"Your Amazon password has been changed"

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Anyone else got this? Should I panic?

This is an important message from Amazon.

At Amazon we take your security and privacy very seriously. As part of our routine monitoring, we discovered a list of email address and password sets posted online. While the list was not Amazon-related, we know that many customers reuse their passwords on several websites. We believe your email address and password set was on that list. So we have taken the precaution of resetting your Amazon password. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused but felt that it was necessary to help protect you and your Amazon account.

To regain access to your Amazon customer account:

1. Go to Amazon and click the "Your Account" link at the top of our website.

2. Click the link that says "Forgot your password?"

3. Follow the instructions to set a new password for your account.

Please choose a new password and do not use the same password you used with us previously. We also highly recommend that you choose a password that you are not using on any other sites. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Sincerely,

Amazon
 
might be a phishing mail, check the urls in the email if they are really pointing to amazon and check the mail header for the sender IP!
 
might be a phishing mail, check the urls in the email if they are really pointing to amazon and check the mail header for the sender IP!

There aren't actually any links in the email. Have a look at the sender as well:
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It sound like something that could really happen (list of leaked e-mails). But contact amazon, and see if they tell you if it's mail from them or not.
 
isn't that what i just said basically ? :P
 
It seems legit, why not just change for the sake of precaution?

Cheers,
Commoner
 
I received the same message when I logged into my Amazon account from a different computer, in a different physical location. It's just a security measure and I can confirm that, for me, everything was legit. I used the 'forgot password' function and was able to change it easily.
 
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