Refused to pay scammers. Got skype account banned.

Several days ago received a letter on my email, he asked for 70$ or he will ban my skype.
If I ignore his email or refuse to pay he promised to ban my account.
He guaranteed that he can ban any skype account through bug in the system and asked for any skype login if I want him to proof his ability.
I refused to pay and my skype was blocked. Support says that my accounts are under investigation right now.
This person explained how he can block any skype account:
They send a message to their friends asking to spam report any skype.
After 20-50 such reports your skype automatically blocked
Instruction how to block any skype step-by-step is published on various websites, for example largest IT website in Russia: http://habrahabr.ru/post/183302/
Currently both of my Skypes are blocked : login: "s---" and "a---"
I have used s--- for business chat with clients and now I don't have a possibility to work and my work completely stopped.
I have used a--- for personal purposes on my iPhone and it is blocked too.
I guarantee that all who reported me on spam never recieved any message from me
Also our news partner and largest Diablo 3 fan-site was blocked almost the same time as our skype. There is already about 150 likes from readers asking to unlock his skype.
http://community.skype.com/t5/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%...
Moderator Note: Skype account names are considered personally identifiable information and will be redacted to protect privacy.

Do you know any solution how to protect myself from scammers?
Right now I registered new one "[Removed for privacy]" and they already ask money again and promise to block new skype as well, as they can trace my skype on website which is widely known because of my work and I need to place my skype on my website.
I suppose premium skype does not help from scammers? Maybe Business Skype will help?
I think it is very bad idea that anyone can be blocked forever by spam reports from people that never wrote to you and you never wrote to them.

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Hello couple of months ago my Skype Account
"account name redacted" Got Terminated, I have no clue what happend and I can assure you now I have never broke a rule although my skype account did get hacked and two days after it got hacked that' was my skype for Terminated, Please help me as I have a lot of buisness there\ For example People Owe me money And only way I can Provide proof\Or find them Is with my main Skype Account "[account name redacted]"
Please get back too me ASAP.
Much Regards,
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Hi, Jordan..., and welcome to the Community!
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Elaine
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I bought a skype unlimited call to India. I am using it for calling relatives, local call and my friends. Suddenly I got an email stating below:
Fair usage policy violation blocking
We have noticed some prohibited usage of your Skype subscription.
As a result, your subscription will be terminated within the next 24 hours, moreover, you will no longer be able to use or purchase any of Skype’s paid-for products.
The suspension of your access to Skype paid-for products is permanent and you will be unable to transfer any existing paid-for products to a new Skype account, or receive a refund. However, you will be able to continue to make Skype-to-Skype calls and send instant messages.
No explanation and nothing.
Is this fair to block my paid subscription without even a single warning? In the middle of my ongoing subscription?
Please note these points :
1)     This Skype id is maximum login on three devices – my two smartphones and a Pc.
2)     Mostly long calls are on selected approx 5 numbers which are of relatives,my wife.
3)     Mostly short call are to my big circle of friends and my wife also uses to call her relatives as this is our family account..cant we do it?
4)     Total no of calls I don’t know is how much but its our account and me , my wife our kids all like to use what we bought. But surely there are not millions of calls we do from this…..
This is so sad and irritating being a such long customer of skype iam facing this. Earlier we used to use the calling option from PC so the calls may be less in number last year but these year we started using skype on smart phones via wifi so our numbers increased….but is this wrong? We are using our smartphones J
Iam real wondering what should I do as I have left around 25 euros in my account and iam the person who was till date so impressed with skype that I have recommended it to all my friends , relatives’…I was a big fan but then this happened…
Please skype customer service team I couldn’t find how to contact you so please consider all the points I said above and before kicking me out let me know my fault..
Pleaseeeeeeeeeee….
My id – [Removed for privacy]
Email – (removed)
Full name : (removed)
phone : (removed)
"Skype fair policy:
Using subscriptions for telemarketing or call centre operations;
Re-selling subscription minutes;
Sharing subscriptions between users whether via a PBX, call centre, computer or any other means;
Calling numbers (whether singly, sequentially or automatically) to generate income for yourself or others as a result of placing the call, other than for your individual business communications (and subject to Section 4.1 of the Terms of Use); and
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I am wondering which clause I violated????

Hello,
NEVER post personal data on this public internet website. You just gave the entire worldwide internet your phone #, e-mail address etc. This is an open invitation to spammers, scammers and worse! I've removed the information.
To address your query please contact Skype customer service
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I am definetly starting to think I don't actually have a skype name. Now I tried again since the 24 hour restriction went off. First from Skype webpage ->sign in -> forgotten your skype name? ->there I enter my hotmail address ->send mail ->then it moves off from Skype and into account.live.com, where it's no longer asking anything Skype related: Why are you having trouble signing in?I forgot my passwordI know my password, but can't sign inI think someone else is using my Microsoft account
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Several exchanges with them later and things are still being sorted out (after six days). I have reached the stage where I have the link to reset my password, but unfortunately that takes me through to the Microsoft website and it is not the Microsoft password I need to change, but one associated with my Skype Login. Anyway, I digress.
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I have the exact situation happening to my account right now. I have submitted the verification form 5 times now and have received useless replies from five "customer service" reps who are probably in the Phillipines following a script.
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Does anyone have a resolution to this problem. It is an incredible waste of time and extremely frustrating as this is the 5th time I have done this stupid process and keep getting the same useless boilerplate response. They don't repsond to any of my questions.
I have seen this lack of customer service from Microsoft in software, hardware issues, which is why I don't support MS products anymore. They don't care about the customer, they care about $.

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Two Skype Accounts; Can They be Merged?

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Hi, Valirosi, and welcome to the Community,
I arranged to transfer your post to the Skype Account: Rates & Subscriptions message board as it did not quite fit where you had added it.
Skype does not permit any credit, features, or subscriptions to be transferred from one account to another. Likewise, Skype accounts can not be "merged" to create one new account, and neither can one Skype account be merged or folded into another.
You would need to request a refund of credit you do not need from the account where you no longer need it, and purchase new credit for the account where you will use it.
For subscriptions and call features, you would need to cancel the subscriptions on the account you will not be using, and purchase new subscriptions for the account where you would use the subscription or feature.
Credit tops up automatically by default; if you do not wish to use this facility, you will need to disable it within your account details. Check your account settings just one more time ...
https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA570/what-is-skype-credit-and-how-can-i-buy-it
https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA297/how-do-i-request-a-refund
Here is a link to the instruction on how to contact Skype Customer Service via their secure portal: Contact Customer Service
I add this information in an effort to help walk you through the process:
You will need to proceed through each step, one at a time. Sign on to the Skype website as requested. Choose the subject and topic which most closely matches the item you need assistance with. Then, continue past Step 2 of the instruction where several articles from the FAQ library will appear for you to review, and proceed to Step 3, Continue Support Request (the blue "button" appears at the lower right corner of the website page). You may also skip through Step 4 where you will be referred back here to the Community; no need to do this as the Community is where you started. When you complete the webform and click Submit, your information is relayed to Skype and you will receive a reply via e-mail.
If you are a Skype Premium or other eligible customer, you will be routed to start an instant message chat session with a Customer Service agent.
Regards,
Elaine
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This is a community forum. Very few, if any can assist in account matters and payments. Most likely, it will be faster to contact customer service, and give them the case numbers you are reffering to:
https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA1170/how-can-i-contact-skype-customer-service?frompage=search&fro...
You might be lucky and get help here, but since noone in the community can do anything about this, you're better off with support I guess.

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