I decided today to change my name to Jon Lambert (taking out the "& George" because he doesn't use this account) so I went to my profile. However, once I pressed Save Changes, it said the name was already in use, so I went and searched "Lambert" and indeed there was another user. I looked at the profile, and...
Wait for it...
THEY HAVE MY OLD AOL ACCOUNT EMAIL!!!
How did this happen? Did I do that? There was a very long time when my password was a complicated string of letters and numbers, maybe I made another one to use... But I don't remember doing that and I don't remember any password for it. My identity hasn't been stolen, has it?
The account has never been active as far as I can see. I'm confused. I can't change my name until something is done about this. But what can be done? They've never done anything, and it's my email address, so I can't ask them directly, because they are me?
Hmm.. that is weird. Looks like that account was registered a year after your current one. I could delete it or just change the name, if you like. Just send me an email from JohnLamb@aol.com so I could be sure that it's really you.
Disclaimer: Any sarcasm in my posts will not be mentioned as that would ruin the purpose. It is assumed that the reader is intelligent enough to tell the difference between what is sarcasm and what is not.
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PM an admin, they should be able to help you sort it out. 
