FYI - received an email this morning from 'Customer Refund Services' (email address shows as [email protected]) saying:

January 14, 2016
PASSENGER: xxxxxx
TICKET(S): 016 xxxx xxx xxx
REQUEST ID:xxxxxxxx
Dear xxxxxx:
Thank you for contacting United Refunds.

Your request for a refund has been processed. You may verify refund details using the following link https://www.united.com/web/en-us/con...nd.aspx#tabs-2. Please enter your 13-digit United ticket number beginning with 016 (do not include spaces) and your last name. You can also request the status by using the 8-digit Request ID number listed above.

Thank you for the opportunity to assist you and we look forward to welcoming you on a future United flight.

Sincerely,

Customer Refund Services

http://www.united.com/web/en-us/cont...ations/refunds
FAX: 713-324-1431

I checked my current ticket numbers and the one provided did not match any of them, but FYI.

Has anyone else seen something like this? A 'hover' over the web links seems like they are legit on the surface, but my web skills don't go much beyond that (I'm certainly not clicking on anything).