I’ve not been “hacked”

Hi, I've sent quite a few account recovery requests for my email and thus far have had no success due to the fact that I used that email purely for social networks and cannot remember any of the subject lines or contacts.

When I purchased my iPhone I tried to sign into the mail application with said email which is what hotmail perceived to have been a hacker trying to gain access to my account.

I am a 15 year old female and I have no idea what a hacker would want with my account.

I need access again as it has emails on there sent from family members and friends that I need access to again.

Thank you.