Unknown visitor referred by a “friend”

During the past Christmas Holidays, I got an email from some unknown Frenchman. He inferred he wanted to get together with me and – I assume – ski; yeah, you guessed it, free instruction! 

In it, he said: “I just arrived in Park City with my family for a ski week. I just sent a text to Bruno who told me you lived here. That would be fun to get together. We’re here through December 28.” 

I responded that in case he ignored it that we were in the midst of a pandemic and since I’m well over 70, getting together wouldn’t be such a good idea. I then, sent an email to Bruno asking him if that guy was legit, but I have yet to get a response from that former colleague (ski instructor) of mine. 

All this to say that this is a recurrent situation, in which some folks are thoughtless enough to give one’s address to a perfect stranger, without asking for authorization, or at the very least warning you that one’s will be contacted by that person. Rude, careless and good recipe for embarrassing everyone.