I am Unable add my gmail account ( it says password or id is incorrect

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No, I wasn't a recipient (as far as I know, because I don't know your email address). But I've gotten plenty of spam from compromised accounts lately. Spammers seem t target gmail, hotmail and yahoo. Which is why I have added 2 step authentication to my gmail account. I recommend that everyone who uses gmail do so. Expecially important if you use other google services such as google voice, google wallet or google's office tools.
See: http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=180744&rd=1

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