u/Clona9999

My Google account was hijacked. I have access to a recovery email, but the hacker put my original Google account on a family link plan, and set the age to a low number, so the hacker's email is the parent.

My Google account was hijacked. I have access to a recovery email, but the hacker put my original Google account on a family link plan, and set the age to a low number, so the hacker's email is the parent.

Let me explain how this all happened-

It all started when one of my friends wanted me to play Minecraft modded multiplayer with them, and I play modded Minecraft all the time. But I had no idea that my friend's account had already been hijacked.

So I said yeah, and to send me the stuff. So they sent me the mod file and all. Then I tried connecting to the server... and then they stole EVERYTHING.

It wasn't just my discord account, it was my entire Google account and YouTube channel! He took my docs, all my videos, my entire 14-year old Google account, including everything on the authenticator app.

But I still have access to my recovery email, so I tried to use it to get it back, but the hacker had put my account on a family plan, so when I try to recover it, it says "choose who's approving this sign-in".

I've been trying to work with TeamYouTube on Twitter, but they've been really slow at replying. I want to know what I can do with my recovery email or other emails that I still have access to to recover my original Google account.

u/Clona9999 — 1 day ago
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[US] My Google account was compromised, and it had a parental control put on it so I can't use my recovery email.

It all started when one of my friends messaged me, saying they wanted me to play Minecraft modded multiplayer with them, and I play modded Minecraft all the time. I had no idea that that account was already stolen and I was being deceived.

So I said yeah, and to send me the stuff. So they sent me the mod file and all.

Then I tried connecting to the server... and then they stole EVERYTHING.

It wasn't just my discord account, it was my entire Google account and YouTube channel! He took my docs, all my videos... everything... including my authenticator app!

And I have a recovery email for that Google account, but any time I try to input a code, it shows me what is shown in the picture. I was told it's a parental control. My account was set to a young age, and the scammer's account is the "parent" email.

My recovery email says that in 14 days, everything will be completely deleted. I've been sobbing all day over this, 12 years of building up a YouTube channel and this is what it amounts to...

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u/Clona9999 — 3 days ago