I have an old hotmail account that I created over 10 years ago that I now only use for receiving messages affiliated with online accounts I have signed up for.  I SEND NO MESSAGES from this particular hotmail account.  It's linked to my facebook page though.

I've had to change my work password a million times and recently hotmail had everyone change their passwords.  In the process of all these stupid password changes, I've managed to lock myself out of that old hotmail account.  When I tried to reset my password using the security hint, it's not accepting my answer.  This is frustrating to me given that the security question asks my pet's name and I've only had one pet my entire life.  When I enter that dog's name, it tells me I'm wrong.

I think someone has managed to hack my account and change those security settings.  Unfortunately, the page that I am then sent to in order to verify my account only asks me about emails I might have sent to other people from that account.  I send NO EMAILS from that account, therefore, I cannot answer that question.  

I can give you the name on the account and tell you who I have received emails from (namely Facebook).  I can tell you my former passwords on the account.  But I cannot give you the name of anyone I have sent messages to and that's the only question you all seem to be willing to ask.

So...how do I go about re-gaining access to the account?  

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