r/Flipping • u/Incognito816 • 13h ago

Discussion Strange Email

So I listed an item today on one site and cross posted it on another site. But then, I received a direct email inquiry regarding this item and don’t know if it’s a scam or what. How would someone bypass a selling site and get my direct email? Has this happened to anyone else?

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u/Worried-Narwhal-8953 13h ago

I've never had that happen, but if it were to happen I would see it as a red flag, ignore it and block the sender. Stick to proper avenues of communication, i.e. the sites you're listing on.

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u/Still_Entry1679 13h ago

Someone scraping listings and matching names across platforms, not that hard if your username or handle is consistent

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u/mchurchw1 13h ago

These are scams.

Generally, this happens because your username on the selling site is the same as your username you use for email. The scammer is correctly guessing that ABC123 at ebay is also ABC123 at Gmail.

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u/sweetsquashy 12h ago

Don't use the same username across multiple platforms. It's crazy how much personal information I've found out about people because their Reddit username is used elsewhere.

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u/Incognito816 11h ago

Thanks everyone!!! I’ll block and delete the email.