What legal recourse do I have if someone has hacked into my Yahoo e-mail account?
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Contact the police and Yahoo security
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There is no way to do it. All you can get is the ip of the originating email server and even that can be faked. If you own the first email server that the message was uploaded to, then you can get the ip addy of the sender if you were thinking ahead and configured logs right and if the sender wasn't a zombie or otherwise hacked. But if you could do that, then you wouldn't be asking this question on Yahoo! Answers.
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Firstly report him/her to Yahoo, or wherever else you have been recieving emails or messages.\nSecondly, make sure that your personal details aren't in the public domain anywhere online or elsewhere. I don't know what this person said to you, but the fact you used the word 'disturbing', makes me worry a little. I would for the moment make sure you have adequate anti-virus software and that you cannot be traced, meaning your address or phone number.\nUnfortunately there are a lot of strange people on the internet, it's given a new, more discreet and untraceable forum to weirdos across the world.\nBe careful, I wish you all the best. \nDana
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Change your password immediately, run a virus scan- and make sure your antivirus software is up to date. Do the same with your adware/spyware protection. And use a good firewall such as Zone Alarm.\n\nAnd make sure not to give ANYONE your password. It sounds to me like you've been hacked!\n\nOh yes, and if you get any strange e-mail, don't open it and especially don't respond to it: That tends to be a favored tool of Phishers, Scammers, and other assorted scums.
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you should email  phishing-abuse@cc.yahoo-inc.com include the full headers\n\nfor more info read the link
155748
Well, did you give them another e-mail id? \nIf you have then, you can request a new password on that id.\nAll you can do now is to contact the yahoo services. They are pretty helpful. I had lost a password and contacted them.\nI really don't remember what all I had to do at that time just that they made me fill up a form.\n\nGood Luck!
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if you are recieving threats of physical harm, go to your local police precinct and file a complaint.  Bring copies of the email or other documentation with you.  They can advise you of your options.  \n\nIf you can trace the emails or know who they are coming from, you can also advise their internet service provider, as that kind of behavior is usually considered a breach of most provider's Terms of Service.
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Contact yahoo staff and ask them for a new password.\nAnd Y! Staff can also be able to ban the phishers IP...
963692
Get Hotmail,.. tell noone your account,.. \n\nOr make a New Yahoo,.. tell noone your account.  That's the only way to avoid and that doesn't even work,.. first day you might get mail.\n\nSo how do you feel about these Hackers?  *puts ear muffs on*
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The only thing you can do is report it to Yahoo!  They'll give a warning but not necessarily delete their account.  Only if they repeatedly cause problems or majorly violate the terms of agreement.  They may or may not work in conjuction with local law enforcement agencies.
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If you are getting threating emails from a yahoo provider and have proof, you can go to http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/mail/cgi_abuse and fill out the information.  Then Yahoo will act accordenly.\n\nHope this helps.
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oh, sorry. that went to the wrong person. jk lol. but seriously, if you have the e-mail address you can do a reverse email lookup. or you can report it to the police and have them get someone to track the IP back.
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I can't find anything specifically about hacked accounts. You might try contacting them here and choosing the impersonation category. http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/mail/cgi_abuse\n\nI'm not sure if that would work.
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I really don't recommend trying to access his work account, because you can get fired for that.  You should probably just talk to him rather than trying to access his account, but if you insist, there is information on hacking Yahoo here:\nhttp://www.linkbase.org/articles/How-to-Hack-Yahoo-and-Hotmail.htm\n\nBe advised that Yahoo can also inflict penalties.  Additionally, it is probably not wise to ask ON a Yahoo website about HACKING a Yahoo website.
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Sure you can report it .But it would have to criminal before they do anything.The best thing to do is report and document the letter by copying as prove. And block that e-mail address .I know it won't stop it ,but it will show harassment which is criminal.If you think it is child pron and you have an ideal who it might be ,then it's your duty to report things like that to the police.If they think it's worth following up they'll contact Yahoo.
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QUOTE\n\nReporting incidents\n\n    * To Yahoo!\n          o If you believe your Yahoo! account has been compromised, please report the incident using our contact form.\n          o If you have been contacted by someone about your Yahoo! account asking for a password, birth date or other personal information, please forward the email to mail-spoof@cc.yahoo-inc.com. Please include the full headers and the HTML source code of the email you received.\n          o If you are a member of the security community and need to report a technical vulnerability, contact: security@yahoo-inc.com.\n    * To Law Enforcement\n      In the event that you believe that your personal safety is at risk or if you believe that you may be the victim of identity theft or other illegal conduct, please contact the appropriate federal, state or local law enforcement agencies directly. \n\nEND QUOTE
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You can delete you account anyway by going to my account and deleteing your account, but I would rather like to tell you other options.\n+Scan your harddisk with any antivirus, chances are that you are victim of a trojan virus which is sending password to the hacker everytime you log into your account.\n\n+Change your password and check your alternate email address.\n\n+Check you pop mail settings and mail forwarding settings in  options in mail.yahoo.com\n\nHope you wont give up deleting your account and fight back well to the hacker..\n\nA hacker myself\n\ns2b