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Can people hack my Google Gmail account?

Dave, I signed up recently for Google's Gmail service, got an invitation from someone I otherwise didn't know, and now all of a sudden the people in my address book are complaining that I'm spamming them and I can't log in to my account any more. What's going on?


Dave's Answer:

Actually, thanks to a note from Albert Houseman, I just figured out what might well have happened to you, and it's a sneaky hack that involves just as much social engineering as computer trickery. The key is that you got an invitation from someone you didn't know...

Here's how someone who had malicious intent could set you up with a Gmail account and then later hack into your new mailbox and contact list:

First, they need a secondary account that isn't a Gmail address. A Yahoo or Hotmail address would work fine.

Now, when they generate an invitation for you, they type in your first and last name, but their email address.

The invitation is sent to them and they forward it along to you, cut and paste it into a friendly response to your request ("Try this link for an account:") or even just redirect the message so it appears to have come directly from Gmail.

But what's different now is that the secondary email address is theirs, not your non-Gmail account:

Gmail Secondary Mail

You sign up, fill in the fields indicated on the Gmail signup form, leave that without thinking because "heck, it's probably just a referral" or similar, and then use your Gmail account without thinking about it again.

Some time later, when the hacker figures you've used the account enough that you'll have a good address book, lots of mail in your archive, etc. they go to the Gmail signup page and click on "I forgot my password":

Gmail: Forgot Password

They select to have a new password generated and sent to the secondary mail address - which is their email address, not yours - and you're now locked out of your account while they can pretend to be you as much as they'd like.

It's a bit convoluted, but if you are signing up for a Gmail account, make double sure that where it says "Secondary mail" that you have your own address, not someone elses address.

Note that you can also change this once you're logged in to your Gmail account by going to your Google Account Information and clicking on Security Question and Contact Info.



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Comments

Hey - Iam a Member by Invite and Once-upon a -time I was able to find the place where there were lots and lots of mail that had been saved and I do not know where it is now,,,I have spent many hours searching and Google has tried to get my drift but failed. What is the secret?

Posted by: Anne Dakmak at November 25, 2005 5:34 PM

I WANT TO HAVE ACCOUNT

Posted by: Pham Viet Sang at December 20, 2005 12:49 AM

I just exited my gmail account by closing Internet Explorer. Afew minutes later I signed on to Explorer again, hit "go to gmail" in favourites, and it went right to my account without asking for my gmail address and password.
What gives? This is a classroom computer, so students could have gone into my account.
Thanks.

Posted by: Jamie Corbett at January 17, 2006 12:07 PM

By default, Gmail logs you in for two weeks. If you want to avoid students playing with your mail (a generally good idea!) then make sure you click "logout" rather than just clicking away from the site.

Posted by: Dave Taylor at January 17, 2006 2:27 PM

Heey,

Another way to do it is to put nothing in your secondary email address.

but i know its harder if you lose your password.
Bye
Dennis

BTW 4+18 is the same as 20+2 or 25-3 or 246/12 or... 22 It's a little stupid but you got your reasons i suppose

Posted by: Dennis at February 11, 2006 5:28 PM

my gmail account has been idle for 5 days now.
but still i dont get an option of security question to retrieve my password
its very urgent that i remember my password
and change it

Posted by: manasa at April 29, 2006 7:16 AM

Hi Dave,
My gmail account has been hacked by a person I know. I wrote to the tech support but they couldn't help. I opened it last year, and didn't used it for about 2 months. Then I got a message from that account, and of course I couldn't get back in because the password was changed.
Can you help?

Posted by: Hacked at June 26, 2006 10:05 AM

Hi,
I have forgotten my gmail password. Now I tried giving the secondary email ID.
Even when we give secondary email ID.. it is not sending the password to my secondary email id... it is just sending the gmail account.
Now how to retrieve gmail password for that ID ..

any other options

Posted by: raghu at July 10, 2006 2:56 PM

someone hacked my gmail and I've tried everything under the sun to get back into it... I need help. I have all sorts of school stuff in there that I saved in my email...please help!

Posted by: Cassaundra at July 21, 2006 9:35 PM

i have a gmail as laxymail@gmail.com i have changed my password last month, but i forgot the same. How can i get my account again or how can i retrieve my password. I also forgot the secondary mail id which i provided at the time of creating account.Please help me.
Rgds
laxman
India

Posted by: laxman at August 5, 2006 1:22 AM

how can i find gmail email address by last name or first name?

Posted by: mom at August 13, 2006 9:16 AM

dear sir ,
I am engg student I have many friend so i want send some invitation so you send me some invitation in my email address.
I HOPE you solve my problem

Posted by: vikrant at August 23, 2006 5:28 AM

i have a gmail account. i have changed my password last month, but i forgot the same. How can i get my account again or how can i retrieve my password. I also forgot the secondary mail id which i provided at the time of creating account.Please help me.

Posted by: prapoornakumar at September 15, 2006 2:20 PM

hi my sir!
i want to change my gmail account password. plz show me a way how can i change it.
u r freind
kamalkaker

Posted by: kamalkakr at September 19, 2006 11:16 PM

not much of a hack i'm afraid. it's no more than a mistake by a careless/ignorant user. Then again there's always a slim chance of that happening I guess.

