![]() Interestingly, I’ve also seen individuals - again, most likely kids - try to sign up for some online service using one of my email addresses. Because I have a few publicly posted email addresses, I find that individuals like to try to sign me up for stuff 1 or set me up as their recovery address. I think this happens most often to those who have “simple” email addresses - like Reason #3: mischief Of course, when the person who created the account tries to recover it, you get the notices. If the one they enter at random happens to be yours, you’ll get whatever notices are sent to it. They don’t have an email address, don’t want an email address, or don’t want to take the time to create an email address, so they enter one at random just to satisfy the sign-up process. I theorize this scenario happens when a young person is creating an online account requiring an email address. If you’ve ever seen those forms where you have to type it in twice, this is why.Īny typo someone makes resulting in your email address being entered instead of what they intended will cause this. I’m honestly shocked at how often people type their own email addresses incorrectly. For example, if someone is attempting to enter but types by mistake, then if you’re Johan, you’ll be on the hook for those recovery emails. I’m pretty convinced that the single biggest reason you and I get these account recovery emails for accounts that aren’t ours is that the actual account holder entered our email address as the recovery email by mistake. Ignore any messages related to it, or, if there’s an option to indicate that it’s not you, use that. There’s little that can be done about it, and fortunately, there’s no adverse impact on you. Sometimes it can be laziness or an attempt to annoy. ![]() People sometimes enter your email address as their recovery or account address - usually by mistake. ![]()
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