Another DM Scam Attempt?
Summary: grann-4629 shared their experience of receiving a new type of DM scam with odd characters and expressed confusion about how to report it. christworks and simba6 also reported receiving similar messages. lady_madonna reminded grann-4629 about previous instructions for reporting such incidents, which led to some light-hearted banter about the importance of keeping notes. shire123 advised how to report messages by using a feature in the messaging system, but grann-4629 noted it wasn't effective for this scam, indicating scammers' increasing sophistication.
Got a new version of DM scam today ... bunch of flags and odd characters.I don't know how to report it.
11 comments
simba6
路2 weeks agoI just received one too.
shire123
路2 weeks agoWhen you get those messages, hover over the message on the far right. A circle with 3 dots will appear. Click on the circle and one of the choices will be to report the message. Select that.
grann-4629
OP2 weeks agoDoesn't work with this one. Scammers getting very clever ... forum not so ...
lady_madonna
路2 weeks ago@grann-4629
When this happened before, you were provided with instructions on how to report the DM's.
https://community.ebay.com/forum/buying-57914/topic/someone-477959/thread/1842348/?focus_post=1842348
grann-4629
OP2 weeks agoThank you Madam Teacher. I have a short memory and I have a hard enough time trying to find my own posts on this new forum let alone an 'instruction' I was given some time in the past. 馃槑
lady_madonna
路2 weeks agoNo need for sarcasm, just trying to be helpful. .馃槉
Unfortunately, I, too, sometimes have a tendency to forget things, so I have to make notes to refer to. I have a huge "cheat" sheet on the computer just relating to Ebay!
grann-4629
OP2 weeks agoI hear you about the notes thing ... I do that to remind me that I have to cut the grass, fix the fence, yada, yada, yada. My eBay life just isn't that important to me although I do enjoy talking with folks here.
Thank you for your help (twice!) 馃槑
christworks
路2 weeks ago@grann-4629 I got the same message. I did not see a way to report so I deleted it.
roccotacodad54
路2 weeks agoIt's strange that I've only received three. I did reply and thank them for suspending me as it would save me time and money.
Maybe somehow my replies put a stop to me getting them?
grann-4629
OP2 weeks agoOr your reply put you on another list!
sdneped
路2 weeks agoThat's my 7-Eleven!