What does this message mean
Summary: coastal-curios received a suspicious message and asked for advice. tressygirl suggested checking if the message was genuine by contacting eBay Customer Services, while **peaseblossom** identified it as a phishing scam. boundarycoins recommended forwarding the email to eBay's fraud team. coastal-curios noticed the message looked unusual, appearing as country flags, and confirmed contacting eBay for further investigation.
Had this message pop up today but not sure if it is genuine ,and what am i supposed to do .
amyblair81-3
11:13 AM
โ๐ด๐บ๐ท ๐ธ๐พ๐ธ๐น๐ช๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ป๐ช ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฉ ๐น๐ญ๐ฆ๐น ๐ธ๐ด๐ฒ๐ช ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ซ๐ด๐ท๐ฒ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ณ ๐ด๐ณ ๐ด๐บ๐ท ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฆ๐น๐ซ๐ด๐ท๐ฒ ๐ท๐ช๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ช๐ธ ๐พ๐ด๐บ๐ท ๐ฆ๐น๐น๐ช๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐น ๐ด๐ซ ๐ด๐บ๐ท ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ช๐จ๐บ๐ท๐ฎ๐น๐พ ๐ต๐ท๐ด๐จ๐ช๐ฉ๐บ๐ท๐ช๐ธ. ๐ต๐ฑ๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ๐ช ๐ท๐ช๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ผ ๐น๐ญ๐ช ๐ท๐ช๐ถ๐บ๐ช๐ธ๐น ๐น๐ญ๐ท๐ด๐บ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐น๐ญ๐ช ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฆ๐น๐ซ๐ด๐ท๐ฒ ๐น๐ด ๐จ๐ด๐ณ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฒ ๐น๐ญ๐ฆ๐น ๐พ๐ด๐บ๐ท ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ซ๐ด๐ท๐ฒ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐บ๐ต ๐น๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐น๐ช. ๐ป๐ช๐ท๐ฎ๐ซ๐พ-๐ณ๐ด๐ผ ๐ธ๐น๐ฆ๐น๐บ๐ธ: ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ช๐ซ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ช: ๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ญ๐ฎ๐ณ 24 ๐ญ๐ด๐บ๐ท๐ธ ๐ด๐ซ ๐ท๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐น๐ญ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ช๐ธ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ช ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐น๐ญ๐ช ๐ท๐ช๐ถ๐บ๐ช๐ธ๐น ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ด๐น ๐จ๐ด๐ฒ๐ต๐ฑ๐ช๐น๐ช๐ฉ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ญ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐น๐ญ๐ช ๐ธ๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฉ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ช๐ซ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ช, ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐น๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ช๐ฆ๐น๐บ๐ท๐ช๐ธ ๐ด๐ณ ๐ด๐บ๐ท ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฆ๐น๐ซ๐ด๐ท๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐พ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ด๐ฒ๐ช ๐น๐ช๐ฒ๐ต๐ด๐ท๐ฆ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฑ๐พ ๐บ๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐น๐ญ๐ช ๐ต๐ท๐ด๐จ๐ช๐ธ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐จ๐ด๐ฒ๐ต๐ฑ๐ช๐น๐ช๐ฉ. ๐น๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐พ๐ด๐บ, ๐จ๐ด๐ต๐พ ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ธ๐น๐ช ๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐ณ ๐ง๐ท๐ด๐ผ๐ธ๐ช๐ท ***โ
coastal-curios
OP2 weeks agoI have been in contact with ebay and they are looking into it .
coastal-curios
OP2 weeks agoThank you so much for your help guys it struck me as strange i found it in my emails i seem to think I had one about 10 days ago too but i deleted it .
boundarycoins
ยท2 weeks agoForward them to spoof@ebay dot co dot uk as well
coastal-curios
OP2 weeks agoi tried to do that but when I went to copy and paste the message changed into lots of different countries flags with broken words between each flag definately not from ebay that's for sure
boundarycoins
ยท2 weeks agoWhen I have had these I just forward the email, no copy and paste. Unless Iโm misunderstanding and you got the message to your eBay inbox rather than personal email.
I suppose you can report the username to eBay via their profile instead if needed.
**peaseblossom**
ยท2 weeks agoAccording to Google it's a scam phishing email so don't click on the link, just delete.
tressygirl
ยท2 weeks agoDid it come through eBay messages and address you by your real name and not your username ID ? If not I'd be a bot wary and definitely not click on any links.
I would contact eBay Customer Services and ask if they sent this and what is the information which needs attention.
Contacting eBay Customer Services is not easy sometimes to get a live agent either use the link below ,or top of any eBay page click on Help & Contact to bring up, 'How Can We Help You Today? ' Keep typing in ....I wish to speak to an agent.
Best time to contact is 8 a.m. on a weekday morning , there's more chance of Dublin answering.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/eua?id=5190
Lines open between 8 a.m. to10 p.m. on weekdays.
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends.
@coastal-curios