A few years back it was revealed that some mass mailers had gotten hold of the listings from the Department Of Motor Vehicles of some states.   I think there was more than one instance like this, where anyone interested was given access to governmental listings of names, addresses, and phone numbers, etc.   It sucks, but that can be the case.

I do know that when I donate to one charity, I all of a sudden start getting donation solitations from all sorts of other tangentially related charities.

Also, once I turned *cough* 65 *cough* I began to get all sorts of offers for cremation services, burial plots, nursing home insurance, and just about everything else that's connected with being (perceived as) a geezer.   Makes me wonder if the Social Security Administration is giving or selling access to their address listings.

Oh, and FWIW, where email is concerned, it seems a lot of spammers either don't know that I don't have a penis (large or otherwise), already have a doctorate in psychology, have already paid off my mortgage, don't have any credit card debt, and am not losing my hair. LOL