[Hidden-tech] gmail "quirks"

[Will Loving]

I assume you are receiving his emails because you have a similar gmail
account and people are just mistyping his email address.

The email you received is a phishing scam. see:

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=1b6fbf91085a0fc2&hl=e
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Will

Will Loving, President
Dedication Technologies, Inc.



on 2/4/11 8:31 AM, Tom Adams ~ Reelife Productions & Folktography at
tomadams at gmail.com wrote:

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>    ** If you did, we all thank you.
> 
> 
> 
> hi all,
> been wondering about this for quite some time:
> 
> 1) I've been receiving "tom.adams at gmail.com"'s email sporadically over the
> last 4 years or so. I've actually emailed him before to see what's going on &
> looked into gmail's help but they basically say 'don't worry about it, he's
> still receiving the emails...but you I should disregard them. That's
> fine...but really, it's unbelievable that it keeps happening because some of
> the emails that i've incorrectly received were highly private such as wills
> and banks documents, etc. as well as very personal communications between him
> and his family members. I feel like i know this other 'tom adams' all too
> well.... and it seems like a major hole in the otherwise wonderfulness of
> gmail.
> 
> 2) I just received the following email from gmail. never received anything
> like it before and I'm rather dubious of its authenticity - any thoughts:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Gmail <desk at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 7:32 AM
> Subject: Account Update
> To: 
> Due to anonymous registration of our email service, We have detected that your
> account information on our database system are out of date, as a result of
> that we require you to verify your account Information by filling the details
> as requested below. Failure to verify your information may result in account
> suspension.
> Account
> Password
> Phone
> Birthdate
> Note: This warning is only for Google members, your account will not be
> interrupted after providing the above information and your email account will
> continue to work as normal.
> 
> 
> - thanks for any of you feedback
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> 
> 
> Tom Adams
> 
> 413.575.9707
> 
> Williamsburg, MA
> 
> Director/Owner
> 
> Reelife Productions <https://mail.google.com/mail/goog_2146952357>  website
> <http://www.reelifeproductions.com/>
> 
> € cool digital media stuff € using technology to educate, entertain &
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> 
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> 
> Reelife's Youtube Channel <http://www.youtube.com/reelife>
> 
> Folktography by Tom website <http://www.folktographybytom.com/>
> 
> Folktography by Tom Facebook Page <http://www.facebook.com/folkography>
> 
> Tom's LinkedIn Page <http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomadams2>
> 
> Tom's other Links <http://web.me.com/ReelifeProductions>
> 
> 
> 
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William M. Loving
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