Posted by: annoxero at October 5, 2006 8:56 AM

have a gmail as archie.dalz@gmail.com i have changed my password last month, but i forgot the same. How can i get my account again or how can i retrieve my password. I also forgot the secondary mail id which i provided at the time of creating account.Please help me.contect me at this address dimple26in@rediffmail.com
Rgds

Posted by: archana at October 12, 2006 5:01 AM

hi dave,
i have an account in orkut, and in recent past there are many cases of hacking of the given primary account eg gmail, yahoo or any other.......so is this is possible that one can hack an account by orkut only...........

Posted by: Saras at October 17, 2006 9:28 AM

There's one form with gmail abuse team that you can use if your gmail account is hacked. It means the hacker may have changed your seconodary email address and secret Q/A. I'm not able to surf from office :) but you may get some link from here

gmail.google.com/support/bin/request.py?security=1&ctx=security

If you still need help - send me a mail

Note - getting account back is not easy. You would need lot of info esp related too who invited you, the original verification code (that goes to person's initial secondary address), invitee original email address, date of account opening and so on

Love
Sneha Dua

Posted by: Sneha Dua at November 17, 2006 7:34 AM

I have been using my gmail account for the past 1 year and last week, I could not log into my account with my password. I have not changed the pwd...my resumes and contacts are in the mails...

I am not able to find password recovery link even after 5 days..I am tensed what to do...Please help me out...

Vidu

Posted by: Vidisha at November 22, 2006 8:21 AM

I want change of my gmail account password.
what is the process?

Posted by: Abhay kumar at November 30, 2006 9:06 PM

Why the hell doesn't GMail just show you a simple list of your last (x) number of logins? Time, date, and from what IP. That way you would at least KNOW if someone was using it.

As it is, 300 people could be logging into your account and you would never even realize it.

Posted by: Joe Johannson at December 7, 2006 1:31 AM


hey ppl the prob is that i changed my password and i forgotted it and can't enter in gmail page but i can enter in msn with my old password...weird...i don't know what to do i want to get to view my mails can help??... can reply to lmumato@yahoo.com thanks

Posted by: Mat at December 9, 2006 11:39 PM

please,change my password.i am in real problem

Posted by: Arnab Banerjee at December 13, 2006 4:11 AM

I have forgotten the password to my gmail account as well - I have some university information on it i really need. My secondary email address no longer exists and I don't know the answer to my security question! Please help - I need to get into my account. If you have any ideas please email me at stefandodds@googlemail.com

Posted by: stefan at December 14, 2006 2:31 PM

Dear Sir
I want to change my gmail account address name due to some problem. please send me some way to do so.
Yours
prasanta

Posted by: Prasanta at December 15, 2006 4:29 AM

I want to change my Gmail address, so please send me way to do.

Posted by: ajmal at December 27, 2006 10:00 PM

Somebody had hacked my gmail account. he is continuing his habit from the past few months. I thhink in every week he changes my password and modifies my orkut profiles, deletes friends and messages. Interesting thing is that whenever such insident is occured,i can login into my account using one of my previous password(That i used 4 months back) . I changed my password, secret question several times. but all become waste. Please help me to solve this problem.

Posted by: Jithin at January 5, 2007 5:15 AM

also, if ur password and username is not needed to access ur gmail, turning off the autocomplete from IE will help!

Posted by: alanpro777 at January 13, 2007 4:11 PM

HEY FRIENDS U'LL GET UR PASSWORD U CAN LOOK UP IN FORGOT PASSWORD N U'LL GET THT N REMEMBER TO TYPE SECURITY QUESTION N ANSWER THEN U'LL GET.... ;)

Posted by: Abhi at January 14, 2007 10:30 AM

Hey,
Some hacked my gmail email and my secondary email (yahoo account) so i can't access none of them....please help me...how i can get back my gmail address and yahoo address????
I didn't think that someone can do that????...but now i saw and i'm scared.
HELP ME!!!!Thank you.

Posted by: dia at January 17, 2007 2:14 PM

Hi Dave,

I was searching on cyber and found this site. Can U teach me how to hack password from gmail?
Ur buddy,
IOK

Posted by: IOK at February 17, 2007 9:26 AM

I have made a orkut account,in January,2006..didnt use it even for once, I have forgotten the userid and password and also my email id..I need to delete that account, Can u pls help me..........

Posted by: Nidhi at February 17, 2007 10:37 AM

i need information about user name gmail id

Posted by: kumesh at February 21, 2007 4:18 PM

hi.. i have a gmail id i have changed my password last week, but i forgot it. How can i get my account again or how can i retrieve my password. I also forgot the secondary mail id which i provided at the time of creating account. help me please.

