Forgot password icloud email will not accept my date of birth to recover same

I have forgotten my password for my icloud email.
Tried recovery - an email has been sent - but where?
Tried answering questions - will not accept my date of birth as being correct.
Would appreciate help.

I had this issue too yesterday. Both my account and my wifes account disappeared and you could not log into them, or reset them as the Date of Birth was not recognized. I am talking with Apple iTunes support.. They are getting quite a few calls like this, sounds like an change has gone wrong, maybe in conjunction with the roll out of 2 step verification. Painful waste of time on a Saturday to resolve this. Interestingly if you have an icloud account linked to your Apple ID and log into that and check your account info, you will see your actual email address as a weird prefix with the word 'disputed'.. A system issues for sure.

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My icloud email will not load.
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     On my Mac it states that my password or email address is incorrect. This is not true as I have changed it and all other apple accounts work.
     On my iPhone it states my password is incorrect--it is not, again I have checked and re-entered it numerous times.
I have checked and done all the troubleshooting I can find.
I have checked all the communities and it seems some others are experiencing this same problem.
I have called apple support and (of course) they want me to pay for someone to help me--which I would do if this was an issue with my hardware or software.
I have an appointment today with the genius bar at my local store.
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