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Re: Sidebar - Gmail dotted email addresses

Ellen
 

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I¡¯m thinking they just wanted to quickly check it against whatever address they had on file for the person who ordered the item.... or...? that they were talking with the person who¡¯s saying this bill doesn¡¯t belong to them? I¡¯m beginning to confuse myself now.? LOL!
Enough said on the topic by me. I have gained some additional respect for this form of communication and I tend to be quite cautious online.
Thanks for all the info on the subject though ... interesting.
Ellen
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From: Shal Farley
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 10:16 PM
To: GMF
Subject: Re: [GMF] Sidebar - Gmail dotted email addresses
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Ellen,
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However, I had to tell Apple where I lived
... They did check somehow and got back to me and said it was fine. Just scrap the email and don¡¯t worry about it.
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Odd that they needed any information from you just to invalidate the incorrect email address. Just the fact that you received the email and are not the person named ought to have been enough. Oh well.
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Scary to think that people can order things online and someone else has to pay for it because of a dot.
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It doesn't happen quite that easily - in the case cited by Jeremy the victim must act on a request for updated credit card info without noticing that there is an inconsistency in either the card number or the address cited in the request. Hence Moral 1 - always be suspicious of confirmation requests that arrive "out of the blue".
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But yes, the bad guys are always looking for an angle.
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Shal
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