Posted by: lool at February 22, 2007 2:19 AM

Hi,
I have forgotten my gmail password. Now I tried giving the secondary email ID.
Even when we give secondary email ID.. it is not sending the password to my secondary email id... it is just sending the gmail account.
Now how to retrieve gmail password for that ID ..

any other options

Posted by: rafeek at February 23, 2007 8:23 AM

My gmail account has been hacked by a person I know. I wrote to the tech support but they couldn't help. I opened it last year, and didn't used it for about 2 months. Then I got a message from that account, and of course I couldn't get back in because the password was changed.
Can you help?

Posted by: prince at February 23, 2007 11:46 PM

i have forgottoen my gmail password .
how do i get my passwor
can some1 help me recover my password??????

Posted by: tony harjani at March 9, 2007 3:47 AM

hello plz help.....

i hav an orkut account & i was using it 4 abt 1 hr and suddenly power went then after when it came, i selected www.orkut.com and waite & suddenly i see this message dat:
your orkut account is being hacked by (some name)
does dat mean he/she got my password and all??plz help..

Posted by: xyz at March 13, 2007 11:51 PM

HI!,
I forgot my passwd and secret questions too,,
help me to loggin in to my accounts.

Posted by: Manikandan at March 14, 2007 1:19 PM

hi dave, somebody hacked my gmail account. plz tell me how to hack a gmail. i know its ur cup of tea

Posted by: amitav at March 17, 2007 1:49 AM

HURRAH!!!!
I'm very happy because now gmail let's anybody get an account, even without a referel!!!! Go check it out on their website!!!

Posted by: Erik at March 24, 2007 10:08 AM

i forgot my google password and it is being cahanged.now i ll have to answer the security question but i don remember the answer so help me

Posted by: aswin at March 28, 2007 4:56 AM

I wanna knw who hacked my e-mail n got my password n can u tell how 2 hack others e-mail passwords

Posted by: Attu at March 29, 2007 3:09 AM

hi dave!!

please man some one stole my gmail and change the secondary mail ID and i dont have secret quastion please i need your help to back it i have important things in it

please man help me :(

Posted by: hany at April 16, 2007 2:30 PM

hello dave!!

please man some one stole my gmail and change the secondary mail ID and i dont have secret quastion please i need your help to back it i have important things in it

please man help me :(

Posted by: hany at April 16, 2007 2:32 PM

i forgot my google password and it is being cahanged.now i ll have to answer the security question but i don remember the answer so help me

Posted by: vandana at April 17, 2007 7:05 AM

HI
I have forgot the password &security question of my gmail account. plz help , how can i get that back again

Posted by: Akash Soni at April 17, 2007 10:21 AM

Hey bro,
Could u please tell me how do i hack a gmail account. That same person i am trying for has hacked mine previously..wanna teach him a lesson. Please help me out!
cheers..

Posted by: Ari at April 17, 2007 2:36 PM

hello..
i want to search a person's mail id who has gmail account...only i have his name,his place..some other information..how can i search...

Posted by: rohit at April 20, 2007 3:01 PM

hi, i want to change my email id...please can u tell me how i change my email id???

Posted by: vipin at April 23, 2007 11:24 AM

somebody stole my myspace password & i can't log in, plz help me, since along time i cannot log in plz help me whut is my password for my myspace email <kt_dominican94@hotmail.com
if ya can help me send it 2 ma email Sexi_Ladi4u@hotmail.com

Posted by: Krisbel at April 24, 2007 4:18 PM

hi dave!
plz tell me some any other way to hack gmail account(which is activated very earlier).
or which is already activated.....

Posted by: ansh at April 25, 2007 4:12 AM

i want 2 know how to hack a google account or an orkut account???

Posted by: splashingdude at April 26, 2007 2:29 AM

any one forget his password should visit this page

https://www.google.com/accounts/ForgotPasswd?service=mail&fpOnly=1&dEM=


Posted by: parisnajd at April 27, 2007 8:58 AM

HI!!
How can I hack into some one's orkut account and steat its password?
Please tell me the procedure.
Actually someone has hacked into my account and is misusing it.
I hope u will help me.

Posted by: victor at April 27, 2007 10:35 AM

Can I change my orkut username with my another existing Gmail id?

pls give reply mail with answer

Posted by: srinivas at May 6, 2007 11:47 AM

Hi, i just want to know whether there is any way one can find out about the no of email accounts being used on a machine by a user?

Posted by: milz at May 7, 2007 12:43 AM

recently after receiving an invitation i have created a gmail account. but in a hurry i have entered the first name and last name incorrectly while registering.i want to change the first and the last name with out changing the account.

Posted by: dhanapal at May 11, 2007 9:23 AM

hi my uncle came to know my password i just want to change my password in gamil id can u tell me how to change

Posted by: Ganesh at May 29, 2007 8:31 AM

i forgot my password ,also i forgot my secondary email id,
please tell me how can i recover my gmail account

Posted by: valar at June 27, 2007 7:05 AM

i have forgotten my pwd of my gmail account and also secondary email. pls help me

Posted by: bhanu at June 27, 2007 10:18 PM

hi
i have gmail accout,but i have some problem
when i login my user name in username box then automaticaly my password is also come in password box but i don't want this so what i do now?........ thanks

Posted by: yogesh at June 27, 2007 11:13 PM

I just exited my gmail account by closing Internet Explorer. Afew minutes later I signed on to Explorer again, hit "go to gmail" in favourites, and it went right to my account without asking for my gmail address and password.
What gives? This is a classroom computer, so students could have gone into my account.
Thanks.

