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Discussion topic: sky email account locked

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This message was authored by: MikeD1

sky email account locked

My sky.com Email login-Email account locked everyday for last 7 days. Given phone number to ring to unlock account or put through to call handler. If I have automated response the solution is easy_ I follow instructions to reset password.

If I am put through to call handler I will be passed to several call handlers ,I spend normally an hour listening to waffle & nonsense.

I was told that sky.com & Yahoo were slowly being phased out & I would lose my email address etc & sky should have notified me. I was also  told my problem was the router, VPM etc etc

Yesterday I was told to wait 48 hours  before logging in as there were problems with Yahoo. 

I asked for my account to be unlocked as a Temporary fix and manually  reset my password ,

This last less than 24 hours before my account locked the following day.

Sky are unable to tell me the cause of the problem & what I need to do to stop this recurring nightmare.

I've made several complaints to no avail

 

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This message was authored by: caesarome

Re: sky email account locked

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Are you able to access this link or does the same happen:

 

https://www.sky.com/myaccount/my-details

 

When this happened to me a few years ago it took me three calls until I got to someone that could unlock it from their end.

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This message was authored by: mikeD2

Re: sky email account locked

Yes , 

I am able to get someone to unlock the account but the problem is that I have to to do this every day as the account keeps locking.

I want the problem to be resolved so I don't get a daily lock out.

This message was authored by: caesarome

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When mine locked they said was a security issue so is there anything that you can think of that is causing this, do you use a VPN for example ?

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This message was authored by: jayach

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When my account was locked, it was due to my I.P. address changing many times in a short period (I had swapped ISP and the new router kept rebooting) so is it possible something similar is happening to you?

Almost certainly something is triggering a security alert.

This message was authored by: twilight+princess

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If you responded to an email stating your account would be closed unless you upgraded then you gave scammers your log in details & most likely they're locking you out by changing the password.  I would scan your pc for malware using MalwareBytes & AdwCleaner. Ensure you're calling Sky direct using their official number rather than using the first number found via a search engine. 150 from a Sky landline or mobile or 

03442 411 653 for email problems.

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This message was authored by: MikeD1

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The account was locked and the number was a genuine  sky tel number. This put me in touch with automated response  saying my account was  being unlocked or to a call handler in India.

After resetting  I received  emails from sky. Since then the emails have been from Yahoo. 

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I've not changed anything  , router etc all the same.

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