For any other newly opened Shop reading this Thread, It is important to read and understand the House Rules / TOUs, especially relating to what can be legally sold on Etsy, before Listing and opening.
In relation to the proliferation of "xcam" messages, unfortunately, this "scam" racket has been going on for over a year now. Etsy has taken many steps to block / intercept "scam" mesages and many of these have been successful.
Unfortunately newly opened Shops appear to be the prime target at this time. No one can actually work out how the "scammers" are identifying these Shops, but is obviously an attempt to dupe people who are still learning "the ropes" here or people who are listing product inappropriately.
If these mesages are in your "Spam" Folder, you can safely ignore them because Etsy has already identified them as "spam". If the Messages arfe in the "From Etsy" Folder, then these are legitimate communications.
If these "spam" messages are in your normal In Box, simply move them to "Spam" folder.
If you do try and respond, in most instances you will see "This member does not exist" message (or similar) which means that Etsy has already closed the accountfrom which these are being sent.
The $ 15 on-boarding fee was introduced to, in part, to deter / delay the set-up of these "scammer" accounts but, although this has slowed down, there are some very sophisticated "scammers" out there who are managing to circumvent any hurdles Etsy puts in their way.
