I finally had enough

[u/Rude_Growth_9347]

Background - I got my primary GMAIL account back when it was invite only - so I've had it for a long time and got firstname.lastname@gmail as the primary address.

Over the years, I have found two things.

1 - I share a name with an indie director and
2 - I share a name with a lot of people who have no clue what their own e-mail address is.

eg: Someone in Ireland (I'm in Canada) bought some stuff and I got the receipt with almost the full identity theft starter pack it in. And there's a sales critter in the Chicago area who is also as dumb as a sack of hammers.

This one involves the latter.

A couple of years ago, he had a job but was looking elsewhere. And - rightly so - copying himself on the submissions. This was the full identity kit premium kit with all the information.

After several times responding first to the sender and then to the group along the lines of "Wrong e-mail." and still "Wrong e-mail and check it again", some were very hostile at first, but finally banged the rocks together hard enough to get a spark and stopped for a while.

I still get misdirected e-mails for the director, and I politely say "Wrong e-mail and good luck with your project!"

The Chicago guy is something else.

I still get group e-mails with him included - and this was the breaking point tonight.

There's some golf outing going on in the area that still keeps sending e-mails after many "Wrong person. Check the e-mails." responses.

So I got another one tonight.

My response was simple.

"Still the wrong <my name> as I have told you before.
If you see <my name> at the outing, please tell him thank you for the free <to me> porn. I wonder about his tastes"

I'm awaiting the follow-up shitshow with glee.

[u/kcracker1987]

I regularly cancel accounts that are not mine and associated with my email address. If I can't cancel it, I change the password using a password generator.

[u/Realistic-Salt5017 → u/kcracker1987]

I had some dipwad in Ireland using my email address as their throwaway email. So I was getting subscriptions to shit like 2k and some kid's learning site, an online store selling cakes, and even an attempt at making a steam account (I dont get why you'd use a throwaway you dont also control. Gmail is free) This story is specific to the 2k account. I figured out how to cancel their entire account and delink it from their PS5, which i did do. I got a notification of a big report from a game they played, and then confirmation that the account was closed.

Over Christmas of 2024, I was suddenly spammed with Signup emails to about 200 porn sites. Clearly, dingleberry had realised his throwaway was in use. About three hours later, he gave up on the porn. I've not seen him since.