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How To Get Back Your Hacked Gmail/Orkut/Google Account!

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Leave a Comment

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With the recent cyber attacks on Google in china, Even if you think you are secured, But you may not be! Even if you think you must wait & first read this post.

As google is a multi functional website offering us many services like Gmail, orkut, Blogger, Picassa, chackout, ADSENSE . It would become a worst nightmare if our Google accounts gets hacked!

Like many other online services Google tries to protect your account with secret question as well as optional

secondary email address. But there is one more official option which only Google Provides!

1. Trying “Forget Password Option” :

I know this will not work in most cases, as options like forget password rely on secondary email address and security question, both of which can be easily changed once a account gets hacked. Still you should try at least once as most password gets hacked by script kiddies and not by real hackers.

So go to Forget Password form first!

2. What if the above option Fails ?

You can try the “CONTACT FORM “ option by google. Please go through the following information before submitting the form. (That’s why i am not providing you the link above ) :

  • Your goal should be to give Google maximum & accurate data! So take your time and submit form with maximum amount of information possible. You can consult your trusted friends if you are not sure. As an example it could be Sam or Bob who invited you on orkut. If you are not sure call them up and ask it!
  • Submit only one form! Yes this should be common sense. Do not submit multiple forms. A person who uses around 10-15 Google products asked me if he can submit multiple forms mentioning different Google products.
  • Submit form from the place which you use most often to access your account like PC at home! Although they haven’t mentioned this explicitly, line above submit button says, “Please note that we need your IP address in order to resolve this issue. Your IP address will be captured automatically when you submit this form.”

Few things as example which google can ask :

  • Last successful login date
  • Account creation date
  • Google products you used with this account and the date you started using each one
  • Details about Orkut account (if you use Orkut)
  • Details about Blogger account (if you use Blogger)

Google quoted:

If you've already tried to reset your password and you're still unable to access your Google Account, fill out the form below. Please answer each question as thoroughly and accurately as possible; the strength of your answers will determine if we can return your account. If you're not certain about some of the dates, provide your closest estimate.

Contact Form Link .

What if everything fails ?

If both the option fails you can make another account as there is no other option left :( .

Even if your account is not hacked you must go through the contact form & note the required information at some private place as no one knows what can happen …

If you have any more method you can leave in the comments section below.

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