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My yahoomail accounts used by someone. email this discussion to a friend?

myLot reputation of 90/100. deserve40 (648)   ranked 1,575 out of 6,316 in internet1 year ago


Yesterday night I had checked my yahoomail account and then today morning when I opened my mail box I found two delivery failure messages. I was surprised to see these messages because I had not sent such mails to my friends.
One thing is clear that the person who has tried to send these messages has used my saved addresses because delivery to these addresses has failed. So I think that my yahoomail account was hacked by someone. It is good for me that none of the message was delivered. I am worried if some wrong messages are going to be delivered then I may be in trouble.
Could any member here suggest me what I should do in this situation?
Thanks for the advise in advance.

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 79/100. spalladino (8993)   ranked 1,334 out of 6,316 in internet   1 year ago

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myLot reputation of 90/100. deserve40 (648)   ranked 1,575 out of 6,316 in internet  1 year ago

Thanks for the advise. I have changed the password.

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2. gigipipi (7)   ranked 3,952 out of 6,316 in internet   1 year ago

Don't worry!!it's nothing.change password.
what i want to say,because of my poor english,i can't express my advise.sorry!!


myLot reputation of 90/100. deserve40 (648)   ranked 1,575 out of 6,316 in internet  1 year ago


I am worried just because I have heard that many times illegal messages are sent by such people and the account holder is unnecessarily questioned about such mails. It may invite unnecessary trouble.

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3. myLot reputation of 90/100. coxjamir (1177)   ranked 2,319 out of 6,316 in internet   1 year ago

It is possible that someone broke into your account. I would notify them immediately and also change your password right away.

Also though, sometimes people send out emails that look like delivery failure notices to try to get you to reply to them so you can get a virus or whatever it is they do when they send out pointless junk mail like that. I get them sometimes. So, it could be that.

Either way, I would notify yahoo customer service and change my password just to be safe.

Good luck!


myLot reputation of 90/100. deserve40 (648)   ranked 1,575 out of 6,316 in internet  1 year ago

Thanks for the response. I have already changed the password.

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4. soshono1925 (65)   ranked 2,182 out of 6,316 in internet   1 year ago

I experienced the same situation. Worst is, the person who hacked my account changed my password and keeps on sending hate messages to my friends. I asked several computer techs on how to retrieve my password and what can I do to stop the hacker. He told me it is difficult for me to get back my account. He advised me to create a new account instead and inform my friends of what happen. In your case, I would suggest that you change your password now before the hacker can do it and prevent you from accessing your account.


myLot reputation of 90/100. deserve40 (648)   ranked 1,575 out of 6,316 in internet  1 year ago


Thanks for the advise. I have changed my password immediately. I was fortunate enough that the person who had hacked my account had not changed the passowrd and so it is little safer thing for me.

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5. myLot reputation of 92/100. pitstop (2286)   ranked 275 out of 6,316 in internet   1 year ago

Immediately change your password and send a email to all your friends about the problem - some of your friends may have actually got messages from the hacker.
Sometimes viruses can do this automatically and also some spam emails look like this.
Better safe than sorry!


myLot reputation of 90/100. deserve40 (648)   ranked 1,575 out of 6,316 in internet  1 year ago


Thanks for the advise. I have changed the password and I am going to send mails to all my friends telling them about what has happened to my yahoomail account.

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6. myLot reputation of 76/100. ajit25 (604)   ranked 1,113 out of 6,316 in internet   1 year ago

you should change your password and if you are using public computer then don't save your user name or password or delete cookies, history.

If you are more conscious about your mail then change your password in every 6 months


myLot reputation of 90/100. deserve40 (648)   ranked 1,575 out of 6,316 in internet  1 year ago

Thanks for the advise. I will keep changing my password more frequently. I do not use public computer.

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7. myLot reputation of 77/100. Croquetilla (1028)   ranked 2,558 out of 6,316 in internet   1 year ago

hello you can recived this error e-mail one day after that you send some e-mails. You can comprobate ifone or two days before you send some e-mail to this adresse that can produced this error


myLot reputation of 90/100. deserve40 (648)   ranked 1,575 out of 6,316 in internet  1 year ago

Yhanks for your response but I could not really get what you intend to say. Could you please elaborate?

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8. myLot reputation of 94/100. LadyMarissa (2687)   ranked 135 out of 6,316 in internet   1 year ago

There are several websites out there that when you sign up with them they import your address book & send messages to your friends under your name asking them to join. I have had several friends who have joined these sites & atleast once a month I receive a request under their name asking me to join. When I complained to my friends, they said they joined but didn't like the site & left. One person it has been over a year & I'm still receiving the emails. These sites don't have your password & do not go back into your account. They just steal your address book at the time you join & harass your friends. When a friend changes email addresses, the notice will come back to you as they cannot redirect them to their site. I've not heard of a way to stop these sites. From what I have been told they do not compromise your Yahoo account just your address book at the time they can steal it. Good luck with your problem. I hope changing your password takes care of the problem.


myLot reputation of 90/100. deserve40 (648)   ranked 1,575 out of 6,316 in internet  1 year ago

Well this is something new for me. I did not know that the site may be able to import email addresses of my friends from my mail account.
Another thing is that some of my friends are still working with the same email addresses so it is surprising that the mail sent by that hacker has not been deliver and so I got the failure report. Otherwise, I may not have been able to know that my mail account was hacked...!
Well I have changed my password so let us hope that it is enough to protect my email account.
Thanks for sharing.

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9. myLot reputation of 99/100. catdla1 (2646)   ranked 248 out of 6,316 in internet   1 year ago

What a scarey thing to have happened. Such an invasion of privacy, huh? I hope you've changed your password. I've begun changing mine at least once a month.
I have to keep a journal by the computer so I'll remember what it it...lol.
You might want to consider sending a quick email to the people in your address book to watch for anything received 'from you' that looks out of character.

A short while ago I started receiving emails from a friend using an account that
she hasn't used for several years. It looked like a link to access some kind of offer from Home Depot. It was suspicious because it was poorly worded and had misspellings. So before opening it, I called her. She, of course, had not sent it, and several of her friends had received them too. I deleted it, but received several more over the span of a couple of weeks.

It's scary to think that email spammers have (and use) addresses that they harvested years ago. With that happening, the idea of only opening emails where you know the sender is not even reliable. You almost have to scrutinize everything you receive now. Good luck to you!


myLot reputation of 90/100. deserve40 (648)   ranked 1,575 out of 6,316 in internet  1 year ago

That is right, now we have to scrtinize almost everything we receive through email. The biggest worry is illegal use of our email accounts. Let us hope that such thing is not going to be repaeted .

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10. myLot reputation of 70/100. Shovon_b13 (112)   1 year ago

I know yahoo mail contains some password number.If nobody don`t know your password he cant logged on your account.I think its your known person its not then i will suggest you to close the account.


myLot reputation of 90/100. deserve40 (648)   ranked 1,575 out of 6,316 in internet  1 year ago

No my friend, it is not done by my own person for the sure. I think so because, the mail which was sent was about joining some site and if my own person wanted my support in this matter, I would be pleased to do so. All my own people know that I would be the first person to help them if I can. So it is a work done by someone else only.

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