What to do if your email has been found

It can be a real nightmare if
someone hacks and takes control of
your email account as it may
contain confidential information like
bank logins, credit card details and
other sensitive data. If you are one
such Internet user whose email
account has been compromised,
then this post will surely help you
out. In this post you will find the
possible ways and procedures to
get back your hacked email account.
For Gmail:
It can be a big disaster if your Gmail
account has been compromised
as it may be associated with several
services like Blogger, Analytics,
Adwords, Adsense, Orkut etc.
Losing access to your Gmail
account means losing access to all
the services associated it with too.
Here is a list of possible recovery
actions that you can try.
Step -1: Try resetting your
password since it is the easiest way
to get your account back in action.
In this process Google may ask you
to answer the secret question or
may send the password reset
details to the secondary email
address associated with your
compromised account. You can
reset you password from the
following link
Gmail Password Reset Link
If you cannot find success from the
Step-1 then proceed to Step-2.
Step-2: Many times the hacker will
change the secret question and
secondary email address right after
the account is compromised. This is
the reason for the Password Reset
process to fail. If this is the case then
you need to contact the Gmail
support team by filling out the
account recovery form. This form
will ask you to fill out several
questions like
1. Email addresses of up to five
frequently emailed contacts
2. Names of any 4 Labels that you
may have created in your account
3. List of other services associated
with your compromised account
4. Your last successful login date
5. Account created date
6. Last password that you
remember and many more …
You need to fill out this form as
much accurately as possible. It is
obvious to forget the dates of last
login, account creation and similar
terms. However you need to figure
out the closest possible date/
answers and fill out this form. This
is your last chance! The more
accurate the information filled out in
the recovery form, the more the
chances of getting your account
back. You may reach the account
recovery page form the following
link
Account Recovery Form
For Yahoo and Hotmail:
Unfortunately for Yahoo/Hotmail
there is no second option like filling
out the form or contacting the
support team. All you need to do is
either answer the secret
questions that you have setup or
reset the password using the
secondary email option.
To initiate the password reset
process just click on the Forgot
password link in your login page
and proceed as per the screen
instructions.
I hope this post will help you
recover the lost account.