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To wonder why I'm getting everyone else's email?

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Stringofpearlies · 28/04/2024 23:49

I've got an email address that's first name last name at gmail dot com. This means I get all kinds of email meant for other people with my name when people mistype the address, anything from real estate paperwork to ultrasound results. But I also get signups where the person themself had to have used my email address to sign up for store emails. Someone even used it to set up an Asda Rewards account. My question is, does anyone out there do this as a throwaway to avoid getting promo emails, or are people genuinely just forgetting what their email address is? I've not found any evidence of being scammed, it's just irritating.

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disasterStrikes · 29/04/2024 17:58

CelesteCunningham · 29/04/2024 10:06

Yeah it's the dot thing. DH has had court summonses and other similarly serious stuff for [email protected] and/or [email protected] when he's [email protected].

But the two email addresses (with and without dot) are the same email address- gmail doesn't differentiate between the two. Basically the dot is insignificant when using gmail.

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