so, I just had this conversation overnight...
Simplenote Support <support@simplenote.com> 2:17 AM (7 hours ago)  to jc  Welcome to Simplenote!Thanks for creating a Simplenote account. What happens now? Well, Simplenote will automatically backup your notes for you. Your latest changes are safely stored online in case you lose your device, damage it, or buy a new one.
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 John Comeau
5:39 AM (3 hours ago)  to Simplenote  what kind of joke is this? I never heard of simplenote.   Support 8:06 AM (1 hour ago)  to John  ##- Please type your reply above this line -## Rambo (Automattic) Jul 6, 15:06 UTC
Hi there!
Thank you for contacting Simplenote. We've had a few reports of accounts being created by bots, and are investigating this on our end. We have stopped any bot signups and you're welcome to delete the account.
Because of the permanence and potential impacts of deleting a Simplenote account, we can't delete an account on behalf of a user.
You may delete your Simplenote account by taking the following steps:
Log into the web app: https://app.simplenote.com/ In the upper right-hand corner, click your e-mail address and then select 'Settings' Next to 'Delete Account', click the 'DELETE' link and confirm. To find your password, you can use the Forgot Password form: https://app.simplenote.com/forgot/ and make sure to search your email for "Simplenote" in case the password reset emails goes to your spam folder.
Regards,
Rambo - Happiness Engineer https://support.wordpress.com
This email is a service from Automattic. [6LWPVM-240D]  John Comeau 9:26 AM (0 minutes ago)  to Support  no, I'm not going to login to an account I didn't create. for all I know, this was done by the feds to entrap me. you need to start fucking verifying email addresses *before* creating accounts.
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