scam or stupidity?

[frualeydis]

 Having the second most common first name for a woman and the most common last name in Sweden makes you get a lot of weird e-mail. It appears that a lot of other Eva Anderssons can't fill in their own e-mail to save their lives. Or, people can't write their addresses properly.

I get replies to applications for flats and jobs, booking confirmations for flights, invitations to family gatherings or bridge tournaments etc etc.

Then, like all of us probably I get the normal phishing scams, companies sending order confirmations for things I've never ordered.

However, when I saw the name of the sender, I suspected that it was not a scam, but someone who doesn't know her own address - because if you want to scam someone you probably wouldn't choose the company name "Potatisonline" (potatoesonline) :) I thought it might be some kind of subscription of potatoes, but sadly no, it was someone with the same name as me who had ordered potatoes for planting.

Comments

[sewtimely]

I've been getting the car maintenance updates for a woman in Florida with my name for ages. They can't seem to unsubscribe me, and we both drive the same brand car so I can't filter.

Always weird.

[frualeydis]

Yep. I have been wonderin if I could use at least the domestic plane tickets, but I don't think that I could print the boarding pass. But it would teach some people to be less sloppy.

/Eva

[clothsprogs]

Obviously not a problem I encounter....

Teddy

[kareina]

I really like having a unique name, thank you for reminding me of that. :-)

[therru]

Yes, this is not a problem I experience a lot, either -- OTOH, it's hard to hide from people, since I'm the only one in the country (AFAIK) with my particular name combination. I often hesitate to make my signature public on petitions etc.