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by bennettnate5 1099 days ago
I've always wondered if Daniel gets a particular amount of email of this sort because his address includes "haxx"--for someone without tech savvy, it's not all that much of a jump to assume an email that includes something sounding like hacking is the email of the hacker that has attacked them.
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Yes, that seems to be the likely explanation at least for the second linked email which closes with:

”Please see attached screen dump for a screen shot of your contact info included in Spotify (or what more likely seems to be a hacked Spotify developed illegally by a third party).”