- Dec 6, 2009
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So my gmail account just got hacked. I know google can restore it IF I am able to convince them that I am indeed the owner of the account, but I am worried about establishing that fact.
I enter my login info and get a message that it is incorrect. I click "Can't access your account?" Then I select that I think my account has been compromised. This makes me enter my gmail email address and they send instructions for me to fix it to a random yahoo email that I forget. It is displayed as *******@yahoo.com
I've had this account for near 5 years, I have no IDEA what other emails I had at the time. Back then I probably didn't even enter correct personal information into the forms or legit secret questions.
So it now tells me that I have 24 hours before I can really do anything else if I no longer have access to that account. I can't do anything else, but I am so nervous about what might happen to all my personal information contained in my account. All my 5 years worth of saved conversations, account confirmation emails for other accounts, etc.
So anyway, I filled out another form that asked me questions like when I think my account was created, when it was last accessed, etc. I really don't know half this information, but I do know when it was last accessed. I went on it, and left for thirty minutes, and when I came back it was taken.
I am hoping that they will be able to match my IP with the one that sent the password request, and that at least some of my responses are accurate. But I want this account back now, god only knows what might happen in 24+ hours.
I enter my login info and get a message that it is incorrect. I click "Can't access your account?" Then I select that I think my account has been compromised. This makes me enter my gmail email address and they send instructions for me to fix it to a random yahoo email that I forget. It is displayed as *******@yahoo.com
I've had this account for near 5 years, I have no IDEA what other emails I had at the time. Back then I probably didn't even enter correct personal information into the forms or legit secret questions.
So it now tells me that I have 24 hours before I can really do anything else if I no longer have access to that account. I can't do anything else, but I am so nervous about what might happen to all my personal information contained in my account. All my 5 years worth of saved conversations, account confirmation emails for other accounts, etc.
So anyway, I filled out another form that asked me questions like when I think my account was created, when it was last accessed, etc. I really don't know half this information, but I do know when it was last accessed. I went on it, and left for thirty minutes, and when I came back it was taken.
I am hoping that they will be able to match my IP with the one that sent the password request, and that at least some of my responses are accurate. But I want this account back now, god only knows what might happen in 24+ hours.
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