Another reason NOT to have your name in your email address.
If your email was
chunkymonkey69@aol.com the scam email would read
“Dear chunkymonkey,”
Any legit emails I get always have my name, not email address. You could smell this as fraud.
If your email address was
homersimpson@aol.com
The spam the fraudulent email would read
“Dear Homer Simpson,”
Which may fool someone.
I hope there is a special place in hell for these spammers.