# Who's making restaurant reservations in my name?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-restaurant-reservations-in-my-name/772680>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 21, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-restaurant-reservations-in-my-name/772680 "2016-11-21T21:24:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-restaurant-reservations-in-my-name/772680/21 "2016-11-22T18:56:28Z")

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> [@Pork\_Rind](#):
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> This happened to a co-worked. Someone fat fingered or possibly misremembered their email address.  
> […]  
> Same thing happens with my Instagram account. My user name must be similar to someone else’s that seems to have really fun friends that tag me in all their adventures.

A while back, I received a reservation acknowledgement for an expensive boutique hotel in London (I’m near Chicago). After freaking out and checking all my cards for strange charges, etc I wrote to the hotel. The next day I got an apology and, yeah, someone just flubbed the email entry. Exciting times while they lasted.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-restaurant-reservations-in-my-name/772680/22 "2016-11-22T19:02:47Z")

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After some pretty exhausting detective work, I found the [culprit](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7QsraBO4tqM/TNXZ5eut_AI/AAAAAAAABN8/oz0u-abG2Bk/s1600/ElKabong2.JPG). Good looking fellow. My bill is in the mail.

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