• My number is on my PsychologyToday page and my NPI profile, so hopefully from there, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they bought it from the university I went to or got access to a government database associated with my license

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      Everyone and their brother that collects data for something will sell it to the highest bidders

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      When I was signing up for the army in 2012 they asked me if I knew anyone who might wanna join, I think there was a bonus involved? Anyways I gave them no names or numbers and got nothing, not even the other bonus they promised me.

      Never trust army recruiters.

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      The medical school application system, AMCAS, sells the information of every medical school applicant. I had to call the recruiters’ office and explain to them that I have multiple failing organ systems and take more than 10 medications a day. I asked if they could get me a medical waiver for chronic kidney disease and they sheepishly agreed to remove my name from their list.

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      Specifically for medical stuff, they swipe your number and email when you take the MCAT. I was debating an MD/PhD so I took it and even never applying or getting into med school they’d randomly email me, for like 5y after.