Strange ebay message... SCAM?

[eastcoaststereo]

So, I got this weird message from a new eBayer... brand spankin' new. His name is

nvwji13.

Here is the message:

ˑIˑjustˑseenˑyourˑstoreˑpageˑeastcoaststr...
prettyˑgoodˑimpression,ˑniceˑstore!
IˑamˑaboutˑtoˑshareˑyourˑproductˑVintageˑTypewriterˑSmithˑCoronaˑElectraˑ12ˑ1958-1960ˑeraˑCOMPLETEˑWORKINGˑandˑdoˑSEO,ˑlistings,ˑboostˑsales,ˑlistingˑproductˑdescription,ˑeditˑproductˑpicturesˑforˑyourˑseller'sˑpage.

ˑˑˑCheckˑoutˑtheˑlinkˑinˑattachment.ˑBestˑregards!

I re-attached the image he sent, it's just weird.

Is this a scam or just creepy self advertising?

[itz_stacey]

I believe it's some foreign dork trying to sell you their *cough* services. Block and ignore.

Also, it's not a super good idea to open links sent by strangers. It could have some sort of malware.

[itz_stacey · Accepted solution]

After a quick Google search it looks like this might be a common (phishing?) scam thing from Russia. That website doesn't even exist, btw.

[berserkerplanet]

Maybe both. (can't be arsed to go look)

[a_c_green]

I got the same one, and what made it especially silly was that I don't even have a store.

I did find a bit of a workaround that enabled me to deal with it though: while there was no way to report the message, as we know, I was able to report the image... so I did.

[southern*sweet*tea]

Ukrainian registered domain with a registrant number that's a cell phone in Wyoming.

Yeah...sounds legit, right?

[ekmadonna]

I got 3 of these PHISHING scams last week, one in the morning one in the afternoon and one at night all by 3 BRAND NEW "0" Feed Back accounts opened that day. all with different ID NAMES all from BULGARIA. There was NO REPORT BUTTON! I had to call ebay CS to report and it wasted 45 minutes of my time. I spoke with a regular rep and a Supervisor. I was informed that all 3 accounts were opened that day by the same person with 3 different ID's and they were shutting them all down for violation of the "Taking People OFF EBAY WITH LINKS Policy. I have not had one since. The report button should have been there but was not! It needs to be put back pronto.

[pburn]

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@eastcoaststereo wrote:

So, I got this weird message from a new eBayer... brand spankin' new.

Is this a scam or just creepy self advertising?

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Another member has asked anyone who has received inappropriate messages via the eBay message system to copy/paste them in his/her thread for the eBay team to take a look at.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Reply-Re-Removal-of-Report-Button-from-eBay-Messages/m-p/29915...

S/he's trying to encourage the return of the "report" button on eBay messages in order to report stuff like this.

[fashunu4eeuh]

For safety’s sake: Never click on links in such communications. Sometimes they look legit too. 

[duncanvr]

Got the same message and I reported him to eBay two months ago, they said they would cancel his accounts, they never did anything about it as I get one of the same message every week in my eBay messages. Just delete the messages from this guy.

[eastcoaststereo]

Ok, Thanks everyone for your input. At least everyone knows about this scam now.

[merseykings]

I received the same message and the link today. What am I supposed to do about it if their is no longer a report button?

[reallynicestamps]

Delete. Delete. Delete.