Reinstatement Email, Scam?

cfnnb9 · #1 08-31-2016

I assume this is a scam email, but just wanted to make sure. Thanks for the help. I put * in where the ebay account was, but it was accurate of the ebay account. And my name was correct.
Hi ***********,

I have good news for you. Your ebay account *****, was reviewed, and we have removed your selling restriction which was preventing you from selling on ebay. We invite you to come back to ebay and want you to scale your business as you prepare for sales this holiday season for 2016.
I do need you to list 5 or more items for sale now to test that the restriction removal was successful. Once you list, please email me, and if you get it done before Friday, September 2nd by end of business day PST, then I can add a promo for you for a free basic store for 3 months. Get it done today and I will also add for you Selling Manager Pro to your ebay account Free for Life. Let me know by the end of today that you have listed, then I will review your listings, and send you some best practices to help jumpstart your sales as we all get prepared for Q4.
Let me know once you have listed. Happy selling and welcome back to the world’s largest store!
Warm Regards,
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Ben Lonsdale
Sr Manager, SMB Seller Onboarding
Email: blonsdale@ebay.com
Phone: 801-545-1486
Office: 888-709-5970
Cell: 385-226-4284

To Unsubscribe please reply to this email with “unsubscribe” and I will update the communication preferences on the eBay account associated with this email.

yankee · #2 08-31-2016

Happened to tens of thousands of people the past few months. I bet my small sellers have had more than 100 of these. It is as real as it gets.

cfnnb9 · #3 08-31-2016

I went and tried to list and it still said I was suspended. Thank you for responding, would you say to respond to the email?

yankee · #4 08-31-2016

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Originally Posted by cfnnb9

I went and tried to list and it still said I was suspended. Thank you for responding, would you say to respond to the email?

You most likely have a small unpaid balance to clear up first. Call them up.

cfnnb9 · #5 09-01-2016

I gave ebay a call and they said it was a spoof email and to email it in to there team so they could add it to their spoof list.

yankee · #6 09-01-2016

Very interesting these are now spoofed.

In the future, check the email address. It will always be ebay.com/etc...... never any other address.

I did not even notice your email had a cell number or even a phone number at all.. I should have read it because all ebay messages will require you to log in unless you have a large account with an ebay rep.

Kajunrook · #7 09-02-2016

Hmm I got one and have sold $2500 in 60 days with no issues. Got TWO listing increases and am a top rated seller. Got the exact email you specified with a dudes name. Message me and I will give you his name.

cfnnb9 · #8 09-02-2016

I tried messaging you directly but got this message. Any help would be great!

Sorry, you can only send messages to the Marketplace Sellers group until you have 10 posts.

cfnnb9 · #9 09-02-2016

Did you get an ebay message as well? Like in your inbox? I didn't and when I called the guy I talked to said I would have received a message in my inbox if it was true.

newjerseymax · #10 09-02-2016

Someone got it and used it to scam and now its just gotten around. It was based of a real re-activation. I got 1 account reactivated myself and now works fine. So at one point these were legit

Kajunrook · #11 09-02-2016

Ditto, my email did not say anything about free store, etc. Just new rules would make me eligible.