Posted by: rajat at June 27, 2007 11:19 PM

Somebody had hacked my gmail account. He has changed my password and also changed the secret question and the answer. The same is linked to my orkut profile and am unable to get in touch with my friends and have some important informations on my gmail account. Please help me to solve this problem.

Posted by: Karthikeyan at July 2, 2007 3:47 AM

HOW Can i hack someone gmail account.

Posted by: rex at July 5, 2007 4:13 AM

hi
my son has a gmail account, he is deployed with the maine national guard and has forgotten his password.

the secondary address he used is obsolete what can we do to reset it

Sharon

Posted by: sharich61 at July 5, 2007 11:02 AM

How do I compose a Gmail address so as to be able to send and receive Email messages ?

Posted by: vrege at July 7, 2007 7:58 PM

sir plz tell me how to change my gmail account passwd
thanx

Posted by: nitin at July 7, 2007 11:41 PM

Hi,
some one few days back has sent me an scrap in orkut with alink. i clicked on that and after some days i came to know that im hacked. he haschanged the ownership of all the communities i own and started sending abusive and vulgur scraps to my frnds. so out no way i had to delete my account. i had tried to change the password of my account too but it seems that he is coming to know about that too and contunuing disturbing. since i have deleted my orkut account yesterday out of frustration and the uid and password was same as that of orkut and gamail. so is there any way revert back the whole thing and i get back everything without being hacked.

Posted by: anud at July 8, 2007 1:48 AM

My problem is that someone hack my daughter gmail account and changed their password and secondary email adress.
I happen in the past and after first time a made a reset and i put a secondary email adress.
The problem is, i don’t have the id to put in formulary to gmail support, i have only the last email send to me by gmail to reset password in 28 february.
I have shure someone taken is alias as yours because the security question is changed.
My daughter can’t do that (she’is only 4 year old) i made it in the beginning to reserve the name, and i given’t a chance to someone take password.
I hope someone could help me.
thanks in advance.

Posted by: raider at July 16, 2007 3:52 PM

I have a gmail account, apart from the one I mentioned in my comment. I opened my gmail after a few months and have forgotten my original password. I dont remember if i gave my secondary mail id while registering. I have done "I forgot my password" option to enter a new password and have checked all my other mail ids for change password option email. But, like I said I dont think I gave a secondary id while registering. also dont have a security question. Is it possible to know my initial password, that is currently active.

I hope someone can help me in cracking this problem.
thanks in advance

Posted by: Kapil at July 16, 2007 6:34 PM

how can i get my old password instead of resetting to a new one.

Posted by: naveen andrew at July 17, 2007 11:20 PM

sir,

pls pls help me.i forgot my gmail password. i didnt give any secondary email in that..unfortunately i forgot the secret answer also.i have only my id.how will i get my password.pls help me..i have so many important mails in that.

thank you

Posted by: jack at July 20, 2007 2:03 PM

Hi,
I have forgotten my gmail password. Now I tried giving the secondary email ID.
Even when we give secondary email ID.. it is not sending the password to my secondary email id... it is just sending the gmail account.
Now how to retrieve gmail password for that ID ..

any other options


Posted by: ujjwal at July 22, 2007 8:40 PM

pls pls help me.my gmail password hacked by someone. i didnt give any secondary email in that..i have only my id.how will i get my password.pls help me..i have so many important mails in that.

Posted by: Vinit Shah at July 23, 2007 3:37 PM

sir,i unexpectedly sent a secret mail to my friends gmail id .i never want him to see that mail.please help me sir.i know this is a difficult task but please have concern on me sir

Posted by: anisha at July 26, 2007 8:20 AM

How do I change my gmail address ?

Posted by: Donald Lowrey at July 26, 2007 8:48 AM

how can i get logged into different servers at a time , if possible? and how to use the proxy servers?

Posted by: loco007 at July 27, 2007 11:12 AM

I Have a gmail and i just changed my password and cant remember it. I need to know if its possible to retrieve it with my old password

Posted by: kina at July 29, 2007 5:34 PM

hey hi

i've been using orkut since february i dont what hashappened suddenly look i made an account of power scrap after that whenever i scrap somebody it says the page is invalidwhat does it mean my account has been hacked or what >

Posted by: ali at August 7, 2007 11:15 PM

I recently set up a gmail account, unfortunately I forgot the password. I have no secondary account but the security question that they are asking me, I have no clue what the answer is. Is there anything you can do to help?

Posted by: jelsnl at August 7, 2007 11:47 PM

I recently set up a gmail account, unfortunately I forgot the password. I have no secondary account but the security question that they are asking me, I have no clue what the answer is. Is there anything you can do to help?

