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July 24, 2003 at 2:53 pm #6455
genghiskahn
Membersomeone just hacked or cracked my yahoo messenger and stole yahoo id
is there a solution ,please help big time thanksJuly 24, 2003 at 3:40 pm #58643IndyTone
MemberWhy don’t you contact Yahoo?
July 24, 2003 at 4:33 pm #58645Johnson
MemberThe first thing you need to do here is figure out exactly what happened, what happens when most people lose their ids is they don’t try and figure out what happened, which is the logical thing to do, i understand most people dunno ne ways at all how ids are stolen. I would goto http://www.my.yahoo.com and try to log the id in. If your id was stolen you should be able to recover it, if not thru password lookup, you can contact yahoo! But if you don’t remember the information you put on the account(different then your actual info “bogus info”) You cannot recover the account, unless you can remember exactly what it was. Go here:
http://edit.yahoo.com/config/eval_forgot_pw
Were it says: Your Birthday – put in your birthday
Your Zip(or Postal) Code – put in your zipcode
Your Country or Territory – put in your country
2. Forgot your password?
Enter your Yahoo! ID – put your id right thereThen press the button GET NEW Password
If the info is correct it will take you to your secret question. If its not right then it will say “You must match the information stored in your Yahoo! account.” If you get to the secret question try to answer it, an it also might have a button to email yourself a new password, if u know for sure your email is on the account and u have access to it, then email yourself a new pw if u can’t answer the question. And if your account is terminated(deactivated) it will tell you that instead of refreshing the pw look up screen. Lemme knowJuly 25, 2003 at 11:55 am #58641Jeff Hester
KeymasterSometimes Yahoo will lock up an account for a day or two if you (or anyone else) tries to login to that account and types in the wrong password several times in a row.
I’ve been told that it’s best to wait til the account comes back active before changing your password, because if it was a real hack attempt, then whoever’s doing it will get the new password and you’ll have to start all over anyway.
I always keep a backup account just in case this happens and I can’t use my default account. And I change my ID about once every 6 months just to get rid of old junk mail and to throw off anyone who might want to harrass or stalk me online.
July 28, 2003 at 8:33 pm #58646AK26
ParticipantYou 6 chances..to get ur pw right after that it locks the id for minimum of 15 mins/ 3-4 days max
July 29, 2003 at 1:33 am #58644Johnson
MemberIf your account is locked cause someone tried to crack your password 99% of the time it will be for 12 hours.
July 29, 2003 at 2:09 am #58642gaz_berotten
Memberlogin to yahoo games then out noe your account is unlocked
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