Re:Belgian man has been receiving pizzas he never ordered fo...
by fortran77 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @12:31PM
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My gmail address is simply my last name. (I got it early). I get all sorts of things from other people with that last name. I've received things like cancer diagnoses (!) back before there were laws in place to protect medical records. Yesterday I got a shipment tracking for gold, noting the anticipated date and time it would arrive. (I could probably wait in front of the house and sign for it!)
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Re:Belgian man has been receiving pizzas he never ordered fo...
by SystemOut on Saturday June 06, 2020 @02:26PM
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Same thing with Yahoo for me. My last name is too short for gmail, though.
My last name also happens to be shared with the name of a large multi-national manufacturer. For some bizarre reason I get semi-regular emails looking for support help from customers of theirs in Iran. No other countries, just Iran. I also get e-mails from people that work for the company in India with photos of their company picnic. This happens about every other year although it's possible I've missed a few. I don't really use the account anymore.
They at least seem to throw a nice company picnic.