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The other day, I thought I got a strange spam email. Strange for a number of reasons: Gmail put it into my inbox instead of spam folder. It was well-written. It contained no links to anywhere or anything. It looked like an email I'd get at work (it was written by a senior surgeon or doctor to other doctors).
I googled sentences from it, but got no results (usually if it's spam, something would come up). It was a mailing list from a doctor, telling me (and other people BCCed) that we were now on the mailing list for surgeons and ER doctors at [hospital] (I know exactly which one and where it is, but I'm not going to post it in an unlocked post).
Figuring it was just odd, failed spam, I ignored it. An hour later I got an email talking about insurance issues for incoming ER patients. Then I got one with talk about who would have to work Christmas or New Years (but no one has to work both holidays, so that's nice for them). I got an email about a new hire who would work 12 days per month to cover vacation times. I got a happy email explaining they hired someone who would work only nights, making everyone's hours better.
Just now I got a spreadsheet listing hospital rooms, patient's first and last name, which doctor they're assigned to, and one other column that makes no sense (some kind of hospital or insurance code, I guess).
This is coming to my thistlechaser AT gmail address. I've never been to the state the hospital is in. For my own hospital visit and any other real life issues, I use a gmail address containing my RL name. I never use thistlechaser for anything RL. How in the world did my email address get into their mailing list?
Talk about privacy issues! I know I should contact them and point out that they have me on their mailing list in error, but this is really interesting.
I googled sentences from it, but got no results (usually if it's spam, something would come up). It was a mailing list from a doctor, telling me (and other people BCCed) that we were now on the mailing list for surgeons and ER doctors at [hospital] (I know exactly which one and where it is, but I'm not going to post it in an unlocked post).
Figuring it was just odd, failed spam, I ignored it. An hour later I got an email talking about insurance issues for incoming ER patients. Then I got one with talk about who would have to work Christmas or New Years (but no one has to work both holidays, so that's nice for them). I got an email about a new hire who would work 12 days per month to cover vacation times. I got a happy email explaining they hired someone who would work only nights, making everyone's hours better.
Just now I got a spreadsheet listing hospital rooms, patient's first and last name, which doctor they're assigned to, and one other column that makes no sense (some kind of hospital or insurance code, I guess).
This is coming to my thistlechaser AT gmail address. I've never been to the state the hospital is in. For my own hospital visit and any other real life issues, I use a gmail address containing my RL name. I never use thistlechaser for anything RL. How in the world did my email address get into their mailing list?
Talk about privacy issues! I know I should contact them and point out that they have me on their mailing list in error, but this is really interesting.
