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Forced Password Resets
I've searched and read several threads on this issue but I don't see any answers that will help me. About every two days for about a year, I get an email on my primary and a secondary email account telling me that I need to reset my password. I believe this all started when Comcast eliminated Secret Questions and went to a two step verification. I believe the problem is that I have multiple email accounts but one cell phone and one external email account. After I change my password I'm then prompted to enter a cell phone number. I do that and I'm told that number is already in use on another account. Well, yeah, as I said, I have multiple email accounts with comcast but I only have one cell phone number. Who has more than one cell phone? On the other account I'm prompted to enter a secondary email for two step verification. Well, I only have one seconday email and that is a Gmail account already in use by another account. I believe this is the issue they say is causing all these prompts to change my password. I even change to the same password and it works for a couple days and then I get the prompt again and get locked out. PLEASE, somebody, fix this! Here is the email I receive:
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Philbaby
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42 Messages
4 years ago
Really? No help for my problem? I've called twice. Both times the phone person seemed to understand my problem and repeated it back to me to make sure. Very polite. First call transferred to a person who spoke no English. Second call I was told I would get a call back. Never did. I really need this fixed, please.
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Juddbun
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3 Messages
4 years ago
I've had several bogus xfinity emails and all emails are going to trash now, not even to the spam foider, but to trash. I have to go into my trash folder to see my emails. What [Edited: "Language"] is going on Comcast? Why did this happen in the first place? All my emails were fine on Sunday, bogus emails were going to my spam folder, good emails were going to my inbox. On Monday all my emails seemed to go into my trash folder, and I was forced to reset my password (which I did). Where/Who at Comcast/Xfinity can I forward these bogus email and have this stop? Fix this Comcast!!!
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jkcnm
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4 years ago
This is also happening to me; I changed my password on 9-26-20 and was forced to do so again today. I believe this is a ploy to get me (us) to agree to 2-step verification. I don't want or need 2-step verification. Comcast is trying to cover their [Edited: "Language"]!!
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Jimythefan
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4 years ago
Same issue here. Forced to change password on 9/2, 9/6, 9/10, 9/22, 9/26 and again just now. This is getting old fast. Nice to see no help from Comcast on this.
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Philbaby
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4 years ago
I had to call and talk to them about changing my programming and getting new equipment. When we had that all settled she asked if I had anything else I wanted to ask about. I brought up this issue. She looked at my account and said "yes, I see we've sent you emails telling you to change you password on this date and this date and this date and this date, etc." She said she would tell her boss. That was four days ago. Yesterday I got another email telling me to change my password. Clearly this is an issue and Comcast needs to fix it!
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kurtlarson68
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4 years ago
I just started a thread on this, not realizing that this one was here.
It is getting annoying as [Edited: "Language"] resetting the password every 2 days or so.
I see that no one has answered our question. Do not try the live chat, it's a useless bot that keeps offering to give me directions on how to reset my password (which I'm having to do every 2-3 days, and have down cold at this point)
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Juddbun
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3 Messages
4 years ago
I finally got ahold of a real human being on 10/1 (last Thursday) by going through their bot again, but putting in "none of the above" when it forces you to choose from a set list. I had even looked at Comcast's Business section to contact a real person. I was transferred to Comcast's Advanced Tech person, who realized I had a real issue and he wasn't able to solve it, as security settings were preventing access so I was transferred up to Comcast's Security which finally solved the issue through a security setting that was there somehow. I wish I had an actual phone number to pass on, however, I did say that someone from Comcast NEEDS to look at this forum in particular, but no one has done so.
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XfinitySPAAbuse
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103 Messages
4 years ago
@Philbaby I am sending you a PM to provide more info.
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XfinitySPAAbuse
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4 years ago
@Jimythefan
I am sending you a PM to provide more info.
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XfinitySPAAbuse
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4 years ago
@kurtlarson68
I am sending you a PM to provide more info.
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XfinitySPAAbuse
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103 Messages
4 years ago
@jkcnm I am sending you a PM to provide more info.
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WilliamTilman
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4 years ago
I'm having the same issue. Can't go three days without having to reset my password. It's annoying, can you help?
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jcrass86
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4 years ago
I've just experienced the same issue with a forced reset. Asked tech support what triggered it and got no useful information from them apart from "your account is secure". @ComcastSPAAbuse - are you able to tell me why my account was required to reset its security given it uses a secure password with two factor authentication?
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user_e9e134
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4 years ago
I've just experienced the same issue with a forced reset of my pass word, also called and asked tech support what triggered it and got no useful information from them apart from your account is secure (".@ComcastSPAAusr)--are you able to tell me why my account was required to reset its security given it uses a secure password with two factor authentication???
Now on 4/15/21 spoke to a supervisor (KATHLEEN-ID (T-19 about all my trouble for the past few years with my e mail account she had your (TECK FRED 4/16/21) come over to my home to check out my PC he tryed to reset my e mail twice (codes 667888-474165) told me he didn't know what to do about my trouble) following are a few dates of my e-mail trouble (9/12/20-1/13/21-2/26/21-3/3/21-code 459138 3/16/21 reset ok 3/21/21-code 427555 and code 485780 4/5/21 code 565445-059627-1198721 would not reset, tried a few times to reset before it reset WHY??? 4/15/21 code-340603 4/2921 reset ok 5/15/21 code 173837--I also had ( Rescue Computer Service (732-349-0500) at my home a number of times paying between $126.88 to $195.41 pluss the cost of my Comcast bill $225.00 to $227.00 different each and every mouth WHY???? also I'm a Comcast stock holder and I'm going to the next Stock Holders Meeting [Edited: "Language"]
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