True story from Miss C — Email Account Hacked

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Dear page owner of ARE YOU THE ONLY ONE,

My husband had a similar experience, it’s not his facebook account, by his Hotmail account. One day his friends told him they had received emails from my husband who was stolen money in London and had nothing behind and asked his friends to help him financially, indeed my husband was in hong kong, then he discovered that his account was hacked and stolen, he had to tell all his friends not to be cheated and then he informed Hotmail about the incident, eventually he closed the email account! later he reflected on the whole incident and learned to safeguard his password and personal information! never expose your information to anyone!

Best Regards,

Miss C

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Hi Miss C,

Thanks for your email.  I am grateful that you are willing to share your case with our readers and us.

It is sad to hear that your husband’s Hotmail account was hacked or taken over by someone else. I understand that having your email account hacked is a nightmare especially when the identity thief maliciously spread rumors and took advantage of the trust of your husband’s friends.  I am glad that at last none of his friends fell victims.  However, it is sad that he can no longer use the same email address again.  Here’re some tips in preventing email account hacked

• You should change your password regularly. The more characters there are in your password the longer it will take for a hacker to break it.  Use a mixture of numbers, lowercase and uppercase letters as it increases the complexity of your password and increases its strength. Avoid using your name and birthday as password.
• Do not open unfamiliar emails. If you open one you think is from someone you know but realize it’s not, delete immediately. Do not click any links in the message or send the sender personal or banking information. Once you open that link, your computer could become infected by a phishing scam and your information stolen.
• Do not log into your accounts from an untrusted computer, like at a cafe, library and your friends’ and family’s place. Even if you trust your friends and family, their computer could be infected from spyware.
• Install anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall on your computer and keep them updated.

Cheers,

KYCL