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Ask Slashdot: Identity Theft Attempt In Progress; How To Respond?

Posted by timothy on from the burrs-on-the-heel-of-the-foot-would-be-mercy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It appears that two weeks ago my email address got into the wrong database. Since that time there have been continuing attempts to access my accounts and create new accounts in my name. I have received emails asking me to click the link below to confirm I want to create an account with Twitter, Facebook, Apple Games Center, Facebook mobile account, and numerous pornographic sites. I have not attempted to create accounts on any of these services. I have also received 16 notices from Apple about how to reset my Apple ID. I am guessing these notices are being automatically generated in response to too many failed login attempts. At this point I have no reason to believe any of my accounts have been compromised but I see no good response."

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  1. Change your e-mail address by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sometimes, it becomes necessary to change your e-mail address.

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    SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
    1. Re:Change your e-mail address by Aardpig · · Score: 5, Insightful

      One does not simply change one's email address...

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      Tubal-Cain smokes the white owl.
  2. Re:Yeah you're right by echnaton192 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What moron moderated this bullshit "insightful"?

    1. Including navigational software in my case it would rather be 300 EUR. How about steam? How about othe electronic goods?
    2. You do not have to create new accounts, only the password and the emailaddress associated with it - your initial post was already misleading
    3. If you do 2. and not the bullshit you were suggesting, nobody has to rebuy anything

    Again: What moron moderated this insightful?