Ebay email asking to verify identity, legit?

I just received this email. Is this legit? I am always paranoid about giving information out. Anyone else see this email?

We are currently performing regular maintenance of our security measures.
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In order to update your account information, you need to complete the following process!
If not, your account may behave unnormally and errors may occur without notification.


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Hi,

DON'T DO IT!

I started a thread in Off-Topic about a similar Paypal Verification Request about a week ago and other kind Forum members explained to me how these are scams!

Your concerns are valid!

-Jeffrey

 

It is a scam! They will never ask for personal id via email.

 

It's definitely a scam. I've received similar e-mails. Delete the message!

 

Yep, a scam. NEVER respond to any such e-mails!



ED

 

As everyone here has said, don't reply, don't follow the link.
forward the message to [email protected]
They like to be aware of what's going on.

 

I got one the other day that spelled account "acount".

 

When you get these, save the email as raw text, and open it up in a text (not html) editor. Look for the html tag: <a href="...">. What do you see in the "...". If it's not paypal.com, then it's not legit.

And NEVER send out personal or financial info over email.

jeff

 

here are the names that this email came in to on my server today:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

None of the above were real email accounts.

Only 1 came into my real email address (actually, an old one that I've abandoned because it was getting too much spam).

They all go straight to /dev/null now.

 

Another fun thing to do with these is (in Outlook Express)

1. Right click on the email in the upper window where all your new emails appear, and select PROPERTIES

2. A window will pop up, select the DETAILS tab

3. On the DETAILS page, there is a button called MESSAGE SOURCE. Press this.

4. On the third line down, there will be a line similar to this:

Received: from somefakeplace.com ([999.999.999.999])

5. The text of the sender will be a fake. It might say ebay or paypal or whatever. The IP address, however, will be real (of course, it won't be 999.999.999.999)

6. Select and copy the IP address, then paste it into the following web page

http://www.arin.net/tools/whois_help.html

Your results will vary, but you will find out where your email REALLY came from. Most of the time, the fake eBay and PayPal emails come from Eatern Europe or Australia.

You really can't do anything about it, but it is interesting none the less

 

I can't see any reference to href when I save as text and open it.
From:"[email protected]" <[email protected]>

 

Ebay's response.....

Here is the response I got from Ebay this morning. I was surprised they actually gave me a response.

Hello,

Thank you for contacting eBay's Trust and Safety Department about email solicitations that are falsely made to appear to have come from eBay.
These emails, commonly referred to as "spoof" messages, are sent in an attempt to collect sensitive personal information from recipients who reply to the message or click on a link to a Web page requesting this information.

The email you reported did not originate from, nor is it endorsed by,
eBay. We are very concerned about this problem and are working
diligently to address the situation. We have investigated the source of
this email and have taken appropriate action. You may rest assured that your account standing has not changed and that your listings have not been affected.

We advise you to be very cautious of email messages that ask you to
submit information such as your credit card number or your email
password. eBay will never ask you for sensitive personal information
such as passwords, bank account or credit card numbers, Personal
Identification Numbers (PINs), or Social Security numbers in an email
itself. If you ever need to provide information to eBay please open a
new Web browser, type www.ebay.com, and click on the "site map" link located at the top the page to access the eBay page you need.

If you have any doubt about whether an email message is from eBay,
please forward it immediately to [email protected] and do not respond to it or click on any of the links in the email message. Please do not change the subject line or forward the email as an attachment.

If you entered personal information such as your password, social
security number or credit card numbers into a Website based on a
request from a spoofed email, you need to take immediate action to protect your identity. We have developed an eBay Help page with valuable information regarding the steps you should take to protect yourself.

 

You get one of those every time you email spoof@ebay or spoof@paypal. They hate those letters as much as we do! (The spoofs, not the reply)

 

So all I got was a generic reply?