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  1. Cohete Rojo

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    So, in the mail the other day, I received a 401(k) statement from a company I was with for a few years. I left this particular company 2 years ago, but I still have the 401(k) account.

    So, after receiving the mail about the 401(k), a few days later I received an email from my bank with the title "Have questions about your old 401(k)?"

    I mean, how do they know? Do these companies share information? Coincidence? Skynet?
     
    #1 Cohete Rojo, Dec 3, 2015
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    Your bank hired a new employee

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    Did you have direct deposit with the company?
     
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    I told them.
     
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    Facebook

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    Direct marketing 101. Been around forever.
     
    #6 McNultyisDrunk, Dec 3, 2015
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    I got an email from Wells Fargo with the same title today. So it's just a coincidence - they timed the blast to a huge list of emails they already own. They send all kinds of marketing emails covering a lot of bases.
     
    #7 Ziggy, Dec 3, 2015
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    I got the same mail today as well.
     
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  9. Cohete Rojo

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    Curious: did either of you receive in the mail, or by email, information about your 401(k)?
     
    #9 Cohete Rojo, Dec 3, 2015
  10. Rashmon

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    December is typically the end of a quarter.
     
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    Source?
     
    #11 Haymitch, Dec 3, 2015
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    Email. I have mine set to only send stuff through email.
     
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  13. Rashmon

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    Thirty plus years in the workforce? Quarterly updates of my 401K? I would guess it may be different for varying plans but a year is 12 months. Ending in December.

    edit: I offered the comment as just another data point, not a definitive explanation of your specific situation.
     
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    Ball bearings. It's all ball bearings these days.
     
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  15. Haymitch

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    OK. I guess that qualifies as multiple sources. Carry on.
     
    #15 Haymitch, Dec 4, 2015
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    Do you have a MySpace account? Change your password.
     
    #16 rezdawg, Dec 4, 2015
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    FWIW, the fiscal year at my job begins in August. Which makes December fall in the middle of a quarter. And I have nine years in the workforce.
     
    #17 HR Dept, Dec 4, 2015
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