function innerConfirmDeleteAccount () {
        var result = confirm("Are you sure that you want to delete your account?");
        if(result){
            deleteMyAccount();
        }
    }

    function deleteMyAccount () {
        var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
        xhr.open('POST', 'DeleteUser');
        xhr.onload = function() {
            if (xhr.readyState === 4 && xhr.status === 200) {
                var servletResponse = xhr.responseText;
                var sessionExpired = "expired.";
                var expiredPar;
                    if (servletResponse.indexOf(sessionExpired) !== -1) {
                        TIV2988.loggedOutHome();
                        expiredPar = document.createElement("p");
                        expiredPar.innerHTML = servletResponse;
                        document.getElementsByClassName("userOptions")[0].appendChild(expiredPar);
                    } else {
                        if(servletResponse.case === "userDeleted"){
                            alert("Your account has been deleted successfully!");
                            TIV2988.userLogOut();
                        }else{
                            alert("There was a problem in deleting your account. Please report it to system administrators!");
                        }
                    }
            } else if (xhr.status !== 200) {
                alert('Request failed. Returned status of ' + xhr.status);
            }
        };
        xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
        xhr.send();
    }