I read stupid people's emails - the joy of a sensible gmail address

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#2170334 30-Jan-2019 18:48

Batman:
so, using the collective knowledge of this thread, is setting up an email address with a common word/common name/common something, followed by 4 numbers a good idea? thanks

In all honesty, you're going to get more spam than misdirected (and even legitimate) e-mails regardless of what e-mail address you use.

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#2170339 30-Jan-2019 18:52

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Batman:

so, using the collective knowledge of this thread, is setting up an email address with a common word/common name/common something, followed by 4 numbers a good idea? thanks

In all honesty, you're going to get more spam than misdirected (and even legitimate) e-mails regardless of what e-mail address you use.

i just don't want to after all the collective knowledge from here, go and do something dumb. and yes prefer normal email instead of intentionally misspelling something or creating some cryptic code.

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#2181351 16-Feb-2019 21:53

You might want to try a random but readable username, e.g. www.lastpass.com/username-generator

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#2181413 17-Feb-2019 07:42

rhy7s: You might want to try a random but readable username, e.g. www.lastpass.com/username-generator

Pretty sure if you used that you will have a lot of lost wanted incoming email.

And yes I have a random username email, and does it get spam? Oh yes, it's full of spam that I've stopped using it. Where does it come from? My spam comes from a friend who's been hacked. If your friend gets hacked people have your email address and there's nothing you can do about it!

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#2181580 17-Feb-2019 17:50

Just got emailed login details for a vehicle warranty actually destined for an Idaho travel company. Was fairly easy to figure out who they were and contacted them via their (fairly professional) web site. But they use and replied from, a Gmail address different to their web domain name! Why why why?

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#2185932 23-Feb-2019 17:29

I've had.. Roblox accounts.. Travel Insurance.. Mobile service.. all sorts of things... I think this is particularly a gmail problem.

Have engaged with a couple of the vendors (in particular to have my address blacklisted by roblox and club penguin and T-Mobile) and once you get past the dumbass customer-service types to people who actually 'get it', most of the big name vendors are very helpful.

The rest get flagged as spam, i'm convinced the only way the vendors will care is if their delivery rates to end users start to drop.

No signature to see here, move along...

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#2198308 14-Mar-2019 23:30

This week I took over someone's account on a Brazilian auction site. Not only that, added 2FA authentication and logged out all sessions.

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#2198909 15-Mar-2019 17:14

This week, I received another dentist appointment notice for my regular in the states.

Unfortunately I was unable to cancel his appointment this time, they've removed the option :(

I did remove all his details again though.

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#2199026 15-Mar-2019 19:42

Add to his details that he has a heart murmur. That will get everyone’s attention.

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#2199092 15-Mar-2019 20:05

Can't add that sort of thing unfortunately. I have deleted every detail I can.

I replied to his University colleges a while ago asking them to explain that you have to own the address you are giving out. At that point I had everything relating to his identity except his banking details.

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#2245793 26-May-2019 10:51

Just took over a couple of accounts - I can't understand why someone named "Jonas" would create an account with my name.

Lucky I read/write Portuguese and Spanish. Even added 2FA to one of the accounts. Oh and found the "Terminate all sessions in all devices" button too.

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#2256208 11-Jun-2019 17:03

And just reset the password on Badoo (a dating site)... Someone is gonna miss all those matches.

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#2256387 11-Jun-2019 21:52

I have a name@domain.com address, and for a long while I was party to a lot of fairly confidential emails in Portuguese, by a Brazilian trucking company that added the .br after my address.

I ended up getting a En>Pt translator friend to write a form mail asking them to check their addresses, in particular the final .br, and eventually they stopped.

The highlight (?) of the whole series was being cc'd on a collection of extremely X-rated photos of a couple shagging on what looked like the boss' desk.

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#2256417 12-Jun-2019 07:10

I just confirmed a Volvo I have never owned is booked in for a service and I don't require a loan car and under special requests I want a McDonald's happy meal waiting for me when I drop off the car

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#2256418 12-Jun-2019 07:12

Gurezaemon: The highlight (?) of the whole series was being cc'd on a collection of extremely X-rated photos of a couple shagging on what looked like the boss' desk.

Shall I DM you my email address?

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