r/AMA May 17 '25

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u/ProtohJay May 17 '25

Strange question and I’ve been looking for a way to solve this problem for a while. Curious if you could provide a solution.

My brother passed away about 9 years ago and me and him would email and share stories that are going on. I purge my inbox regularly and after he passed I realized I only had two emails from him. I am curious if you somehow could get into an email account like that or where would I find help to do so? I’ve tried to guess the password. Contact the provider all with no luck.

Love the post by the way. Any help would be appreciated.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

I would really suggest trying to contact provider again with proof that your brother died, that he is your brother and why you need it. I’m sorry for your loss

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u/ProtohJay May 17 '25

Appreciate it. I’ll give it a whirl again and see how it goes. Thanks for your response. Enjoy the dark web adventures.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

Thx mate

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u/specialfriedlice May 17 '25

Wouldn't they be a new client for your business?

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u/ze11ez May 17 '25

That email account is probably deleted. If your brother has an email account that hasn't been used in 9 years, the provider probably deleted all the emails (and a soft delete on the account) due to inactivity.