My Minecraft Account was stolen. Is there anyway I can recover it?

Thats a bummer to hear. I just finished saving up to buy minecraft and bought it a few weeks ago just to lose it to a hacker. Thanks anyway

Hello, I regret to inform you, but if none of those methods work, that means the hacker managed to change all your account information. Therefore, it's lost and it's not possible to recover it.

However, if you allow me, to avoid a similar situation happening in the future, you can follow these recommendations to secure any future account you want to create:

https://support.microsoft.com/accou...d-secure-628538c2-7006-33bb-5ef4-c917657362b9

Hello, MBHeugh. I’m Arturo, a community user like you, and I'll be glad to provide assistance with your inquiry today.

I'm sorry to hear your account was compromised.

IMPORTANT: Don't share personal information, including email addresses, phone numbers, etc.

As community users like you, we are not able to enter or check information, and everything we comment can be seen by anyone on the internet. Doing so may expose your data.

That being said, you can try retrieving your account by following some recommendations provided in this related article from Microsoft:

https://support.microsoft.com/accou...-account-24ca907d-bcdf-a44b-4656-47f0cd89c245

If none of those methods work, I regret to inform you that this means the hacker managed to change all your account information. Therefore, it's not possible to recover it.

Furthermore, you may want to check out this article about contacting Microsoft support regarding Microsoft accounts:

https://support.microsoft.com/accou...-account-bb65aa6a-9135-31df-0b36-d6318d6f4e0f

I'll remain attentive to any other inquiry you may have.

Regards,

Arturo.

Hi. Whenever I try and use one of the account recovery methods, it doesnt work. When I try and sign into microsoft account recovery with my email it says that the email doesnt exist. However, I know the account exists as I bought minecraft with it. Is there anything I can do about this or is my minecraft and microsoft account lost forever?

Hello Frederick R, My name is David. I am an independent advisor, happy to help you today.

I'm sorry to hear that your Outlook account has been stolen and that you have lost access to your Minecraft account. Here are some steps you can follow to try to recover your Minecraft account:

Try to recover your Outlook account Although you mention that you don't care about email, it is important to try to recover your Outlook account since it is linked to your Minecraft account. Follow Outlook account recovery procedures, such as resetting your password or using the account recovery option. If you can recover your Outlook account, you can also recover access to your Minecraft account.

Best regards.