My Skype number used in a tech scam.

I don't know if this has happened to anyone else before but today I received a voicemail from a man who had received a phone call from my Skype number. Whoever was using the number had claimed to be from Microsoft and was trying to access sensitive information on his HDD.
I double checked with the guy and the scammer was indeed using my Skype number. I've already contactd support about this but wanted to know if this has happened before/warn others.
I've been getting calls from numbers I don't recognize for weeks and have never bothered to return them. I definitely will now. Probably could have found out about this sooner if I had.

Hello to both,
In view of these experiences please contact customer service and request replacement Skype Numbers.
Thank you.
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