Unknown Apple ID Appears When Connecting Remotely

Background:
I often have a devil of a time remotely connecting my home iMac and my work iMac.
Both run up-to-date Yosemite. Both have Remte Desktop installed.
I often turn to LogMeIn Pro to make the connection (works every time), but I also just want the simplicity of clicking on my remote iMac in Finder and linking the two Macs.
Issue:
Today I was using LogMeIn to view my work iMac (screen sharing) and using the remote iMac I decided to see if I could connect to my home iMac.
I could see the home iMac in my Finder window under "Shared", clicked the home iMac and chose "Connect as" as my option.
That opened the window where I could chose how I wanted to connect; "Guest", "Registered User", or "Using an Apple ID".
I can't say why, but I elected to try connecting using my Apple ID. I normally use "Registered User".
An "Apple ID" dropdown gave me the option of choosing my regular Apple ID and another ID that I have never seen before.
Because the unknown ID contained the word "testing" I have a suspicion that it may have belonged to an Apple tech who had done some work on my iMac but his/her ID was never removed from that iMac.
Question:
Do you have any idea how an Apple ID could have been "planted" on my iMac, and how can that ID be removed?
Thanks for any advice.

Your Mac, OS X and the iLife apps are registered to the Apple ID of the original owner. You need to have the original owner call Apple Care and have the Mac release from their Apple ID. Then you need to use OS X Recovery to erase the Mac, and do a new install of OS X and the iLife apps. Afterward you can accept the iLife apps into your Mac App Store account.
AFA the advice to buy the iLife apps with your own account. You will likely find that isn't possible on this Mac. At least not until Apple releases a new major paid upgrade of the iLife apps.

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