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My Gmail is first.last name. I get very sensitive documents for a lawyer with my same name who resides in Texas. We've actually had some decent conversations ov

My Gmail is first.last name. I get very sensitive documents for a lawyer with my same name who resides in Texas. We've actually had some decent conversations over the years.

drusepth 4y ago
I used to have a similar-enough email to a dentist office in Texas and would get a lot of patient scans / files as well. Reached out a dozen times before it finally stopped.
P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
I had that happen once. It was a recipt for a medical purchase, at first I thought I was getting scammed. What tipped me off was the email was sent to firstnamelastname@gmail.com and NOT firstname.lastname@gmail.com. That was the day I realized google would even do that. I ended up using the phone number in the email to contact the person and forwarded the email. And yes, they had my first and last name :)
- romeoblade 4y ago
  Yup! I ended up having to look him up via the states bar association's website. Was able to get his bar association email which was different then the gmail. It's the only contact I have in google contacts because it happens about 3 times a year. He got a congratulations email on a bmw purchase one time. Had a good discussion about cars, we are both gear heads.
- bhrgunatha 4y ago
  I'm subscribed to so many informal church groups in Alabama originally but "I've" since moved to Texas. I tried quite hard to clear up the confusion but with virtually no action ever taken, so now I just observe. From those emails, it's nice seeing how people support each other and apparently I'm in demand giving scripture classes.
  - dolmen 4y ago
    I'm french. But my e-mail address has been used by real people to subscribe to services in Sweeden, Turkey and somewhere South America. At least language helps to sort things.
- hota_mazi 4y ago
  > What tipped me off was the email was sent to firstnamelastname@gmail.com and NOT firstname.lastname@gmail.com. Dots don't matter in Gmail, so these email addresses are the same: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150?hl=en https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150?hl=en
bee_rider 4y ago
So far I haven't gotten anything that would give me moral compunctions to ignore, thankfully!
SpamFork 4y ago
Your gmail is actually firstlastname periods are ignored and so are most things after a +. So your email could be fir.st.las.t+hackernewsapp @
Semaphor 4y ago
I have an extremely common (for German-speaking countries) first-last name combination and I have firstlast@gmail.com (not used anymore, but I check it around once a week). I get so many confidential documents or personal photos. The most hilarious/sad was the insurance provider domcura which advertised how they got some kind of award for their great processes, yet writing to 2 or 3 different service emails that they are sending me confidential documents resulted in nothing until I wrote to their data protection officer.
- number6 4y ago
  Hello Hans Maier!
  - Semaphor 4y ago
    Maier is only #34 in Germany, Meyer is #6, and mine, Wagner, is at #7 ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_surnames_in_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_surnam...
    - BuyMyBitcoins 4y ago
      Here in the United States we choose “John Smith” as the most generic and common name for a man. What name would a German pick? Curiously, for a supposedly common name I have never once met a John Smith.
      - Semaphor 4y ago
        It depends, probably Max Müller or Hans Müller, just anything Müller. Unlike the US, we don’t normally use a real name as placeholder name [0], the options there would be Max or Erika Mustermann (literally example or pattern man), for an average person it’s Otto Normalverbraucher (Otto Average-Consumer) and Lieschen Müller. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placeholder_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placeholder_name
        4y ago
what_the_h321 4y ago
This reminds me of gail.com: https://discu.eu/q/https://gail.com https://discu.eu/q/https://gail.com

My Gmail is first.last name. I get very sensitive documents for a lawyer with my same name who resides in Texas. We've actually had some decent conversations over the years.

drusepth 4y ago

I used to have a similar-enough email to a dentist office in Texas and would get a lot of patient scans / files as well. Reached out a dozen times before it finally stopped.

P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago

I had that happen once. It was a recipt for a medical purchase, at first I thought I was getting scammed. What tipped me off was the email was sent to firstnamelastname@gmail.com and NOT firstname.lastname@gmail.com. That was the day I realized google would even do that. I ended up using the phone number in the email to contact the person and forwarded the email. And yes, they had my first and last name :)

romeoblade 4y ago
Yup! I ended up having to look him up via the states bar association's website. Was able to get his bar association email which was different then the gmail. It's the only contact I have in google contacts because it happens about 3 times a year. He got a congratulations email on a bmw purchase one time. Had a good discussion about cars, we are both gear heads.
bhrgunatha 4y ago
I'm subscribed to so many informal church groups in Alabama originally but "I've" since moved to Texas. I tried quite hard to clear up the confusion but with virtually no action ever taken, so now I just observe. From those emails, it's nice seeing how people support each other and apparently I'm in demand giving scripture classes.
- dolmen 4y ago
  I'm french. But my e-mail address has been used by real people to subscribe to services in Sweeden, Turkey and somewhere South America. At least language helps to sort things.
hota_mazi 4y ago
> What tipped me off was the email was sent to firstnamelastname@gmail.com and NOT firstname.lastname@gmail.com. Dots don't matter in Gmail, so these email addresses are the same: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150?hl=en https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150?hl=en

bee_rider 4y ago

So far I haven't gotten anything that would give me moral compunctions to ignore, thankfully!

SpamFork 4y ago

Your gmail is actually firstlastname periods are ignored and so are most things after a +. So your email could be fir.st.las.t+hackernewsapp @

Semaphor 4y ago

I have an extremely common (for German-speaking countries) first-last name combination and I have firstlast@gmail.com (not used anymore, but I check it around once a week). I get so many confidential documents or personal photos. The most hilarious/sad was the insurance provider domcura which advertised how they got some kind of award for their great processes, yet writing to 2 or 3 different service emails that they are sending me confidential documents resulted in nothing until I wrote to their data protection officer.

number6 4y ago
Hello Hans Maier!
- Semaphor 4y ago
  Maier is only #34 in Germany, Meyer is #6, and mine, Wagner, is at #7 ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_surnames_in_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_surnam...
  - BuyMyBitcoins 4y ago
    Here in the United States we choose “John Smith” as the most generic and common name for a man. What name would a German pick? Curiously, for a supposedly common name I have never once met a John Smith.
    - Semaphor 4y ago
      It depends, probably Max Müller or Hans Müller, just anything Müller. Unlike the US, we don’t normally use a real name as placeholder name [0], the options there would be Max or Erika Mustermann (literally example or pattern man), for an average person it’s Otto Normalverbraucher (Otto Average-Consumer) and Lieschen Müller. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placeholder_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placeholder_name
      - 4y ago

what_the_h321 4y ago

This reminds me of gail.com: https://discu.eu/q/https://gail.com https://discu.eu/q/https://gail.com