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EBay scam email?

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Here is a possible that I got today. Not really sure if it is legit, but I'm not responding to it:

 

--- ebayfeedback@benchmarkportal.com wrote:

> *** BenchmarkPortal is an official partner of eBay

> and is conducting independent

> customer satisfaction surveys at the request of

> eBay. BenchmarkPortal will not

> request any of your personal or confidential

> information. ***

>

> Dear eBay Community member,

>

> On 03/01/04, we sent a response to the email message

> you sent to customer support.

> As part of eBay's commitment to excellence, we want

> to make sure we met your

> needs with our response. Would you please take a

> minute to answer a few questions

> to let us know how we did?

>

> http://ebay.benchmarkportal.com/ebay/survey.taf?survey_id=150&user_id=xxxxxxxxxxxx

>

> Please copy and paste the entire web address above

> into the address field of

> your browser.

>

> NOTE: Please respond within five days so that you

> can provide timely feedback

> to us. AFTER 5 DAYS, THIS INVITATION WILL EXPIRE.

>

> Thank you for your help!

>

> eBay Customer Support

>

> If you want to be excluded from future surveys and

> survey correspondence, please

> click below:

>

>

> http://ebay.benchmarkportal.com/ebay/opt_out.taf?id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>

> *** Protect your eBay Password and Your Personal

> Information ***

>

> eBay treats your personal information with the

> utmost care, and our

> Privacy Policy is designed to protect you and your

> information. eBay

> will not request personal information (password,

> credit card numbers,

> pin numbers, passwords, or Social Security numbers)

> in an email or in

> most cases, our surveys. However, there are rare

> exceptions when eBay

> performs usability surveys that measure

> participants' actual use of

> eBay. In these exceptional cases, personal

> information is sometimes

> needed, and participants are told explicitly in

> advance what will be

> required. Additionally, participants are given

> contact information in

> order to validate that the survey is indeed from

> eBay. For more

> information on how to protect your eBay password and

> your account, click

> here

> http://pages.ebay.com/help/account_protection.html?ssPageName=CMDV:AB0008

>

> eBay truly respects the opinions of its Members. We

> are contacting you

> for customer support improvement purposes only and

> you will not be

> re-contacted as a result of your participation in

> this study. All

> information collected is confidential and the

> information you provide

> will be used strictly within eBay's Privacy Policy

> http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/png-priv.html

>

> eBay has commissioned BenchmarkPortal to conduct

> this study among eBay

> members. To review BenchmarkPortal's privacy

> policy, please go to

> http://ebay.benchmarkportal.com/ebay/bmp_privacy.pdf

>

>

>

 

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