Receiving unexpected order confirmations may indicate that your email address is being exploited in fraudulent operations targeting various retailers.
In recent months, an increasing number of individuals have reported receiving shipment confirmation emails for purchases they did not make. These emails typically originate from legitimate retailers, often in the sportswear or electronics sectors, and include real tracking numbers and delivery details. However, the products are shipped to different names and addresses, while the buyer’s contact email is the recipient’s.
This phenomenon might initially appear to be a simple clerical error or a case of someone mistyping an email address. Yet, when it occurs repeatedly across multiple unrelated orders, it raises concerns about a more sinister tactic at play. Arthur, a resident of Cape Coral, Florida, shared his experience, which reflects the frustrations of many others: “My wife’s email address is showing up in emails from various sports entities to notify her of shipping dates, etc. So far, three separate individuals have ordered products, shipped to a different name at a different address, but used her email as the contact. They didn’t use our credit card to place the order. What could be going on? I don’t believe it’s a coincidence.”…