Unable to use API key anywhere

I’ve tried using my Askimet API key to activate my WordPress Stats plugin. It’s telling me it’s not my key to use. I’ve tried so many different ways to get to the right key I’ve lost track.

I can sign into my blog with the password for my account, but the same username and password DO NOT work when signing directly into www.ads-software.com.

I think I now have several user names and passwords floating around out there because I keep reading a new solution to my problem and creating new accounts and still I don’t have a correct WordPress Stats API key.

My Askimet is working just fine and has for over 7 months.

Are there stats out there that I can use without an API key?

Please help me. This is the only problem I’ve been having and it’s now been several months and I STILL don’t have a resolution.

And every time I’m asked to log in with my wordpress.com username and password, it doesn’t recognize my password. I don’t have a problem accessing my blog on wordpress.com, only when I use the same username to access wordpress.com to get my API key for WordPress Stats. Which, if I’m reading the forum correctly, my Askimet API key should be the same key number, which I’ve copied and pasted into WordPress Stats, then it tells me it’s not MY key to use. Who’s key is it then? Where did it come from if it’s not mine (even though I got it from Askimet)?

At this point I’ve tried so many names and passwords I’m lost, totally.

I tried to recover my password for my username and when I received the email, WordPress.com RENAMED my account name from fattyfat to something unintelligible.

This is what the email said:

Someone has asked to reset the password for the following site and username. https://WordPress.com/

Username: g2-66fbccf414aa5ac17088a3cf6754d643 To reset your password visit the following address, otherwise just ignore this email and nothing will happen.

So now my fattyfat username was supposedly changed to g2-66fbccf414aa5ac17088a3cf6754d643.

Somebody please help me.