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		Akronymus on July 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Experian, you have some explaining to do I am occasionally getting walmart emails, despite never signing up, because I am not even from the US. Just yesterday it was an attempt at a password reset. For an email that doesnt even exist in their system, allegedly. Sorry, that second one was best buy. This was the text: You may need to create an account. We received a request to reset your password on BestBuy.com®. However, we don't have an account associated with this email address. You can try to sign in with a different email address. You can also create a new account using any email address you choose. Happy Shopping! Your Best Buy Customer Care Team

cuteboy19 on July 11, 2022 [–]

I think you might be pwned for some other website. Now they are brute forcing all common websites with ur password and email. Reset all passwords just in case

Akronymus on July 11, 2022 | [–]

Oh, my email is definitely on some pwned list. But I have a unique PW for every site.

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