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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. thatonehack · 1790994948 · focus · HN ↗

            I've never received a spam email in German in my entire life. This spam email actually looks to be a legitimate email as after translating it the contents were basically to verify the email address. I don't think I've ever received an email in another language in my entire life and certainly not while I've been at Fastmail (10+ years).

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