'Purchase Notify' Message in app

[cottagecraftsbyTess]

 This was in my messages on my app: 

Excellent news your item has been purchased. 

Order ID ...... 

status- Paid ( with green tick)

Account Verification Required.

to complete the verification process kindly access our secure portal and follow the instructions provided by our technical team. once verified, your order will be visible in your account.

Once your verification is successful, the buyer will be notified, allowing you to proceed with shipping the order.

Thank you for trusting our services!

with a link to click- I received this twice 6 days ago- but only just got a notification today. There are no orders in my Shop and I can see no Orders outstanding- on the app or in the shop, which I could see before when I have had people buy from me. Is this a scam??  The Link does not work -

Assuming this is not really from Etsy and a scam message? 

Please advise anyone,

Thanks 

[DesertChains]

Total scam. Send to spam.

[cottagecraftsbyTess]

Thankyou, thought it was weird as no other evidence of any order info anywhere. 

[ButterflyFeetDigital]

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

If you receive an actual order, you will see it in your "Orders and Shipping" section and you will receive an email from Etsy notifying you that you have a sale, and there will be a notification in your dashboard as well.

[RecycleAndReignite]

Thank you. I'm new on Etsy and I was bit worried that im missing something 

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