Did EA just send me someone else's e-mail?

Rob Williams · 08-17-2012, 04:06 PM

Not that it'd surprise me, but it seems like EA sent me an e-mail that was meant to go to someone else. I checked the headers, and those come up clean. As the title in the image shows, it came through via Salesforce, which EA does use. So it appears someone e-mailed customer service about a game that didn't show up on their account, and I received the response back somehow.

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You might recall that a few months ago, someone signed up for a Blizzard account with my e-mail address, and that turned out to be a common occurrence. This seems a bit different, though, unless EA managed to blast out a response to every single customer somehow.

madmat · 08-17-2012, 04:47 PM

Odd. There's some idiot that keeps signing up for stuff using my email. As a result I get stuff from Apple (he registered his iPod to my email), EA, some erotic match making service and a few others. It's annoying as *%&$. If I could find the idiot I'd love to punch him in the face.

Rob Williams · 08-17-2012, 05:19 PM

I am confused as hell. In case the password was somehow compromised, I did a password reset and changed it. I gained access back to the account, and the name at some point was changed to "Noor Zeed". All other information remained the same... the address, the games I purchased, the connection with Xbox Live. I just don't get it. I e-mailed EA about it but I am sure they'll be just as useless as I suspect they'll be.

08-17-2012, 04:06 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	Did EA just send me someone else's e-mail? Not that it'd surprise me, but it seems like EA sent me an e-mail that was meant to go to someone else. I checked the headers, and those come up clean. As the title in the image shows, it came through via Salesforce, which EA does use. So it appears someone e-mailed customer service about a game that didn't show up on their account, and I received the response back somehow. You might recall that a few months ago, someone signed up for a Blizzard account with my e-mail address, and that turned out to be a common occurrence. This seems a bit different, though, unless EA managed to blast out a response to every single customer somehow. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

08-17-2012, 04:47 PM	#2
madmat Soup Nazi Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: No soup for you! Posts: 1,636	Odd. There's some idiot that keeps signing up for stuff using my email. As a result I get stuff from Apple (he registered his iPod to my email), EA, some erotic match making service and a few others. It's annoying as *%&$. If I could find the idiot I'd love to punch him in the face. __________________ M4N82 Deluxe Phenom II 940 Black Edition quad core @ 3.5Ghz 2x1 gig OCZ PC26400 Platinum, 2x1gig GSkill PC26400 EVGA GTX260 Buncha drives, Some other stuff, Even more stuff, If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. --Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine Sign Me!

08-17-2012, 05:19 PM	#3
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	I am confused as hell. In case the password was somehow compromised, I did a password reset and changed it. I gained access back to the account, and the name at some point was changed to "Noor Zeed". All other information remained the same... the address, the games I purchased, the connection with Xbox Live. I just don't get it. I e-mailed EA about it but I am sure they'll be just as useless as I suspect they'll be. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

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