fgi survey / are you getting these spams? / who is selling e-mail addresses?

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<p>i'm been getting some spams lately:</p>

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We invite you to participate in a national market research survey about college. This survey will take about 10 minutes of your time. Once you complete the survey, you will be entered into a drawing for one (1) of ten (10) $200 American Express gift cards. Winners will be contacted by e-mail at the completion of the survey project.

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<p>they claim that some institution i applied to gave them my email address:</p>

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You have received this email because you are a prospective student of a college or university that is partnered with Eduventures, who is working with FGI Research to conduct a national market research survey. If you feel you have received this email in error, visit this link to unsubscribe from future invitations to this survey research <a href="http://ld.fgiresearch.com/fgisurvey/spr%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ld.fgiresearch.com/fgisurvey/spr&lt;/a>, or you may send an unsubscribe request to our physical address at:

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<p>has anyone else received this? if so, what schools did you apply to? i want to know who's sharing my personal information without my permission... not only is it annoying, it's also wrong for educational institutions to share data with private industry without permission...</p>

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<p>I got that too. I haven't formally applied to any schools yet (rising senior), but checked off the box requesting info and such when I took standardized tests. So I guess a bunch of schools have my email. What schools did you apply to?</p>