My Ebay account used for fraud!

mark12_2

Apparently my email has been used for fraud, or atleast thats what the email below would have me believe:

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.

http://scgi.ebay.com/verify_id=ebay&user=14626654

Please save this fraud alert id for your reference.

When submitting sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line. When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL.

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.

We apreciate your support and understading, as we work together to keep eBay a safe place to trade.

Thank you for your patience in this matter.

Regards, Safeharbor Department (Trust and Safety Department)
eBay Inc.

Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification mail sent to this address and can not be replied to.

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Has anyone else had this email??
It came from this email address: breach@eBay.com

Reaper

Sounds like a scam email to me. From addresses can be spoofed easily enough. They want you to go to their web site and type in your account details.

I tried a Whois on the domain name scgi.ebay.com but can't find a record of it.

Pass the email on to Ebay to check if it is real, but I doubt it.

tru

Yes it's a scam. Whatever you do, don't type in your ID and password on the link they sent you. E-bay don't ask for personal info either (like your CC number) in an e-mail. Whoever sent this mail is relying on you to provide them with info so they can use it for fraud.

aussielle

Read this

robnye

yes it is a scam

forward the email as an attachmen to spoof@ebay.com

divadee

I have had this e-mail as well, forward it on to e-bay for investigation asap.

tony900r

As you've learnt, it's a scam.

ebay never write to you without your name, the spelling generally and poor grammar give it away as well.