My gmail address is lastname@gmail.com. Not a particularly common last name, and I thought it lucky when I got that address early on. I've since come to view it as mostly a curse.
I get email invoice every time Orkin goes out to spray a house in North Carolina. No option to say "this isn't me", and I've given up calling to tell them after multiple cycles.
The elderly German couple that would email their train itinerary so that their cousin could pick them up at the station. I would politely reply that I am not their cousin, and consequently their cousin would not be at the station. And six months later we start again.
Someone in Canada with first initial + last name that results in my last name kept getting wired money, and I would get in email with instructions. Of course no "not me" option. I haven't seen one of those in a while, hopefully he figured it out.
And so many more stories of people with my last name or close to it happily sending me their email... But I've had the address for practically forever, and really don't want to let it go.
I got service emails for the same year, model, and color Honda Civic that I own from a dealer in the UK. I am in the US. That alone was spooky.
The car was owned by somebody who matched my first initial, last name email address. (Edwin, I believe…)
I tried to unsubscribe. I tried to contact customer service. Nothing worked.
Each email would come with a little video walk around of the car. Eventually I started responding saying that their paint looked better than my car, etc.
I don’t get them anymore. I presume the owner sold the car.
I've received Amazon gift cards, customs approval for a yacht arrival in Vanuatu, spreadsheets from Iraqi oilfields, children's book reports, pictures of dogs meant to be sent to veterinarians, etc etc.
Same situation, but on mine I got emails from some lady on the other side of the world that wanted to adopt a kid, then later she was scheduling some Botox applications, both cases I was half surprised that they didn't double check and half curious to see what comes next.
Same story here, bro. It was really interesting when my cousins wife emailed me (not thinking it was new) about my cousins infidelity. That one made me rethink the safety of email addresses
I get email invoice every time Orkin goes out to spray a house in North Carolina. No option to say "this isn't me", and I've given up calling to tell them after multiple cycles.
The elderly German couple that would email their train itinerary so that their cousin could pick them up at the station. I would politely reply that I am not their cousin, and consequently their cousin would not be at the station. And six months later we start again.
Someone in Canada with first initial + last name that results in my last name kept getting wired money, and I would get in email with instructions. Of course no "not me" option. I haven't seen one of those in a while, hopefully he figured it out.
And so many more stories of people with my last name or close to it happily sending me their email... But I've had the address for practically forever, and really don't want to let it go.