App Store prompts to update apps that aren't installed, with wrong AppleID

Alright folks, I replaced a 3.5" HD in an iMac with a 2.5" SSD. To clone the data over to the new drive I used Carbon Copy Cloner. A fine tool I must say.
They took the iMac back to the business and fired it up and have been using it except for a strange problem.
The App Store keeps prompting for updates to software that is not installed on their iMac, and it asks for my AppleID password.
Today it happened with Pixelmator. I have Pixelmator on my MacBook Pro, I didn't install it on their iMac. It is not present on their iMac. I did not sign in with my AppleID on their iMac either. There is no reason for my AppleID to show up on their iMac at all!!
Steps we've taken.
Checked to see if the App Store is signed in under their AppleID. It is signed in under their ID.
Signed out of the App Store and signed back in, same thing.
Restarted, redid steps 1 and 2.
Checked "Internet Accounts", "iCloud" and "App Store" in system preferences. My ID is not in any of these preference panes.
Please give me some advice! Any idea where I should start?

Your Apple ID is encoded in OS X and any Mac App Store apps that you have bought. If you cloned your drive to the Mac, that is why your Apple ID is associated with that Mac. The Mac needs to be handled at this point as a 2nd hand Mac.
Preparing a 2nd Hand Mac for use -
You need to erase the HDD, reinstall the version of OS X that shipped from the factory on the Mac and then set it up as new with your own Apple ID.
User Linc Davis explains how a new owner can prepare a 2nd hand Mac for their own use.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/25468326

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