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I frequently get emails intended for someone who has my same email handle, but with the extension "@googlemail.com" instead of "@gmail.com". I know a lot about

I frequently get emails intended for someone who has my same email handle, but with the extension "@googlemail.com" instead of "@gmail.com". I know a lot about them. I know their shipping address in the UK. I know that they order inexpensive club attire, online Dominoe's delivery, and have a specific gym membership. I am shocked that Google offers no way to disentangle my email address from this person's. A more malicious person than I could easily take advantage of all of this personal information.

vultour 3y ago
Was there a period where you could register those separately? My old google account receives emails for both domains.
- supertofu 3y ago
  There must have been, else I wouldn't be in this situation.
  - astura 3y ago
    Nah, this person just doesn't know what their own email address is and types yours instead (yours with googlemail). This happens all the time and it really isn't something Google can do anything about.
  - notahacker 3y ago
    Or they could just have a similar gmail address they frequently get wrong (or that looks like yours when written in the terrible handwriting they fill in forms with) There's probably a single digit number of people with my initial and surname in the world, and I still get order confirmations for one of them, car promotions for another and am on some sort of targeted B2B spam list for a third to my Gmail address in that format. I quite like the order confirmations tbf, most of them are for a fish and chip shop I actually used to get food at when I was a kid and my grandparents lived nearby so they're oddly nostalgic
    - supertofu 3y ago
      it's the exact same email, only with "googlemail.com" as the extension.
esquivalience 3y ago
My understanding was that the two domains are equivalent. The following sites seem to confirm my understanding. Are you sure it isn't you? https://support.google.com/mail/thread/125577450/gmail-and-googlemail?hl=en https://support.google.com/mail/thread/125577450/gmail-and-g... https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-gmail.com-and-googlemail.com-email-addresses https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-gmail.c... https://www.gmass.co/blog/domains-gmail-com-googlemail-com-and-google-com/ https://www.gmass.co/blog/domains-gmail-com-googlemail-com-a...
- supertofu 3y ago
  I'm pretty sure I don't have an alter ego who lives in the UK ;) The shipping address and accounts opened by this person are very obviously not mine. I live in NY.

vultour 3y ago

Was there a period where you could register those separately? My old google account receives emails for both domains.

supertofu 3y ago
There must have been, else I wouldn't be in this situation.
- astura 3y ago
  Nah, this person just doesn't know what their own email address is and types yours instead (yours with googlemail). This happens all the time and it really isn't something Google can do anything about.
- notahacker 3y ago
  Or they could just have a similar gmail address they frequently get wrong (or that looks like yours when written in the terrible handwriting they fill in forms with) There's probably a single digit number of people with my initial and surname in the world, and I still get order confirmations for one of them, car promotions for another and am on some sort of targeted B2B spam list for a third to my Gmail address in that format. I quite like the order confirmations tbf, most of them are for a fish and chip shop I actually used to get food at when I was a kid and my grandparents lived nearby so they're oddly nostalgic
  - supertofu 3y ago
    it's the exact same email, only with "googlemail.com" as the extension.

esquivalience 3y ago

My understanding was that the two domains are equivalent. The following sites seem to confirm my understanding. Are you sure it isn't you? https://support.google.com/mail/thread/125577450/gmail-and-googlemail?hl=en https://support.google.com/mail/thread/125577450/gmail-and-g... https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-gmail.com-and-googlemail.com-email-addresses https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-gmail.c... https://www.gmass.co/blog/domains-gmail-com-googlemail-com-and-google-com/ https://www.gmass.co/blog/domains-gmail-com-googlemail-com-a...

supertofu 3y ago
I'm pretty sure I don't have an alter ego who lives in the UK ;) The shipping address and accounts opened by this person are very obviously not mine. I live in NY.