Do you use someone else's email address when signing up for a new account on an app on your phone?
So, the constant emails that are hard to stop are a bit annoying…
In today's story, a man decides to get revenge on someone who tries to spam his email address.
Let's see how the story unfolds…
One evening, around 8:30 p.m., while I was driving home, my cell phone rang in my pocket.
It was a “general” notice.
I figured there was some kind of calendar reminder.
It was only after he got home that he found out what the notice was for.
When I got home and checked my notifications, I saw that I had received an email from chess.com saying, “Welcome to Chess.com,” and that I could verify my account via email.
I was driving and I'm not really interested in having another account for anything, so I figured someone was using my email address as a throwaway.
After logging in, he realized why someone else had used his account.
So, I logged in.
Then I noticed that people who created accounts were using them to gain XP and levels (I'm not sure about chess.com's level system, but I think winning games also increases your level).
They had their own accounts to play against.
He still has a chess.com account.
So I changed my password and logged out of all my devices.
Right now, I have a chess.com account that I haven't signed up for.
But I changed my name to something more sarcastic and my profile picture to an alien meme.
I've never used it, but I don't plan on giving it to anyone else.
If someone has signed up to an app using your email, it seems like common sense to change your password.
Let's take a look at Reddit's reactions…
This reader can empathize with this predicament…
The same thing happened to another reader…
This person has the same problem and also chooses to create chaos.
Another reader made a point about chess' rating system.
Using someone else's email address when signing up for an account or app seems to be quite common.
Another drawback of living in modern society.
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