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Scam Watch: Phishing DMs Impersonating Etsy Support Are Hitting Seller Inboxes This Week
Sellers are reporting phishing messages sent through Etsy’s own in-app messaging this week, posing as Etsy Support and pushing fake login links. Here’s what to check.
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The Fake Etsy Suspension Email Making the Rounds
A phishing email mimicking Etsy account-suspension notices is circulating this week. Here’s how sellers are spotting it, and what real Etsy notices look like.
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Scam Alert: What’s Targeting Etsy Sellers This Week
This week’s pattern: fake patriotic-merchandise bulk orders timed to the 4th of July weekend rush, the same bulk-order scam structure we’ve now documented across nearly every seasonal category this year, right on schedule for this one too. The setup This week’s version of the pattern: messages requesting large bulk orders of patriotic-themed items, supposedly for…
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Scam Alert: What’s Targeting Etsy Sellers This Week
This week’s pattern: fake rush-order requests timed to Father’s Day’s ten-day production ramp, following the same structure we’ve now documented for nearly every hard-deadline holiday this year. The setup This week’s version of the pattern: buyers requesting urgent, expedited custom Father’s Day orders with pressure to ship before payment fully clears, citing the approaching holiday.…
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Scam Alert: What’s Targeting Etsy Sellers This Week
This week’s pattern: fake “summer sale partnership” pitches, a warm-weather variant of the promotional-feature scams we’ve tracked at multiple points this year, adapted to the summer wedding and Father’s Day shopping season now underway. The setup This week’s version of the pattern: unsolicited messages offering inclusion in a supposed “summer gift guide” or “wedding season…
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Scam Alert: What’s Targeting Etsy Sellers This Week
This week’s pattern: fake “class gift fund” bulk requests, a graduation-season variant of the same bulk-order scam structure we’ve now tracked across nearly every major season this year. The setup This week’s version of the pattern, in graduation-relevant categories: messages claiming to represent a school, parent group, or class fund organizing a bulk graduation gift…
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Scam Alert: What’s Targeting Etsy Sellers This Week
This week’s pattern: fake “Star Seller perks activation” messages, exploiting last week’s genuine news about new Star Seller benefits in the same way we’ve now seen repeatedly this year with real platform announcements. The setup Following last week’s coverage of new Star Seller benefits, several sellers reported messages claiming they need to “activate” or “claim”…
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Scam Alert: What’s Targeting Etsy Sellers This Week
This week’s pattern: fake “Purchase Protection update” phishing messages, directly exploiting this week’s genuine platform news about the Purchase Protection overhaul we’ve been covering. The setup Several sellers reported messages this week claiming to be from Etsy, stating their account needs to be “re-verified” or “updated” to remain covered under the new Purchase Protection changes,…
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Scam Alert: What’s Targeting Etsy Sellers This Week
This week’s pattern: fake wedding planner “featured vendor” pitches, a variant of the wedding-industry scam we covered back in February, now adapted with a more specific and convincing structure as wedding season’s real volume has picked up. The setup This week’s version of the pattern: messages from accounts claiming to be wedding planners or venue…
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Scam Alert: What’s Targeting Etsy Sellers This Week
This week’s pattern: fake Easter bulk-order requests, following the same structure as the back-to-school and holiday-season bulk scam variants we’ve tracked earlier this year, this time targeting sellers in personalized Easter basket and gift categories. The setup Several sellers reported messages claiming to represent a school, church group, or community organization requesting a large bulk…