eBay Clean Up, Cash In Game sent me a $25.00 gift card

[wesellitalldicker-dealhere]

Is this legit.  They want me to click on link in email. 

You Won a $25 eBay Gift Card!

REDEMPTION CODE:

How to redeem your prize:

1. Visit www.eBay.com
2. eBay gift cards are accepted via PayPal, so make sure that PayPal
    is accepted as payment on the listings of items you want to buy.
3. Use the claim code located above to pay for your purchase.
4. Enter the redemption code into the "Coupons, gift cards, certificates"
    section of the checkout page and click "Apply".

 Each redemption code may be used only once.

Official Rules | Privacy Policy | Customer Support | Visit eBay

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. The Sweepstakes starts April 7, 2017 at 12:00 PM PT and ends on May 8, 2017 at 11:59:59 PM PT. See Official Rules for how to enter, entry periods, prize details, odds of winning, etc. Open only to legal residents of the 50 US states/DC, 18 years or older at time of entry. Void in PR and where prohibited or restricted by law. Sponsor: eBay Inc.

[chrysylys]

Hovering over that link, I see emailinc.net, not anything I would consider legitimate.

Is the message in your message here?

[emerald40]

Call ebay and verify.

Do not click on email links.

It is a sure fire way to get your account hacked.

[wesellitalldicker-dealhere]

Thanks everyone, I thought it was a scam too.  I am blonde not stupid-will not fall for this behavior. 

Heads up for anyone else that gets one of these.

[copper.boom]

Did you play the clean up, cash in game? play.ebay.com

If so then why don't you go to eBay without clicking a link in the message and try using the redemption code for a purchase.

Also, ignoring the e-mail - did this also appear in your eBay messages? If so it's likely legit.

[a_c_green]

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@copper.boom wrote:

Also, ignoring the e-mail - did this also appear in your eBay messages? If so it's likely legit.

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Agreed, even though the domain in question is registered to some outfit called "FireDrum Internet Marketing," which tells us that not all the good spammer domain names are taken yet. 

[wesellitalldicker-dealhere]

I did play and I did try to redeem without clicking link and it will not go through.  I also did not receive through my eBay account which made me real suspicious.  I refuse to click the link in email to redeem a $25.00 credit.  That $25.00 could cost me a zillion dollars, not worth it. 

[rixstuff]

No! The .com2 is a bad sign that the site is being spoofed.  DONT DO IT.  At a minimum they will put viruses and cwap on your computer.  Worse they can rope you into giving them info about your account or your bank/credit card that aint their business.  Let it go - $25 (maybe) for $1 million worth of trouble.

[copper.boom]

@wesellitalldicker-dealhere You should forward it to spoof@ebay.com so they can look into it.

[wesellitalldicker-dealhere]

Yes I will forward to eBay.  What a dirty trick-some people did play the game and think they won a prize and all they are going to get is a headache.

[rixstuff]

Just so you know I got a mug and a t-shirt from Ebay after the holidays.  It just came in the mail in a box.  No e-mail notice or anything.  I doubled my sales for the year so they felt I deserved a prize. Thanks! 

[rixstuff]

I got a message "from Ebay" myself this morning that one of my payments didnt go through.  I just went to paypal and checked and everything is fine.  Of course none of the links I was supposed to click in the e-mail actually went to either Ebay or Paypal but some weird ru.net address.  Never get to account info from e-mails about account problems.  It isnt that hard to type in ebay.com or paypal.com yourself.

[rixstuff]

And here's another clue - did you actually PLAY the clean up cash in game?  If youd didnt PLAY how are you supposed to have WON?

[loveyourimagination49]

Congrats! You finished in under 60 seconds and have been entered into a sweepstakes to win a Gift Card for $10, $25 or $50! Watch your email to learn if you're a winner, and keep earning cash by selling what you don’t need this Spring!

It said to watch your email, not your eBay messages.
If you don't want it, send it to me 😉

[wesellitalldicker-dealhere]

I know but it is really hard to click on a link that says to redeem when it is going to a address I do not recognize.  Should not be this hard to redeem if I won.  At least eBay should let me know the link is safe.