Received an email showing my full name with my email adress in the "To:" field but sender did not know my name

Question

Does any know where this name came from? It shows 'John Doe' [[e-mail]]. All I gave was the [e-mail]. Did the John Doe come from my email system or did this person find my name and put it into their address book?

Answer 1

likely the person sending the email only sent your email address; but on receipt of the email your email client recognised that address as belonging to a person in its address book and substituted it so that you can identify who it was to.

The sender of the email to you is probably still none-the-wiser.

Answer 2

If it's on Yahoo, the system adds it if it does not come in with the e-mail. Just tested that from 2 different accounts -- one that sends my full name as well as e-mail address and one that doesn't.

Answer 3

Yes it did. Any message that u recieved is shown with name tag which u have in your adress book or as email header. And if it is your mail then theres your name automatically.

Answer 4

Your e-mail address book picked your name up from your contacts. You probably have yourself in your contacts as "john at home" or something. (It sees [e-mail] coming in, and compares it to known contacts...)

Answer 5

yahoo always has your name in the header section of the email
i never use it

Answer 6

spam

Answer 7

how amazing