The dots do matter: how to scam a Gmail user

Re:The dots do matter: how to scam a Gmail user by Pxtl on Saturday April 07, 2018 @04:40PM (#16782825)

Good to know. I had accidentally created multiple accounts for myself around '05 or so and was really surprised by it. Iirc back then they also required separate accounts per-country, but I could be wrong about that.

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Re:The dots do matter: how to scam a Gmail user by uiri on Saturday April 07, 2018 @05:03PM (#16782956)

I don't think they require separate accounts per-country, but my only experience is with .com and .ca. They might do the accounts on a per-realm basis (North America, Far East, Europe, etc.) rather than strictly per-country.

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Re:The dots do matter: how to scam a Gmail user by tough_luck on Saturday April 07, 2018 @05:22PM (#16783062)

I have same account (same mail) with amazon that works across their .com, .in, .fr., .co.uk

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Re:The dots do matter: how to scam a Gmail user by stordoff on Saturday April 07, 2018 @04:56PM (#16782927)

They still do AFAICT (I had to sign up for a Japanese account relatively recently).

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Re:The dots do matter: how to scam a Gmail user by AnssiH on Saturday April 07, 2018 @06:45PM (#16783469)

Amazon Japan and Amazon China are the only ones that have separate accounts from the rest of the Amazon sites.

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