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by jj00 4226 days ago
I'm sorry, but I've grown to hate this feature. I keep receiving emails from accounts I didn't sign up for, only to discover the person (with a similar name) used an email address like "senor.developez@gmail.com" or "senordevelopez" and the site itself defaults to "gmail.com". These are not off-the-wall websites, I've had long conversations with Netflix and a satellite TV service. You'd be surprised how many website do not authenticate the email account given.
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The simple solution to this is to request a password reset from that service and disable their account.