Poshmark comments

[deltas*delights]

Hi all!

I was listing a little tonight on ebay and Poshmark. Just 5 items and 2 of them immediately got comments on Posh.  One was  EF dress where they said "Hi, hope there are no rips or tears at all? Because i'm REALLY INTERESTED . is this in good condition.? If so and you are the real poster could you please email me at XXX@ g*m*a*i*l .com. more details and we could make the deal?God Bless.Stay safe.."  I had condition listed as Excellent no stains or damage or signs of wear.

The other was a St. John top I have listed in very good condition. The poster wanted to know if it was in gift giving condition (umm it's used and the label has writing on it but otherwise it's great) and left their email address too.  This was pulled within minutes before I could respond.

I wasn't going to email either, but this just strikes me as odd, that within 3 minutes of listing these items I got 2 similar messages. Is this some new scam to get our email addresses?  I got all excited at first and thought I had listed them too low if they were getting interest so fast! lol

[pammyvan]

New scam - not sure where it goes from there. There's been a rash of them reported on Reddit too ( dealing with other selling sites).

[somany]

PM often catches these and removes the comment but if not, you should report them.

[kat]

Yes, I just read how the scam works. They will arrange to send you the money through Venmo, PayPal, zelle, etc. They send an email that looks just like what that vendor’s looks like, but there’s instructions like “the funds will show up in your account once the tracking is uploaded or transaction is cancelled. They sometimes will add a large shipping amount like $25 or $50. Immediately after they send a message saying that they didn’t know Posh rules and that they have to pay through there to protect the seller. Please refund the amount but you can keep the $25 or $50 extra they added and they will go ahead and purchase through Poshmark.
They never re-purchase and there was never a payment so not only did you send them the cash value of your item, there’s no extra $25/$50 either.

[sunsetpainter]

I've gotten those messages several times soon after I've listed a higher dollar item. Seems like Poshmark is on the ball and the messages have immediately been removed. Just to be on the safe side I've blocked the ID that made the offer.

[kat]

If you tap the flag and report three times you can remove them yourself too.

[sunsetpainter]

May 31, 2020 22:37:52 GMT kat said:

If you tap the flag and report three times you can remove them yourself too.

That's good to know.  Thanks!

[deltas*delights]

Thanks all, I reported the one remaining and it was pulled. I should have known it was too good to be true

ETA: At least I got a "God Bless" out of the deal.

[somany]

Ah, former ebay “customers”. Figures.

[chapeaunoir]

I just hit 'spam' and it goes away.

[denise15601]

Yes-spam. But that is a new one to me.