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There's something even worse than the "please write to us from your original email". On a number of occasions, I've had some random people use my email address
by binarycrusader 4y ago
There's something even worse than the "please write to us from your original email". On a number of occasions, I've had some random people use my email address to sign-up for something and then occasionally I have to actually contact a random company to unsubscribe me and/or delete the account.
When this happens, I've had a few insane companies insist that I send them a screenshot from my gmail app/web page, etc. to "prove" it's my email address. I have steadfastly refused despite some rather angry responses insisting that I have to. I have responded very strongly and politely that I have to do no such thing as I have no business relationship with their company. Usually once I point out that they're sending someone else's private information (receipts, etc.) to a completely unrelated individual and they could be held liable they relent and delete/unsubscribe my email address.
The most insane of these was when Uber started emailing me someone's trip receipts every time they took a trip for someone in Australia. When I contacted them, they refused to believe me and said it wasn't possible. I ended up finding one of their technical VPs on LinkedIn, messaged them blindly, and "mysteriously" it resolved itself two days later with a polite apology.