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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Aug 22, 2014 14:07:20 GMT -5
This morning, I got yet another email from someone wanting to set up an interview with a potential employee. Normally, I delete emails from those I don't know but these I actually checked out (there was a series of 3 emails, a few minutes apart), and there was an email setting up the time and travel arrangements to the place (in New Orleans, LA).
I hit reply and requested that the person who sent the email, recheck their records as I was not their intended recipient. But I started thinking about it and wondered how many emails get sent to the wrong person like this, and when the wanna be employee doesn't respond, the interviewer goes on down the list to the next potential employee.
What do you do? Do you delete emails that you know aren't to you automatically, or do you contact the person back and let them know that it has been sent to the wrong recipient?
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Aug 22, 2014 14:13:26 GMT -5
I assume it's a scam and delete them.
ETA - my email address is rather odd so it's not likely to go to someone else, it's likely to be returned to the server as undeliverable.
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Post by lexxy703 on Aug 22, 2014 14:17:33 GMT -5
I have had a few emails, not of that nature, where I reponded I was not the intended recipient. One responded back asking if I knew the email address for the intended recipient. I responded that I didn't know who the intended was & it turned into a who's on first type exchange. I finally just deleted.
But in this instance you did the right thing. Hopefully someone is now newly employed!
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Post by beenherebefore on Aug 22, 2014 14:29:36 GMT -5
I delete. The only time I reply and notify is at my work E-mail and only then when the sender is internal to the company. |
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Post by midjd on Aug 22, 2014 14:37:49 GMT -5
I delete. For the last five or six years, I've been getting emails for my Australian alter ego - apparently gmail doesn't recognize a period in their addresses, so everything sent to MidJD @ gmail is received at my address (Mid.JD). There have been a few times when I've gotten a really personal/serious email from someone and have replied back with "you have the wrong address - sorry - I didn't read your email," but other than that, I just delete them. I have no clue how to get in touch with the MidJD account owner.
There is also apparently someone with that name who lives in Tennessee... for a long time, I was getting Occupy Nashville emails, some of which were pretty funny. It was fun to watch the group slowly devolve amid power struggles within a "leaderless" movement. (I'm easily entertained).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2014 15:04:49 GMT -5
I've got two emails from the law firm I hired that were to other clients since filing for divorce last December. Both times I replied back that they were sent to me in error, so the info would get passed on to the right person. Outside of that, it's never happened that I know of.
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Post by Opti on Aug 22, 2014 15:15:32 GMT -5
This morning, I got yet another email from someone wanting to set up an interview with a potential employee. Normally, I delete emails from those I don't know but these I actually checked out (there was a series of 3 emails, a few minutes apart), and there was an email setting up the time and travel arrangements to the place (in New Orleans, LA).
I hit reply and requested that the person who sent the email, recheck their records as I was not their intended recipient. But I started thinking about it and wondered how many emails get sent to the wrong person like this, and when the wanna be employee doesn't respond, the interviewer goes on down the list to the next potential employee.
What do you do? Do you delete emails that you know aren't to you automatically, or do you contact the person back and let them know that it has been sent to the wrong recipient? If its important I try to at least contact them back saying I am not the person you are looking for.
I have a common name so pretty much any permutation of my real email address gets delivered.
I hope this doesn't mean I get more requests for interviews that never arrive...  But it may mean I'm more successful with job applications than I think! 
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Post by The Captain on Aug 22, 2014 15:58:03 GMT -5
Let us know if you get a personalized letter from a prince in Nigeria whom only YOU can help if only you give him your bank account number so he can wire funds so you can buy him a plane ticket...
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Aug 22, 2014 16:51:00 GMT -5
Let us know if you get a personalized letter from a prince in Nigeria whom only YOU can help if only you give him your bank account number so he can wire funds so you can buy him a plane ticket... Oh, he's already emailed me. I don't consider requests less than $50 million.  However, the person trying to set up an interview emailed me back, apologizing and thanking me for letting them know about the incorrect email address. Hopefully, they've got the correct one on file. |
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Post by milee on Aug 22, 2014 20:51:35 GMT -5
I've got two emails from the law firm I hired that were to other clients since filing for divorce last December. Both times I replied back that they were sent to me in error, so the info would get passed on to the right person. Outside of that, it's never happened that I know of.  That's a pretty high error rate for a law firm - especially since they are charged with keeping client information confidential. One mistake I'd forgive, but two in less than a year? Definitely something you want to discuss with the attorney and understand what they're doing to fix that situation. Even one slip up like that can have some very serious consequences. |
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Post by tallguy on Aug 22, 2014 21:50:56 GMT -5
I have the exact same problem for the exact same reason. I get e-mails for apparently several different people with my same name in several different areas of the country. I do try to write back if I can tell that it is an individual sending the message. It is often enough that I even set up a label for "Wrong Person" to archive them into.... A couple of the more interesting ones were registrations, usernames, and passwords for "adult" dating sites. I considered briefly the idea of going in and REALLY messing up their profile, but ultimately decided against it.  |
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Post by Sharon on Aug 22, 2014 22:16:23 GMT -5
I periodically get e-mails for a couple in Colorado. The personal ones I just delete. The lawn person who was looking to get paid I replied to and told him he had the wrong person. I also got closing papers on their house re-fi. I just ignored that. It is always the same couple so I suspect that the hubby gives out a slightly incorrect e-mail. The wife appears to have a name similar, but not the same, as mine.
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