Someone's sending from my email address! How do I stop them?!

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Remember that when you use a IP tracing service, you are getting the location OF THE SENDER'S ISP, NOT THE SENDER. They could be in two completely different, unrelated, locations. For example all AOL senders look like they're in Virginia (I think) because that's where AOL is located.

My yahoo id has been compromised and i do not remember the details which i provided while creating the account. Is there any way i can my password back.

and if no, is there any way i can that id blocked so hacker s no more able to see the mail and files which are stored in the account.

Please help me out
Thanks
Arvind

You'll need to contact Yahoo customer service. Now, I'll warn you that free email services *rarely* provide any support at all, so you may be completely out of luck.

Here's my article on why free email services are a really bad idea for anything important: http://ask-leo.com/are_free_email_services_worth_it.html

Hey Dear LEO.....
i need ur help .. some one has hacked my id's password and he has changed the secret question aswell ... i am so worried abt it bcoz i have my impotant mails in it ... the hacked id is [Personal Information Removed] .. plz plz plz and plz find out my password and kindly send it to my new mail address .. [Personal Information Removed]
i will be so thankful to u guys ..bcoz i have the last hope from u guyz ....
bye .. i will be waiting for ur response ..

You want this article: http://ask-leo.com/ive_forgotten_the_answer_to_my_msn_hotmail_secret_question_and_my_password_what_do_i_do.html

I am Rahul From india & i have registered domain (mydomain.com )changed name , last some days i am receiving this kind of mails from my Domain
(EVEN THIS ACCOUNT IS MY AND I NEVER SENT ANY THIS TYPE OF MAIL )i don't know how many parsons RECEIVING THIS Mail And the Attachment with virus , scaer that my site can be black listed due to this spaming THAT I NEVER DONE :(

here the that i got

----- Original Message -----
From: info at mydomain dot com
To: my add at mydomain dot com
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 2:49 PM
Subject: *DETECTED* ONLINE USER VIOLATION

>
> Dear mydomain Member,
>
> Your e-mail account was used to send a huge amount of unsolicited spam
messages during the recent week. If you could please take 5-10 minutes
out of your online experience and confirm the attached document so you
will not run into any future problems with the online service.
>
> If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to
cancel your membership.
>
> Virtually yours,
> The mydomain Support Team
>
>
>
>
>
>
> +++ Attachment: No Virus found
> +++ mydomain Antivirus - www.mydomain.com

Sometimes my password doesn't work and other days it does. On the days it doesn't work emails are deleted/added. Is there a way to find out how many times my password has been changed? I know how many times I've changed it so I thought if it's more than that I would know for sure that someone is locking me out on purpose.and then allowing me back in when they take care of what they need to or want to.
Thanks - Abdallah

Is it possible that my yahoo account and not my computer is infected with a virus? it is behaving very strangly.

No, if there's a virus, it'd be on your computer. Any problems on the Yahoo side would be temporary, and cleared up very quickly.

My Yahoo email account [Personal Information Removed] was compromised by the yahoo IM password theft scheme last week. You are correct, Yahoo customer service doesn't help at all. I am unable to either get the profile back in my control or to have yahoo shut it down. Yahoo itself should be shut down since they seem to not demponstrate any corporate responsibility for their product or how it's used. Hackers exploite both people and software. I fell for the people end, but there was nothing in their software that would help me or others keep their accounts safe.

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