
If done 'right' by a knowing person: no, so possibly yes.
> It's possible that the information was given to just a few sites
> which then sold the info to other companies. Feedback would be appreciated~
e-mail very likely, phone number unlikely I would say. There is
(illegal) trade in e-mail addresses, because you can not you track down
the person that sent the SPAM and he needs a big volume. Phone calls are
traceable, you can not make more than one phone call at the same time
and they cost money. Unless you are in a very special segment (expensive
(BDSM) clothes, likely to buy a big car or tractor soon or something
like that), your phone number is worth very little.
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