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I had an alert that someone from Japan had gained access to my email.

Should I change my member account id and password?

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mindhealer offline Verified User (2 years, 12 months) Long Term User Shouts: 45 #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months, 1 week ago (13 minutes after post)

Sure, change your password. Including an L or R, because Japanese people always mix those up.

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11 months, 1 week ago (15 minutes after post)

That would probably be a wise choice.

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Zirbel offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months, 1 week ago (21 minutes after post)

Of course, change the password immediately.

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Rosabella offline Verified User (5 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 9 #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months, 1 week ago (8 hours, 24 minutes after post)

On the other hand, the alert could be a scam, asking you for the very information they claim may have been stolen.

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mindhealer offline Verified User (2 years, 12 months) Long Term User Shouts: 45 #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months, 1 week ago (8 hours, 36 minutes after post)

Rosabella wrote:
On the other hand, the alert could be a scam, asking you for the very information they claim may have been stolen.

That’s a good point because practically 100% of any emails like that are scams, but it shouldn’t hurt much to change a password. That’s something that is recommended to do regularly by experts on internet safety.

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