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CoIussus

CoIussus

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Hello guys
So a long time ago, probably like start of 2019 up until May my account was hijacked and everything went missing from it. As a result I just simply stopped playing.

I tried to log into the account in May, but it said I had been permanently banned for suspicious activity (I can't remember what it was that it said I did, something to do with keys maybe).

So I sent an appeal to get it unbanned that got accepted, however the account was locked until I confirmed I was the real owner through the account's email address.

I forgot the email address though, so this month I sent another appeal to change email address and tried to provide the proof that I am the real owner of the account. I got an email through saying my appeal was accepted and I can change my password and use the account.

So I changed the password and went onto mobile to play the game but it said I need a 6 pin authenticator app. When I go onto the website it says there is no authenticator app, so I don't know.

BUT here's the confusing part -
Obviously because I didn't have access to the original email address of the account I'm trying to recover, they changed the email address to the email I sent an appeal on. However I already had a completely different Runescape account on that email they changed it to, that was like Lvl 1, and I never used before. I think this might be whats causing my problem.

I can't log in to the game with my (new) email because the account was made before 2010, so I have to use the original username of the account, which prompts me to an authenticator code that I don't know.
However if I try and log in with the email address instead, I have to use the password for the other account that was Lvl 1 and I never used and it logs me in to the tutorial part.

This might be a key note but when I finally recovered the account it said there was 'No Username set', so I had to make a new username.

Can a mod help me please. I'm so confused. I don't know what to do.
Thanks

22-Nov-2019 19:39:25

Malua
May Member 2006

Malua

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Hi there
CoIussus


Logins don't ever change - whatever login you created your account with will still be the login.

When you associate a new email with the account all you are doing is registering a 'contact' email (the email Jagex contacts you on). It won't change the login.
It is possible to register the same email as the contact email for ALL your accounts.

Now you have got the account unbanned and recovered, you have found that the hijacker set Authenticator on the account.
You need to remove the hijackers Authenticator and set your own.
To disable Authenticator: Disabling the Authenticator
The work to fully secure the account: Securing your account
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