Ebay email- is it fake?

[Hayls]

Hi, I recently received this email from Ebay and am not sure if it is a fake one or not. I've forwarded it to hem to check but have had no reply but I'm seriously worried- I don't know anything about supposed false purchases and nobody else has access to my PC or password.

Any advice much appreciated!
(BTW, I didn't respond to their request!)

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.

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, 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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fake

Yes it is fake, there is a way of proving it by checking the url but techy DH is out so I can't ask him. sorry

I got one too, just assumed it was fake and ignored it.

IT IS FAKE

Any suspicious emails claiming to be from Ebay should be forwarded to [email protected] Who will confirm whether or not the email originated from Ebay. Most of the time they are fakes.

OK, I'm sort of relieved but wheer did they get my information from?

They don't have your information, Hayls. These people just bulk mail thousands of email addresses, they know they'll find at least one ebay member as it is such a massive site, so they then ask you for info about your account in order to hack into it and use it fraudulently.

FWIW, Ebay will never ask for personal / sensitive information via email.