HT204088 Someone else has the SAME eMail Address as ME

Today I received an eMail from Apple to MY Apple ID / eMail Address. The Name that the eMail was supposed to be going to however was NOT ME. This has actually happened several times in the past several months, not just to me, but also to my wife. An eMail comes into our eMail Box for me.com, but the person it is directed to is NOT either one of us - but the eMail Addresses ARE ours.
The eMail I received today was for comeone in Arizona (I live in Washington State). It was an eMailed Receipt for something that customer had purchased in that Arizona Apple Store. So since I got his eMail, did he NOT get the Receipt? How can this happen? Are there no quality control checks on eMail Addresses so it's possible for MULTIPLE people to end up with the SAME eMail Address?
Appreciate your Replys and Feedback...

kimallen40 wrote:
The websites that she has signed up to I have logged in and there is no message asking for email verification which suggests she is receiving emails.
If they could sign in using an email address that isn't verified then all the website owner has is her word that she is receiving their emails. Besides, if there had been a verification email for these sites, you would have seen it too; which suggests that there wasn't.
Once you get the password changed they will not be able to receive any email from the account, even if they do now. That may not be the end of the problem, however, as there would still be nothing to prevent them from continuing to use the address to sign up on websites that don't verify the address. If it persists, you may have to either create a new iCloud account in order to get a new email address, or create an alias address to use within the existing iCloud account and stop using your main address for email. Then you can set up an email rule on icloud.com that sends email from the main addres to the trash where it is deleted 30 days later. This explains how to create an alias address: http://help.apple.com/icloud/#/mm6b1a490a. This explains how to set up an email rule: http://help.apple.com/icloud/#/mm6b1a3f8a. Good luck.

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Someone has the same email address as me!

I know this shouldn't be possible but it's happening! I have an apple email address [email protected] and as I understand it that automatically gives me [email protected] too. I don't ever use the icloud domain but I have tested it and if I send an email to [email protected] I receive the email.
A month or so ago I received a load of emails, receipt etc. for a purchase that had been made on a website, registered to the email address [email protected] I presumed someone must have entered the wrong email address and so contacted the website owner and said I'd been sent these emails in error. They contacted the person and came back to me saying that they had said the email address was correct. I asked them to contact them again (they are in Australia, I'm in the UK) and explain what was happening, double check the email address and ask if they had been receiving my emails. The response was that the email address was definitely correct, they didn't use it very often and no, they hadn't been receiving my emails. They couldn't help me any more and so I thought maybe they hadn't realised they'd made an error with the email address. I emailed them on [email protected] but I heard nothing more.
Now the same thing has happened with another website. Whoever is using this email address has subscribed to a website, paid a fee for membership and I received all the emails, a receipt, documents that came with the purchase and also a login username and password. I logged into the site, it worked. Unfortunately there was no area where I could leave a message. Once again I have emailed them on [email protected] I have also searched for the person on Facebook using [email protected] and if I've found the right person they are only a young teenage girl. Again I have emailed them on [email protected] and asked them to contact me on another email address. I have heard nothing so I don't know if they received the email... I received it though!
I don't know how 2 people can be allocated the same email address but what is really worrying me is that if I am receiving emails intended for someone else are they receiving my emails?!!! That would really be a security problem as my email address is registered to lots of websites, my utilities etc.
Can anyone shed any light on how this can happen? I have put a telephone support request into Apple but the earliest was in 2 days.

kimallen40 wrote:
The websites that she has signed up to I have logged in and there is no message asking for email verification which suggests she is receiving emails.
If they could sign in using an email address that isn't verified then all the website owner has is her word that she is receiving their emails. Besides, if there had been a verification email for these sites, you would have seen it too; which suggests that there wasn't.
Once you get the password changed they will not be able to receive any email from the account, even if they do now. That may not be the end of the problem, however, as there would still be nothing to prevent them from continuing to use the address to sign up on websites that don't verify the address. If it persists, you may have to either create a new iCloud account in order to get a new email address, or create an alias address to use within the existing iCloud account and stop using your main address for email. Then you can set up an email rule on icloud.com that sends email from the main addres to the trash where it is deleted 30 days later. This explains how to create an alias address: http://help.apple.com/icloud/#/mm6b1a490a. This explains how to set up an email rule: http://help.apple.com/icloud/#/mm6b1a3f8a. Good luck.

How can someone else have the same iCloud email address as me?

I registered for my iTools account as soon as they were offered and have had the same email address ever since.
My account has not been hacked and I regularly change my password for the account.
I frequently get emails from Apple notifying me that someone has attempted a password reset on my account.
I have over the past two years received a steady stream of emails correctly addressed to me, but obviously meant for other folks.
Some in the US and others in Europe and beyond.
The emails contain payslips, mortgage offers, confirmation of appointments for restaurants and car servicing.
Having read these and many other forums, I believe Apple, like Google allow the use of the same email address by multiple people.
This may be because even if the desired mac.com or iCloud.com or me.com addresses are unavailable, Apple allows an alias to be created.
This should not be the case. At least to my mind it should not be so.
I am most concerned that if I am able to receive their emails, they may be receiving mine.
I pay for Apple's services and expect them to be secure.
Anyone else feeling uneasy about this?

It's most unlikely that anyone else has your address: if your address (obviously don't post it here) uses a fairly common name as many of the early ones do, then you are liable to get idiots coming to the conclusion that they own it because their name is the same. They give it out, and you get their messages. It sounds insane, but it does happen quite a bit - people can be quite incredibly stupid.
It's unlikely that anyone is receiving your email, particularly as you've changed the password. You should contact Apple as even if it's the case I've described it counts as a security issue, though it's not that easy to see what can be done about it.
This Apple Help page provides contact information for various countries for security problems with an Apple ID:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT5699

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If you need assistance with finding any of your restores or attempting to restore from any that happened prior to his incident follow this article
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
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nshepley wrote:
I GOT MY OWN EMAIL ADDRESS AND ADDED THAT EMAIL TO THE ORIGINAL ACCOUNT, WHICH ORIGINATED WITH MY HUSBANDS EMAIL.
Please turn off your CAPS LOCK!
How did you "add that email to the original account"?
You changed the AppleID to your new email address?

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I'm presuming you went ahead and set up a new Apple ID, yes? Using the same password in more than one Apple ID has worked for me in the past, but I haven't tried it in a while so the tightened security may have changed that. You could use the same password but add "-UK" and "-BE", or something like that, to make it easier to remember.
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It's possible, but Apple is very reluctant to do it, and it's not something a user can do on their own. It would be better to just stop using the UK account rather than trying to get it deleted. Just remove your payment information and there should be little reason to have the account deleted. If you really want to try, though, you'll need to send a message to iTunes support specifying that you want the account cancelled.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495
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