"Phony" Apple ID seized one of my e-mails! How do I stop a fake?

I'm usually one to give advice as opposed to seeking it, but this issue's pretty hairy..
During a cleanup of my MSN account, I spotted several legitimate messages from Apple, but for which I never signed up. Some guy with a very similar-sounding name--in fact, with an identical surname--has an Apple ID using that MSN address, which I've held for 15 years. I'd like to do the following:
Close "his" bogus ID. The person may be legit, but he must have mistyped his own address (or at least, that's what I hope happened).
Use the MSN address as a corollary contact for my own Apple ID (the very ID I use here)
Can this be sorted out?
Nate

Hmm, that is strange!
Well, you could start here by contacting someone to help sort this out:
http://www.apple.com/contact/
Or
Try and manage your apple ID settings in some way to prevent it (not sure how):
https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/
Hopefully this will al get sorted for you,Good luck

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