Posted by: praveen at August 9, 2007 12:18 AM

Hi,

I forgot my gmail password and I cant recall the secret answer. My secondary email address that I provided when I signed up for gmail is no longer valid. Please help!!!

Posted by: Zahra Kanji at August 10, 2007 11:32 AM

I forgot my gmail password and I cant recall the secret answer. My secondary email address that I provided when I signed up for gmail is no longer valid. Please help

Posted by: thiha1myat at August 13, 2007 12:39 AM

I logged into gmail fine on Friday and Saturday morning they told me my password was wrong. Waited patiently for 5 days and now they’re asking me for my frequent flyer number!?!?!? I have no access to any email (I dropped my secondary when I got on gmail 2 years ago). Any ideas or help you can offer...I'm desperate!!!

Posted by: Amanda at August 16, 2007 7:14 PM

dear sir I m not accessing the gmail account .I have forgot the password in Gmail.account.plz send the my passowrd.my mail ID is Lavineet2004@rediffmail.com
Thanks

Posted by: anshU at August 17, 2007 12:37 AM

could u plz help me to get back my password?
last nite somebody use my fri id n come n chat with me. he said that he is hacker. he want to destoryed my fri id n my id also.
what is this? what the hell? i want my password back. who the hell this guy? plz help me as soon as possible. if this id will lost.. i won't get connection with my sis. this is serious. why hacker do other id n why they want to know my personal?

Posted by: viz at August 18, 2007 11:32 PM

i unfortunetly deleted mt orkut google acount plz i want that account back

Posted by: updesh at August 19, 2007 2:09 AM

Hi,
I wanna know how to break other's password and guy has yahoo id.Actually that guy also hack my password.pls help me out,i wanna know it on urgent basis.
Thnx

Posted by: Anshika madan at August 26, 2007 12:08 PM

i really forgot my id password, which have my educational data. plz send to my password to daffodil.lay@gmail.com ,, thanks alot

Posted by: shan pae pote at August 27, 2007 9:38 AM

Hi...
someone has hacked into my Gmial account and is send mail and forewarding my chats to other ppl.
is there any way i can ifnd out who he is/ form where he is doing this. I'm sure it's someone i know. so if u can help me find from where he is doing this it'll be helpful...
please help me.

Posted by: Vandana at August 29, 2007 2:24 AM

hi,
someone created orkut account using my photo and name .... i want to hack that id .. could you plz help me ... plz mail me .. thanks in advance ...

Posted by: sharma at August 29, 2007 5:15 AM

Hi dave, y'day someone hack my gmail passoword and changed my secondary email. Now i dont' know how to retreive it. I have lots of confidential file and documents attached in it. please help

Posted by: Collins at August 31, 2007 8:47 AM

hi dave, i hope you read this. and i hope that you can help me as i am completely screwed.
this is a genuine story.
i am married for the last six years and have two kids, but i now unfortunatly i am separated as my wife with her lies on me screwed me at the family law court. i recently got few emails that were sent to me by mistake from a guy she was and is having an affaire with, what i will ask you mr dave is if you can kindly help me find her email password please as it is very badly needed for my court case, dont show me how if you want do it for me yourself and just email me with the password please....
waiting for your reply please

Posted by: K H at September 1, 2007 8:02 PM

There´s someone sending some trash ofeending me by anonymous gmail : marinasantiagoatc@gmail.com.

Please help me to find his password or something to find who is or where he is sending me eimail (IP) or what do you suggest...

Thanks

Posted by: Joseph at September 9, 2007 4:15 PM

Hi Dave,

some one hacked my yahoo is and also changed all the basic info so i am able to login, my yahoo id is noyskie_jst@yahoo.com

plz help in this

Posted by: joseph at September 10, 2007 4:14 AM

Hi my gmail account has been hacked by a person i know raman.germs@gmail.com, can u plz help me out to retrieve my password.

Posted by: raman taneja at September 10, 2007 5:13 AM

hello sir.......i need 2 knw how 2 hack a yahoo id...plz help me ...mail me

Posted by: Arundha at September 15, 2007 9:02 AM

Somebody had hacked my gmail account. he is continuing his habit from the past few months. I thhink in every week he changes my password and modifies my orkut profiles, deletes friends and messages.

Posted by: NBA at September 18, 2007 12:15 AM

hey david someone is hacking into my homtail account and getting all the information i had there.. and copying and pasting and sending it to someone else... is there anyway you can find out the location of an e-mail adress... and write to me all this shitty stuff.... i have the e-mail adress of this person.. is there anyway to find out who this person is???

Posted by: monica at September 18, 2007 11:15 AM

hi
plz help me
my gmail account is hack by other person
how to receive my old mail.plz tell me.
this mail is very important.

Posted by: yanlinn at September 19, 2007 9:19 AM

Hello Dave...

Some body hacked my Gmail account and they have changed my secondry email-id, secret question and password. Can you Please kindly help me to access my old gmail account.

Thank you

Posted by: Sri at September 21, 2007 10:39 AM

hi, i m not able to access my orkut account, it says the password doesn't matches but i havn't changed my password and neither do i remember the answer to my security question. kindly help me !!!

