Re: ADDRESS DATABASE?

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                          SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,

So far, no one has come up with anything stronger than specula-
tion about my database question.  Some "anonymous" told me how
easy it was to buy *phone numbers* on CD-ROMs.  Great, but I
didn't give the guy my phone number.

On Thu, 14 Dec 1995, Rich Graves wrote:

> One of the easiest ways to get quick address changes is to subscribe to
> the US Postal Service's mail forwarding lists. They're advertised in 
> direct marketing magazines.

Fine, but I haven't put in any changes of address with the PO.

> Local and long distance phone companies probably sell telephone
> forwarding lists too. 

Yeah, maybe, but my original question was, "does anyone KNOW how 
the trick was done?                                     ^^^^


 S a n d y

P.S.  I'm not looking for movie makers, but for movie
      investors.  Jeez

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On Thu, 14 Dec 1995, Sandy Sandfort wrote:

> > Local and long distance phone companies probably sell telephone
> > forwarding lists too. 
> 
> Yeah, maybe, but my original question was, "does anyone KNOW how 
> the trick was done?                                     ^^^^

If you give us your current and previous name, address, phone number,
credit card numbers, social security number, and a list of people you
communicate with, then we might be able to give you a more specific
answer. 

Otherwise, and probably even so, no. There's too many different ways to
invade your privacy for a third party to determine which particular
method was used. 

-rich

On Thu, 14 Dec 1995 14:50:19 -0800 (PST), Sandy Sandfort wrote:

> So far, no one has come up with anything stronger than specula-
> tion about my database question.  Some "anonymous" told me how
> easy it was to buy *phone numbers* on CD-ROMs.  Great, but I
> didn't give the guy my phone number.

These CD-ROMs can be searched for most any combination of name, street
name, city, state, zip and area code.

Given a relatively uncommon name and a zip code, it's not surprising
they could come up with only one hit.