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Recently I have been having different people using my gmail account as address for registrations. 

 

I know a lot of sites require emails to get access but usually in these cases you need access to the account you specified to get access link or code.

On one site I was able to get the trial software access cancelled since a false email was provided.

 

Twice someone (different names and delivery addresses) ordered something using my email and in one case I was able to cancel the order.

 

Once it was someone who included it in job application and I sent email stating that I was withdrawing my application until I could get charges of child endangerment, pornography and abuse settled.

 

Recently my email was being used for recipient of INTERAC e-Transfer (Canada) money transfer.  Still figuring out how to cancel it.

 

It is so easy to create an email account.  I have no idea why these lowlifes keep using mine!

 

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i suspect you are being factious but...

 

becareful of phishes, which is what i suspect you are the subject of.

 

there are various techniques to verify if the email you received matches what was sent. this helps one understand if they received it without intermediate tampering.  “Domain Keys Identified Mail,” or DKIM, and/or “Authenticated Received Chain,” or ARC signatures can be used to this end. some indepth research would be required to utilized these methods.

 

however, there are other things you can do that are relatively easy to help stem the tide as it were.

 

Chrome Browser Extension: UglyMail

Chrome Browser Evtension : Pixel Block (more aggressive than UglyMail)

Track email: Streak

Find Email Address Source

GMail Tracker

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1 hour ago, Limeaid said:

Once it was someone who included it in job application and I sent email stating that I was withdrawing my application until I could get charges of child endangerment, pornography and abuse settled.

 

 

You know that it's still your email, and this can be used as evidence against you in...say...a future Senate Confirmation hearing?

 

Or really, anything if gets out.  Seriously, in this day and age, that's practically an admission of guilt.

 

Other than that, it's awesome.  :lol:

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3 hours ago, Just Jack said:

Mine was used by someone signing up for the DSW rewards program. So I went and changed all the info to mine. Now whenever they buy shoes, I get the reward points. 

?Hope You get those reward points converted to MeadCoin!

2 hours ago, mead107 said:

I get a ton of want to hook up Emails.    They all go to my junk mail.   I think my brother messed with my phone at breakfast awhile ago. 

It was Boyst & Levi @ TBDAHOT.  I saw them messing w/Your Phone when You were tending the Stromboli Oven.  Ingrates!!!

 

Any hot dates?  Send them to My email, which is really Gugny's or was that Fergy's?  I can't remember...

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19 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:

Change your passwords

 

!@#$

 

This

 

And set up two factor authentication if you can.  Anytime you or anyone tries to log into your gmail account, Google's App on your phone will prompt you for confirmation.  Or if you don't have Google's app they will send you a text with a confirmation code

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On 9/22/2018 at 9:14 PM, LeGOATski said:

Change your passwords

 

!@#$

 

Why? Have trouble guessing it?

 

No one is logging into my account.  

On 9/22/2018 at 9:35 PM, /dev/null said:

 

This

 

And set up two factor authentication if you can.  Anytime you or anyone tries to log into your gmail account, Google's App on your phone will prompt you for confirmation.  Or if you don't have Google's app they will send you a text with a confirmation code

 

and if you are in a place when you cannot receive messages because phones not allowed or you do not have you cannot log on?

 

No.  Not giving google my phone number.  I did once and I started getting spam phone calls and google's database gets hacked often for i have apology emails.

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6 hours ago, Limeaid said:

and if you are in a place when you cannot receive messages because phones not allowed or you do not have you cannot log on?

One of the options is an automated phone call that can go to any phone number that you register (cell, landline, work)

 

6 hours ago, Limeaid said:

No.  Not giving google my phone number.  I did once and I started getting spam phone calls and google's database gets hacked often for i have apology emails.

It's not like they don't already have it

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On ‎9‎/‎22‎/‎2018 at 10:13 AM, Limeaid said:

Recently I have been having different people using my gmail account as address for registrations. 

 

I know a lot of sites require emails to get access but usually in these cases you need access to the account you specified to get access link or code.

On one site I was able to get the trial software access cancelled since a false email was provided.

 

Twice someone (different names and delivery addresses) ordered something using my email and in one case I was able to cancel the order.

 

Once it was someone who included it in job application and I sent email stating that I was withdrawing my application until I could get charges of child endangerment, pornography and abuse settled.

 

Recently my email was being used for recipient of INTERAC e-Transfer (Canada) money transfer.  Still figuring out how to cancel it.

 

It is so easy to create an email account.  I have no idea why these lowlifes keep using mine!

 

You should probably start saving your s@#$ in little napkin, wrapped bundles until you find the guy(s) who did it and exact your revenge.

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