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Serana_Blossom
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2 days ago

Help please- hacked account

Hi

I am actually in tears as I write this because I have been trying to solve this for hours and I'm still no further forward. My autistic son has been without his account for well over a week now, and is very stressed and upset. He has learning disabilities so can't understand what's going on in detail. 

His Steam account - which is linked to his EA account - was hacked, but Steam have recovered it thankfully. When he tried to play his game we realised his EA account is also compromised. The email on the account is now the same one as was on the Steam account whilst it was compromised. I can't see the entire address but it starts the same way and is definitely not something we recognise.

I have read every help page, but they all come back to the same place and a chatbot that cannot help. When I ask for support it says you have sent me a code. But you've sent it to the hackers address which I obviously don't have access to - or I wouldn't be in this situation!!!

This cannot just go on like this. My son is panicking because he thinks the hackers will mess up his game. Please can someone just help me, I'm begging you. 

Thank you,
Rachel 

 

2 Replies

  • Serana_Blossom's avatar
    Serana_Blossom
    Seasoned Newcomer
    11 hours ago

    Thank you SO much. 4 days to find a human, 4 minutes to fix the problem... that's my life!  I am so grateful to you.

  • EA_cuervo's avatar
    EA_cuervo
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    20 hours ago

    Hi Rachel, I'm truly sorry to hear about the trouble you're having.

    Our EA Help support team is definitely the best group to get this sorted for you. To get in touch with them, head over to the help site and let the chatbot know that you no longer have access to the email address registered on your account, and that you need to speak with an agent.

    The chatbot will ask you a few security questions to help route you correctly. Don't worry if you don't know all the answers. If you get stuck on a question, you can simply tell the chatbot you don't know, or skip it if that option is available.

    Once you have completed those steps, the system should route you to a page where you can start a live chat with an EA advisor.

    If you get stuck at any point during this process, please let me know and I will do my best to help you further.

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