Google Account password stolen. Please help!

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onearmedscissor

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Someone figured out my password and they changed it. They also changed my secret question and secondary email, so I have no way of finding out the new password or changing it back. However, due to cookies, I'm still logged in to my Google Account, so I can access the settings for it. But since changing the settings requires either current password, secondary email, or secret question, I can't think of anything I can do. Is there any way to recover my account? I've already sent an email to Google, but I want to get it back as soon as possible, before something bad happens, because I have a lot of important information on it. Thank you.
 
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Codewiz

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Originally posted by: onearmedscissor
Someone figured out my password and they changed it. They also changed my secret question and secondary email, so I have no way of finding out the new password or changing it back. However, due to cookies, I'm still logged in to my Google Account, so I can access the settings for it. But since changing the settings requires either current password, secondary email, or secret question, I can't think of anything I can do. Is there any way to recover my account? I've already sent an email to Google, but I want to get it back as soon as possible, before something bad happens, because I have a lot of important information on it. Thank you.
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I hate to break it to you but your are SOL

 
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onearmedscissor

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I can't even delete my account because it requires a password to end Google Account or Gmail service, and it won't let me access Gmail either, just my account settings.
 
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Chryso

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Originally posted by: rudder
your acount is gone. better just delete your stuff while logged in.
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Forward and delete.

Don't delete the account, delete the email.
 
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Originally posted by: onearmedscissor
I can't even delete my account because it requires a password to end Google Account or Gmail service, and it won't let me access Gmail either, just my account settings.
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They're not talking about deleting your account, they meant manually deleting ALL your emails and move on.

BTW, is your PW 1234?
 
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onearmedscissor

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I can't forward or delete my email because I can only log into the account settings for Google Accounts, not Gmail.
I guess you can't be sure but if you know a way can you just believe me and tell me it? If it involves Google, I can provide proof of many things like the original email account I received my invitation on, and my name, etc.
 
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BooGiMaN

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why would somoen steal your account..besides if you cant log on then how do you know they have already erased your important stuff..
 
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onearmedscissor

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I don't know why they would want to steal it! And I never said they already erased my important stuff. I just want to get it back before anything like that happens.
 
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Chryso

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Important stuff should not be kept online.
Chalk this up to a lesson learned.
 
TuxDave

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Originally posted by: onearmedscissor
So no one can help? Is there any way to figure out what he changed the password to?
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I doubt it. Otherwise if you found a computer where someone didn't log out of his gmail properly, you'd be able to hijack it yourself. You're not doing that right? ;)
 
moshquerade

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Originally posted by: TuxDave
Originally posted by: onearmedscissor
So no one can help? Is there any way to figure out what he changed the password to?
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I doubt it. Otherwise if you found a computer where someone didn't log out of his gmail properly, you'd be able to hijack it yourself. You're not doing that right? ;)
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are you thinking what i'm thinking?

 
TuxDave

TuxDave

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: TuxDave
Originally posted by: onearmedscissor
So no one can help? Is there any way to figure out what he changed the password to?
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I doubt it. Otherwise if you found a computer where someone didn't log out of his gmail properly, you'd be able to hijack it yourself. You're not doing that right? ;)
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are you thinking what i'm thinking?
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That the OP is shens? The main thing that bothers me is that I would never know that my password was invalid unless I log out and try logging back in. But if he still has the cookie to his gmail, then when you go to gmail.google.com you would automatically go straight to your inbox without a password prompt. At least that's what it does for me. That and I'm usually skeptical of people.
 
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