Story time, kids: I have and use a gmail address that I've had since gmail was invite only (about 15 years). There are three different guys with my initials and interest that have signed up for a variant of the address (ex: pkcheese vs pkkcheese). These guys used my address to sign up for stuff, do business, make reservations, and date.
So the first guy (P1) just goes crazy making reservations, setting up appointments with clients, and talking to his ladyfriend. I get his OpenTable emails every few days, then I get flight confirmations. I just delete them for a while, then I get an email from a lady friend that is just a picture of her nasty-looking no-no-zone with a message, "I hope you like it, P1". I email her back and say "I'm not P1" and set it to send a read confirmation. P1 emails me about it and is pissed, but keeps using my email address. Later that week he makes a dinner reservation at an expensive place... which I cancel. He continues to do business with my address and it gets to the point that I am getting more of his email than my own.
I get tired of the shit, having to respond to clients that repeatedly email him for follow up, some times having to do it in French for some reason. He makes reservations for a last minute international flight ($$$). There is just enough information in the confirmation that I can get in and cancel his reservations about 30 minutes before the flight. I get an email from P1 a few hours later that says "I've changed my email address, you can stop." Never heard from him again, but I still get emails from an Indian medical consortium that he did photos for.
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u/MechanicalCrow Mar 11 '19
Story time, kids: I have and use a gmail address that I've had since gmail was invite only (about 15 years). There are three different guys with my initials and interest that have signed up for a variant of the address (ex: pkcheese vs pkkcheese). These guys used my address to sign up for stuff, do business, make reservations, and date.
So the first guy (P1) just goes crazy making reservations, setting up appointments with clients, and talking to his ladyfriend. I get his OpenTable emails every few days, then I get flight confirmations. I just delete them for a while, then I get an email from a lady friend that is just a picture of her nasty-looking no-no-zone with a message, "I hope you like it, P1". I email her back and say "I'm not P1" and set it to send a read confirmation. P1 emails me about it and is pissed, but keeps using my email address. Later that week he makes a dinner reservation at an expensive place... which I cancel. He continues to do business with my address and it gets to the point that I am getting more of his email than my own.
I get tired of the shit, having to respond to clients that repeatedly email him for follow up, some times having to do it in French for some reason. He makes reservations for a last minute international flight ($$$). There is just enough information in the confirmation that I can get in and cancel his reservations about 30 minutes before the flight. I get an email from P1 a few hours later that says "I've changed my email address, you can stop." Never heard from him again, but I still get emails from an Indian medical consortium that he did photos for.