Someone else is creating skype accounts with my em...

I have had a particular skype account attached to my email address for years. Today, I went to do a password reset (it's been about 6 months since I used skype much and I had forgotten what password I set). When I got the reset email, I did not recognize the username it gave me!
Confused, I tried my other email addresses, thinking maybe I had just forgotten the email address I used at the time. After finally contacting support, they pointed out that there are several skype accounts attached to my email address.
After doing some research into it, I discovered that Skype doesn't verify that you have access to a particular email address before letting you set it as the email address for your skype account.
THIS IS A HUGE SECURITY PROBLEM! I am astounded that Skype has missed this glaring hole in their security. Just to show Skype what a problem it is, I have done the password reset on all the accounts which are NOT mine, and set the primary email address to [edited for privacy]- maybe that will help them see why this is a problem.

Hi, Nazapainter, and welcome to the Community,
Here is a link to the instruction on how to contact Skype Customer Service via their secure portal: Contact Customer Service
Regards,
Elaine
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