Question posted by jason232380 on February 27th, 2013

Forgot Security Question

Account compromised, can't remember second security question, it's not matching the right answer.  Getting locked out for 12 hours at a time.  Need access to my yahoo account!

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Answer #1: Posted by tintinb on February 28th, 2013 11:54 AM
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The best solution for this is to use the Account Recovery Page of Yahoo. You will be given the chance to recover your account as long as you accurately provided the following information.

Alternate email address, birthday, country of residence, and postal code.

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