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Ive received an email and now telephone call from <paul.jenkins@coinbaseie.com> saying they have found a wallet in my name. Is this legitimate or a scam please. thanks

It's a scam. As you can see, it's not coming from the official coinbase domain name (coinbase.com). See this: https://help.coinbase.com/en/coinbase/privacy-and-security/other/is-this-email-really-from-coinbase

If you look here (https://whois.domaintools.com/coinbaseie.com) the domain was created just 71 days ago.
I'd guess that somebody has managed to buy a domain name similar enough to Coinbase's and send some phishing mail (i.e. scam)

As a general rule, when you get this kind of e-mails you should never click them, instead go to the intended website by the link you know/use normally and see there if there's any announcement for you, or even ask the support.

thank you everyone. I Thought so. :)

It's definitely a scam and certainly not from Coinbase. There are many scams targeting cryptocurrency traders and investors, unfortunately. The phishing (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/phishing.asp) scam is one of the most common types, because it uses a fake email address that looks legitimate. It's easy for scammers to get you to click on a link and enter your login credentials into their website, which they can then use to steal your crypto. The email will tell you to click on a link, but don't do it! The link will likely take you to a fake website that looks just like Coinbase but is actually an imposter site designed to steal your login credentials.
Another type of scam will take you to a fake website, tricking you into thinking that you are signing up for a legitimate exchange. They'll show you a large balance in your account, but you won't be able to withdraw it. The scammers will then ask you to send them some of your crypto (to cover "transfer costs" or "taxes") in exchange for a larger amount of money. Once they receive your coins, they'll tell you there was an error and will ask for even more money. Until one moment you no longer hear from them.

Good, you are quick to respond about malspam emails, you act fast and think fast to solve it.

I often read and see Coinbase users who receive phishing emails, so Coinbase made a warning.
Do not trust malspam emails disguised as messages from Coinbase. (https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/19809-coinbase-email-scam)

As well as Coinbase, providing a way for its users to overcome and protect themselves from Phishing email attacks.
Warning:Thousands of Coinbase Users Hit by Phishing Attack -- Here's How to Protect Yourself (https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/cryptocurrency/articles/thousands-of-coinbase-users-hit-by-phishing-attack-heres-how-to-protect-yourself/)

For that in the future, both you, me and other users, be careful of incoming emails, especially emails that we don't know or are suspicious of whether it's on behalf of an exchange or the like, hopefully things don't happen that are not wanted.

Did he get your phone number? That's weird. Did you post your number somewhere, or did you register using your phone number anywhere? I think you should be careful and check whether someone is selling your data or not (even if that's going to be difficult. E-mail is pretty easy to find but a phone number is a different story IMO. Btw, most e-mail providers will filter out spam like that so if it was sent to your main inbox, maybe you should check your spam filter.

Are you share or post your email publicly anywhere? It's weird if you don't share your email publicly unless you signup for some scam sites like cloud mining.
Most of websites right now have privacy policies so if you signup or subscribe to well-known websites you shouldn't receive a phishing email.
It would be better if you put it to spam and block or mute the email so that you won't receive another email from them.

Hey, spoofing mail is quite an easy scam method nowadays. Scammers using the leaked database to make us fool. Don't respond to them, just mark them spam. That's how they easily make us fool since the email seems original, but it's spoofed. When you reply it will go through other channels. Just ignore. I have received a lot of similar mail even from Binance mail. I don't bother even checking it. Just mark them spam and ignore them.