I had an order, all legit on my dashboard. Got the funds and went ahead and made it. Then when I was about to ship it a few days later I realized that the account had been suspended and no longer existed. I chatted with Etsy (yes the regular help chat, here on their site) and they said the buyer had been suspended for policy violations and thus no longer could buy or sell on Etsy. But as it has been paid and I received payment I could go ahead and send it. Which I did, even though I was a bit wary.
Funny enough couple months later I get a 5star review for this order and it seems the account is back up and running.
BUT my order was a legit Etsy order, which shows up on your dashboard as an order. You are not showing any sales in your shop overview. If you get messages saying you need to give your email, or click a link to verify your (bank)account or use a QR code... those are all scams. Never ever give your information this way, Etsy already has it. So this most likely was a scammer and Etsy deleted their account. Thankfully. Only official Etsy messages are to be found in the "From Etsy" message folder, which you can sadly only see on the website or mobile browser, not the app. So always check if it is in that folder, if not then mark as spam.
