Origin Access ( scam email? , but showing up on my account )

sykotik

Bit of a strange  one  this ,
got an email today , saying that i " You've redeemed an Origin Access Membership Code"
the email address is from " Origin [email protected][/url]> "

Hi sykotikman,

Thank you for redeeming your Origin Access subscription code.

For recurring members, your reoccurring plan will restart immediately when the membership time from the redeemed code has concluded. For further information regarding your account details, including payment options, renewal dates and more, please login to your Origin account.

Please enjoy our growing collection of great PC games in The Vault, try upcoming EA games before they’re released and save 10% on your Origin purchases.​

but !! big but !!!!!!
i haven't signed up for this ,, nore have i even signed in to Origin for months either the website or the game client .

thinking iv been hacked , iv gone the to sign in , which was fine , ( i have 2 step verification turned on ) < have to use the authenticator app on my phone

and looking on the origin website , its showing me this

which starts from today for one month ,




is this free from Origin that im unaware of?
or something more to it
is there a way see the devices that have been used with my  origin account ? ,

aslird

During October Origin ran a promo that gave you a free month of Origin Access basic if you had 2 step FA.  It could be that?

                                                https://help.ea.com/en-gb/help/account/login-verification-and-origin-access/               

sykotik

Interesting,
strange way to promote security,

but iv had 2 step FA on for age's ( im guessing well over a year if not longer  )
not sure why it's kick in today , as i said i have even login for months ,
found the "trusted devices " and it was about 4 months ago since i login  

if it wasn't for the email i wouldn't of even login in today .  

well lets see if anything worth downloading and playing , seen as it's free .

Eddy555

Got the same email, also struck me as odd, but my account looked OK security wise as I could still login with 2FA. I didn't get chance to contact them about this, but it's a weirdly iffy email. I cancelled my subscription last month as I wasn't using it

sykotik

BF5 campaign  any good ?

SDMDAM

mixed bag, some of the missions were pretty good but it is woefully short.

sykotik

It's like most campaigns these day , look really good but are really short like you say.

well, seen as it's free , might as well download it and play it.

SDMDAM

Jedi, Fallen Order on the other hand is what a campaign should be. I am really enjoying it. Defo worth  try.

Hillskill

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                No, your Origin account wasn’t hacked last night                                                                                                        It was just EA doing something nice                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                www.polygon.com                                                                               
if only they had worded the email a little differently this would instead have been a PR win rather than a “scare” lol

sykotik

Is this included with the "basic" sub ?  couldn't see it last night ,
I agree with that , it had me flapping around last night .