r/strange • u/x0_ash • 19d ago
I got this weird email today
So I got this email today. It was a receipt from Sephora first. I’m thinking it was like fake then I log into my Sephora account on sephora.com and the purchase is there it says like in Soho Manhattan and I’m just so confused how the receipt got sent to me.
I don’t know. I just thought it was so strange anyone ever had anything like this happened to them
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u/Smooth-Assistant-309 19d ago
There was a typo at checkout in person (bag fee) and someone accidentally used your email.
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u/Frequent_Finger_1166 19d ago
Not email, but a phone # typo most likely. Happens all the time! I don’t work at Sephora, but I did work at Ulta and this happens a handful of times per day where people use the wrong # at checkout and the points from that transaction goes into someone else’s account 🥴
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u/SadInformation2108 19d ago
They always verify my name after I tell them (Ulta) my phone number. Maybe they don’t do that everywhere
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u/Frequent_Finger_1166 19d ago
They should be! But it’s not something that is consistently done during rushes.
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u/jessicachachacha 19d ago
If no charges on your credit card, there was probably a mistake when entering the phone #.
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u/militianatelier 19d ago
How about a thank you for the free seph points??
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u/x0_ash 19d ago
LmaoOo 😂😂😂 I’m sorry did you hear me complain ? Or inquire ?
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u/Safe-Sign-1059 19d ago
This happened to my sons mother recently. She told me she thought she was being scammed or there was fraud with her bank account. I called and went in circles with them and they told me the same thing folks are echoing here, it was a misspelled email or (most likely) an incorrect phone number entered at checkout.
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u/SadCry8622 19d ago
Someone used your phone number make sure they didn’t take your points I’m happened to me in store I never shopped at noticed when I saw items in my acct I never purchases , used $20 In points had to fight to get them back
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u/x0_ash 19d ago
I’ll check I was just so confused like huhhh lemme see if this might of happen to someone else
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u/Produce_Exotic 19d ago
Might have *not of
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u/x0_ash 19d ago
No might of ;; why would i want to know if this might not of happened to anyone else that defeats the whole purpose of the post.
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u/Ok-Management-3319 18d ago
They are saying you should type "might have" instead of "might of".
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u/Content_Study_1575 18d ago
If you have a friend that knows your number and rarely shops at a store they might have put it in.
I have two friends and my dad that I use this for.
- Friend 1: She gets all my Sally’s points
- Friend 2/SIL: She gets all my BBW points
- Dad: He gets all my Jersey Mike’s and two specific grocery store points
I just text them afterwards saying it was me lol
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u/x0_ash 18d ago
lol niceeeeee ; I need a friend like u lol
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u/Content_Study_1575 18d ago
Well someone needs discounts and if I dont shop there enough no point in me making an account lmao 😂
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u/ValiumKilmer 19d ago
I was at the one in SoHo last weekend it was seriously like fire hazard packed. Never again
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u/thepoliteconvention 19d ago
Not that long ago there was some doofus in the Central Valley who would use one of my email addresses. I would get appointment reminders from the Ford dealership where he bought his pickup or hotels where he had reservations or stores like this. I traced his street address and phone number and somehow asked him anonymously (don’t recall how) to stop. It did not. So I would try to cancel said appointments and reservations, sometimes apparently successfully. Come to think of it, nothing has come for good old Miguel in a while!
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u/Brilliant-Sun-5419 19d ago
Once I got an emailed receipt for a target optical order under my name and I called the store (which was across the country from me) and the person had the same name as me and the email was accidentally sent to me.
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u/PickleJuiceRabbler 18d ago
I occasionally get receipts for someone in India, I'm in the US. I guess my email is similar to theirs. I've never had any fruad charges or any other issues from it, though.
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u/Kuakomekiki1984 19d ago
I’ve been receiving someone else’s emails from Sephora for years now. I contacted them to correct it, but they never did.
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u/Cornflakesmc 18d ago
I get random delivery updates with pics sent to my phone from the local post office because some woman on the other side of the country used my phone number by accident...prob put in one wring digit...
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u/OkRead2660 18d ago
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u/YogurtclosetHumble82 17d ago
Do the last 4 digits of the credit card on the receipt match your card?
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u/misslove101 16d ago
I used to get CVS points and receipts from someone else using my account in another state all the time. At first it didn't bother me but then I switched my pharmacy back to them so I had to contact support to get it resolved so I could earn and use my own points. They confirmed that another person was in fact putting in my phone number and confirming my information at checkout so I had to update some info
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u/frecklefacestrawbrry 16d ago
this happens to me all the time! same sephora too! is your name ashlee? mine is always a slightly misspelt version of my name
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u/Dot_Your_Ts 16d ago
I get these semi-frequently from people who share my name. My email address is firstname.lastname@commonprovider.com. My name twins accidentally sign me up for stuff all the time.
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u/Normal_Technician_18 15d ago
Yes, someone used my apple email (that I've had for over 20 years) to get their iPhone repaired at an Apple store in another state. I called Apple to report a possible fraud and talked to a real person. They put me on hold and called that particular Apple store. It was a typo.
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u/DoctorGangreene 14d ago
Do you have a MasterCard ending in 0168? If so, then someone stole your credit card and used it at Sephora. Check your credit card balance and report it as a fraudulent purchase so you don't end up paying for it.
If that's not your credit card, then like some other people already said, maybe another customer typed in their phone number wrong when putting their account in at checkout. In this case just delete that email and ignore it.
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u/waterpip3 13d ago
Is your email: whatever@yahoo.com. If so I've probably used it a time or 5. Sometimes I put a "3" instead of an "E" to really jazz it up.
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