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I don’t think that’s what’s going on. I think it’s like this: GP’s email address is john.doe@gmail.com Lots of people are named John Doe, and some of them thi
by Gaelan 7y ago
I don’t think that’s what’s going on. I think it’s like this:
GP’s email address is john.doe@gmail.com
Lots of people are named John Doe, and some of them think their email address is john.doe@gmail.com
When those people buy something online, they (incorrectly) provide their email address as john.doe@gmail.com
Emails about the products purchased end up going to GP
Google shows GP information about products that show up in his email
- maxxxxx 7y agoOk. I misread. So people are basically mistyping their own E-mail?
- durnygbur 7y agoThere must be some psychological treat that many people just enter <name>.<surname>@gmail.com from laziness, carelessness, or treating the address as a black hole? This happens too often all around the world.
- ImprovedSilence 7y agomeh, years ago quite a few retail stores started asking for your email after a purchase. I would wager there is a sizable subset that a) didn't want to give their real email, b) but were too polite to decline, (as the cashier would ask "what's your email", and it wouldn't sound like an option) and so c) just gave a fake/dummy email that somewhat relates to their real name.