Has anyone gotten one of these from ebay?

ya i got a few of those from citi bank and paypal (i think). the paypal one was some lawsuit but they wanted me to give them all my personal information for my paypal account on some stupid site url.

About a year ago,I got a message form ebay saying that due to a system crash, they lost my credit card info and if I didn't update my info with a new number, they'd have to close my account. It was a very official looking site, but since ebay only charges you when you sell, and I hadn't sold anything in months. I blew it off and they didn't close my account. Since then I've gotten the same thing from AOL and since their service is so crappy, I emailed them and told them they'd be doing me a favor by closing my account! Sadly, they've since refused to close my account, yet drain another $23.90 every month since...

I got the same message. It's a way for someone to hijack your account. Once they have your info, they can put up pictures (also usually hijacked) of different items for sale, cars, ATVs, motorcycles, from outside the U.S. They usually offer free shipping to the states and a ridiculously low reserve. Then you will most likely be requested to send funds to them by way of western union in someone's name you know "for your protection." They get the money, the buyer gets nothing, and the account owner gets screwed.

That's why people should pay attention when they sign up for anything...
Because the company will always have in print or somewhere else that they will NEVER ask for your personal info. At least that's what I always see from AOL, Ebay, banks and such.