"AdverseMartyr" (ewilliamson)
04/09/2020 at 10:21 • Filed to: None
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"AdverseMartyr" (ewilliamson)
04/09/2020 at 10:21 • Filed to: None | 3
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So I on occasion receive emails intended for other people who have a similar name to me. Sometimes I receive notifications that I have signed up for TikTok or other sites for which I have no memory of doing so.
Now it’s possible I’m doing it in my sleep ala Fight Club, but when I sign up for an Adult Website, purchase a DVD entitled Transsexual Stepsister, and ship it to Colorado... that’s next level considering I can’t even get myself across the Pacific Ocean right now. My inner Tyler, needs to keep those 2 week quarantines in mind.
From the information Tyler provided for shipping and notifications, I could find out that my alter ego is 64, I know where he lives, his phone number, and his taste in porn (I wouldn’t have thought I was into that, but I’m obviously repressing since I’ve got this alter ego). Edit: a quick internet search gave me an email address for him without even paying a site as it’s Tyler’s name with the domain (I understand this. It’s a grown up thing to do, and it’s why I get this sort of stuff once a month or so.)
The only good thing about Tyler’s internet skills is that he I paid using Tyler’s paypal instead of saving a CC#.
I’m wondering if I should call Tyler and leave myself a message to just create a throwaway email to use for that stuff.
Or should I sign myself up for all sorts of telemarketing... It is an election year after all.
Seriously though, is it such a big deal for this guy to use his own email for it? it’s 2020, COVID19 is a thing, and that DVD showing up in the mailbox then sitting in his house is way more likely to be seen by someone than an email he just deletes, or sends over to spam.
boredalways
> AdverseMartyr
04/09/2020 at 10:43 |
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Maybe Tyler is just so stressed out by the pandemic that even he isn't aware of what he's doing?
TheRealBicycleBuck
> AdverseMartyr
04/09/2020 at 10:47 |
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I own/manage several domains. One of them has a fairly short name that is just a couple of letters repeating, so it’s subject to receiving fake emails that people make when signing up for stuff. I like to confirm the address, then change the password and update the profile to something appropriate.
S orry about that Allis. You should’ve used your own email address if you really wanted that Instagram account. Now your carefully selected username is mine. :D
jimz
> AdverseMartyr
04/09/2020 at 10:54 |
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I’m guessing this isn’t a case of “firstname.lastname@gmail.com” and “firstnamelastname@gmail.com” being the same in Google’s eyes?
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AdverseMartyr
> TheRealBicycleBuck
04/09/2020 at 10:54 |
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I do this to. Especially with things like Instagram, but always with sites where someone has ordered something. I always immediately delete CC#, but the first one I ever received was where a woman (likely) had her identity stolen, and someone ordered a bunch of college textbooks on it. I gave her a call, told her a bit of the info in the account, and that she didn’t need to confirm it, but that if she hadn’t ordered textbooks to a different state, then she might want to report that card as stolen.
Now I sort of just enjoy imagining the “Oh shit!” when someone tries logging into an account where they put that info, but can’t access it anymore, and hope they learn the lesson.
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AdverseMartyr
> boredalways
04/09/2020 at 10:55 |
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I hope so. I don’t want to end up in a 3 week quarantine on another continent. That one would be really hard to explain to the wife.
Snuze: Needs another Swede
> AdverseMartyr
04/09/2020 at 10:56 |
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For a while Yahoo was using “ ymail” as their e-mail domain, and it’s still active apparently . Now if you squint hard, a “y” looks fairly like a “g”, especially if its handwritten . Also, most people have never heard of “ymail” and probably assume “gmail”. So I use Mark.lastname@gmail, but there’s someone else using this at ymail. Curiously his actual first name is “M arkland” and I get a lot of his emails. Some recent highlights
-Last fall I bought a 2019 Subaru Crosstrek. The maintenance reminders keep coming in and I think this thing really, badly needs an oil change.
-The church pastor is getting antsy because I still haven’t recorded and sent him my video scripture reading for the upcoming virtual Easter service.
About 2 years ago I got Markland’ s full tax returns from his accountant, with SSNs and everything. I deleted it and told the accountant. I actually try to respond to important looking ones, like the church one . Or Markland’s 40th h igh s chool r eunion. I bin the less important stuff, like the receipts for saw blades. Did I mention this guy must run a lumber mill, or something, because he buys an inordinate amount of saw blades. Us Mark’s gotta have each others backs.
I also periodically e-mail him but I never get a response.
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AdverseMartyr
> AdverseMartyr
04/09/2020 at 10:57 |
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Aah, the email isn’t valid anymore. Good to know that Tyler didn’t like using Charter.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> AdverseMartyr
04/09/2020 at 11:02 |
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I started receiving a lady’s bills from Dish Network. I called them a couple of times and told them they had the wrong e-mail address, so their customer wasn’t receiving her bills. The never fixed it. I finally called her (the number was on the bill) and told her what was going on. She was planning to switch anyway.
WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
> AdverseMartyr
04/09/2020 at 11:08 |
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$50 says they didn’t!
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AdverseMartyr
> jimz
04/09/2020 at 11:08 |
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Well, he capitalized the first letter so it sort of is , but any of those are legit ways of sending an email to me, which means I get to see and potentially access all of that stuff. This all just reinforces that one should never get in on the beta release of software, and port over to the final version.
Just Jeepin'
> AdverseMartyr
04/09/2020 at 11:10 |
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I’ve actually gotten to know a little bit the two ladies who struggle to type the right email address and keep using my iCloud email instead of theirs. I generally can tell from a misdirected email which one it is, even without a name.
One is a minister in the Boston area and she sent me a nice email this week asking about me and my family.
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AdverseMartyr
> Snuze: Needs another Swede
04/09/2020 at 11:12 |
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I’ve gotten a few subaru alerts, nissan really wanted me to buy, and there was a PTA in Ohio that just wouldn’t believe me that I couldn’t make it to hang decorations for Halloween.
My signature was also vital on some blueprints for a few buildings in Vanuatu.
And I’ve never gotten around to telling this other son of mine about his homework. Though to be honest I can barely remember that he’s supposed to exist since I never see him.
haveacarortwoorthree2
> Snuze: Needs another Swede
04/09/2020 at 11:19 |
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Yeah, lumber mill. That’s why he needs all those saw blades. Sure.
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AdverseMartyr
> haveacarortwoorthree2
04/09/2020 at 11:22 |
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You make it sound like there’s a bit more of a Diablo-ish purpose those blades could be used for.
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AdverseMartyr
> WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
04/09/2020 at 11:23 |
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I’m not taking a bet like that.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> AdverseMartyr
04/09/2020 at 11:25 |
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T hat’s hilarious! On rare occasions, I receive stuff meant for the mylastname .net version of the mylastname .com email address at the mylastname.com domain which I own . I’ve spoken with the fellow a couple of times, the last of which was when I was receiving his travel confirmation emails. They were trying to schedule a car to take him to the airport and he just wasn’t responding. I set up an auto-forwarder which forwards any of his errant mail and reminds him to make sure they have the right one.
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AdverseMartyr
> Just Jeepin'
04/09/2020 at 11:27 |
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I wish those were the sort of ones I received, but no, I seem to get peoples sexual fetish stuff (or their STD testing results).
Though, there was that bachelorette party trip evite I received. That person seemed nice.
Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition
> AdverseMartyr
04/09/2020 at 11:30 |
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My friend shares a name with a very famous BTCC driver and he gets interview requests all the time.
I share my name with one other person in the world, as far as I can tell, and have gotten to know him somewhat. He lives in NC and has a similar occupation.
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AdverseMartyr
> TheRealBicycleBuck
04/09/2020 at 11:32 |
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Oh, that’s very nice of you. I don’t think I’m that nice, even if I had the skills to set up something like that.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> AdverseMartyr
04/09/2020 at 11:34 |
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We’ve never met, but since we share the same rare last name, we have to be distant cousins. It makes me feel like I’m taking care of family.
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AdverseMartyr
> Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition
04/09/2020 at 11:35 |
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I’d be trolling those sort of things if I was that lucky, and asking for non-refundable payments before the interview.
Michael
> AdverseMartyr
04/09/2020 at 11:52 |
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My phone # at my last job ended in 3880, the local Nissan dealer ended in 3800. Got a ton of voicemails (some angry) asking for loan payoff amounts, trade in values, and angry calls about when the car will be fixed
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> Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition
04/09/2020 at 12:39 |
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I have a unique name, though people can never get it straight and the often mistake it for a nickname of a longer name, so I doubt there are many other people with that same name. My email address is pretty straight forward so I would probably be receiving more misdirected emails if that were the case. Or maybe I am always missing emails because people think my name is Gary?
fintail
> AdverseMartyr
04/09/2020 at 12:42 |
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I have a couple “fintail” login name emails. Apparently a few others do too, but on different providers, and they forget which they have, so I get their email. I get a lot for “Garry” who is apparently an old republican guy who likes the Smithsonian, and “Thomas”, a guy in the UK who likes gas station rewards programs and at least at one time owned a kitchen cabinet shop that apparently had hard times. Thankfully, no quirky porn orders yet.
smobgirl
> Snuze: Needs another Swede
04/09/2020 at 13:08 |
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I apparently live in Florida, bought a boat, upgraded my home windows (that cost more than my whole house!) use Verizon, and rent Dora and Paw Patrol by the episode.
I replied to the doctor and lawyer and let the second grade teacher know that they should probably contact someone with children for their parent teacher conferences. The rest just get deleted. Haven’t figured this dude’s actual email to let him know that he’s an idiot.
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Snuze: Needs another Swede
> smobgirl
04/09/2020 at 13:47 |
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That’s great. How are you enjoying that boat?