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Lifer
I received an official looking e-mail from the "Gmail team" with steps on how to allow my account to be taken over by the requester who happens to have a similar account name to mine!
Just be aware if you receive any messages from the Gmail Team because it could be someone trying to get you to give up your account if it's a more desirable user ID.
Below is a copy of the message I got, I put a Y at the end of the user ID to indicate the false account that was trying to take over mine and I just put all X's for the user ID to represent my actual account ID.
You have requested to add XXXXXXY@gmail.com to your Gmail account.
Confirmation code: 0000000
Before you can send mail from XXXXXX@gmail.com using your Gmail account
(XXXXXY@gmail.com), please click the link below to confirm your request:
http://mail.google.com/mail/f-1fd80cc58e-XXXXXX%40gmail.com-000000000000
If you click the link and it appears to be broken, please copy and paste it
into a new browser window. If you aren't able to access the link, please log in
to your Gmail account, and click 'Settings' at the top of any page. Open the
'Accounts' tab, and locate the email address you'd like to add in the 'Send
mail as:' section. Then, click 'Verify,' and enter your confirmation
code: 0000000
Thanks for using Gmail!
Sincerely,
The Gmail Team
If you did not make this request, or you don't want to add this email address
to your Gmail account, no further action is required. XXXXXXY@gmail.com cannot
send messages using your email address unless you confirm the request by
clicking the link above. If you accidentally clicked the link, but you do not
want to allow XXXXXXY@gmail.com to send messages using your address,
click this link to cancel this verification:
http://mail.google.com/mail/g-1fd80cc58e-XXXXXXXXX%40gmail.com-000000000000
To learn more about why you might have received this
message, please visit:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=20318.
Please do not respond to this message. If you'd like to contact the Gmail Team,
please log in to your account and click 'Help' at the top of any page. Then,
click 'Contact Us' along the bottom of the Help Center.
Just be aware if you receive any messages from the Gmail Team because it could be someone trying to get you to give up your account if it's a more desirable user ID.
Below is a copy of the message I got, I put a Y at the end of the user ID to indicate the false account that was trying to take over mine and I just put all X's for the user ID to represent my actual account ID.
You have requested to add XXXXXXY@gmail.com to your Gmail account.
Confirmation code: 0000000
Before you can send mail from XXXXXX@gmail.com using your Gmail account
(XXXXXY@gmail.com), please click the link below to confirm your request:
http://mail.google.com/mail/f-1fd80cc58e-XXXXXX%40gmail.com-000000000000
If you click the link and it appears to be broken, please copy and paste it
into a new browser window. If you aren't able to access the link, please log in
to your Gmail account, and click 'Settings' at the top of any page. Open the
'Accounts' tab, and locate the email address you'd like to add in the 'Send
mail as:' section. Then, click 'Verify,' and enter your confirmation
code: 0000000
Thanks for using Gmail!
Sincerely,
The Gmail Team
If you did not make this request, or you don't want to add this email address
to your Gmail account, no further action is required. XXXXXXY@gmail.com cannot
send messages using your email address unless you confirm the request by
clicking the link above. If you accidentally clicked the link, but you do not
want to allow XXXXXXY@gmail.com to send messages using your address,
click this link to cancel this verification:
http://mail.google.com/mail/g-1fd80cc58e-XXXXXXXXX%40gmail.com-000000000000
To learn more about why you might have received this
message, please visit:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=20318.
Please do not respond to this message. If you'd like to contact the Gmail Team,
please log in to your account and click 'Help' at the top of any page. Then,
click 'Contact Us' along the bottom of the Help Center.
