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12 year old account gone? Help!?

I had the same Yahoo account since about 1997. It had all my contact info for friends and family, and a ton of important information stored in it. I never got any notice for any violations in Answers, but my account was shut down (after I reached level 6)- including my ability to access email, finance, and everything else. I wrote Yahoo several times to no avail- getting only cookie cutter responses (no specific reason) from low-level techs about terms of service which I feel I didn't violate (it must have been trolls ganging up on me to file false reports), and not being able to restore my account- which I think is nonsense!

Is there a way to get my account back, or at least access it for a while so I can rescue all my data, or am I completely out of luck?

Update:

I never received any notices of any violations!

Update 2:

All accounts were closed at the same time without warning or cause. I'd have quit answers in a heartbeat if I knew some trolls could cost me everything.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I have been giving this some thought. This happened to another contact and he said he never received a notice either. He said he just couldn't access his account. I could still access his questions and answers, contacts and fans, etc... but he said he never could get back into it. Usually, when an account is suspended, I get the "oops" message. I don't get that with your account.

    Oh... and that level one user who was quick to say such lovely things... I would report him, if this questions disappears and I will win because I have copy/ pasted the whole thing.

    I will try to find Yahoo's toll free number and all the other ones I use to have.

    EDIT: trolls and stalkers can cost you everything. I have been there and done that. I lost my account because one person kept making multiple accounts to add me and report me. That's what happens with community moderation.

  • 4 years ago

    Your son has some serious matters. they should not be seen something you're able to post with. He may well be having enormous hardship in school and afraid to allow you already know. it may look that when your husband is domicile he feels risk-free or on the least has a deep could please his father. My son moist the mattress now and then while he replaced into 6 or 7. shall we not tell that there replaced into any reason of it and it did not ensue on a primary bases. in spite of the incontrovertible fact that we desperate to visit a much better domicile in yet another area of city. each and all the bedrooms have been on the 2d point. He regarded ecstatic on the subject of the flow. very happy approximately it. And he in no way moist the mattress back. i think of he had an apprehension or between the infants on our block or perhaps something in school. by way of adjusting that it made each and all the adaptation. It sounds to me like your son is depressed additionally. because of the fact of this he's sleeping lots and not interested in something. another hazard is sleep-aptnia. If he's not respiratory wisely at night it is going to save waking him up and he won't get the sleep he needs. Have a doctor verify that out. Your husband and you're able to set down with him sometime and in a non-threatening way consult with him approximately this. If he won't open up have your husband consult with him on my own. And back if that doesn't paintings on my own with you. Ask him what is going on. Is he frightened of something. Is there something you're able to do to help. finally you're able to get some expert help for him. this could not be going on to a 12 12 months old boy. i could worry if not corrected it is going to purely worsen. remember in spite of the incontrovertible fact that that wetting the mattress isn't something he can consiously administration. you're able to attempt to locate the actual project in the previous this could ever pass away.

  • 1 decade ago

    Sounds like you've been warned before because the first step is closing you Q&A account and if you keep violating the terms then thay just shut your entire yahoo account down. Thats what you get. You should'nt of been talking so much sh*t on Q&A. I'm reporting this question as a violation every body please join me

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