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by MaanuAir 2231 days ago
Not a bank account, but a E-retailer I am a customer of, started to send me occasional emails targeting another customer, without any name or email similarities (at all), from another European country (wtf ?).

At beginning it was promotional stuffs regarding the loyalty card program, and a call to support in both countries even denied this is possible. I gave up.

Then the other person bought an iPad, with extra insurance and I got very personal details (shop address, person name and address, bank details...). Insane.

Making it (gently) public on Twitter solved my case (and the other person, too) very quickly.

I just try to avoid thinking about whether a random email receives information about me...