If the account is indeed yours, then you may be able to prove its truth, such as proving ownership of the Bitcoin address that you once posted regarding the old account. Or if the account is indeed yours, you should be able to easily recover it via email password reset for that. You can follow the instructor for some of what you experienced, through one of the administrators of this forum, and you can see it below.
If your account was hackedEmail
recoveries_2021_xxlgg@bitcointalk.org, ideally
from the account's email address. Include your
username and a
brief description of the details of how/when the account was hacked. A signature will likely be required (see below).
If you forgot the password or similarTry using the
email password reset. Check that the email isn't ending up in your spam folder. If that doesn't work, email
recoveries_2021_xxlgg@bitcointalk.org, ideally
from the account's email address. Include your
username. A signature will likely be required (see below).
SignaturesOften, you need to prove ownership of the account with a PGP or Bitcoin signature. This has two steps:
1. You need to show that the PGP key or Bitcoin address is associated with the account, for example by referencing an unedited post in which you posted the address.
2. You need to sign an appropriate message with that key/address.
For example, this is an example of an appropriate proof of ownership:
-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
My account <account> has been hacked/lost. Please reset the email to <email>. The current date is <date>.
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
<insert address here>
<insert signature here>
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Here is the unedited post where I posted that address: ...
Note the following elements:
- The message contains the username, the desired new email, and the current date.
- You specify the address.
- You include a signature.
- You link to the association between the address used for signing and the account.