Verify data message

[WearitCrochet]

hello, I just received a weird message that looks like spam and wanted to check! Someone from Etsy tech support contacted me, asking me to provide my email (which you already have!) in order to follow a process on verifying my data. Is it a spam or something o need to do. PLease inform me! I write the message here: "You have one buyer but since you have not verified your data on ЕТSY you cannot continue selling on ЕТSY, in order for us to verify your data please provide us with your е mаil, shortly after that you will receive full instructions on how to verify your dаtа and get pаid, don't worry it will not take more than 5 minutes, thank you for listening to me. "

[NanaLetha · Accepted solution]

SCAM! They are not Etsy Tech Support.

[DOKOcreations]

The dead giveaway is the line “Thank you for listening to me”. Definitely not from Etsy Tech Support…

[BagmakerSupply · Accepted solution]

@WearitCrochet: It is a SCAM - you might want to read the excellent post by @bradgoodell  in https://community.etsy.com/t5/Managing-Your-Shop/How-to-Spot-a-Scam-No-a-Buyer-Doesn-t-Need-Your-Ema... and https://community.etsy.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Why-do-they-ask-me-for-my-e-mail-in-order-to-make-a-p...

There is also official information from Etsy at https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000343128-How-to-Handle-Spam-and-Suspicious-Messages?segm...

Be sure to mark the message as SPAM so that it does not affect your stats.

[bradgoodell]

Utter scam.  So sorry!

[WearitCrochet]

I thought so too, thank you all for taking the time replying to me,

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