Thanks folks, I appreciate the support...
Quickseller - I appreciate the offer for the TX id proof, will let you know if I need to go that far
When I try to reset the account by sending an e-mail to the address in that profile, that's when I get that error message. It's possible that something funky happened to it when the account got locked out. It was working up until that point because as early as Sunday morning before the issue I was receiving e-mail notifications from the forum on PM's that were sent to me. Since then all e-mail notifications have stopped (which may be part of the locking security I suppose). And, you are correct, I never did post my address in the forums on my own, it was in that thread where we were doing the CK Solo pool that it was posted I believe first by Johhnybravo - I figured since it matched my profile I was good to go. Once I can get this resolved, however, I do intend to correct that and post up in a new thread with a signed message to archive for this purpose. I might build a new wallet first just in case, and then setup a new address to be used from there. Either way I've learned that lesson for sure.
As for which e-mail address to use, this account and my TAK account have different e-mail accounts tied to them (since they're hidden from public view the mods should be able to verify that). Matters not to me where the password reset e-mail goes to, but I can see the reasoning to not just send it over to the address in the lost/compromised account, in case that e-mail is compromised as well. I am trying to avoid posting my e-mail address in public for obvious reasons (spam, hacking, etc), but if I need to in order to sign another message, I'll do so.
If more verification is needed, I just completed a purchase with smoothie with this new account, and also one with monkeynuts, escrowed with OgNasty, which was started under my TAK account and finished under this one. I can ask them to verify my identity as well.