Posted by: kartik at September 24, 2007 5:57 AM

Some body hacked my Gmail account and they have changed my secondry email-id, secret question and password. Can you Please kindly help me to access my old gmail account.

Posted by: deepesh at September 24, 2007 12:05 PM

My gmail account has been hacked..how can i get it back?

Posted by: Madiha at September 26, 2007 4:59 AM

I reset the password for gmail account n have forgotten it..is it possible to open gmail with old password or retrieve new password? i didnt giv a secondary email...plz help.

Posted by: John smith at September 26, 2007 3:32 PM

Hi

i have one of my mail id on Gmail but i have forgot password and all other details like secondry mail id and etc, etc

now wht can i do

Posted by: manish at September 27, 2007 5:45 AM

hi, i m not able to access my orkut account, it says the password doesn't matches but i havn't changed my password and neither do i remember the answer to my security question. kindly help me !!!

Posted by: shiji at October 5, 2007 2:08 AM

Heh, some of the comments made on here are pure jokes.

Posted by: Fru at October 9, 2007 4:58 AM

Hi,

I have a friend whose email account I want to access. But I'm gay and think I can get you to tell me how if I pretend its mine but I changed the password and then immediately forgot. Please Help.

Todd

Posted by: Todd at October 10, 2007 5:25 PM

Hi,

It is a common problem. My gmail account is hacked and someone is sending malicious mails from my acccount. But I can still access the account.
Is there anyway to find out who did it!!
I have reported to google support but there is no repsonse.
I changed the password and within a day even that was hacked!!
Also, I have the mail which one is being sent from that id. Is there any way from that mail to find out where it originated from?
Please help.
Sarthak

Posted by: Sarthak at October 11, 2007 7:26 AM

Hi Dave,

My gmail password was hacked by someone and i am not able to login. Speaking frankly, rather than blaming others, i should say i forgot my password. Could't remember any security question and the secondary mail id which i gave is not working now. Can u please tell me a procedure of getting my old password itself. Bcos i have many things to do with that password. hoping the best and waiting for your help.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Posted by: Naani at October 14, 2007 11:02 AM

Hi,

My account have been hacked by someone.And he has changed alternate id too so that i cannot reset my password.I am not able to log in and cannot even change my password.Is there any way to get my account back.

Thanks.

Posted by: Jaspreet Kaur at October 15, 2007 3:39 AM

i want to change my password in gmail.please help me.
poorandokht from iran

Posted by: poorandokht at October 18, 2007 1:34 AM

please help, someone stole my password and has been using my acount,
i dunno how to get it back, he changed the password and have been using my contacts , and pictures

Posted by: rod at October 18, 2007 7:25 PM

hello dave,

actually my frnd had an orkut account who is no more today........nd smbody got to know his password nd doing wrong things wid his account.........i want to hack his account nd hand it over to d ritee user.....dat si his one of d family members..............can u help mee plz.........its urgent........

Posted by: karan at October 20, 2007 6:07 AM

Hi Dave,

My problem is, i had an orkut acount with my photos in it... one of the guy whom i dunno before... took one of my photo and started a community which is showing vulgarity and sending that link to all my friends... i want to hack that persons account or i want that community to be deleted... plzz help me out in this...!!!

waiting for yo reply...

ASAP...

byee !!!

Posted by: Vijay at November 6, 2007 4:34 AM

unfortunately I forgot the password. I have no secondary account but the security question that they are asking me, I have no clue what the answer is. Is there anything you can do to help?

Posted by: Mayu at November 11, 2007 8:55 AM

hey, someone has been hacking into my account and chats for 6 months, it has all my personal information and bank information and i know the person's email id, is it possible to hack into his to find out who he is? this is very serious and can lead to the destruction of ppl's lives...please...need help
thanks

Posted by: Sas at November 13, 2007 10:11 PM

may i know how to hack the gmail account passwords of other users

Posted by: surya at December 3, 2007 1:18 AM

PLease help me get a password for an account i lost. I need to enter this account . I can't remember my password and i disabled my hotmail account a long time ago which was my second email address.

what should i do ?

help asap

Posted by: rush at December 3, 2007 9:03 AM

I find a few flaws in your method to 'hack gmail'.
You need to talk to who you want to hack before they set up the gmail account.
You need to convince them to do it through you.
You need to make sure they don't suspect you of doing anything.
And what would the point of doing it this way, since they need another account to talk to you before hand?
Liquinn, out.

Posted by: Liquinn at December 3, 2007 12:38 PM

Somebody has hacked my orkut account and my secondary gmail account. He has changed my password and also changed the secret question and the answer. The same is linked to my orkut profile and am unable to get in touch with my friends and have some important informations on my gmail account. Please help me to solve this problem...please sir,this really means a lot to me..i just hope i get my account back..please sir...help me out

Posted by: Mahesh at December 9, 2007 11:06 PM

hi... some one copied all my photos from my orkut account and created a fake account.... so i wanted to hack that account... please help me out... im in great trouble.....
please please...

