Minecraft account lost after falling for a Discord Scam

Bob Smith_298 · Jan 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM

Hi, I recently fell for a scam and lost my Minecraft account. After the scam, when I tried to log into Minecraft account, it said that the email I use for my Microsoft account doesn't have a Minecraft profile yet, even though I have the transaction id for proof of purchase. Before the hack, my profile's name was GaudyGem5492041, but now when I login with the same email (which I had signup for), it is now SordidTax911897. My suspicion is that my Microsoft account might have been compromised, with the email associated to it changed immediately. This would explain why I could create a new profile with my current Email. I was wondering if there is anything I can do to start recovering.

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Lumie Helps

Hi there Bob S.

I am Lumie and I would love to assist you today.

I am so sorry you are having issues with a compromised account. Please keep in mind, this is a user forum, we are not Microsoft.

Please, never ever, give a code or an email address to anyone ever. There is never a reason for it, it is always a scam.

The transaction ID cannot be used in recovery, you must use the tools provided by Microsoft.

You can recover the account using the Account Recovery Form: https://account.live.com/acsr]

Make sure to complete it in an area you would usually access your account from. It is important to be consistent with this form, you can complete the form twice a day everyday until your regain access to your account. Repeating this will increase your odds of recovery.

Here are more tips to follow with the form: [https://support.microsoft.com/account-billing/b19c02d1-a782-dee6-93c3-dc8113b20c42]

I hope this helps!

Let me know if I can be of any further assistance. -Lumie

ngocphi

yes this screams scam and no ms would.never ask.for.that kinda stuff

It's likewise virus on your computer scam

They only feed you the info you are looking for

Don't do.it nor will.ms be able.to.help you after you fall for.the scam

Shaggy2000

Do not fall for this scam, the site may have given the OP a free Xbox Live code, but the vast majority wont and will in fact get their account details stolen etc

DO NOT FALL FOR IT!

Obsessive Power

Someone tried to pull a cunning confidence trick on me a few days ago. It was an epic fail though. They tried to befriend me by asking about the Ambassador program, claiming that they too were an Ambassador. They weren't.

After a few messages they sent me a link to a website that supposedly offered 1600 MS Points for free. Of course, there are no websites that offer points for free,
such sites are only designed to steal your account details. It was of course a phishing scam.

What generally happens here is, they will steal the account that falls for the scam, then send messages out to people on your friends list with the same scam. Unwitting users fall prey to this tactic, as they believe the message is genuine since it came from
a 'friend'. BE AWARE!

CrazY1985

Ofcourse it's not true..

Don't fall for these kind of scams.

Minecraft account lost after falling for a Discord Scam