I've found the same, especially having just a <firstname><number> gmail. On top of just the various receipts and booking and what have you, I've noticed my ema

I've found the same, especially having just a <firstname><number> gmail. On top of just the various receipts and booking and what have you, I've noticed my email being used for what I think are probably fake accounts setup by either the company or their marketing firm. I had Wells Fargo email me shit about some bank account for the the longest time, and I could never get rid of the emails, tried calling them saying this email doesn't have a back account with you etc etc. Turns out a few years later they got busted with creating fake accounts. I bet some hack at the company just put my first name for the email in the fake account they created, and bam, I get spam from them. Now I'm suspicious every time I get email from an account I didn't create for AT&T or some larger company, and I always wonder whats a typo, and what company is trying to pump their numbers... Or the kid who used my email for his Fortnight account. Yeah, I wiped out his account once I tried signing on for the first time, and got messages saying I never confirmed my email...