alt Hacker NewsI have a gmail address that at least three other people think is their address. I constantly get emails for the dumb stuff they sign up for. NONE of them ever have an "I didn't request this" link. I mean, I get it. That won't make them money, but oh man is it annoying.
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I get scammers using my email to sign up for websites, but they very obviously cannot login to my account. I often wonder what is in it for them. I'm sure someone on HN can tell me!
I feel your pain. My gmail address is just my first name, and oh boy, don't half of the people sharing the same first name also think they share my email.
I have exactly the same problem.
> I mean, I get it.
I don't.
Seriously, that's a huge fricking red flag. Obviously, most of those companies I would never do business with anyway, but this puts it over the line for all the others.
If they don't understand the first thing about validating their putative customers' emails by, you know, sending an email saying "is this really you?" then they've completely proven their technical incompetence.
The worst one is robinhood. I have two different email addresses that different people have used to sign up for robinhood accounts (back when they were giving anybody an account).
Occasionally, I tweak them about sending me shit.
"Sure! Just send us a copy of your photo ID to prove you're not that person."
Nah, bro, you've proven you're clueless, and there's no way I'm sending PIA to clueless people.
The weirdest time was when I got on a girl sorority email list. Told them they got the wrong email a couple times, gave up, and just added a mail filter...