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From Leo's mailbag:

> From: A Computer User
> Sent: June 14, 2005
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: I was hacked yesterday
>
> Leo,

> Hi Leo, I was hacked yesterday 06/13/05, while playing this
> car game name nitto1320 which has a chat room also, some guy
> from this game hacked my game account first, and then he
> signed me out of my own msn account (******@hotmail.com)
> and through the game screen told me " hey I got your msn too"
> I need to report this account as stolen, but I don't exactly
> know how to do it, I alreday went to this web site " report a
> hacker" but I got lost on it. Can you help me pleaseeee

There's really little to be done for a hotmail account. This
article explains some:
http://ask-leo.com/someone_has_stolen_my_email_account_what_can_i_do_to_get_it_back.html


Thanks for asking!

Leo

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