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Maybe some bot signed up using your email and then did bot things on it. I've had that happen a lot over the years. My Microsoft account is still stuck in Ger
by jandrese 6mo ago
Maybe some bot signed up using your email and then did bot things on it. I've had that happen a lot over the years. My Microsoft account is still stuck in German because that's the language the bot used when creating the account (to spam X-Box apparently).
- hirako2000 6mo agoI got a 20y old hotmail/live account deleted by Microsoft because a bot tried to reset my password too many times. Considering the magnitude of the targeted attack, MS found the safest way to keep me secure was to wipe my account. That way the attacker could not get into my account.
- reincarnate0x14 6mo agoI had something similar with a 6-letter apple account that has never been compromised but I guess got put on some kind of list, because I had to go through account recovery almost every time I logged in, which wasn't a big deal until I got an iphone. Apple support was completely useless. Random old buried forum post in a stall marked "beware the leopard" mentioned the behavior and suggested changing the account name. Nothing in the Apple site or phone stuff would even clue the user in to what was happening, much less how to resolve it.
- pocksuppet 6mo agoBrand new email account.