u/Laggy_Brain_

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Scam? Fraud ? User mistake?

Hello there,

Last night I have received this email about an account being created with my email address.

(My name is not Gabby).

https://preview.redd.it/ad3b0jm3d61h1.png?width=1586&format=png&auto=webp&s=00631e7093300d08a75b68c786fde45ef4956341

I did not do much about it as maybe I have a similar email as someone else.

But then today, I receive this

https://preview.redd.it/caeuonqad61h1.png?width=1114&format=png&auto=webp&s=a639904d87c54b53fa9a85655bfa0d5fe34fc01c

Which makes me think the account is somewhat active without the email being confirmed?

Following some research I tried to do today, both sender email address from SoFi are legit.

I do not think this email address was compromised as I could only see my ip address login into that google account. No suspicious activity, I still changed the password just in case and it is just a 'garbage' email nothing personal in there.

To confirm the account is actually active, I was able to go on the website (I did not click any link) and do a password reset and also change the account password and it did work...

I wanted to contact you guys support, but I could not find an email address to send something or even for the chat you need to be logged in, which I will not login to this.

I am also not in a country that you support so I don't really want to call in a different country..

Is there any other way to look into this? If this is a fraud ongoing, delete the account, if a real customer made a mistake, maybe they would need to be contacted to update their information.

If it was really a user mistake when he register, how come they can use it without being confirmed?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Edit :

I just received this now, how can that person use the account (I assume they are using it otherwise why would I get these email) When the SoFi account password was reset/changed? Does not make sense...

https://preview.redd.it/542u37u7i61h1.png?width=1184&format=png&auto=webp&s=b7b52a37969179fc438f88f2f38368e73ec2af9e

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