Can't stop the spam contact requests

I've removed all profile information and set everything to as private as possible.  But, somehow creepy guys keep sending me contact requests.  How do they find out my user name?  I don't tell it to random people, and the Skype search seems too inferior to be able to just search for random people... you need to know something precise like the email address.  Where are they getting my info?  It does seem it requires I be online in order for them to send me a contact request... if I don't use Skype for a long time, there aren't contact requests when I sign back on.
I've even removed my gender, said I'm 110 years old, and put up a profile photo of a morbidly obese fat man, but nothing stops them.  What do I do?  Why does Skype think that this is a problem that isn't worth solving?  Other social networking systems in the past have been abandoned because of too many spammers... do we want this for Skype too?

I completely agree with this....I have used Windows and Skype for many years. I recently installed an older version of Skype to run on Windows 8.1 because the new version is SO AWFUL. As much as I prefer the older version (6.14), the daily number of SPAM CONTACT requests is rediculous and most are just variations of the same spammer. Maybe it is time to look for a replacement for both?

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