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I’ve Been Locked out of Pinterest!

2012
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This morning, I woke up to a message from a blogger friend, telling me that something was wrong with my Pinterest account. I went to the site and realized I’ve been locked out of Pinterest. This is what I found:

!!!!! indeed! What am I supposed to do? I love Pinterest, I pin everyday, sometimes multiple times a day. How can they take that away?

Here’s what I think happened: a few days ago, a few of my blogging friends mentioned that they’d had some strange new boards added to their Pinterest accounts. I checked my Pinterest account and discovered the same thing happened to me. I should have taken a screenshot, but I didn’t think about it. The boards had something to do with ‘work at home’ businesses. Spam stuff, but nothing horrible.  I deleted the boards, then changed my Pinterest password. I meant to follow up, but I forgot.

Until this morning.

I’m contacting Pinterest support and I really hope they fix this quickly!

On Pinterest, oh Pinterest, where art thou???

Has this happened to you? Did you get it resolved?

Edited To Add: As of this evening, my Pinterest account is live again! I received an email with instructions to “secure” my account by changing my password. I’m still not sure what happened, but I’m happy it was resolved quickly!
Thanks Pinterest! 

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Erika, the founder of Musings From a SAHM, is happily married and a homeschooling mom to four children. She lives in New Hampshire and has a passion for writing, encouraging other moms, her family, and most of all, Jesus. She also enjoys baking, spending time with friends, and is an aspiring photographer.

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  1. Raising Supermom
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    July 18, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    My question is why would someone want to spam a pinterest account? Is there no end to hackers & jerks on the internet? /sigh
    I hardly touch my pinterest account so I don’t have any helpful words. :(
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  2. Ally says:
    July 18, 2012 at 4:30 pm

    have you had any luck? the same thing happened to me today!!! it is driving me crazy, I want to get to my pins!!!!! :(

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  3. Tracy B. says:
    July 18, 2012 at 4:35 pm

    the same exact thing happened to me. I also had some new boards on my account and then two days ago i get the same message when I tried to log in. It’s so frustrating. I want my recipes! I haven’t heard anything back from them either and I completed the survey they requested. =( Did you ever get back on?

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  4. veronica
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    July 18, 2012 at 4:49 pm

    Wow! I couldn’t live w/o my pinning!! Ouch, I hope it gets resolved
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  5. Michelle says:
    July 18, 2012 at 5:23 pm

    Well.dont belong to Pinterest.. but it happened on Facebook.. lost everything.. and now it happened to my boyfriend’s email.. he cant get into that.. hope you get your Pinterest acct all fixed..
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  6. Stacy
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    July 18, 2012 at 5:35 pm

    Same issue here…
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  7. Flora
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    July 18, 2012 at 6:19 pm

    I haven’t had this happen to me yet, I hope it never does! Hopefully you get this resolved soon.
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  8. Candice D. says:
    July 18, 2012 at 7:11 pm

    I got the same thing! I am so annoyed. I contacted them also, and have heard nothing. I still have heard nothing.

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  9. Stacie
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    July 18, 2012 at 7:20 pm

    This has happened to a bunch of blogs I know in the past day or so! Its very odd they would delete legit accounts like yours. I hope they reinstate it and soon!!!!
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  10. Andrea Kruse
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    July 18, 2012 at 7:22 pm

    I had the exact same thing happen yesterday. I had the same board pop up and even auto posted to my Facebook wall. I deleted the post, the board and didn’t think much of it.

    Then life stopped. My blog pins, recipes and contests I am working on (including the dream nursery I am pinning) is all gone – locked. I contacted support early yesterday but still haven’t heard anything back. As I hear about more bloggers being locked out I think it is a huge problem and it might be a while till we can all get back in. Just hoping I haven’t lost everything!

    Best of luck.

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  11. Justice Montgomery
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    July 18, 2012 at 7:23 pm

    I just got a notice from pinterest that I needed to log into my account and change my password. I had two advertisement type pins on my boards that weren’t mine. Weird.

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  12. chelesa sims says:
    July 18, 2012 at 7:31 pm

    it hasnt happened to me.Smart move to change your password.someone on facebook was saying that they are now attacking yahoo accounts too.

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  13. Cheryl Abdelnour says:
    July 18, 2012 at 7:42 pm

    The same thing happened to me this morning. I sent a message to Pinterest and got an automated message back. I completed their survey and sent that in. I then tried to log in again, but could not. I went to a giveaway and clicked on following them on Pinterest(I do follow) and immediately I got into my Pinterest site. I checked and have no strange boards or anything that I noticed. I have been using my Pinterest site ok all day. Hope I helped.

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  14. Felissa (Two Little Cavaliers)
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    July 18, 2012 at 8:31 pm

    No doubt about it this seriously stinks!
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  15. Karen
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    July 18, 2012 at 8:36 pm

    The same thing happened to me, I am still locked after 2 days.
    I also noticed in my email that I got a pinterest notice that people are following that same board you mentioned and I never added that to my boards. I have not been able to log in to change anything, I am still waiting. Sigh!

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  16. Angela
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    July 18, 2012 at 9:07 pm

    I think it’s great that Pinterest is trying to do something about the spam, but wish they would be more careful about how they go about it. They shouldn’t allow someone to randomly add people to begin with. Just a couple of days ago, they had blocked my blog as a spam site which couldn’t be further from the truth. I contacted them twice with no response, but the issue seems to be resolved.
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  17. Debi F
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    July 18, 2012 at 10:14 pm

    A couple of weeks ago I also had these strange boards appearing. I deleted them and then changed my password. I haven’t been locked out of my account though. I guess I got lucky. I just don’t understand what they are really getting out of hacking and spamming. Do they actually make any money doing this?
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  18. Jacqueline says:
    July 18, 2012 at 10:39 pm

    I noticed this happened to alot of bloggers today! I found out the other day that a website got infected with malware I wonder if it somehow infected you all too.

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  19. Jennifer Rogers
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    July 18, 2012 at 11:10 pm

    This very exact same thing happened to me today and I found the same thing a couple of days ago on my Pinterest account. I contacted support but have not received any action yet!

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  20. Brooke
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    July 19, 2012 at 1:23 am

    This hasn’t happened to me so I’m afraid I can’t offer any solutions, I know I would be totally bummed, too.
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  21. Stefani
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    July 19, 2012 at 9:50 am

    I haven’t had this happen, but I do hope you get your account back quickly. I love Pinterest too!
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