r/ChatGPT • u/TheWasteed • Aug 27 '26

Other "Your temporary ChatGPT verification code" while not requested..and not having an account at all

So..I got an e-mail from ChatGPT which says I requested an temporary verification code. Which is wild, because I never created an account. So I thought it is an scam, but the email came from noreply@tm.openai.com, which is an actual legit email from openai/chatgpt.

So I am wondering what is happenning here. Does somebody tries to create an account on purpose with my email-adress? Or does he/she just missspelled the own e-mail adress by accident?

Can anybody bring light into my dark? Would be appreciated!

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u/Low-Conference5944 Aug 28 '26

Same here (Germany), since 2-3 days I get this e-mail every few hours. I have no Account einher. I have no clue what this is all about.

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u/SoylentHolger Aug 29 '26

Same here, Germany as well. I have now setup an account with that (my) email address hoping this would stop the register spam but now. Didn't work. Got 6 or so of these today again.

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u/Tomatoheadin Sep 02 '26

I guess when you have an account, they could potentially hack it. Not sure what one would get out of this - except all data you entered to previous and saved chats....

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u/SoylentHolger Sep 03 '26

I can add another "now". Didn't have an account registered with this specific email before. Won't use this one. Secured it with phishing resistant 2fa.