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Abdu1
11 months agoExplorer | Level 3
Someone used my email to create an account
Someone created a dropbox account using my personal email (it was identical but without a point. For example name.surname@mail.com and surnamename@mail.com) I didn't have a dropbox account so this p...
elkhoury
7 months agoNew member | Level 2
i had same issue, someone create a account with my email [removed] (i never used for dropbox until this happen) and uploaded like 50 photos of her family but i notice because i had some verification email , so i enter change password because was my email i don't know how she register with it i know it was an error because her name [removed]. but now i have my dropbox with her photos i wanna give back her photos how i do that. how do i contact her. this was back in 2013 but i got this account forgotten but now i want to resolve this problem because i know this photos maybe important to her a lot of memories of family.
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- Rich7 months agoSuper User II
elkhoury wrote:
i had same issue, someone create a account with my email ... but now i have my dropbox with her photos i wanna give back her photos how i do that. how do i contact ...
There's no way for you to contact her unless you already know her email address. Dropbox won't have that information, and even if they did, couldn't give it to you.
Best to just delete the photos and move on.
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