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My GMail account (that I don't really use for anything apart for having a Google account) apparently shares its name with a Brazilian game store chain. I have r
by TonyTrapp 6y ago
My GMail account (that I don't really use for anything apart for having a Google account) apparently shares its name with a Brazilian game store chain. I have received a number of complaints (in Portuguese) that were apparently about games not running properly. Someone also tried to send some money to it via PayPal, and it was clearly not directed at me. Luckily a quick call to PayPal resolved this issue.
Edit: Apparently some guy found it funny to sign up using that GMail address on a Brazilian dating website. And no, the address itself isn't a Portuguese term or anything.
- TonyTrapp 6y agoAnother anecdote: I have another email address (first_last@isp) and my last name is one of those that are very common but exist with several different spellings. One day I got a message from a freshly-wed lady, and she intended to send the mail to her husband. From the mail it seemed like she took his last name when they married, which made it even funnier that she mistyped it in the email address she sent the mail to. :)