Some random website knows which school i go to, this is the second time i have received this message

  • random65837@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    What kind of phone do you have? Do you use social media? Do you use the same email address everywhere? They don’t know anything you didn’t willingly give out. It’s not a random website, it’s a website that bought you via your browsing practices.

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      7 months ago

      This is most likely something that someone else gave out, not OP. Some old school “friend” signed up for some app and shared their phone contacts, app proceeds to spam those contacts hoping for more sign-ups.

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        7 months ago

        The ol’ True Caller scam! Don’t forget all the people that add email addys to the phones contact list…and then give every app that asks for permissions full roam.

        But I’m “paranoid” because 90% of people only get my VoIP number and non important email.

        One an occupation or two when I know somebody really sucks I’ll give them a forwarder LOL.