Ask HN: I'm getting emails about trial accounts on sites I don't recognise

5 pointsposted 6 hours ago
by amihacked

Item id: 46703794

4 Comments

curiousObject

6 hours ago

“ emails for a few services”

You mean these emails are more than just a first verification step to check that your email address exists and to confirm that you want to sign up as a new user?

amihacked

5 hours ago

The emails say things like "upgrade your trial account now" or "you might be interested in these other products". I have not seen any welcome or request to verify emails.

lobito25

6 hours ago

What's your email? lol

gus_massa

18 minutes ago

More specific:

@OP: If your email is john.smith@gmail.com there are probably a few idiots Jonh Smith out there that don't remember their email and fill your email instead. If your email is ju3hh4y3g79us99fahh0827@gmail.com probably your email is leaked and some idiot is sending fake email for grow hacking or just phishing.