Has anyone gotten one of these from ebay?

[crushnut]

Im questioning whether it is real, or a fake When you click the link they provide it asks you if you are sure you want to send personal sensitive information to the outside party. Seems kinds fishy to me, is there any way i can find out if it is legit or not?

Thanks



eBay Safeharbor Department Notice

Fraud Alert ID : 00626654


Dear eBay member,

You have received this email because you or someone else had used your identity to make false purchases on eBay. For security reasons, we are required to open an investigation on this matter. We treat online fraud seriously and all cases which cannot be resolved between eBay and the other involved party are forwarded for further investigations to the proper authorities. To speed up this process, you are required to verify your personal information against the eBay account registration data we have on file by following the link below.


Please save this fraud alert id for your reference.

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Please Note - If your account informations are not updated within the next 72 hours, we will assume this account is fraudulent and it will be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your eBay account has not been fraudulently used and to combat fraud.

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[crushnut]

UPDATE!

Be very careful guys, i had a gut feeling that it was a spoof email from a person claiming to be ebay so i forwarded it to [email protected] to have them check it out, and in a couple minutes i had a response from the security department of ebay telling me the email i received was not sent by them. So be very careful if you use ebay and go with your gut feeling, because they are usually right.

 

[65fastback2+2]

ya i got a few of those from citi bank and paypal (i think). the paypal one was some lawsuit but they wanted me to give them all my personal information for my paypal account on some stupid site url.

 

[zookeeper]

About a year ago,I got a message form ebay saying that due to a system crash, they lost my credit card info and if I didn't update my info with a new number, they'd have to close my account. It was a very official looking site, but since ebay only charges you when you sell, and I hadn't sold anything in months. I blew it off and they didn't close my account. Since then I've gotten the same thing from AOL and since their service is so crappy, I emailed them and told them they'd be doing me a favor by closing my account! Sadly, they've since refused to close my account, yet drain another $23.90 every month since...

 

[68stangman]

I got the same message. It's a way for someone to hijack your account. Once they have your info, they can put up pictures (also usually hijacked) of different items for sale, cars, ATVs, motorcycles, from outside the U.S. They usually offer free shipping to the states and a ridiculously low reserve. Then you will most likely be requested to send funds to them by way of western union in someone's name you know "for your protection." They get the money, the buyer gets nothing, and the account owner gets screwed.

 

[Penguin]

That's why people should pay attention when they sign up for anything...
Because the company will always have in print or somewhere else that they will NEVER ask for your personal info. At least that's what I always see from AOL, Ebay, banks and such.