I received an april fool just now

[ReCat]

Why would this be phishing? The URLs its pointing to is straight on the Coinbase site, over HTTPS too.

https://coinbase.com/transactions/533aa310101a7b619b0001a5

How did they sign emails to be as if they were sent from coinbase too?

The only reason this would be actually dangerous is if the coinbase servers themselves were hacked and were storing passwords...

[5thStreetResearch]

Why would this be phishing? The URLs its pointing to is straight on the Coinbase site, over HTTPS too.

https://coinbase.com/transactions/533aa310101a7b619b0001a5

How did they sign emails to be as if they were sent from coinbase too?

The only reason this would be actually dangerous is if the coinbase servers themselves were hacked and were storing passwords...

You can request bitcoin from any email address in the world through coinbase.  If the email address input matches that of a coinbase user you can see their full name associated with that Coinbase account.  This is not good.  Someone could very easily scrape full names/email data/ coinbase account data using this method.

[iBitcoin+]

I received that email multiple times to the same email address

[davida]

Why would this be phishing? The URLs its pointing to is straight on the Coinbase site, over HTTPS too.

https://coinbase.com/transactions/533aa310101a7b619b0001a5

How did they sign emails to be as if they were sent from coinbase too?

The only reason this would be actually dangerous is if the coinbase servers themselves were hacked and were storing passwords...

I think it's just an April fool joke by someone taking advantage of the the facebook like module that shows users emails on coinbase.

Not a phishing attempt but it is good to be cautious by never clicking a link in any email you weren't expecting.

Most likely someone who wanted to highlight the problem and convince coinbase to fix it, they have known about this issue but didn't consider it a problem.

[FanEagle]

I just logged in coinbase, and refused 3 requests of payment since I could not afford them. 

[davida]

I just logged in coinbase, and refused 3 requests of payment since I could not afford them. 

I wouldn't have refused the payment... Potentially you could be confirming to the person that requested the payment that you account does exist and it is active. 

It's best to just ignore it completely.

[marcotheminer]

I got the same email and paid up!

[C10H15N]

Why would this be phishing? The URLs its pointing to is straight on the Coinbase site, over HTTPS too.

https://coinbase.com/transactions/533aa310101a7b619b0001a5

How did they sign emails to be as if they were sent from coinbase too?

The only reason this would be actually dangerous is if the coinbase servers themselves were hacked and were storing passwords...

You can request bitcoin from any email address in the world through coinbase.  If the email address input matches that of a coinbase user you can see their full name associated with that Coinbase account.  This is not good.  Someone could very easily scrape full names/email data/ coinbase account data using this method.

These payment requests, processed through the Coinbase system, are only a click and 2FA away from executing.  Fortunately, I do not use Coinbase as a wallet. Unfortunately, I and others use them for BTC purchases with fiat so customer bank ACH and credit card data is stored there.

I'm going to leave the bogus requests sitting there and see what Coinbase does about them.  

[minimalB]

I also got several emails today from Coinbase.

Is this April Fools or real hack? I didn't click the links, though...

[CryptoGuy2014]

Only email I received from coinbase today was a cancelation of my BTC orders...

No joke

Seems they don't want my money:(

I may have to change exchanges if this happens again.