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1. montroser · 1790882416 · focus · HN ↗

   The contact list of the person you emailed in 2017 was obtained by a spammer, who then sent you spam.

   1. ycombinatrix · 1790909122 · focus · HN ↗

      Doesn't explain why the email was in German.

      1. montroser · 1790916102 · focus · HN ↗

         Could very well be apophenia. Germany was just one of the countries visited, and we all get spam in a variety of languages all the time, including German.

         1. ycombinatrix · 1790989382 · focus · HN ↗

            I don't get spam from a variety of languages.

            The only foreign language spam I got was from Pokemon Go after I played it while visiting France & Spain. I received French and Spanish emails from them for years.

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