I think it has been taking a long time lately, it has to be done manually.. I don't think I noticed an "I got my account back" post in a while..



I think if you get your account hacked the best first way to try to get it back would be to just PM it.. Maybe you can reason with whoever has it first before going through all of these formalities you see here and praying for it back..
 


Just tell him.. "Look guy, I can sign this old address xxxxx so you are forked. It's going to be of no use to you red tagged so I would really appreciate it if you would just give it back to me"..


I think they are more after long dormant accounts that they can actually use/sell without them being noticed.. I don't think they are trying to snatch currently active accounts because they won't last long after they are noticed.. The account really won't be any good to them so they might just give it back..