Someone keeps subscribing my email to "plan your funeral" sites

[BigRedBall]

AIBU to not want to receive them? I don't really want to think about my funeral until after I die.

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There's a woman in Australia who must have a similar email address to me because I get all sorts of emails for her. I've never met her, but I know that she got married about five years ago, has a toddler, and is now expecting her second baby. Also, she really likes travel documentaries and subscribes to several newsletters related to them.

I think the funeral plan ones are spam though, and if you click the unsub link it just lets them know they've got a real email address so send you even more.

why can't you change your email address? Either that or just mark them as junk.

I keep getting these emails. Trouble is when they ask you to unsubscribe, you have to type your email address in the box, which presumably gets passed on elsewhere! I just delete.

Call the Police?

I won't be calling 101 , although I do understand that train of thought. They're like subtle death threats aren't they?

Not had a big birthday recently, I'm in my early 30's. But come to think of it, I have ordered things like toe guards for an elderly relative in the past so maybe they've somehow passed on my details as an old person? .

No-one is subscribing you. It's spam, that's all. I get them too. Just mark them as spam (on your email) and keep deleting them.

It's spam, signing up for things here and there can lead to all sorts of emails coming through. Wouldn't give it another thought, I get ones on labiaplasty and other surgery offers all the time after I signed up to a plastic surgery forum, I'm sure it's just spam and not DH trying to infer something haha.

Whoever said call the police...Jesus wept get a grip...

I was accidentally signing someone else up for things until I discovered that it DID matter whether I put hotmail.com or hotmail.co.UK at the end of my address

I have an email doppelganger too ::sigh:: and I've had such varied correspondence as her work roster, new Netflix account (paid for), Brownie parent helper rota, and most recently her DBS check to work in her children's school

Where possible I reply to point out her error and urge them to contact her by other means. But my responses are getting increasingly sarcastic.

I think the toe guards may hold the key. Sounds like they may have sold your details.

I keep getting them too

I don't think anyone is subscribing you, it's just spam. I have had these too.

If the poster who suggested calling 101 ever did this part of me hopes they'd get done for wasting police time but then that would waste more of their time.

I've had these by the shed load since buying a DIY will kit on Amazon (can date to the day of order)..clearly some data sharing there....Mind your Amazon activity would be my advice, then as pp say, ignore and delete!

A marketing company has got hold of your email address, if they abide by Dma standards there should be a bar at the top of the email explaining who sent it to you. If there isn't someone may have just made up your email and added it to a list.

The plan my funeral thing is a massive new insurance thing. The email is probably asking you to download information or request a quote. If you do that your details will be sold for about £2.50 as a 'lead'.

Best you can do is unsubscribe and add to junk anything else sent from the same people.

101 for spam email and sausage gate. MN is brill today!

filter and bounce back or filter and delete.

Never 'unsubscribe' unless it's from something you used to subscribe to (eg if you want to get off Mumsnet...). You are just confirming that yours is a live address and it will be sold on to more scammers. Send it to Junk if your email program allows it, but don't do more than that.

These and phone scammers are high on the list of the most evil people in the world.
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I understand the Call 101 thing though - it's a bit like those sick 'jokes' delivering coffins or wreaths, which are nothing but malicious. But this is just the interwebs at their worst. I even get spam emails offering to sell me a million email addresses for x$$ - sorted into professions for a bit extra. It's not personal.
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