A free online email service, such as the one offered by Yahoo, is convenient if you want to check your mail from different computers. However, if your account is compromised by a hacker, he may gain access to your private emails that may contain personal information with which he can commit identity theft and extortion. While hackers can gain access to your account by breaching the security of the mail service, more often than not they use easier methods to get your password. Writer Bio
