His hotmail account I can get into no problem. There used to be a time when you would trust Google ten times more than Microsoft not to mess with your account, lock you out, delete you for inactivity. Those days are long gone, fuck Google.
I’ve contacted them recently with regards to how Big Tech unilaterally handles account security with no consumer recourse for these cases, so follow on complaints from those experiencing this would be helpful.
I can't log in into my Google account either. And yeah, the account was free (money-wise) - judging by FTC's forms, the paid accounts are the ones that matter.
<Total stranger> Hi, when you receive some TOTP codes on your phone, those are supposed to be mine. Could you be a lad and just forward those on to <random number>? Thx!
"Oh and I have $500 to sweeten the deal, just send me your bank deets."
In seriousness, it is not impossible to envision a near future when it would be illegal to share TOTP codes or other secrets related to security/authentication. If someone is the target of your scam and shares these things, perhaps he can just be sued into the Stone Age by the allegedly dead grandfather with all the nice photos.
I don't care how you sugar-coat your cutesy text messages, this sort of scheme sets off every social-engineering red flag possible. How rude, to ask a total stranger to share secrets. Many of these texts are explicit: "don't share this with anyone!"