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TT's security measures have locked me out of My Account and Community

NoviceJohn
Newbie
Private Message TalkTalk
Message 5 of 5

HELP!

Nearly 2 weeks ago I asked the Community for help with the masses of phishing emails I was getting and I think was helped byFerguson and Michelle. 

Ferguson suggested that my email address had probably been compromised and suggested that I change my passwords.

I did that and ran Malwarebyes and Bitdefender. That's when my troubles started. The next thing I know is that I was blocked from eMClient, Gmail, TT web mail, My Account and, more importantly, the Community.

(At this point I have to point out that I have hadtwo cataracts removed and lenses replaced recently, so reading is very difficult, added to which I have a deteriorating Essential Tremor, which causes many typo errors)

I eventually got back into myeMClient, Gmail and TT web mail, as Santa came down the chimney at 1 am on Christmas morn.

However TT has not changed My Account and the Community passwords andemail addresses.

(I sneaked into this chatroom, by creating a new user name and password, using my Gmail account)

Is there a way to cchange my email address and password , without spending a couple of hours on Live Chat?

Is it possible to have just one email address and password to log into My Account, TT Webmail and the Community?

Also, is it possible to bypass the "I am not a robot "pictures, because the robot that is marking mmy answers knows less about the American roads and vehicles than I do, even with my present reading difficulties!

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Message 1 of 5

Hi G2,

          Many thanks for your sensible suggestion, which I will certainly adopt, once I can access all my mail and TT accounts.

Many apologies for beeing sso vague, but I have been so confused and agitated by the many Catch 22 situations I've encountered in my quest to get back into my various accounts of late, that I have made the mistake of cancelling some original passwords etc , in the hope of being left with the one password I know will get me into my web mail.

I only use secure passwords suggested by Google anyway.

Best wishes for the New Year,

                                                         John

Message 2 of 5

Hi Ferguson,

 I believe that it was John 3044, but I'm not sure, as I deleted it from my password bank when I was having this problem.

I also believe that fr8ys helped mr recently.

Many apologies for beeing sso vague, but I have been so confused and agitated by the many Catch 22 situations I've encountered in my quest to get back into my varioous accounts of late, that I have made the mistake of cancelling some original passwords etc , in the hope of being left with the one password I know will get me into my web mail.

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ferguson
Community Star
Private Message TalkTalk
Message 3 of 5

@NoviceJohn 

What was your previous username here? 

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Gliwmaeden2
Community Star
Private Message TalkTalk
Message 4 of 5

It's really far safer NOT to ever use the same password for more than one site, @NoviceJohn.

 

If  that one password is ever stolen or one site's security is compromised, the first thing a crook will do is try it out on other sites so everything gets hacked into. 

Gliwmaeden2, a fellow customer.
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