Question posted by tihso10 on May 1st, 2011

My Email Account Has Just Been Hacked Into --- What Can I Do?

numerous emails have been sent to contacts stored in my email account  -- some of them classified/military and this is not funny  --- what can i do?

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Answer #1: Posted by galick04093 on May 2nd, 2011 12:29 AM
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i would contact your email provider's support team and tell them you've been hacked.

they'll ask for personal information to make sure your you. and will give you the option to gain access to your account(so you can change password) or give your the option to have the accound de-activated.

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