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someone from Russia just broke into my email account. I had to jump through hoops to change my password. I am no one important....just an elderly retired woman.
Farmgirl1961
(1,493 posts)How could you tell it was someone from Russia?
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Asking respectfully.
tblue37
(65,340 posts)Turbineguy
(37,324 posts)@Yahoo, @Aol, or ???
Thanks!
chillfactor
(7,575 posts)they showed me that someone from Russia had accessed my account....sorry I do not have a domain.....everything was erased once I changed my password.
hotmail
Vilis Veritas
(2,405 posts)Can you still access your email? It almost sounds like you were phished and the password change was an attempt to get your real password.
I hope all goes well.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Small time hackers practicing or it's to send out spam. If you're able to change your password your probably fine. Make sure it's a good one.. no dictionary words, a number an upper and lower case letter and one crazy symbol like ~ or ^ and best if its at least 12 characters but do your best. Don't be surprised if you get replies to the hackers spam.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)OP, I'm assuming that you changed your password from the actual Hotmail site, and not from a link in the email, correct?