Posted by: ashu at December 13, 2007 1:29 PM

Dear Sir,
I forgot my gmail password & my secondary email address is has been deleted. How should i do about my gmail. Hope u help me Sir.

Posted by: Sai at December 14, 2007 2:40 AM

Hi,
I remember my user ID and password but still cant login to my gmail. Its to important for me but i cant help it. Its very embarrassing that never ever happened like this ever. What do u think will this happen to any user in gmail or my ID id hacked. Plz reply me i wanted to know whats actually happened to my Gmail account

Posted by: Rakesh at December 16, 2007 5:45 AM

Dear Sir,

Somebody has hacked my Gmail account and my secondary gmail account. He has changed my password and also changed the secret question and the answer. please sir,this really means a lot to me..i just hope i get my account back..please sir...help me out

Posted by: John at December 16, 2007 4:38 PM

hi!
some one has hacked in to my gmail acnt ....can u do something abt it...please let me know....its impossible to explain how importnat it is ...
so plz do it if u can

Posted by: rohit at December 18, 2007 11:33 AM

Hi, I was very close to one person, shared some personal talks with him and now he is threatning me that he will show those personal chats to others.

I am in big tension because of this problem. I will be very thankful to you if you can help by deleting chat history from his email box.
my email id is dimpleishere1@gmail.com. Please write me if you will help me. I will wait for your response.

Thanks in advance.

Posted by: dimple at December 25, 2007 3:59 AM

hi DAV

i forget my password of one of my gmail account & i missed my alternate id & security answer coz it is very old & importent id could help me

Posted by: pooja at December 31, 2007 2:45 PM

Hi,

My account have been hacked by someone.And he has changed alternate id too so that i cannot reset my password.I am not able to log in and cannot even change my password.Is there any way to get my account back.

Thanks.

Posted by: Aniruddh Jain at December 31, 2007 11:00 PM

hi dave I cant access to my gmail account it says password and user name does not match. But i never changed my password what should I do?

regard
deepak

Posted by: deepak at January 8, 2008 2:27 AM

Hi Dave,

My gmail password was hacked by someone and i am not able to login. Speaking frankly, rather than blaming others, i should say i forgot my password. Could't remember any security question and the secondary mail id which i gave is not working now. Can u please tell me a procedure of getting my old password itself. Bcos i have many things to do with that password. hoping the best and waiting for your help.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Posted by: balaji at January 12, 2008 8:12 AM

Hi Dave,
My yahoo & gamil account has been hacked together. I have all my passport, insurance details, credit card, visa letter and my pictures. I cannot access my account, have tried all combination, still not be able to log in. The hacker has even changed my secret question and alternate email id. How do I get it back? I do not want him to use my pics in any of the pornography site...pls help

Posted by: Veronica Stanley at January 12, 2008 4:06 PM

Hi Dave,
I wanted to know is it easy to hack someoneone's gmail/yahoo/hotmail address if he does not know the person's personal details.If so what is the order of vulnerability i.e which is the most difficult and which is the easiest? Is it possible to access any text file on the comp when it is connected to net thru a dial-up connection?

Posted by: sally at January 15, 2008 8:47 PM

someone is hacked my Gmail id and password ......there is any process to recover my account back plzzzzzzzzzz..becaz he write very bad comments on me to my account .so plzz help me............

Posted by: Rahul at January 18, 2008 9:04 AM

hi someone hacked my gmail account and changed password and secondary account and security question i do remember whi invited me, when account is made but i dont have verification code and the url through which i signed up to gmail, can u help me out because i got a campus placemnt in infosys india, i am communicating with them thru this id, so need that , it is my life, pls help me, pls pls, my life dpends on it

Posted by: hema chandra at January 26, 2008 1:49 AM

Hi Dave,
my gamil account has been hacked together. I have all my passport, insurance details, credit card, visa letter and my pictures. I cannot access my account, have tried all combination, still not be able to log in. The hacker has even changed my secret question and alternate email id. How do I get it back? I do not want him to use my pics in any of the pornography site...pls help

Posted by: sanath at January 28, 2008 3:39 AM

hi dear

well wazt 2 say comin straight 2 d point my orkut id hacked somebody n i want it back plzzz help me i am in big trouble. n somebody changed it's security question also

my id is yashinvincible@gmail.com

Posted by: Yash at January 29, 2008 12:47 AM

hello hw can i find a gmail address by providing his first name or last name

Posted by: shiva at January 29, 2008 12:48 AM

hi dave
i have forgotten my gmail password and also there is no secondary email and i also dont remember the answer to my security question
how can i get to my account now

Posted by: Asau at January 29, 2008 3:46 AM

Dear sir ,

some has reading my all of msn ,yahoo , gtalk chats i am using my personal computer but some time my collegues or customer use to it is it possible they had downloaded some software or etc to hack my chats or my email passwords..

It is urgent please guide .

tks

Posted by: Kenny at January 29, 2008 11:30 PM

now that u have mention it, someone has hacked my orkut account. please help as i do not rem my security answer?

Posted by: ankit pant at February 5, 2008 12:08 AM

Can people hack into my hotmail emails and be able to view the contents on my computer???

