Question posted by grobin473 on October 3rd, 2013

Imy Account Has Been Hacked. Improtant Documents/info In Account.

My account has benn hacked. Someone is impersonating me solicitng my hotmail contacts for money. I need to change my email on close my account and repopen another. Very important information in account. I have currently looking for work and I am anticipating response for possible employers. Please close account asap!!!

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Answer #1: Posted by TheWiz on October 3rd, 2013 12:50 PM
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This is very common with Hotmail accounts unfortunately. The best thing to do is just change your password. You can do that by following the instructions here:

http://askleo.com/how_do_i_change_my_hotmail_or_outlookcom_password/

If you really want to close your account you can do that by following the instructions here:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/account-close-account

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