No matter how secure and strong the Yahoo! Mail is, at some point or the other Yahoo! users bump into some technical glitches. Forget about technical glitches, there’s another threat troubling most users. It’s the account hacking. Yes, this incident has massively been happening over a period of time. This is a huge security breach, or maybe a dodge in the web mail server security.
Indications That Tell You Your Account Has Been Compromised:
- exclamation-triangleYou fail to login even after entering valid login credentials
- exclamation-triangleEmail account settings compromised
- exclamation-triangleYahoo spam filter removed
- exclamation-triangleA lot of spam mails sent to contacts and unknown people, sometimes with bulk attachments
- exclamation-triangleInbox being flooded with undelivered messages, error messages and spam messages
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All the above activities, or at least you observe these changes in your Yahoo! Account, ensure that your account has been hacked or compromised. This is a serious matter of concern as most users keep their confidential things in drafts (such as banking details, etc.). When their account is compromised, chances are that users might lose other sensitive information; hence, consequence can be disastrous.
Handy Guidelines to Save/Recover Your Hacked Yahoo Account:
1.With login ID:
- hand-o-rightGo to Yahoomail.com or Yahoo.com.
- hand-o-rightClick on the Mail. You will be directed to a page where you will need to enter your email ID. Below that there’s an option called “Trouble signing in?”.
- hand-o-rightClick it to get another page where you need to provide the correct user ID and proceed to select the “Continue” button.
- hand-o-rightYou will be verified for not being a robot. Once you clear this and get the green tick mark, go further.
- hand-o-rightThe next step involves entering the first 2 digits of the last 4 digits of your registered number. And then hit the submit button.
- hand-o-rightNow, do you see an option that says “Text me an account key”? If yes, click.
- hand-o-rightYou will get an account key on your phone. Enter the code and click on the verify button.
- hand-o-rightYour Yahoo account is secure. If you still wish to make it more secure, you can do that by adding new password to the email account.
2.With Alternate Email Address:
- chevron-circle-rightGo to Yahoomail.com or Yahoo.com.
- chevron-circle-rightClick on the Mail. You will be directed to a page where you will need to enter your email ID. Below that there’s an option called “Trouble signing in?”.
- chevron-circle-rightClick it to get another page where you need to provide the secondary email address, and hit the Continue button.
- chevron-circle-rightVerify that you are not a robot.
- chevron-circle-rightYou get the “green mark”, you move ahead.
- chevron-circle-rightThe next step would give you an option that says “yes send me an account key”.
- chevron-circle-rightYou will get an account key on that alternate email address. Enter the code and click on the verify button.
- chevron-circle-rightYour Yahoo account is secure. If you still wish to make it more secure, you can do that by adding new password to the email account.
3.With Registered phone number:
- check-square-oGo to Yahoomail.com or Yahoo.com.
- check-square-oClick on the Mail. You will be directed to a page where you will need to enter your email ID. Below that there’s an option called “Trouble signing in?”.
- check-square-oClick it to get another page where you need to provide the register mobile number and hit the Continue button.
- check-square-oVerify that you are not a robot.
- check-square-oYou get the “green mark”, you move ahead.
- check-square-oThe next step would give you an option that says “yes send me an account key”.
- check-square-oYou will get an account key on the linked mobile number. Enter the code and click on the verify button.
- check-square-oYour Yahoo account is secure. If you still wish to make it more secure, you can do that by adding new password to the email account.
You now believe that you can get your hands on the hacked Yahoo account, don’t you? Implementing these steps would surely save your account from being robbed off in the hands of cyber criminals.
Follow the aforementioned steps and keep your account safe and secure!
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