Someone used my e-mail to make an account here.

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  mrsmithforthewin · Member · Sep 17, 2015 at 9:41 am

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  I recently recieved an E-mail describing that a user under the name of ‘ connordrakedisspain’ had used my e-mail adress to create an account. He used my E-mail (email visible only to moderators and staff) to authenticate this account, when this person does not own my e-mail account and is not connected to it. I do not use wordpress.com in any way, and I would like to have this account deactivated, as I do not wish to have this unknown user using my e-mail.

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  carladoria · Member · Sep 17, 2015 at 3:42 pm

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  Hi,
  If that person doesn’t have access to your email account, then he won’t be able to authenticate the WP account. If the account has been authenticated you should have received an email with something like “xxxx.wordpress.com” is yours…” If you’ve received this email, then that person has access to your email. You can try logging in and using the option”forgot password”. You’ll receive a confirmation to reset your password in your email account, you can change the password to make sure that person is not able to use a WP account under your email account.
  Unfortunately, there is no way to delete accounts in WP, so you can leave it inactive by checking up this link: https://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/
  I strongly suggest you also change the password of your email.
  I hope this helps.