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joaochora
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago

Two factor problem = account lost. user since 2009.

Good afternoon Dropbox Users and Community, Today I want to share with everyone my experience with Dropbox for, maybe, Dropbox one day think on it and find a smart solution.. because as I will sh...
  • jdcchora's avatar
    7 years ago

    Good morning Dropbox Users,

    I had lost the full access to my Dropbox account.

    I lost my cell phone number; the emergency codes; and all the devices that I had connected so I couldnt sign in.

     

    After "fighting" with many persons that work in the costumer service of Dropbox and persons, that are suppose to help here in the community, I finally got a solution and I want to share with you it.

     

    Remember this only works if you are the real owner of the account.

     

    Things you must have:

    1 - You must have a cell phone and/or another device where you had your account connected.

    2 - Contact costumer service through chat and explain the problem. Open a ticket. (you must create another account to chat ).

    3 - They will sent you a link to the email of your MAIN account. Follow the instructions.

    4 - Contact again costumer support using the ticket number and ask to talk with a supervisor and provide these informations:
    4.1 - Email of the account.
    4.2 - Full name on the account.
    4.3 - DTG (Date-Time Group) of the creation of the account.
    4.4 - The cell phone number associatted to your account.
    4.5 - Your actual city (where are you typing right now).
    4.6 - The city where you did the last successfully login into Dropbox.
    4.7 - The name of a file that you have recently uploaded to Dropbox.
    4.8 - The name of a folder that you have created into Dropbox.
    4.9 - The name of any person with whom you share a folder, AND the name of that shared folder?
    4.10 - The name of any linked computer?
    4.11 - Attach a picture of the mac address of the network card that you used the last time to connect to your Dropbox. (it can be a cell phone or computer).

     

    If you give those informations correctly they will check your situation, and if all its ok, they will sent you a link (that expire soon, so pay attention to the email address that you used to chat) that allows you to reset your password.

     

    Hope it allows to solve situations like i had before.

     

    For read my situation follow this link:
    https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Manage-account/Two-factor-problem-account-lost-user-since-2009/td-p/...

     

    This really works for me. Hope it helps the next users that pass through the same problem.

     

    I will follow this thread for help also who needs slightly smiling face

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