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National
Cut Junk Mail Month April 1 - May 1, 2007 |
Here are some of the
thousands of outfits selling you to junk mailers.
(The following section describes some of the lists sold during the past 10 years.)
(The following section describes some of the lists sold during the past 10 years.)
| STUDENT MARKETING GROUP, INC. -
(preschool children: 2-5 years old, sex, age, phone number) |
| BULLS EYE MARKETING - (folks who made a call to a sex line for phone sex) |
| JOHNSON
& JOHNSON - (women who called a toll free
number to get free samples of adult diapers) |
| MARTHA
STUART LIVING - (subscribers) presence of children, ethnicity,
religion |
| FOX TV: COPS OUT TAKES - (video
buyers) |
| MIGHTY
MORPHIN POWER RANGERS - (fan club
members/subscribers) kids |
| DISNEY MAGAZINE - (subscribers)
kids |
| OUT & ABOUT MAGAZINE
-(subscribers) homosexual vacationers |
| BIG BIRD / SESAME STREET - (fan
club) kids with age and phone numbers |
| SHONEY'S RESTAURANT
- (birthday meals applicants) kids |
| AMNISTY
INTERNATIONAL - (lapsed donors/members) |
| NATIONAL
RIFLE ASSOCIATION - (lapsed dorors/members) |
| SIERRA CLUB - (members/donors)
environmentalists |
| RUSH LIMBAUGH - (newsleter
subscribers) conservatives |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD
- (donors) gender, religion |
| AMERCAN
LEGION / AMVETS - (veterans) |
| EMILY'S LIST- (donors) politically
active individuals |
| AMERICAN EXPRESS - (credit card holders) |
| AT&T UNIVERSAL - (credit card holders) |
| DINERS CLUB - (credit card holders) with phone numbers |
| ESQUIRE
MAGAZINE - (subscribers) |
| HARPERS MAGAZINE -
(subscribers) |
| COSMO MAGAZINE -
(subscribers) |
| REDBOOK MAGAZINE -
(subscribers) |
| PEOPLE MAGAZINE
- (subscribers) |
| STRUBCO
INC - (homosexuals) |
| MILLENIUM
DIRECT MARKETING INC - (pornographic website
customers) |
| MATHEW LESKO -
(infomercial customers) 'opportunity seekers': such lists are
used
as a 'suckers' list |
| BOYS
TOWN - FATHER FLANAGAN - (seminar attendees) parents of 'troubled'
kids |
| MAYO CLINIC NEWSLETTER - (subscribers) health concious people |
| DISNEY - (catalog/magazine
subscribers) - kids approx. age |
| U
S NEWS & WORLD REPORT MAGAZINE - (subscribers) |
| SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT - (calender buyers) |
| JUST ONE LIFE - (donors)
anti-abortion |
| THE LIMITED - (credit card holders) |
| BANKERS LIFE & CASUALTY -
(insureds) seniors |
| HICKORY FARM CATALOG - (customers) |
| AMERICAN BABY MAGAZINE -
(subscribers) new parents |
| COLUMBIA HOUSE CATALOG / CLUB
- (music buyers) |
| MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOC -
(mail/telethon donors) |
| MIRABELLA MAG - (subscribers) |
| NATIONAL EASTER SEAL SOCIETY -
(donors) |
| SANTA LETTER FILE -
(grand/parents) those who paid a firm to write a 'letter form santa' to
their child |
| AMERICAN DIABETES FOUNDATION -
(donors) |
Here are more outfits that sell you out to junk mailers.
(All listings below - as of Feb. 2004, are sold by just one of the many list broker firms: Direct Media, Inc.)
| ALASKA TRAVEL INDUSTRY ASSN - (folks who asked about vacationing in Alaska) |
| ALZHEIMERS ASSN - (donor's) type of pet, reading interests, religion, approx. income - children's age |
| AMERICAN BLIND & WALLPAPER - (customer's) religion, approx. income - children's age |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSN - (donor's) religion, hobbies, ethnicity, approx. income - age - children's age |
| AMERICAN HISTORY MAGAZINE - (subscribers) |
| AMERICAS CIVIL WAR MAGAZINE - (subscribers) |
| ARTHUR FROMMER'S BUDGET TRAVEL MAGAZINE - (subscribers) |
| AUTOM CATALOGS - (customer's) religion, approx. amount spent |
| BEAUTY TRENDS CATALOG - ( customers) |
| BETTY CROCKER RECIPES MAGAZINE - (subscribers) Note: junk mailers may not I.D. list source to addressee |
| BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY REVIEW MAGAZINE - (subsriber's) religion |
| BIKE MAGAZINE - (subsribers) |
| BIOGRAPHY MAGAZINE - (subscribers & those who gave a gift subscription) Note: part of the A&E TV Network |
| BIRD WATCHER'S DIGEST - (subscribers) |
| BRIGHTER VISION LEARNING ADVENTURES - (buyers of educational aids for kids) parents |
| BURGERS SMOKEHOUSE - (mail order buyers) approx. amount spent |
| CANOE
AND KAYAK MAGAZINE - (subscribers) |
| CAPUCHIN
ORDER OF THE PROVINCE OF ST MARY -
(donors) |
| CHICAGO
MAGAZINE - (subscribers) |
| CHILDREN'S
NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - (donors) |
| COUNTRY
WOMAN MAGAZINE - (subscribers) |
| CRAFTMATIC
ADJUSTABLE BEDS - (TV infomercial
respondent's) dwelling type, religion, approx. age - income |
| CRITICS
CHOICE VIDEO CATALOG - (customers) |
| EDDIE
BAUER - (customers) race, ethnicity, new
movers,
D.O.B., religion, home type, "plus" sized, approx. income |
| EQUUS
MAGAZINE - (subscribers) |
| ESPECIALLY
YOURS APPAREL - (customers) African-American
women |
| ESSENCE
MAGAZINE - (subscriber's) religion, hobbies,
new movers ,
approx. age - income |
| FOUNTAIN
HOUSE - (donors) |
| FRANS
WICKER AND RATTAN HOME DECOR - (catalog
recipients) |
| GEERLINGS
AND WADE GIFT CATALOG - (customers) approx.
