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[LUG] Is this phishing?

 

I found this in my eclipse mailbox, dated 1 July. When I logged in to
Amazon everything seemed normal so is this a phishing attempt?

Tony Sumner
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***Urgent Fraud Prevention Group Notice***

    You have received this email because we have strong reason to
believe that your Amazon account had been recently compromised. In
order to prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we are
required to open an investigation into this matter. To speed up this
process, you are required to verify your Amazon account by following
the link below.

 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/flex-sign-in/

(To complete the verification process you must fill in all the
required fields) 

Please Note: If your account informations are not updated within the
next 72 hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will
be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of
this verification is to ensure that your Amazon account has not been
fraudulently used and to combat fraud.  We appreciate your support and
understanding, as we work together to keep Amazon a safe place to
trade. Thank you for your attention on this serious matter. We
apologize for any delay in resolving this situation.

Regards, Amazon.com Investigations Team


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