Strange Emails from the USA for some Orders and Payments

[Thoreg]

I have now the 3 Mail about payments from the USA for a Order.

The send me a link and ask for the Email Address, after that the send me a Mail the have paid and I would have to confirmed.

Dos some one now what gos on ?

Thank you, Regula

https://i.etsystatic.com/icm/3a3dbf/561631592/icm_fullxfull.561631592_o9uklzit7tcccgswg4sc.jpg?versi...

[hopeandjoystudios · Accepted solution]

Total SCAM! Do not click any links. 100% scammer and NOT Etsy. Send to your spam folder

[Thoreg]

Thank You for Your help, good Luck with Your Shop :))

[ChristmasIsLove · Accepted solution]

Just one of the numerous forum threads about these scams:

https://community.etsy.com/t5/Managing-Your-Shop/How-to-Spot-a-Scam-No-a-Buyer-Doesn-t-Need-Your-Ema...

[UppNorthEh · Accepted solution]

https://community.etsy.com/t5/Managing-Your-Shop/How-to-Spot-a-Scam-No-a-Buyer-Doesn-t-Need-Your-Ema...

Don't give any info on that fake link

[Thoreg · Accepted solution]

Thank You :))

[VintageRescueSquad · Accepted solution]

Run away!  Mark these as spam.

You NEVER need to give out your email address. You don't need to click on anything for payment or to see an order. It's all on your dashboard.

Search the forums for common scams.

[Thoreg]

Thank You very much :))

Take care, Regula

[hopeandjoystudios · Accepted solution]

As far as your email..Etsy HAS it and any customer who purchases GETS it. Anyone asking for your email should be considered a scammer.

[Thoreg · Accepted solution]

Thank You for Your Answer :))

[WitticismsRus · Accepted solution]

@Thoreg 

See my post here with links to the fake etsy pages they are sending

https://community.etsy.com/t5/Managing-Your-Shop/How-to-Spot-a-Scam-No-a-Buyer-Doesn-t-Need-Your-Ema...

I have now received 18 messages from 18 different accounts just in the past week or so. All of them included the same fake etsy page images that I linked in that post. 

[CarpetCollectionAU · Accepted solution]

 Just to add...I advise every Seller reading this Thread, whether a new Shop or a long--term, established one, to look at the images @WitticismsRus has kindly included in her post on the linked Thread

These clearly show attempts to dupe Sellers by referencing fake Policy changes on "cloned" Etsy House Rules pages with what is clearly altered and misleading information.

[ChillwolfArt · Accepted solution]

@WitticismsRus  For cripe sake.  I'm sorry you are dealing with this.

[UppNorthEh]

the one is the same as the one the OP posted.  do you think that means it's all the same person?  persons? ring?

[Thoreg]

Thank You very much for Your help, I was not shure if I missed some thing from Etsy.

I have given my Email but nothing else.

good Luck with Your Shop and thank You :))

[bradgoodell · Accepted solution]

SCAM

Online scams are running rampant right now.  I’ve put clues to the latest scam on top.  This list also contains clues to other common online scams.  Hopefully it will help you and other sellers.  Once you hit more than 2 red flags, shut down the conversation.  

1. New seller
2. High dollar item or large sale amount
3. Odd or awkward-sounding language
4. They want to take the conversation off Etsy (they ask for your email)
5. Someone messages you and claims you may have been a victim of fraud, and requests your email address to "resolve the issue"
6. You get a (FAKE) message from Etsy Support telling you that they are having technical issues and asking if you've received notification of an order in the last few minutes.  
7. You get a (FAKE) Live Chat message.  
8. You get a phone call from someone claiming to be Etsy.  Etsy doesn’t cold-call sellers.
9. “Etsy Support” claims they want to contact you by text/SMS.  Etsy doesn’t text, they use Etsy messages and/or email.
10. Anyone claiming to be from Etsy who asks for your phone number or login information is a scam. 
11. You get an email requesting you "complete" the order as its currently on hold and asks you for your debit card information.
12. You get an email from (FAKE) Etsy saying Etsy is changing payment methods and will send money directly to your credit or debit card. Etsy has not changed their payment method.
13. You go back to their account, and it's gone
14. The original message has disappeared off Etsy, or has moved itself to your Spam folder.
15. They send you a link of some sort.  DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK
16. They claim they cannot check-out and need your email to complete the order.
17. They claim your Etsy checkout isn't working, and they send you a link to "fix it” 
18. You get an email from (FAKE) Etsy saying you need to do X to get your account verified.  
19. You get a (FAKE) email from Etsy claim you need to buy a high dollar pre-paid Visa or American Express card to get your Etsy account working
20.  They send you a link to a (FAKE) Etsy page that looks genuine and asks for your login and/or credit card details.
21. You find a (FAKE) Etsy phone number off the net and talk to a sympathetic customer service rep that wants you to download an app so they can access your account to fix something.  Etsy does not have a published phone number you can call.  It's a scam, the number is not Etsy's.
22. They want to take the sale off Etsy
23. They ask if something is "still available" when it's obviously for sale in your shop
24. They ask about the condition of an obviously new item
25. They ask if you are honest
26. There is some urgency, such as a birthday or anniversary
27. They claim they are in the Navy, an oceanographer, on a cruise ship, on a research vessel in Antartica
28. They ask you to buy a high dollar gift card and include it in the order
29. They will pay you extra for the inconvenience
30. They claim to have their own shipping company or pick-up agent
31. They claim an uncle is paying
32. They want to pay by money order or Cashier's check
33. They send you payment for far more than the order total
34. They want you to send the overage through Western Union, Venmo, etc.
35. They send you a (fake) PayPal email that says PayPal will release the payment after you send them the overage.

[Thoreg]

Thank You very much for Your Answer.

Good Luck with Your sales :))

[bradgoodell · Accepted solution]

People really need to be aware of these scams.

[Thoreg]

Yes now I know and the still send that Mails :(.

But because I have ask the Community, i know now.

THANK YOU ALL OF YOU :))