Hotmail account has been hacked!!!

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If you have my personal email, do NOT click on any links sent by me. Because I didn't send it!!!!!

I have the same thing happening with my email address,all my contacts were getting spammed,as I can't just close my email account as i have had for years I just deleted all my contacts and that has stopped the spam for now....friggin spammers!
 

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Generally to stop that hack you can just change your account password to stop them from sending emails out from you to your contact list. ;)
 

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just changing your password won't work you need to update your security info as well. In some cases you just need to open a new account, it sucks but reality sometimes
 
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Well....... I tried to get into it tonight, but I created it so loooong ago. I can't remember my security question? So I sent a customer request in, with a different email account. And now see what happens from here???
A few ppk from work told me it was from leaving my email account open, and that is how it eventually get's hacked!!!

So don't leave your email accounts open. ;)
 

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Well....... I tried to get into it tonight, but I created it so loooong ago. I can't remember my security question? So I sent a customer request in, with a different email account. And now see what happens from here???
A few ppk from work told me it was from leaving my email account open, and that is how it eventually get's hacked!!!

So don't leave your email accounts open. ;)

I'm always signed into my gmail account. :confused:
 

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Well....... I tried to get into it tonight, but I created it so loooong ago. I can't remember my security question? So I sent a customer request in, with a different email account. And now see what happens from here???
A few ppk from work told me it was from leaving my email account open, and that is how it eventually get's hacked!!!

So don't leave your email accounts open. ;)
I blame ...........hmmm Corrisa just because bahahah
 

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I had the same thing happen a couple weeks ago, was advised to change my password and so far no more spam. Keeping fingers crossed though. Sucks big time though.
 
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Hotmail got back to me, I reset my password. Also ran a full system scan and good to go again. What a pain in the ass!!!!

Kind of like having your truck stolen ;)
 
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