Hotmail help

OK, before I start; I am well aware that what I am about to ask may incur huge flamings and even the wrath of moderators. I only ask that I be given the benefit of the doubt before being banned. - Thanks.

I created a hotmail account once and then forgot the password. I also did not put in an alternative address (stupid I know) and for some weird reason I gave myself the most cryptic security question imaginable. Now I know my chances are slim of ever getting back into my account, but hey I have to try.
If anyone knows of a way to circumnavigate the system as it were, please let me know.

If you PM me I can provide strong evidence that I am indeed the owner of the account... no really, I can.

Looking at your previous posts, I wouldn't say that anyone will flame you. Maybe ask a few questions such as:

1) what was this email address used for? I mean it obviously isn't your "main" email or else you wouldn't have forgotten the password.

2)why can't you just make a new one? why is this so important that you can't take the 15 seconds it takes to make a new email address?

3)is this really your email address? =)

I have come to the conclusion that nobody actually knows how to "hack/crack" email addresses! Most people use phising, or social engineering to retrieve the password or list of possible passwords.

Even if there was such a person(s) that was smart enough to crack email accounts, you would either have to pay him, or be his friend. Neither of which is up your alley.

Not to be a ***** about it, but I doubt it highly that you will find anyone here who can/will help you. If I knew how I would do it for you, but unfortunately I don't.

Good Luck in retrieving the Hotmail Account.

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I created a hotmail account once and then forgot the password.

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So forget the account then.

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Now I know my chances are slim of ever getting back into my account, but hey I have to try.

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Why?

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If you PM me I can provide strong evidence that I am indeed the owner of the account... no really, I can.

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So talk to Hotmail then?

:)

okay I lied.

I have tried contacting hotmail, they are ignoring me. I have also registered other accounts, but I like my original one...
Anyway, I knew it was a serious long shot when I asked.
The only way I can think this could be done is as follows:
The password recovery mail is being sent to the same account that I am trying to recover the password for. I wonder if there is a way to intercept this mail or even to retrieve it from the mailbox?
I am just stumped as to the execution of this plan.

in case anyone is wondering, the address of the account is [email protected]

UMMM

I thought hotmail accounts expired after so many days\weeks of inactivity

When was the last time you accessed this account??

I pretty sure thats why they are ignoring you....there is no account anymore

MLF

If there is no account anymore wouldn't you be able to re-create one with the same name? I mean if it's gone from their database, what's to stop you?

I think they disable the use of the inactive account....thats why there are so many

[email protected]

with the number as you are unable to recreate the same account within a time period..a very long time period.

although that was many moons ago

I havent tried since...I make sure I log into the freemail accounts every week or so.

MLF

I seem to remember Hotmail requiring a login at least once every 30 days or so. I use it daily, so I've never run into this problem, but I have some memory of reading that. I don't think there's a way to get back into the account.

Ah, I was wondering when we'd finally get a "crack hotmail" thread again.

Brings back memories. *tear*

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Originally Posted by AngelicKnight

Ah, I was wondering when we'd finally get a "crack hotmail" thread again.

Brings back memories. *tear*

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I know. I haven't seen one on here since I joined; at least there is some difference in this compared to the traditional wannabe or my favorite, wife/mom trying to get into her son/husbands email to see what they are doing =)

unfortunately the bottom line is; it is a free email address! there is no significant reason to get it back. if it was something that you paid for, then I could see the reason you would ask. Then again if it was a email that cost money, they would not ignore you and you would have it back...

This is what you have to do:

[QUOTE][If you cannot access your account, send email from another account to [email protected]. In the Subject box, type the line 'PW Verification Info Enclosed' with the following information so that we can verify you as the account holder and reset your password:

2. Name
3. Member sign-in name
4. State, country, and zip code
5. Phone number
6. Year of birth
7. Approximate date you opened the account and the last date you successfully signed in
8. Your Internet service provider

/QUOTE]

Well it used to be you could send the email address, along with your password (for security purposes) to [email protected], but then you would soon be locked out of your own account, lol....

No, but seriously, Hotmail has had many huge gaping holes in their security and hacking hotmail wasn't so much a fantasy as it was an account hijacking free-for-all. But that was many years ago and today their security is super beefed up. Your biggest opportunities lie in their implementation of new technologies to Hotmail. New technology almost always brings a small cache of backdoors but you gotta use 'em quick cuz they go fast. Kinda like Gmail, not so long ago there was a flaw in their redirect that let you authenticate yourself but be redirected into someone else's account.

But, how long ago did you forget the password? Cuz I see activity on it as recent as 11/6/2007. Hmmmm.... you got some 'splanin to do...

Hmmm,

If he hasn't used it since the 6th November then it will have been suspended due to inactivity for 30 days.

Once that happens the account is useless as they delete any saved mails and refuse to accept incoming ones.

But he has to get in! How is his friend, the former minister of finance in Nigeria going to send him the next installment on how to get loads of free money. Just kidding of course.

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The password recovery mail is being sent to the same account that I am trying to recover the password for. I wonder if there is a way to intercept this mail or even to retrieve it from the mailbox?

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Well that's one way of ensuring that it never works :D

If the account has been deactivated the mails aren't getting to it anyway.

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Originally Posted by isildur

But he has to get in! How is his friend, the former minister of finance in Nigeria going to send him the next installment on how to get loads of free money. Just kidding of course.

