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makemerich12

I've sent my sick note to a wrong email address that has my full name and national insurance number/Phone number on it,Is it possible that can gain anything from this?

Carrot007

makemerich12 said:

I've sent my sick note to a wrong email address that has my full name and national insurance number/Phone number on it,Is it possible that can gain anything from this?

Unlikely. What do you expect to occur?

Someone could adopt it as their own if they are not legally allowed to work maybe? Though they will need more than that, and if they knew (all) that about you already the NI number is not beyond working out (it's far from random).

D3xt3r5L4b

Did you send it to an individuals email address or a company one?

makemerich12

Carrot007 said:

makemerich12 said:

I've sent my sick note to a wrong email address that has my full name and national insurance number/Phone number on it,Is it possible that can gain anything from this?

Unlikely. What do you expect to occur?

Someone could adopt it as their own if they are not legally allowed to work maybe? Though they will need more than that, and if they knew (all) that about you already the NI number is not beyond working out (it's far from random).

Unsure really but you never know in this day and age what people can gain from such information, and  individual

Carrot007

makemerich12 said:

Unsure really but you never know in this day and age what people can gain from such information, and  individual

Well like I say could be a starting point for fraud.

But like D3xt3r5L4b said how wrong was the email? Sent to correct company domain and just name wrong? Sent to wrong domain? Does the address you used even exist, was it something in your history or just something random.

If I were to send something lioke that to work I would use my work laptop and there would not be an issues. However if I wanted to send it from a personal laptop it would have been encrypted since a password sent via other means (say text to an already known contact). But that's just for anyone else who comes here since it's too late for you.

makemerich12

It was sent from my phone to other email address just wrong by a number and i have no idea if the email address is active

Carrot007

makemerich12 said:

It was sent from my phone to other email address just wrong by a number and i have no idea if the email address is active

An email address with a number in it for work purposes? Preumably gmail. Sounds somewhat unprofessional. Maybe try googleing the email address and see if anything comes up use quotes around it to make sure it is an exact serarch.

MovingForwards

Have you tried to recall the email?

makemerich12

MovingForwards said:

Have you tried to recall the email?

How do you do that? oddly the email isn't in my sent box but my inbox?

MovingForwards

makemerich12 said:

MovingForwards said:

Have you tried to recall the email?

How do you do that? oddly the email isn't in my sent box but my inbox?

Did it bounce back then?

There will be instructions online as to how to recall emails, depending on which email provider you use.

[Deleted User]

Recall email only works in the sense the recipient is given a message saying you want to recall it, some sites like Gmail do allow a recall in the 20 seconds after you send (if you turn the option on). A non-existent email or domain will eventually bounce - usually within 24 hours