Quote Originally Posted by PandaMonium View Post
It even doesn't have to be a serious scam like taking something from you - money or your account (even that it is theoretically possible if the mail you wrote in the questionnaire is your SE account mail, so they will know your characters and the associated e-mail).
Enough that some random person makes a base of FFXIV characters and associated e-mails, sells it to adv companies or uses by themselves to annoy you with more commercial spam.
Which is why, when filling out surveys, always use your junk email. That’s what I do usually. I have emails for surveys and crap stores want you to fill out/hound you about, emails for websites/social media, and then I have my personal emails I don’t share with anyone except important contacts/school.