I have alerted your post to the Forum Admin to see if this is a genuine CNET email.
While I don't want to anticipate the answer it is good to see you are unsure and have not yet replied.
If you still have the email you could, if you wished, look at the Source. Most email programs allow us to "View Source" or "View message source" which shows the hidden details of the email.
That might tell you and/or tell us more.
Mark
I received an email about a sweepstakes from CNET but I'm not confident enough that it is legit....can anyone confirm?

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