Re: They are not usually so honest

On 6/19/25 10:29 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:

In article <10329ko$7gl9$1@dont-email.me>,
Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:

>
I got a spam call two days after Mark died.  When the spammer asked how
I was, I said "My husband died two days ago; what do you think?" and he
immediately launched into his spiel.

 [Hal Heydt]
Typically crass behavior.  I don't confirm or deny data,
particularly medical data.  Often, I will ask where they got what
they claim is medical data about me (which is either so common to
be pure guesswork or flat out wrong).  I will push for them to
tell me what doctor supplied it, with the implication that
*somebody* is going to be in trouble over HIPAA violations.
 One call actually named a doctor...but not one of mine (I think
he pulled a name out of his posterior because I was pushing for
one).
 I never tell them Dorothy has died.  Only that she is no longer
at this number. It's none of their f'ing business.

Given that his obituary was posted on the Internet, and in File 770, and who knows where else, it wasn't exactly a secret.  And spammers who would use that information already have ways to get it.  (The number of calls/mails offering to buy my house has risen dramatically since Mark died.)
It's like my email address--it's all over the place already.
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Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn
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