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bertha
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My email address is joebloggs1@gmail.com and I'm getting emails (spam) that have been addressed to joebloggs@gmail.com. Any ideas how/why this happens please?
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You are probably bcc'd on the mail , as probably are joe..2 joe..9876 joe...66My email address is [EMAIL="joebloggs1@gmail.com"]joebloggs1@gmail.com[/EMAIL] and I'm getting emails (spam) that have been addressed to [EMAIL="joebloggs@gmail.com"]joebloggs@gmail.com[/EMAIL]. Any ideas how/why this happens please?4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy0 -
If the email addesses you posted above are real, then you can expect more spam, as robots/people scan for email addresses for spamming purposes, you should NEVER put your email address in a public place, you are just asking for more spam.0
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