That’s a use case for aliases, catching if any company or service gives out your email to be abused by advertisers and whatnot. I tried looking for stories but didn’t find any, I wonder if you have any to share.
Yep! Only about twice in several years though. Sometimes it’s the same company that started up or bough another company and gave your email without telling you.
Not yet, but oddly I wait in anticipation.
Yup, with my bank account
I’ve been using email aliases for a few years now, but all spam I get is addressed to my main email (which admittedly is readily available on my website). Seems like no one has sold my email address yet
I got a pump and dump scam from an alias that I only used for my brokerage account. They assured me it wasn’t them. A week later they publicly announced that they were hacked.
I have, and when it happens, the company responsible loses my business.
Yes. My system wasn’t compromised. They just put my address as their From: address. I got bounces.
cant dmarc prevent this? 😳
It was a long time ago.
but a strict dmarc can prevent it right… paranoid now 😅
As long as the recipient denies spoofed From: addresses, yes. There are still mail services out there that let spoofed email in.
I have.
No story to it, don’t recall. Just killed the alias and moved on.
Sure. From my bank, credit card and Mr. Lube (auto service shop). I haven’t noticed anything that indicated my data ended up in a breach. Just a few companies that abused my trust and sent me spam.
Yeah, sure. We believe you “Mr. Lube” is an auto service shop.
