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Yahoo Mail Phone # Scam Shit
    #23655683 - 09/18/16 01:15 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

It's been asking for my phone number for like 8 years. And I don't give my phone number to anything that doesn't actually need it.

I have 2 accounts, so it's been working fine if I'm having a :derp: moment and can't remember one. That was fine until it made me change the password on both accounts. And now I don't remember either. And I'm locked out of both accounts. And the answers to my security questions don't fit.


Fuck this is annoying.

Pretty sure they did that just to punish me for not giving them my phone number.


Intelligently discuss how password security fucks you by making you have passwords you can't remember and forces you to write them down which isn't very secure.


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Re: Yahoo Mail Phone # Scam Shit [Re: CookieCrumbs]
    #23655711 - 09/18/16 01:27 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

Steam noticed that I was logging in from a computer I hadn't logged in from. Didn't use the account in about three years. Thing is, I DID remember my username and password, but it wanted extra verification from the email they had on file.

They wouldn't tell me what email address was associated with the account. Since it's been a few years, I completely forgot which email account it's  under.

But keeping in mind that I always remember usernames and passwords, and despite knowing the info for that account, it won't let me in it without checking the email, which it won't tell me the address of. Contacting customer support over it was useless as well.

The only service that has locked me out of an account I knew the login information for. Obvious scam to get people who haven't logged in in a while to re purchase games they were logging in to play.


Edited by PatrickKn (09/18/16 02:04 PM)


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Re: Yahoo Mail Phone # Scam Shit [Re: PatrickKn]
    #23655736 - 09/18/16 01:34 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

I've had the same issue with Instagram this week. Unfortunately, the email account I used to set up the account no longer exists, so my account is now in limbo.


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Re: Yahoo Mail Phone # Scam Shit [Re: PatrickKn]
    #23655767 - 09/18/16 01:45 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

Ironically wanting to confirm my email address for steam is why I was trying to get into my email :lol:


I'm right SOL if steam decides to get testy about account protection too right now.


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Re: Yahoo Mail Phone # Scam Shit [Re: CookieCrumbs]
    #23655785 - 09/18/16 01:50 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

I'd forgotten the password (well actually the username) for one of my secondary League of Legends accounts and since I had like 4 half my email addresses were fake. It took a very very long time for customer support to let me in. Especially because they were asking questions like "What was the first 5 champions you bought" "Name 5 people on your friends list" "What was your last $ purchase"

And it was a 4 year old account that I hadn't used in like a year. They asked me at least 20 questions and I half answered most of them which I guess was good enough because they let me in.


But for something as potentially sensitive for an email account... I don't think that's gonna fly.


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Re: Yahoo Mail Phone # Scam Shit [Re: CookieCrumbs]
    #23656968 - 09/18/16 08:41 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

I gave up on my yahoo acct many years ago ,they suck,have a yandex acct which works well,easiest sign up ever


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Re: Yahoo Mail Phone # Scam Shit [Re: CookieCrumbs]
    #23656978 - 09/18/16 08:45 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

I sold out. My OG email was hotmail, but today I'm using gmail.


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Re: Yahoo Mail Phone # Scam Shit [Re: CookieCrumbs]
    #23657054 - 09/18/16 09:16 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

honestly why are you even using yahoo still? Get a gmail.


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Re: Yahoo Mail Phone # Scam Shit [Re: CookieCrumbs]
    #23657320 - 09/18/16 11:09 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

CookieCrumbs said:
Intelligently discuss how password security fucks you by making you have passwords you can't remember and forces you to write them down which isn't very secure.






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Re: Yahoo Mail Phone # Scam Shit [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #23657353 - 09/18/16 11:20 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

and after all that they will make you change it in 30 days.


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Re: Yahoo Mail Phone # Scam Shit [Re: danielx]
    #23657557 - 09/19/16 01:28 AM (7 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

danielx said:
honestly why are you even using yahoo still? Get a gmail.




One of my yahoo accounts is my gmail account. Dont ask me how I did that, I have no idea.


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