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Hello .. my email has been stolen .. and i really need it back .. it has many important information .. please .. is there any way i can get my email back?

Contact hotmail at http://support.live.com/ and tell them about that. They should help you.

Thanks .. i talked to the hacker.. he said that he paid with visa and i wont get my email back .. !!  i send a report.. i hope they can help me

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is there a phone number for microsoft ?

I think you have to whait for them to answer you. You can try to chat with them, call them at 1-800-Microsoft (642-7676) (US number), and if you get too impatiant you can go here again. But just wait, they'll contact you.
What do you mean he used visa?

the guy probably bought his email address + details etc from someone else on the internet that actually "hacked it". why would he want to lose his hard erned money? =p

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Originally posted by icd*
the guy probably bought his email address + details etc from someone else on the internet that actually "hacked it". why would he want to lose his hard erned money? =p

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Why would someone wanna pay money to begin with?

Maybe to sell it further to big spam companies. However, we actually don't know exactly what he means with "he said that he paid with visa and i wont get my email back".

Anyways, this is actual identity theft, no matter if he paid for it or not. If it is an hotmail, msn, or live.com address then MS could return the address the the original owner. But, of course, only if he can proof if it was his address by providing details which only he could know:

- Previous secret question and answer
- Previous personal data details, like name, address, telephone number, etc.
- The unique ID number you'll get which each account! Not many people actually know about this, but when you apply for a Windows Live Id you get a unique number.
- The contacts you have/had in Windows Live Messenger
- etc...

All stuff which can be tracked back by MS and which might proof the account is really yours.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
- The unique ID number you'll get which each account! Not many people actually know about this, but when you apply for a Windows Live Id you get a unique number.

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Is this the same number Messenger uses to store profile data?

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
- The unique ID number you'll get which each account! Not many people actually know about this, but when you apply for a Windows Live Id you get a unique number.

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Is this the same number Messenger uses to store profile data?

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No, as the number Messenger uses is a hash, which isn't guaranteed unique.

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Originally posted by MenthiX

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
- The unique ID number you'll get which each account! Not many people actually know about this, but when you apply for a Windows Live Id you get a unique number.

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Is this the same number Messenger uses to store profile data?

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No, as the number Messenger uses is a hash, which isn't guaranteed unique.

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The number I mean is a 64 bit unique number for each account.

see https://help.live.com/help.aspx?project=liveidv1&...&query=di_sgnittes

You can see this number for your account on the bottom of the profile page, here:
https://account.live.com/EditProf.aspx?rp=SummaryPage