- Jul 19, 2001
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So i started getting what i thought was weird spam about 4-5 days ago on my gmail account. Didn't pay much attention till tonight.
After looking at some of them, now i realize that an employee of an online brokerage company accidentally seems to have put my e-mail address as his return address. My address is my initial and last name, and based on his name, his gmail account must be VERY close to mine (we have almost the exact same name)
Now, i've seen spam where they put the wrong address so it bounces back to you. But these are definitely real e-mails from real people, all having conversations seemingly with me in the mix.
Some of these e-mails though seem to contain fairly sensitive info, account numbers, passwords, etc... things i obviously shouldn't be seeing.
hrmph
After looking at some of them, now i realize that an employee of an online brokerage company accidentally seems to have put my e-mail address as his return address. My address is my initial and last name, and based on his name, his gmail account must be VERY close to mine (we have almost the exact same name)
Now, i've seen spam where they put the wrong address so it bounces back to you. But these are definitely real e-mails from real people, all having conversations seemingly with me in the mix.
Some of these e-mails though seem to contain fairly sensitive info, account numbers, passwords, etc... things i obviously shouldn't be seeing.
hrmph
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