Reply to post: Concealing another attack

Pure frustration: What happens when someone uses your email address to sign up for PayPal, car hire, doctors, security systems and more

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Concealing another attack

Someone got into my Home Depot account and ordered a $6000 piece of construction equipment.

In the two minutes before the order processed, my email account was flooded with several hundred newsletters I hadn't signed up for. Those messages buried the email from Home Depot confirming the order and I assume that was the intent.

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