Spammer on the discussion board
Summary: cambriachick reported a spam message from a user impersonating a legitimate helper by using a deceptive username. krazzykats advised not to respond as it's a scam, and others, like mam98031 and stuff4divas, tagged a relevant contact for further action. albertabrightalberta noted the ID seemed intended to mislead users into believing the spammer was an employee. bennotbill expressed concern about the ability to create misleading IDs, suggesting current security measures might be insufficient. devon@ebay thanked the original poster for sharing the information and advised on reporting the message to address the issue effectively.
Just giving a heads-up, this spammer responded to a question I had posted on the board:
e_b_a_y_helperchristin-91
7:21 AM
โ๐ด๐บ๐ท ๐ธ๐พ๐ธ๐น๐ช๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ป๐ช ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฉ ๐น๐ญ๐ฆ๐น ๐ธ๐ด๐ฒ๐ช ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ซ๐ด๐ท๐ฒ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ณ ๐ด๐ณ ๐ด๐บ๐ท ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฆ๐น๐ซ๐ด๐ท๐ฒ ๐ท๐ช๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ช๐ธ ๐พ๐ด๐บ๐ท ๐ฆ๐น๐น๐ช๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐น ๐ด๐ซ ๐ด๐บ๐ท ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ช๐จ๐บ๐ท๐ฎ๐น๐พ ๐ต๐ท๐ด๐จ๐ช๐ฉ๐บ๐ท๐ช๐ธ. ๐ต๐ฑ๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ๐ช ๐ท๐ช๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ผ ๐น๐ญ๐ช ๐ท๐ช๐ถ๐บ๐ช๐ธ๐น ๐น๐ญ๐ท๐ด๐บ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐น๐ญ๐ช ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฆ๐น๐ซ๐ด๐ท๐ฒ ๐น๐ด ๐จ๐ด๐ณ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฒ ๐น๐ญ๐ฆ๐น ๐พ๐ด๐บ๐ท ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ซ๐ด๐ท๐ฒ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐บ๐ต ๐น๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐น๐ช. ๐ป๐ช๐ท๐ฎ๐ซ๐พ-๐ณ๐ด๐ผ ๐ธ๐น๐ฆ๐น๐บ๐ธ: ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ช๐ซ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ช: ๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ญ๐ฎ๐ณ 24 ๐ญ๐ด๐บ๐ท๐ธ ๐ด๐ซ ๐ท๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐น๐ญ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ช๐ธ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ช ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐น๐ญ๐ช ๐ท๐ช๐ถ๐บ๐ช๐ธ๐น ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ด๐น ๐จ๐ด๐ฒ๐ต๐ฑ๐ช๐น๐ช๐ฉ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ญ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐น๐ญ๐ช ๐ธ๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฉ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ช๐ซ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ช, ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐น๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ช๐ฆ๐น๐บ๐ท๐ช๐ธ ๐ด๐ณ ๐ด๐บ๐ท ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฆ๐น๐ซ๐ด๐ท๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐พ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ด๐ฒ๐ช ๐น๐ช๐ฒ๐ต๐ด๐ท๐ฆ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฑ๐พ ๐บ๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐น๐ญ๐ช ๐ต๐ท๐ด๐จ๐ช๐ธ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐จ๐ด๐ฒ๐ต๐ฑ๐ช๐น๐ช๐ฉ. ๐น๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐พ๐ด๐บ, ๐จ๐ด๐ต๐พ ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ธ๐น๐ช ๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐ณ ๐ง๐ท๐ด๐ผ๐ธ๐ช๐ท ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐น๐ธ๐ฟ๐ธ๐น.๐๐๐๐โ
Noone would respond to this, right?
devon@ebay
Hey @cambriachick ! Thank you for sharing and if I can have you click on the three dots next to the message itself and hit "report" so myself and the Bevy team can take care of it.
stuff4divas
ยท1 week ago@devon@ebay spam notification post
bennotbill
ยท1 week agoI thought there was no way that you could have "ebay" as part of your id?
If all it takes to bypass any "security" is add a few spaces "e_b_a_y" then the "security" just doesn't cut it.
albertabrightalberta
ยท1 week agoHmm. Interesting ID choice, presumably to make us believe that the spammer/scammer is an ebay employee.
mam98031
ยท1 week agoLet me tag someone that needs this information from you. @devon@ebay
krazzykats
ยท2 weeks agodevon@ebay.com
krazzykats
ยท2 weeks agoNo. Do not respond.
It's a take action now scam.
cambriachick
OP1 week agoI did it Devon, thanks.