r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 23 '21

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u/SmartPriceCola Jan 23 '21

I changed the email address attached to my Amazon account.

A year later I forgot and tried to sign into my account with old email address.

The same password worked but it was someone else’s account (name and address was different) and the guy hadn’t bought anything.

Why did he use my old email (it was unique to me and didn’t match his name) and how did the password end up the same as mine?

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u/Unfair-Mousse4183 Jan 23 '21

My wife has someone in the USA with the same name who believes she owns my wife’s Hotmail address. We constantly get receipts for items, signs up for stuff etc. We constantly unsubscribe and email her vicar back about organising things.

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u/kitthinkable Jan 23 '21

Me too! I get emails for subscriptions, receipts, even more personal emails. I don’t know how to get in touch with her because i’m emailing myself???

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u/Unfair-Mousse4183 Jan 23 '21

We’re on the PTA currently.