Don't fall as a prey and get caught into issues that can't be easily overcome. Myself too have got scammed out of such an old account, when I looked for selling my bitcoin saw an old account with good reputation and quoted with a higher price. The price attracted me, and later he said some excuses and ran away taking my funds. He send me fake details of transaction, without verifying I too released the bitcoins. Be careful as the identity will be yours in the account which will make you get caught for the mistakes done by someone else.