Someone has stolen my Hotmail password
I had a Hotmail address. My address book has been stolen. My password has been changed.
When I seek to get it back via my private question the question is in chinese. I got it translated and the question is the same as in english. Tried to put my answer back but no go.
Many of my contacts have been receiving unwanted emails from a chinese company, now includes hundreds of people I have never heard of!
Some time back I did go to a chinese electronic site looking for a chart plotter. As far as I know I did not enter anything that would have linked me but I must have. Any solutions?
Unfortunately it sounds like your Hotmail account has been hijacked and there is very little you can do about it.
Because the thieves will have almost certainly changed all your profile settings there is little, if any, chance you can prove to Hotmail that you are the account holder.
If your Hotmail password was the same as your online banking password then you should change that immediately and check your accounts.
It would be a very good idea to check your computer for malware as it may be the websites you visited infected your computer with a drive by download.
In future, it’s worthwhile using an alternative browser and choosing a strong password when surfing the net and accessing secure websites.
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February 5th, 2009 at 8:52 am
my hotmail account has been hacked
December 4th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Someone who hijack the hotmail info is through sending a message acting for Windows Live Alert to ask you to update your info inorder others will not be able to hijack your account.
If you do not update it, then your account will be terminate. Unfortunately this Windows Live Alert is a fake one, not from the existing authority.
Therefore they pose to us the requirement needed for him to to know your password. This is the problem raise due to someone acting on behalf of Windows Live Alert.
I hopefully the authority of Windows Live Alert find ways and means to counter this issue.
Thanks
Shaikino
May 14th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
My e-mail account that i had for severeal years, has been hacked! the same method was used as with Shaikino!
all my friends and my parents received the following e-mail, sent via MY email account:
From: Chantèlle Jones [mailto:chantelle_entertainer@hotmail.com]
Sent: 13 May 2010 02:09 PM
To: Chantèlle Jones
Subject: I Need Your Help
Hello,
How are you doing ? I hope you are doing fine, I’m sorry that I didn’t inform you about my traveling to Africa for a Seminar.
I need a favor from you as soon as you receive this e-mail because I misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my money,and other valuable things were kept, I will like you to assist me with a soft loan urgently. I will be needing the sum of $2,800 to sort-out my hotel bills and get myself back home.
I will appreciate whatever you can afford to help me with, I will pay you back as soon as I return,I’m counting on you on this,Kindly let me know if you can be of help so I can send you my details to use when sending the money through western union.
I look forward to read from you soon.
Your reply will be greatly appreciated.
Chantèlle
this is unbelievable! i’m sure Hotmail can stop these scammers! only luck… my friends know i’m Afrikaans speaking!
kind regards
Chantèlle
September 20th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
My password has been stolen by some one and using it for begging money
October 7th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Hi could you please advise me on how i can unlock my account i have already changed my password through the link.
msd60@hotmail.com
April 14th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Misplace my password
October 27th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
I went to enter to my hotmail but could not get in when I send to apply for a new password, hotmail siad that they will send me email to az*****yahoo.com
az*****yahoo.com have stole my hot mail address gemini4762000@hotmail.com
how can I recover my adress back
April 26th, 2012 at 8:02 pm
I can´t get into my hotmail account which is mel_deny@hotmail.com. It says my mail has been hacked and has been sending spams and i need to use a code which will be sent to my address lu****@nsjtraining.org. It just so happens that am not using this address since 2007. Is there any other way I can have my account back?