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This kinda stuff is why I don't like catchall email accounts.

IANAL...but there can be some legal exposure here, too. Mr. Bad Actor is up to shady sh*t, using a fake bactor@YourDomain.com account as part of that, and some less-than-friendly Feds (or lawyer for a victim, or ...) could be knocking on your door.

Yes, fake-account and typo'ed -address email can be kinda entertaining to read. But better to lose no time, need no lawyer, set things to auto-bounce with a "No Such Account" error, and keep email logs for ~3 months or so - to play the random clueless honest bystander part.

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