Hi. I got a message from someone and I just want to know if it's genuine or a scam. It was telling me to scan a qr code to enable my selling account as it needs verified. Has anyone else had this? Is it genuine?
SCAM!
Definitely scam.
Things to read:
https://community.etsy.com/t5/Announcements/Protect-Your-Account-From-Scammers/m-p/143158945#M1882
https://community.etsy.com/t5/Managing-Your-Shop/How-to-Spot-a-Scam-No-a-Buyer-Doesn-t-Need-Your-Ema...
https://community.etsy.com/t5/Announcements/New-From-Etsy-section-in-Messages/m-p/143722497#M1899
https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000343128-How-to-Handle-Spam-and-Suspicious-Messages
scan a QR code is a dead give-away that it's a scam
