Quote Originally Posted by CountryWolf07 View Post
Unbelievable. My Gmail & Facebook accounts were hacked this morning. I am hoping to retrieve both back within 24 hours. Have this happened to anyone? Any problems? Were you able to get it back? This is my first time it happened. I actually am "lost" without them and I use them for EVERYTHING, mostly networking & keeping in touch with friends.
I lost my Gmail earlier this summer for a few days. Couldn't access it at all. I was very lost without it. If you click on "can't access your account" on the sign-in screen, you can get Google to send an activation code to your cell phone. Then there is a field on Gmail where you enter the activation code and it allows you to change your password and regain access to your account. I had to do this twice, because the first time Google sent me the activation code, I couldn't find the field to enter it.

Reading this thread reminds me that after this happened I thought to myself that I should get a flash drive and back up all my contacts onto it.