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Hi all,
So I was logging out of my 2nd instagram account from my old phone and I thought I would remove my username so I would have to type it in next time. I was surprised to see an instagram account that is not mine, however it had my exact email address and I was suddenly in someone else's instagram account without even logging in. My gmail account is linked with both my phones and maybe that's how I have this strangers instagram account.
I checked my instagram and I was using a different email. This person was using the same name as me and is living in a different country. I checked my email account can saw emails for this persons instagram account dating back to 2019. Also when I accessed his account I received an email to say this happened. I have managed to delete this account as I am concerned about the safety of my gmail account. I noticed that the password reset option was only through facebook whereas on my instagram account the password reset option is through email. So is it possible for this person to open an instagram account using my gmail address but through facebook so it bypasses the email address?
As far as I am aware my email does not appear to have been hacked and I have not received any emails from instagram to say that an account has been created for my email address. The only emails I got was when this person had followers or any updates. I hope he cannot gain access to that account now that I have deleted it, however I did report the problem to instagram so I hope they do not somehow reinstate this account.
Apologise for the rant but I am panicking. Any help would be appreciated
Many thanks
So I was logging out of my 2nd instagram account from my old phone and I thought I would remove my username so I would have to type it in next time. I was surprised to see an instagram account that is not mine, however it had my exact email address and I was suddenly in someone else's instagram account without even logging in. My gmail account is linked with both my phones and maybe that's how I have this strangers instagram account.
I checked my instagram and I was using a different email. This person was using the same name as me and is living in a different country. I checked my email account can saw emails for this persons instagram account dating back to 2019. Also when I accessed his account I received an email to say this happened. I have managed to delete this account as I am concerned about the safety of my gmail account. I noticed that the password reset option was only through facebook whereas on my instagram account the password reset option is through email. So is it possible for this person to open an instagram account using my gmail address but through facebook so it bypasses the email address?
As far as I am aware my email does not appear to have been hacked and I have not received any emails from instagram to say that an account has been created for my email address. The only emails I got was when this person had followers or any updates. I hope he cannot gain access to that account now that I have deleted it, however I did report the problem to instagram so I hope they do not somehow reinstate this account.
Apologise for the rant but I am panicking. Any help would be appreciated
Many thanks
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WRT to the Instagram account, it's possible it's an innocent mistyped email but it's also possibly something more malicious. For example I had some scammers signing my old email up for various services for a while last year. Either way, since it's registered to your email, it's technically under your control so I think you're best deleting the account as you have done. It won't be reinstated under your email address - just make sure if you get any requests down the line to reset passwords or to confirm your email address that you didn't ask for, that you ignore/delete them and don't accept them.