It's hard to call it an outright fake, because there's no proof of that. However, there's no real proof that it's real either. Right now it's a wash.
You have two choices: Wait or sell. I choose to wait, there are many other reasons besides that email to wait it out, IMHO.
One thing though, this spread is rediculous! I wonder if it's MM shenanigans, maybe they want to discourage buying FOR SOME REASON??