I have not seen this been reported before and would be interested in the outcome of the investigation.

What is really strange is that if I am not mistaken, to link the BAEC account to the Qatar Privilege account, the details needs to match exactly, not only the name etc, but also the email address. I remember that in order to get the sign up bonus when they launched their Avios scheme, I had to create a new account, close my old one and then switch my email address on the new one so to link it to the BA account and move the Avios I just earned .