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Actually the "jiat0218" user part in his email address jiat0218@gmail.com has a bunch of matches on Taiwanese sites:

https://char.tw/blog/post/24397301

https://forum.babyhome.com.tw/topic/167439

https://bmwcct.com.tw/forums/thread1828.html

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I think it's just a coincidence.

- All the posts are from 2004/2006. - "jiat" can be abbreviation for many common Chinese names.

I agree, probably a coincidence. Just wanted to point out we can, actually, find the username online.

It might just be a coincidence, but the same username from that gmail account also appears to have a Proton Mail address

I think it's not a coincidence: Hans Jansen (hansjansen162@outlook.com) has a matching account on Proton mail too (hansjansen162@proton.me). Furthermore, the Outlook account is configured as recovery e-mail for the Proton account.

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