Never, ever, ever underestimate the stupidity of the random internet user. Posted by MCMikeNamara at 1:03 PM on Janu (Because I have been contacted for Mike McNamara's in four different countries (all of whom who seem to have lives infinitely more interesting than mine), I'm assuming it's not the same guy.) For some reason, I find this to be an incredibly amusing game - thank God.

Until the next time it happens with someone else. Eventually, they respond back with an apology or I never hear from them again. 'But, no' they respond 'that's the email they wrote down for me' - as if I am lying about not being their relative or something. I have had to retrain two separate people that, no, their family members cannot be reached at (or because its been mine (basically) since Gmail began so they must be mistaken. Maybe it's because they used to have a similar ID at a different domain, I don't know. But when they have to fill out a form or give their address to friends or family offline, they get it in their heads that their email address is yours.

Obviously, when they email other people, they don't have this problem - because those people have an email to respond to. Not just mistyping it, but honestly think that their email address is something else. I know this sounds crazy, but you would be surprised how many people don't know their own email address. Is the person hoping I will just click the authorization link? If so, why don't they just make a sock-puppet Gmail account? What am I missing in this scam? posted by fifilaru to Computers & Internet (22 answers total) I have gotten a few of these in the past from different game sites. They will not be able to access the game site without my authorization.

I am ignoring this, but why would someone use my email address to signup for a game site. You did not sign up for this account, you may ignore this message and You are receiving this message because this email was used to register a new GameRanger account.

Your new GameRanger account must be activated before it can be used:Įmail Address: this link to activate your new account: Here is the email:įrom: GameRanger Accounts ✆ 15 (3 days ago) I just got an email from a website called Gameranger.

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