Posted by: sooty at February 5, 2008 11:25 AM

hello friends
i had a gmail account and i was using it since long time. but recently i forgot my password and i forgot the secondary email id too
pls suggest me something what to do

Posted by: rounaq at February 11, 2008 1:48 PM

hii
i forget my yahoo password with this id password i m using orkut account,but when i find new password for orkut account,then on orkut my new profile is created,
please help me how can i access my old orkut account

Posted by: dalip at February 14, 2008 4:24 AM

I reset my password,the new password sent to a secondary account which is closed.

Could you please help me, i need to access this account again.

thank you.

Posted by: Hanan at February 16, 2008 12:47 PM

PLEASE SOMEONE SHOULD HELP ME...AFTER I AM TRYING MY BEST I WORKED OUT SOME FORMULARS INS CHOOL AND STORED IN MY E-MAIL BUT SOMEONE HACK IT AND CHANGE MY WHOLE INFORMATION AND ALSO SECONDARY EMAIL WHICH IS ALTERNATIVE AND MY QUESTION AND ANSWER AND EVERYTHING I DONT HAVE ACCESS AGAIN AM DIEING OF IT AS I CANT DEFEND MY WORK WITHOUT SHOWING IT..PLEASE DO HELP ME...ITS A HOTMAIL.

Posted by: sammy at March 3, 2008 8:05 PM

Sir ...
I hope you will be fine and success dear Sir I can access to my gmail account so what should I do also I forgot my security question too

Posted by: Hamid Ghori at March 12, 2008 4:59 AM

my accopunt passwaord is dilit some people... i cant open my mail? eny solution,,,,

Posted by: jomon at March 14, 2008 9:36 AM

IN GMAIL-
1. YOU GET LOTS OF SPAMS
2. GMAIL DONT OPEN UP SOME TIMES
3.THERE IS SOME COOKIE PROBLEM WHICH MIGHT LET YOU SIGN OUT COMPLETLEY
4. IF YOU SEARCH ON GOOGLE WHILE ON GMAIL ALL UR ACTIVITY ON WEB IS RECORDED
5.NO REAL BENEFIT OF GMAIL .

FOR ME HOTMAIL IS STILL THE BEST FOLLOWED BY YAHOOMAIL;

Posted by: anupam at March 15, 2008 4:57 AM

hello thiz side vandna sir I can't access my gmail account, I forgot my security question too and i had closed my secondary email address.plz suggest me something b'coz all my personal details were there plz its urgent.
i will be thnkful to u if u do this for me.
contact me on this id sweetvashu.sharma@gmail.com

Posted by: vandna at March 26, 2008 1:58 AM

Sir, I lost my password of old gmail and cannot reset the password, can you help me to soft it? I got so many important information in it. Thank you.

Posted by: CMa at March 26, 2008 8:50 PM

Sir

I am not able to acces my gmail account.I am not able to access my account.It is being used by hacke & being by some other person.Can you please help me by disabling my gmail account for my security purpose.& Please help me out.

Regards,
Vineet

Posted by: vineet at April 3, 2008 9:56 PM

hi,dave
my enemy has hacked my orkut account and he has deleted it so is there any way to recall my deleted account give me some suggestions should i mail to orkut authorities or is there any other option available please mail me your suggestion i desperately need them.
regards,
shahrukh

Posted by: shahrukh at April 7, 2008 6:15 AM

please man some one stole my gmail and change the secondary mail ID and i dont have secret quastion please i need your help to back it i have important things in it

Posted by: mani at April 7, 2008 11:27 AM

hello

iam faizu, my gmail account was not log out .
if it is logout then it does not return, and it displays my gmail inbox account .

if it close the window of gmail account then
immediately on the browser type www.gmail.com
it directly shows the my gmail inbox account

plz help me to avoid this problem

i want to log out my personal account


than q

bye


Posted by: faizu at April 15, 2008 4:58 AM

My gmail account is swapna.123.cool@gmail.com and it has hacked by someone.
Please help me to get the password of my gmail and to have my gmail back.
Thankssss

Posted by: swapna at April 18, 2008 12:26 AM

REGIS.PABON@GMAIL.COM IS MY EMAIL AND I CANT REMEMBER MY PASSWORD OR MY SECURITY QUESTION FOR THAT MATTER IVE BEEN TRYING FOR LIKE A YEAR NOW AND I REALLY NEED TO ACCESS THAT ACCOUNT ITS VERY IMPERATIVE I DO SO SOON I NEED TO RETRIEVE INFORMATION AND EMAILS THATS BEEN STACKING UP CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT

Posted by: REGIS at April 23, 2008 12:35 AM

hey i have a gmail account it's hunhunxpanda@gmail.com & my exbf hacked into it & changed everything! & all my pws for my other accounts go to that email and i really need the password!! please help me. i need it asap! esp for finals!

Posted by: haneen at April 29, 2008 1:22 PM

HI!,
I forgot my passwd and secret questions too,,
help me to loggin in to my accounts.
I hope u will help me.

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