[dmz]

And very good at what they do (whatever that is)

In the late 70s, a friend of mine and I stopped in NYC after our summer in the Maine woods, and one afternoon, looking for a pub for lunch, we got accosted by the Scientologists, wanting to do a personality test. We were in our 20s, likely high as kites (mj), so we thought it would be hoot.

I gave them only my first name. 3 weeks later, to my home address, came something from the scientologists referencing the personality test taken in NYC. Even allowing for the fact that I may have slipped and given them my last name, that would not have led them to me, as my bio dad had passed in the early 60s and mom remarried, so I did not share the last name associated with that address.

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One of the hardest things on earth is to get off of a scientology ailing list.

There was even a case where a woman reported the death of her spouse, with a request that they stop mailing him as the constant reminders were upsetting her.

She got back a letter that said we got that he’s gone, do you have a forwarding address for him?...

[PapaBear3625]

I gave them only my first name. 3 weeks later, to my home address, came something from the scientologists referencing the personality test taken in NYC. Even allowing for the fact that I may have slipped and given them my last name, that would not have led them to me, as my bio dad had passed in the early 60s and mom remarried, so I did not share the last name associated with that address.

They have an amazing ability to obtain information, if they choose to. That got them into a bit of trouble in the late 70's when the federal government discovered that they had inserted agents into the IRS, FBI and other places to obtain info on government investigations of Scientology and to alter their files.

There's also an interesting series Scientology: The Truth Rundown