The dots do matter: how to scam a Gmail user. I have a secondary gmail account that I never intentionally use (yet) though I do log in regularly just to check it. I'm still astounded at the amount of people who don't know that's not their email address - and the idiotic companies that don't do any email verification. I've gotten everything from resumes to hotel reservations to the primary account for a Verizon FIOS installation.