This is the email I received this morning concerning an attempt from this IP address to hack my GMail account. Wednesday, February 13, 2013 12:43:30 PM UTC IP Address: 98.26.157.242 (cpe-098-026-157-242.triad.res.rr.com.) Location: Burlington, NC, USA If you do not recognize this sign-in attempt, someone else might be trying to access your account. You should sign in to your account and reset your password immediately. Find out how at http://support.google.com/accounts?p=reset_pw If this was you, and you want to give this application access to your account, complete the troubleshooting steps listed at http://support.google.com/mail?p=client_login Note: This email address cannot accept replies. Sincerely, The Google Accounts Team
I have received following mail from G-mail about someone trying to break into my Email, I would request the authorities to look into this. Someone recently tried to use an application to sign in to your Google Account. We prevented the sign-in attempt in case this was a hijacker trying to access your account. Please review the details of the sign-in attempt: Friday, 15 February 2013 01:31:50 o'clock UTC IP Address: 98.26.157.242 (cpe-098-026-157-242.triad.res.rr.com.) Location: Burlington, NC, USA If you do not recognise this sign-in attempt, someone else might be trying to access your account. You should sign in to your account and reset your password immediately. Find out how at http://support.google.com/accounts?p=reset_pw
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