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OMG, I just laughed Pepsi all over my keyboard. :D

I think the account is still active because I created a live "Space" with it and that is still up. (gridburn.spaces.live.com). The last time I logged in was probably around April 2007... gonna give that mailing thing a try and see if they bite.

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Originally Posted by xiphias360

But, how long ago did you forget the password? Cuz I see activity on it as recent as 11/6/2007. Hmmmm.... you got some 'splanin to do...

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That activity was probably due to the numerous attempts at recovering my password and trying to remember what the answer to my sec. q. is. Also I think requesting a password reset mail counts as activity.
I mean really, what was I thinking when I made the question "what is rock"
It's just madness I tell you.

Doesnt make sense....

If you havent logged onto the account in 8 months...the account should not be active...

this smells phishy

MLF

I remember reading about hotmail accounts a while ago, and by a while i mean like almost 8 years ago, that the long number letter hash that you see in the address bar when you login to hotmail you can use to get the password from. I pretty much guarantee that this has changed and is no longer relavant, and aside from that I cant remember the website that I read that on, hopefully someone will find it informative, I did.

that was probably some bs written up by someone who didn't know a whole lot about what he was looking at. there would be no need to include an encrypted password in the url. once authenticated all you need is a session id, which is what it probably was.

as far as GPF's problem, no that's not what i meant by activity. I mean someone with a completely different writing style is actively using it as of that date. So, I guess the question to solve the mystery here is: who were you attached to, when, where and how did you get there (who took you)? Fobbie? Please answer all in detail. Otherwise, leave other people's accounts alone...

xiphias360,

Are you suggesting that this account is active, but with a different user?

Why am I just logging into one of my trash accounts?

What will I find?

:dunce:

Well I'm not calling GPF a liar or anything, I'm just saying he's not telling the truth... :D

Hey, xiphias360,you do realise what this means don't you?

His gf has hacked his Hotmail account............ OMFG! how embarrassing?:flash:

Muhahahahahahahahahahahha:lildevil:

Okay, I don't know what's going on here. Well, I do know what's going on here but I don't know why. The REAL [email protected] just responded to an email I sent. Im gonna drop him a link to this forum so he can know what's going on.

This is interesting... doing a search for [email protected] brings up a few results with this one that has a signature on the page from gridburn it was posted in 06 but it has a different name.

http://www.williambowles.info/gispec...19_190706.html

HA. that should be the new protocol. As soon as someone asks for help to hack an email account, we ask for the email address, send the owner a link to this forum... sit back and laugh =)

For reals, lol. Did this guy really think he jump on a forum full of security professionals and talk his way into someone else's account? :D

BTW mox, the name on that page is the actual owner of the account. He says he's had it since 2000. He's also a board of director for Iraq Verterans Against the War (ivaw.org). Hmmm.. motive, perhaps?? ;)

Yeah sounds like a motive to me.. it sounds like he has responded to your origional email to him have you given him the link to forum yet so he can take a look and see what this person is trying to do?

yeah, I told him about it but I don't think he's too worried.

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Originally Posted by AngelicKnight

Ah, I was wondering when we'd finally get a "crack hotmail" thread again.

Brings back memories. *tear*

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me hands AK a tissue :p

old problem
old advice

just walk away and forget it
start a new account

but if you can't it's because it ISN'T your account
either way
stop phishing for help

to [email protected]
date Tue, Aug 24, 2010
subject Email
mailed-by gmail.com

Dear Mr. Bowles,
I believe you are the owner of this email address.
You don't know me and that doesn't matter. I was just looking through an old thread on AntiOnline that I created and I found that some people had identified you. I was GPF, the person trying to get into [email protected].
I apologize for this. At the time I truly believed that I had created that account and forgotten the password. It's a nickname I have used in many places and I had never found it used before.
I am sorry for any undue stress the thought of someone trying to hack your account might have caused you.

Sincerest Apologies,
Chris.

PS. I am curios as to how you came up with Gridburn as an email, please let me know.

What does this mean????

Who the hell is Mr Bowles....

Who the hell is GPF

Why do I care?? :eek:

MLF

hmmm.. I didn't know people still have consciences. :eek: I'll have to take note of that.

I think what he's saying is that he uses the same handle as someone else (gridburn). He is saying now that he really didn't know the hotmail account was someone else's, so when he was trying to log onto the account, it wouldn't let him, and he tried to get the account back.

As for why he's sorry about it three years later, and thinks this other gridburn will even see this post, I have absolutely no idea.

Wow. There went 10 minutes I will never have back. :D

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Originally Posted by westin

Wow. There went 10 minutes I will never have back. :D

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:withstupi

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Originally Posted by metguru

hmmm.. I didn't know people still have consciences. :eek: I'll have to take note of that.

I think what he's saying is that he uses the same handle as someone else (gridburn). He is saying now that he really didn't know the hotmail account was someone else's, so when he was trying to log onto the account, it wouldn't let him, and he tried to get the account back.

As for why he's sorry about it three years later, and thinks this other gridburn will even see this post, I have absolutely no idea.

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I doubt he'll see it, that's why I emailed him. I just thought I'd post it here as well for the benefit of all those involved in the discussion.

Also Thread Necromancy is a guilty pleasure of mine :P (Jokes)

If you like thread Necromancy might I suggest a playlist?

TSOL - Code Blue. (Not Safe for Work)
Exhumed - Anything on the album "Gore Metal".

You get the idea..

... who uses hotmail anymore anyways?

Isnt Gmail the name of the game?

I have had my hotmail account for about 12 years and still use it regularly.

MLF