I’ve been getting emails meant for someone whose address is almost identical to mine — mine is [email protected], his is [email protected].
At first, it was random stuff — Amazon order confirmations (from the US, I live in Austria), then kitchen renovation plans (that’s how I figured out his actual contact info). Later, a Tinder “You have a match!” email came through — unfortunately, my wife saw it before I could explain. Awkward moment, and I’m still not sure she believes my explanation, even though it was the truth.
From what I gathered, this guy is in his late 20s, I’m mid-40s. Things were quiet for a while, but yesterday I got an email about a 2-year Norton LifeLock subscription renewal. Apparently that’s an identity theft protection service — can you see the irony?
Two years ago I even tried to contact him via the info I had from the renovation plans (emails, phone numbers), but never got a reply.
My questions:
• Can he, in any way, access my Gmail and read my emails?
• What would you do in my situation? Ignore it? Try harder to contact him?
