Thanks Nicolas!
Yep, that's exactly the case - I had imported records directly from the database and this how exactly I figured this out after studying the hika_user table. I run an SQL insert query containing the jos_user.id and the jos_user.email fields of the records.
Here is a sample of a complete INSERT query syntax for the hikashop_user table, for anyone who might need something similar:
INSERT INTO `jos_hikashop_user` (`user_id`, `user_cms_id`, `user_email`, `user_partner_email`, `user_params`, `user_partner_id`, `user_partner_price`, `user_partner_paid`, `user_created_ip`, `user_unpaid_amount`, `user_partner_currency_id`, `user_created`, `user_currency_id`, `user_partner_activated`)
VALUES
('', 3387, 'This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.', '', '', 0, 0.00000, 0, '127.0.0.1', 0.00000, 0, 1417187337, 0, 0),
('', 3388, 'This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.', '', '', 0, 0.00000, 0, '127.0.0.1', 0.00000, 0, 1417187337, 0, 0);