My account has been hacked and my credit card charged by the hacker
My account has been hacked and my credit card charged by the hacker and all Skype has to say about it, is that I need to wait 72 hours for them to look at my query? I cannot log into my account. I have filled in the support form, but I haven't received an email notification from Skype that I have submitted it. I'm guessing that's because my account is now in the use of someone else, as the hacker changed the account over to his email address. I know he did that, as I got a notification of changing the email address at the same moment as I was logged out of Skype. I use Skype professionally and this issue is causing me a world of trouble. The fact that Skype is a paid service ought to mean that there is better support than 'we will look at it within 72 hours.'
So nearly 24 hours later, and still no information either in this forum or via email notification from Skype. Does this mean that Skype is instead communicating with the person who hacked my account? Since the hacker now has my account registered with their email address, It seems that's the most likely situation, given the unparallelled course of incompetence I'm experiencing from them. If Skype had taken action on this right away (the moment I made the complaint, which was minutes after my account was hacked) the charge that the hacker made on my credit card would not be lost due to his usage of my account. But apparently, stopping fraud is so low on Skype's agenda that this can go on and on. If I had not been on Skype when it happened (prompting me to instantly block my credit card) there would have been nothing to stop the hacker from making multiple charges to my card, potentially running into the hundreds of dollars. Instead of action to deal with my problems, I'm receiving notifications that I have earnt 'a new rank' in the Skype community. Whoop-dee-bleedin'-doo!
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Hi mamamuddpie,
If your Apple ID account has been disabled, follow the steps below to reset your password and gain access. There is a link in the article to the Apple ID Security team if you need help with this.
If your Apple ID has been locked - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204106
You might see one of these alerts:
“This Apple ID has been disabled for security reasons”
"You can't sign in because your account was disabled for security reasons"
"This Apple ID has been locked for security reasons"
If your Apple ID was locked, you can go to iForgot to unlock it with your existing password or reset your password. You can also click the Reset Password or Forgot Password button in the alert. Remember to type your full email address when you're asked to enter your Apple ID. For example, [email protected] or [email protected]. If you use two-step verification for Apple ID, you need to use your recovery key and a trusted device to regain access to your account.
If you can't reset your password and you don't use two-step verification, contact Apple Support. Update your password in iCloud settings
After you change your password, you might need to update it in iCloud settings on your devices.
iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Go to Settings > iCloud.
Tap Edit, if asked.
Type your new password and tap Done.
Mac
Go to Apple menu > System Preferences.
Click iCloud.
Click Sign Out.
Type your new password and click Sign In.
Windows
Choose Start > Control Panel.
Double-click iCloud.
Click Sign Out.
Type your new password and click Sign In.
Email
If you use an email app to get iCloud email, the app will ask you to enter your new password when you check for mail. If OS X Mail doesn't ask you for your password, check your Mail preferences. For any other mail app, check the app's documentation to get help changing your email password.Update other services, such as iTunes and FaceTime
If you use your Apple ID in the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, iMessage, Game Center, or FaceTime, you might need to update your password for those services.
iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Go to Settings and tap the service.
Tap your Apple ID. For iMessage, tap Send & Receive and then tap your Apple ID.
Tap Sign Out.
Sign in with your Apple ID and your new password.
Mac or PC
If you try to sign in to the iTunes Store or Mac App Store, make a purchase, or update an app, you'll be asked to enter your password.
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When you are able to access your account again, check to make sure your billing information has been updated.
Change or remove your payment information from your iTunes Store account (Apple ID) - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201266
I hope this information helps ....
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Hi there,
Playing War of the Fallen and made 4 seperate in app purchases over a period of 4 days my credit card was charged each time but the purchases have not downloaded. I have reported it to ITUNES with no response!!!! Everytime I try to use the in app link to Zynga Support the website never loads, what should i do?
I want my money back or the items ive paid for....
Thank you.You've used the "Report a problem" link on your emailed receipt? We are all just users like you and can't help, unfortunately. Keep trying to contact them.
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Hi, I had registered my credit card a week ago on Apple.and then that day I remove all information about credit card off my apple acount.but today i learned that 2 dollars payment has been given off my credit card.but I never buy any paid apps.Each time I was looking up my Itunes on pc , but there was always a 0.00$.so I do not know what to do now.please help me.check it . what happened and where is the 2 dollars? Please .
Well the term "hotlined" I have never heard before. In any case many states (like NY) just passed regulatory powers to the State Public Service Commission of which it may be called something different in your state. You could file a complaint with them. Or file a complaint with your state attorney generals office, they also take on wireless providers.
The problem here is the staff you speak to are poorly trained, in days gone by it took one call to them and they pulled up your account and see the error and had the authority to remove any errors. They did not remove legitimate account actions, but used their heads instead of putting a customer off or worse lying to the customer.
Its a shame you have to go through what you going through.
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I Forgot my Apple ID password and I can't reset it because the related email account has been closed and the security questions don't work! How do I solve this? Thank you.
Click here and contact Apple.
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OpenDNS
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i need to change my iCloud e-mail to my new e-mail because my old e-mail account has been deleted and i haven't been using it for a while.
my new e-mail is my apple ID but my iCloud one wont change over.If the old ID ("email address") is an earlier version of your current ID, try temporarily recreating the old ID by going to https://appleid.apple.com, click Manage my Apple ID and sign in with your current iCloud ID. Click edit next to the primary email account, change it back to your old email address and save the change. Then edit the name of the account to change it back to your old email address. You can now use your current password to turn off Find My iDevice, even though it prompts you for the password for your old account ID. Then save any photo stream photos that you wish to keep to your camera roll. When finished go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account and choose Delete from My iDevice when prompted (your iCloud data will still be in iCloud). Next, go back to https://appleid.apple.com and change your primary email address and iCloud ID name back to the way it was. Now you can go to Settings>iCloud and sign in with your current iCloud ID and password.
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i forgot all the security questions to my icloud account and now my account has been disabled and i want to reset my account ?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6170?viewlocale=en_US
If you can't reset your security questions
Contact Apple Support in either of these circumstances:
You don't see the link to send a reset email, which means you don't have a rescue address.
You see the link to send a reset email, but you don't have access to email at the rescue address.
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My website has been disabled as my credit card has expired. I'm unable to get into the admin section to input my new credit card (I get an error message telling me there's an outstanding invoice). How can I get in to enter my new card details so that payment can be made?
You can
Create a NEW account using these instructions. Make sure you follow the instructions. Many do not and if you do not you will not get the None option. You must use an email address that you have not used with Apple before.
Creating an iTunes Store, App Store, iBookstore, and Mac App Store account without a credit card
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Can i set up itunes account with apple id and NO credit card???
Yes, see link below
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534
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