I clicked on forgot password but it asks for DOB and zip code, I made this account a long time ago and put random information for those fields that I don't remember..or it is possible that they could have changed it. There's a lot of stuff on there for my other accounts and they have changed my passwords for other sites from my email. What is there the I can do?
Somebody hacked into my other yahoo email account and changed the password?
Well using free email services to store sensitive information is possibly the dumbest thing people can do nowadays, especially with the amateur "cookie masking" php injection trick around now. Where they simply talk to you on Aim, or a chat room of some sort and steal your cookie info from the stored browser info. Then they plug in their ip address where yours was, and change the yahoo cookie info, in plain terms, from "logged in? False to logged in? True" and then goto their log in on yahoo, and insert the cookie which changes their cookie to yours, and then they click on the inbox button and voila, they are now in your account without even entering your password.
So what can you do? Theres not alot of it, and its never a good idea to enter random info into the password recovery info. What you should do in a situation like this, is remember all the sites that use that email. Then what you want to do is request an email change if you cannot do it by yourself. The faster you do it the less of a chance the person who now has control over your account can trash your online stuff.
Now others might yell for "ip trace" or "bring it to the cops", but they cant do anything about it. People emails are hacked daily, and its completely untraceable because of that nice American proxy server law, where they cant trace incoming, only out going.
Here are your logical options, listed from best to worst:
-Do what is said above, about the sites and email changes
-Fall to the ground and pray to God that you didnt have any personal information stored on your account that your attacker could use to hurt you, or steal your identity with.
-Email your other account, try to get some info on the new dude. If (s)hes smart, he would read your outgoing emails and learn how you talk, thus when incoming mail comes in they could write back sounding like you so no one gets suspicious.
-Write yahoo, and explain whats going on, see if they cant at least give the IP (if its not proxied) to the police for an investigation. (And before you do that, pray to God that a understanding, and nice human being picks up your call)
-Go on a "hackers for hire" site and try and buy a hacker to do a simple email hack job, and hope you dont get screwed out of like 80 bucks. I would demand screen shots before anything happens, and not believe the screen shots, have them taken to a pro photoshopper, or detective (Private Eye) to see if they can see any blemishes that show photoshopped (You can only photoshop so much)
-Frollic (This would make everything better, let the attacker steal all your information, and you not do anything sensible about it. HOW FUN!!! YAY!!!) xP
And possibly read up on these following links, so nothing like this happens again *sigh*
Reply:You should fill out the Security help form. Here is the link for one. (you need to scroll down to see it) Good Luck
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/securit...
Reply:1. Never use an easily hacked password.
2. Never put passwords in email that you store online.
3. Never put personal info into profiles that are stored online.
4. Start over with a new username and a more secure password that uses random letters and numbers that is at least 8 characters long. Store the password in a safe place that is NOT online.
5. Change the password every 90 days.
6. Good luck with the new account.
Reply:nope nothing you can do
You can try and click "forgot your password" and recover the ID by filling out all your original info used when you made the account. If the thief has changed your ZIP and alternate email this will NOT work.
You may be prompted to choose between "I have never used a credit card with Yahoo!" or " I have used a credit card with Yahoo!" PLACE A DOT IN I have never used a credit card with Yahoo!
and click continue to recover your account.
if your account has been stolen, there is not much chance you will get your ID back as all original info will be changed and although yahoo says it recognises original info, THEY DO NOT, as once the thief changes the ZIP and primary email the recovery process anywhere though yahoo is useless. It is this new ZIP that Yahoo will recognise in recovery, not the original one you used when making the account.
Yahoo will not listen to you without that original personal info matching.
Make sure you have a good password something with letters and numbers in it the Yahoo generated passwords are the hardest to crack.
DO NOT SIGN INTO ANY LINK SENT TO YOU ON MESSENGER, ALWAYS USE THE YAHOO HOME PAGE.
now after all that feel safe clicking the link i'm posting you to
read about what happened to you ID and how to avoid it happening again, and how to recover your ID.. http://www.freecreed.com/userid.html ...
fill out this form and send it off to Yahoo
http://www.freecreed.com/le_wizzz-passwo...
Yahoo addy below, but do not expect help from them.
Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, California 94089
Phone (408) 349-3300
Fax (408) 349-3301
Office Hours 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST
Reply:for Lost/Stolen /hacked Account,
Check Your Name and Password at this Official Yahoo log-in site to check your account%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/edit/..... click Sign in at top and it will take you to the official sign-in site.
Check to see if you can log into yahoo mail here %26gt;%26gt; http://mail.yahoo.com/
If you cannot sign into either site then most likely you have fallen victim to one of the password stealing scams. Learn about Password Scams and how to protect yourself from them at %26gt;%26gt; http://security.yahoo.com/password_scams... .
If you think your password/account has been stolen then read the following link:
Want to Recover a Password to a Lost or Stolen Account read this %26gt;%26gt;%26gt; http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/186568... .
The first option is just to try to get a new password. But if your account was stolen and a zip code changed this will not work. Move on to the other steps, and try to get your account back from Yahoo. Though please note, you will need to know your original account information you use to create your account, such as your birthdate, Yahoo ID, secret question/answer or alternate e-mail address.
There are password stealing programs out there used to crack accounts but they are actually rare. Make sure you have a strong password which is one that is at least 8 characters long and includes capital letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters. Having a strong password will make it harder to crack . Most people fall victim to a scam, click a bad link, or sign into a fake Sign in page.
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