amount spent |
| GIRLS
LIFE - (subscribers) preteen market |
| GOD'S
LOVE WE DELIVER - (donors) |
| GRAYMOOR
- ST. CHRISTOPHER'S INN - (donors) |
| HARLEQUIN
WORLDS BEST ROMANCES MAGAZINE - (subscribers) |
| JUVENILE
DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION - (donors) |
| LA
REDOUTE CATALOG - (buyer's) credit card
usage, approx. amount spent - age of children |
| LANE
BRYANT CATALOG - (buyer's) "plus" size
women, approx. age - age of children - income - amount spent |
| MARSHALL
FIELD'S - (catalog) new movers, nature of
purchased item, presence of children , approx. amount spent |
| MASSACHUSETTS
SOC PREVENT CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - (donors) |
| MISSIONARY
OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE - (donors) |
| MUSIC
STAND CATALOG - (buyer's) largest purchase |
| NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY - (members/subscriber's)
new movers, marital status, approx. age - income |
| NATIONAL
SHRINE OF ST ANTHONY AND ST JUDE - (donors) |
| NAT'L
COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOC SEC & MEDICARE
- (donor's) donation amount, approx. times donated |
| NATURAL
HISTORY MAGAZINE - (subscribers) |
| NEW YORK
PUBLIC TELEVISION (WNET & WLIW) -
(donor's) ethnicity, religion , approx. donation amount |
| NEWSWEEK
MAGAZINE - (subscriber's) new movers, race,
ethnicity, religion, gender |
| NORTH
SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE - (donor's) hobbies,
religion, marital status, approx. age - donation amount |
| OMAHA
HOME FOR BOYS DONORS - (donors) |
| OMAHA
STEAKS - (buyer's) ethnicity, religion, gender, hobbies, approx. income -
amount spent
- age of kids |
| ORBIS SIGHT FLIGHT - (donors) |
| OUR LADY
OF VICTORY HOMES OF CHARITY - (donors) |
| PALM
BEACH INTERNATIONAL CATALOG - (buyers) |
| PAULA
YOUNG FASHION WIGS CATALOG - (buyer's)
possession
of credit card, approx. amount spent, |
| PC WORLD
MAGAZINE - (subscribers) email adrs,
religion, home type, rent/own, hobbies, approx. age - kids' age |
| PILLSBURY
CLASSIC COOKBOOKS MAGAZINE - (subscribers) |
| PLAYBOY
CATALOG - (buyers) approx. amount spent,
nature of what was bought, paid by check/credit card |
| SAN
FRANCISCO MAGAZINE - (subscribers) |
| SG: SURF
/ SNOW / SKATE GIRL - (subscribers) |
| SHUTTERBUG
MAGAZINE - (subscribers) |
| SKATEBOARDER
MAGAZINE - (subcribers) |
| SIGNALS
CATALOG - (customers) ethnicity, religion,
married y/n, presence of kids, approx. amount spent |
| SMARTMONEY
MAGAZINE - (subcribers) new movers,
religion, gender |
| SMG
TICKETS - (buyers) type of event:
sports/art/concert/etc., approx. amount spent - age - age of
children |
| SURFER
MAGAZINE - (subscribers) |
| SUSAN
G KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION - (donors) |
| TASTE
OF HOME MAGAZINE - (subscribers) new movers, gender, gave subscription as a gift y/n |
| TEDDY
BEAR AND FRIENDS MAGAZINE - (subscribers) |
| TEKAKWITHA
INDIAN MISSIONS - (donors) |
| TENNIS
MAGAZINE - (subscriber's) gender |
| THE
SEEING EYE - (donors) |
| THINGS
REMEMBERED CATALOG - (customers) approx.
recency and value of purchace - age - income |
| THOMPSON
(CIGAR) & CO. - (catalog) golfer y/n,
approx. value of purchase |
| U.S.
OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - (donors) recency of
donation |
| U.S. GOLF
ASSN - (members)
religion, ethnicity, approx. age - income - age of children |
| VETERANS
OF FOREIGN WARS - (members) approx. age - income - age of children |
| VOLLEYBALL
MAGAZINE - (subscribers) |
| WHALES
AND FRIENDS - (gift catalog) approx.
value of purchase |
| WTTW CHICAGO PUBLIC TELEVISION - (donors/members) |
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