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I have my 6 letter surname at gmail as well, and I've had this issue for decades. Everything from wedding invitations to banking to schools etc. I have answere
by croon 6y ago
I have my 6 letter surname at gmail as well, and I've had this issue for decades. Everything from wedding invitations to banking to schools etc.
I have answered some helpfully if I had the time, but mostly ignored them and put them in a folder as "mail for others".
One in particular, some kid in Arizona who shares my last name has signed up for everything from golf to Epic Games. I found him on facebook and friended (since we shared our last name) and politely asked him if he could try to not use my email for things. He told me it was his, called me a creep and blocked me.
It's kind of hilarious how many people insist the email I (or Google I suppose) own is also theirs, despite the technical impossibility of that scenario. The same has happened with my phone number.
- mywacaday 6y agoPlease tell me you shut down a few of his "accounts"
- jdhawk 6y agoI also have my username with gmail, and have had everyone from college professors, pastors, and restaurant equipment salesmen claim it as their own. It really is mind boggling.
- ValentineC 6y agoFun fact: Facebook logs people in if they click on a link in their transactional emails. Don't forward your transactional Facebook emails to other people. There's also no feature to verify or disavow email addresses. I wonder if they change this policy now that more people know about it.