• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Just roam around the Internet and enter some contests. They always require an email or phone number so they can sell it to similar businesses.

    Enter to win a new car? Everyone who sells cars and ANYTHING related to them now knows you’re interested in cars.

    A free cruise? Congratulations! Every travel agency (yeah, I guess they actually still exist) knows that you’re looking for deal on a getaway.

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      10 months ago

      Literally apply for a free prequote on insurance. I got like 4 calls within the hour and a dozen emails in the same time. Shits insane.

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      9 months ago

      Its all shit and giggles until they accidentallt win a car or cruise