My Gmail account has been hijacked

[yesiamaplant]

Facebook too. Not sure how, honestly. The only standard idiotic internet user mistake I made was to use the same pass for Gmail and Facebook, but it was a pretty strong pass. I suppose I could be a victim of phising, or maybe a virus, but nothing else seems to be compromised.

I made a new e-mail and filled out Gmail's "My Account has been compromised" form, but they just got back to me and said the information I provided was insufficient to prove I owned the account. At this point I don't care about getting it back so much as having it shut down. That was my main e-mail account for about 8 years, so I have no idea what sort of sensitive information I may have thrown around in that time during my more brainless moments.

Any tips?

 

[fatherofcaitlyn]

Are you a religious person?

 

[yesiamaplant]

[quote name='fatherofcaitlyn']Are you a religious person?[/QUOTE]

No, but I still hope and pray someone will be more helpful than you.

 

[WhipSmartBanky]

[quote name='yesiamaplant']No, but I still hope and pray someone will be more helpful than you.[/QUOTE]

 

[Jesus_S_Preston]

Stick it in her---

Wait, that won't help at all. Ignore.

 

[mission42]

[quote name='Jesus_S_Preston']Stick it in her---

Wait, that won't help at all. Ignore.[/QUOTE]

That always helps, doesn't it?

 

[yesiamaplant]

w00t! Google finally accepted one of my "I can't access my account" forms for hijacked accounts.

I mean this with the deepest sincerity, thank you for the smarm everyone. It made me keep my sense of humor in tact through this, and I'm afraid I would have panicked without it.

 

[the_punisher]

You are indeed a plant.

 

[jbroush99]

[quote name='Jesus_S_Preston']Stick it in her---

Wait, that won't help at all. Ignore.[/QUOTE]

Actually, that could help pass the time and would be very helpful to get his mind off this hijacking.

 

[Ikohn4ever]

check out the details at the bottom of the main page just to see where someone who accessed your shit was located.

 

[neocisco]

[quote name='yesiamaplant']No, but I still hope and pray someone will be more helpful than you.[/QUOTE]

Nice.

 

[yesiamaplant]

[quote name='Ikohn4ever']check out the details at the bottom of the main page just to see where someone who accessed your shit was located.[/QUOTE]

What's funny is when I loggged in this morning (about 12 hours after having access restored) Google put a big red flag at the top of my inbox saying my account had been accessed from Indonesia. Fast work, guys. Still can't access Facebook, but eh---I only used it for a few people and I could always start a new account, I guess.

 

[Matt Young]

All you should have to do is have Facebook reset your password and send it to you.

 

[yesiamaplant]

[quote name='Matt Young']All you should have to do is have Facebook reset your password and send it to you.[/QUOTE]

I had tried that a few times before I got access back to e-mail, and so they shut down the profile. I've been corresponding with one of their techs who said they would restore access yesterday but they still haven't done it.