honeywithbiscuits

Should I be alarmed if I am getting a lot more spam emails lately?

I think I noticed someone used my email to avoid getting annoying dealership emails. It seemed to be the extent of the issue. Their name didn’t match mine and my email is pretty generic.

Would it be extra to change my email? And what should I do if I suspect my email is used in a malicious manner?

My email is pretty much a common last name with my initial and some numbers.

I’ve seen a total of maybe 4 emails for one person and 2 for another before I unsubscribed them.

If the dealer is real, but the name is fake that WOULD suggest someone has been using your information and I would freeze your credit as soon as possible: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0497-credit-freeze-faqs#place

By fake name do you mean that the person the email is going to is not my name? It’s never my been name so I wasn’t sure if it meant identity theft or not but this was a new thing for me.

Are you saying that the name NOT matching mine means that it is tied to misuse of my information?

Forgive me, I’m a little confused.

Ah so look into where the emails are coming from and whether they match actual employees? Got it.

Thank you!

My state enables all registered voter information to be available via internet.

This means someone has access to a bunch of my previous addresses and can easily find this information with my phone number. I think you can see birth dates too

I HATE this and it makes me feel incredibly vulnerable.

I don’t like how someone can essentially see everything that way. Is there ANY way that this can worked with considering this information is necessary for me to be able to vote?

I’m not giving up my right to vote due to this and this information is out there anyways. But I’d like strangers to no longer have access to this type of information once I move soon.