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Lost access and assigned to an unknown account

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    humblepatrold301c19007 · Member · Mar 11, 2026 at 10:52 am
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    It Appears i have lost access to my current paid account and have been assigned some random persons account. i was unable to speak with a ‘happiness engineer’ so im not so happy. has this happened to anyone else?

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    staff-raypatrick · Staff · Mar 11, 2026 at 11:58 am
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    Hi there, thanks for posting. I just wanted to close the loop here. I was able to connect with you over live chat, and we got this sorted out.

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    serenewerewolffa2e18784e · Member · Apr 7, 2026 at 7:41 am
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    Hi, I have lost access to my free account richardkemp.wordpress.com. It appears to have been taken over by a hacker as attempts to reset password have been unsuccessful. My account is 16 years old so I have no original instructions, have no receipts and have no two factor log in. I am prepared to upgrade to a paid account as I am using it a lot more or pay someone to get me up and running. My email is (email visible only to moderators and staff) and my phone number is +44 (0)7885 626913. Help would be appreciated.

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    staartmees · Member · Apr 7, 2026 at 8:01 am
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    @serenewerewolffa2e18784e nothing has been hacked or whatever. You cretaed the account serenewerewolffa2e18784e yourself only a few hours ago. Just close this account and log in again with the username richardkemp – https://wordpress.com/forums/users/richardkemp/

    Also note wordpress.com doesn’t have phone support, so anyone calling claiming to be from wordpress.com is a fraude.

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    serenewerewolffa2e18784e · Member · Apr 7, 2026 at 10:01 am
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    Hi, thanks for trying to help me but I am not very good with IT stuff. When I went into the forum it just directed to me to a site to reset the link which I cannot do. I think my laptop must have been hacked because I did not put the werewolf stuff in and other accounts had to be reinputted, all successfully except this one. Do I need to close this wordpress account and start it up again from scratch?

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    staartmees · Member · Apr 7, 2026 at 10:42 am
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    You haven’t been hacked or whatever. For some reason or another you created that account just before you posted this thread.

    Just close this serenewerewolffa2e18784e account as described at https://wordpress.com/support/close-account/

    Next: log in with the username richardkemp – https://wordpress.com/forums/users/richardkemp/ – et voila, problem solved.

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    nuk4040 · Staff · Apr 10, 2026 at 9:30 am
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    @serenewerewolffa2e18784e, please start a new thread regarding your issue so we can treat it separately from the current thread as the original issue raised here is resolved.

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