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Someone used my email to sign up for Instagram ~10 years ago or so. I never got a mail or any kind of verification, so I didn't know. Only found out when I trie
by matsemann 6y ago
Someone used my email to sign up for Instagram ~10 years ago or so. I never got a mail or any kind of verification, so I didn't know. Only found out when I tried to sign up myself a few years ago, and "the address is already in use". So I took forgot password, and got the email. I tried to get support to move the other account so I could create my own, but they never responded. Luckily the account linked to my mail had like 3 pictures and 5 followers, so not to big a loss when I deleted it and created my own.
I also got signed up for some kind of dating service I cannot remember the name of (before Tinder etc), and after being getting some weird messages in my inbox I felt I had to delete his profile. Sorry about the matches you lost.
Given the nickname he's been using on some sites when signing up, I managed to track down his real email some time ago. Basically mine + a number. Asked him to stop using my mail, and what services he wanted we should try to move to him before me closing them. All I got in reply was something along "why are you in my inbox".
- fencepost 6y agoI suspect this happens most with people using a full size keyboard and the numeric keypad - when numlock is off, they miss that the numbers didn't get entered and boom, there's your address instead. I suspect you never see this with people whose number-after-name was 4 or 7, because they won't be entering a valid email address.