The Boston Diaries

The ongoing saga of a programmer who doesn't live in Boston, nor does he even like Boston, but yet named his weblog/journal “The Boston Diaries.”

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

The continuing saga of receiving email for Sean Conner

I have another data point for receiving email for other people named “Sean Conner.” This time, I received an email from a auto repair shop in Wimauma, Florida, detailing work on my 2014 XXXXX­XXXXX­XXX with VIN XXXXX­XXXXX­XXXXX­XX and the Florida plate of XXXXX­X with XXXXX­X miles on the odometer for a total amount of $XXXXX­X. If that level of detail isn't scary enough, I also learned of my phone number (919) XXXXX­XXX, which places me somewhere in Central North Carolina (I'm guessing it was my parents' car getting repaired, most likely). Fortunately, no credit card information was given out in the email notification.

Fortunately.

So, given this time I have a phone number, I decided to actually call myself to discuss this email I received. Needless to say, Sean Conner was rather confused at first getting a phone call from Sean Conner.

After we sorted out who was who, I asked Sean Conner for his actual email address so I could forward the details of the car repair and for him to have a discussion with XXXXX­XXXXX­XXXXX­XXXX. His email address was his name, with what looks like two middle initials, and a large email provider that isn't Gmail! (and it's not Microsoft either!) So it seems that XXXXX­XXXXX­XXXXX­XXXX in Wimauma, Florida, just assumed Sean Conner of Central North Carolina's email address was “seanconner@gmail.com”.

I am without speech.

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