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Dec
30
Is soliciting your own business services through an email list obtained at your previous job legal?
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Clueless123 asked:
Someone contacted me through my school email address soliciting his services as a internship coach. After googling this guy’s name I found that he recently worked for a non-profit organization that helps students find internships for free – I applied to this program a couple of months ago and assume this is how he obtained my email address.
It is a legit NPO. It is widely known amongst college students. The guy no longer works at the NPO – his resume is online (LinkedIn).
If you’re sure the non profit you applied to is legitimate you could always call or write them and tell them this guy is using their list to solicit his own services. If you didn’t agree to be solicited by this guy you should report him as a spammer and block his email. If he’s still working for this NPO and they find out he’s spamming people he will be gone in a flash. Also you should check these people out and make sure they’re legit. Something doesn’t sound right about the whole thing.
There are a lot of con artists out there that prey on students. Be careful.
Technically it’s against the CANSPAM act, as you did not register to receive his information, and you didn’t double opt-in.
So without knowing the details, I’d say no, it’s not legal.