May
I've literally gotten six or seven calls from different health insurance companies saying they're responding to my request for health benefit information. I…never requested anything from anyone. I don't know if my name got on some kind of a list or something–I assume it had to have since all of the companies are different. The only thing I've done the last week on the web is register to take the LSAT and I don't have any idea how the two could be connected.
It's either that or some really weird elaborate thing where someone went to several different websites for different health insurers and gave them my cell phone number. but I'm not sure what kind of information you have to give them for them to call. If it's just a number, okay I'll deal with it, but should I worry that more extreme information's being given out? The only reason I ask is that all these companies are telling me I'm pre-approved. I'm used to that from credit-card companies but not insurance.. One of them kept talking about disability insurance–I'm not disabled in any way. Very confused.
Anyone have any idea how this could have happened?
Answer:
A hacker could have picked up on it - or - whatever group you dealt with could include you on a calling or mailing list & sell the information to a company that compiles lists for this purpose. In the USA, for free, you can sign up for the National Do Not Call List for your telephone. If anyone calls after the first 30 days to give it time to get implemented - just inform the caller you’re on the Do Not Call list & they’ll hang up & remove you from their calling list. If these calls are causing you to use up your cell phone minutes, screen the calls first & do not answer if you do not recognize the caller. It's a pain in the patoot to have to deal with stuff you had no idea was even going on.
Answer:
I think you answered your own question. Somewheres along the way they have gotten your number, seems it's happening more and more it's called Robo-calling which is nothing more than a massive personal that sens out calls instead of e~mails that we call Spam.