Spam message?
Summary: carola-011 received a suspicious message claiming to be from a support team asking for information verification. 1786davycrockett and eburtonlab both advised that the message is a scam and not to respond, explaining that these types of messages often appear as legitimate requests but are actually attempts to deceive users. They emphasized that eBay does not send such messages from user accounts with verification links.
Not sure what to think of this message: Is this legit?
e_b_a_y_he_24
1:58 PM
Our systems have identified that some information on our platform requires your attention as part of our updated security procedures.
Please review the request through the platform to confirm that your information is up to date.
Verify-Now
Status: Pending
Timeframe: Within 24 hours of receiving this message
If the request is not completed within the specified timeframe, certain features on our platform may become temporarily unavailable until the process is completed.
Thank you for helping us maintain a secure environment on our platform.
Support Team
eburtonlab
·1 month ago@carola-011
It is a scam. eBay does not send messages from user accounts with links to verify anything. That is something that scammers often do.
eBay recently shut down the community message feature for several days to prevent such messages, but apparently turning the feature back on allows the old scam messages with the scam link to be seen once again, even though new messages with links should be blocked now.
1786davycrockett
·1 month ago@carola-011
That's a phony -- do not respond!
Drop that in your trash.