Cascade
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Strange mystery: email I sent to Tijuana hospital is sent back to me with my PRIVATE phone number noted
Very strange: I sent a short Gmail email to a TJ hospital where I asked them a couple of questions. I did not include my phone number. My phone number
is an unlisted landline. They answered my questions. But a portion of that email contains basic categorical information things like pais (U.S), ciudad
(San Diego), and something that amazed me: nombre, my telephone number. I can't imagine how they got my unlisted number. I called AT&T's tech
support and they had no answer for the mystery. AT&T is my ISP, but they wouldn't be a factor. And neither is Gmail a player in this cause Gmail
does not ask for your phone number when you create an account. I'm not famous meaning when you Google my name I'm probrably on page 900,009 so I can't
imagine a Mexican hospital obtaining my phone number that way.
To put this mystery in perspective I received my first email in 2003. Since then I've received an untold number of emails, as have you over the years.
And just like in all of the emails you've received over the years NOT ONCE once did the sender flaunt my phone number, until now. Is Mexican
technology that more advanced than the rest of the world?
[Edited on 5-8-2010 by Cascade]
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k-rico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cascade
Is Mexican technology that more advanced than the rest of the world? |
Yes, except their paint shops. 
Maybe Arrowhead works for the hospital or has written software that intercepts all emails written by Nomads. That would explain a lot.
P.S. Since you're a newbie you probably don't understand the Arrowhead remark. Don't worry, it's nothing.
[Edited on 5-8-2010 by k-rico]
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
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P.S. Since you're a newbie you probably don't understand the Arrowhead remark. Don't worry, it's nothing.
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No No...it's everything. The long arm of A-Head has channeled Cascade to gain reentry to the board. This place is haunted.
From now on, Cascade will have no control over what he posts here. He is the voice of A-Head.
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k-rico
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Cascade = Flechacabeza? Naw.
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jak
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cascade
Very strange: I sent a short Gmail email to a TJ hospital where I asked them a couple of questions. I did not include my phone number. My phone number
is an unlisted landline. |
I would disconnect the phone and scan for bugs (microphones) in the walls. it is obvious you have been targeted by the polyjunta.
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k-rico
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Cascade, did you google your email address?
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
Cascade, did you google your email address? |
It is possible to work backwards and get a phone number linked to an e-mail account, but WHY would a TJ hospital do that? For it to come up on that
info screen, the process would surely need to be automated by field. Interesting, but not good IMHO
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
| Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
Cascade, did you google your email address? |
It is possible to work backwards and get a phone number linked to an e-mail account, but WHY would a TJ hospital do that? For it to come up on that
info screen, the process would surely need to be automated by field. Interesting, but not good IMHO |
sounds like you were looking at internet header info.
your email software probably puts your tele # in internet header, because you set up your software that way.
you probably have little clue how you set up your email software, eh?
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
your email software probably puts your tele # in internet header |
Unlikely.
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Cascade
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
| Quote: | | It is possible to work backwards and get a phone number linked to an e-mail account, but WHY would a TJ hospital do that? For it to come up on
that info screen, the process would surely need to be automated by field. Interesting, but not good IMHO |
I would love to post a screen shot of the email, the part that clearly states my telephone number, but right above the telephone number is my real
name (I gave them my real name).
It did happen, I'm not making any of this up.
It is my phone number to my landline phone, a telephone located in San Diego.
I've received a ton of emails since '03 but this is the first one where the senders server, Internet provider or whoever or whatever noted my
telephone number in black and white.
And looking up my email address with a search engine won't help as my email address is a common phrase: iluvlatinmusic at such and such dot com.
Very strange.
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k-rico
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And looking up my email address with a search engine won't help as my email address is a common phrase: iluvlatinmusic at such and such dot
com.
Yes but iluvlatinmusic@"suchandsuch".com is a unique string. For a given domain, usernames are unique.
Perhaps you have a signature file that is automatically attached to your emails that contains your phone number. Many people do. Send yourself an
email and take a look.
I'm curious about this.
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motoged
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Uhhhhh, why not ask the hospital how they got your tel #....seems like they would have a more accurate answer than the BN's
Don't believe everything you think....
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