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    Just had an email...

    From ebay "Hi, are you still using your account? If not, we'll close it in 30 days"????????????????

    They said all I had to do was sign in. I was already signd in!

    Soooo, I signed out and signed in again!

    Anyone else had one?



    cee-dee
    cee-dee
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    Posted 3 weeks ago · Edited 3 weeks ago·Last reply 3 weeks ago
                                           
             
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    cee-dee

    cee-dee

    OP3 weeks ago
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    The address the email came from was ebay@ebay.com So I'd assume it was a genuine mail from ebay not a scammer.

                                           
    sml192

    sml192

    ·3 weeks ago · Edited
    Private Seller & HelperView listings

    @jonatjonatjonat

    Presumably you are signed into eBay uk. But the email refers to eBay.com which is something.

    Ebay does use 'eBay @ eBay.com' for some notifications relating to the UK site (sales/order/delivery notifications) for some reason.


    @cee-dee

    Yes, I was addressed by the name I use on ebay.

    It does appear as though the email was genuine then.

    I wish people would "comment" instead of "reply".

    So we all need to use the 'Comment' button just to appease those who can't cope with the threaded format instead of using the forum in the way it's intended? Using the 'Comment' button without tagging the person you are responding to may mean that they don't get notified (depending on how their notifications are set up). Also, using the 'Comment' button doesn't really work in a thread with lots of replies unless people remember to reference the post they are replying to (a shory thread such as this isn't so bad).

                                           
    cee-dee

    cee-dee

    OP3 weeks ago
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    I wish people would "comment" instead of "reply".

    As far as I'm aware My ebay IDs have been with ebay.co.uk. I've been "on" ebay since before 2000.

    Yes, I was addressed by the name I use on ebay. (I have two Christian names).

                                           
    cee-dee

    cee-dee

    OP3 weeks ago · Edited
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    It contained (amongst more detail) :-

    And also :-


    I went to the ebay page I was signed in to, signed out there and signed in again there.

                                           
    sml192

    sml192

    ·3 weeks ago
    Private Seller & HelperView listings

    Did the email address you by name?

                                           
    jonatjonatjonat

    jonatjonatjonat

    ·3 weeks ago
    Private SellerView listings

    Presumably you are signed into eBay uk. But the email refers to eBay.com which is something. Do you have a separate eBay.com account?

                                           
    jonatjonatjonat

    jonatjonatjonat

    ·3 weeks ago
    Private SellerView listings

    Could be a phishing email if it contained any links.


    What was the email address it was from?

                                           
                                                                                     
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