IMHO it is clearly a wrong assumption on the side of any such sender. A verification link should have clear definite actions for the user receiving it:

- It's me, let me confirm my address

- I never signed up for this heap of diamonds

Whenever I (not even a bot) click or follow a link from my mailbox, by accident or on purpose, I don't expect that to validate an account for anyone else, but me, intentionally, using a password I know.