There’s a Poshmark scam targeting new Poshers. When my friend added a few items to sell on her new Poshmark account yesterday, she was overwhelmed by the immediate response. Unfortunately, it was one scam person after another requesting that she e-mail them the photos.

The excuses ranged from them being unable to see the photos clearly, or they were traveling, or they were at work, but they all wanted the same thing- for her to go to their profile where they have their e-mail displayed, and to e-mail them the photos directly.

Screenshot of Poshmark Scam Comments:

The Poshmark E-mail Scam Exposed

Anyone that has been selling on Poshmark for a while would probably not be fooled by this scam. And the way every single comment requests photos should immediately set off your warning bells, even if you’ve never sold anything.

But, in the name of investigative journalism, I felt the need to see exactly how this scam works. So, I went to the profiles in the comments, got their e-mail addresses and started sending them each a photo.

I got responses right away, each one saying basically the same thing: They paid for the item and Poshmark will send me a confirmation. I’ll need to confirm it or click the button in the e-mail to get paid. And I need to stay on that page I clicked through until they text me that everything was successful.

The confirmation e-mail was so hilariously bad, I had to share it:

Now of course I am definitely NOT clicking on any of those links, so I can’t tell you what happens if you do. However, I can assure you, it will not be good.

Hovering over the link shows that it sends you to some web address that starts out with “hotvertisingelli,” so my guess is it is some sort of adware type virus where you get infected with ads and pop-ups. You could also try a people lookup service like UnMask and verify the details of the sender before interacting with the message.

What a Real Sale Looks Like

If you haven’t ever sold anything on Poshmark yet, the sale confirmation e-mail looks nothing like that. They will send you the shipping label with the sale confirmation, and there will be a record of the sale in your account.

You just print out that label and ship it. Once the person receives your item and confirms it, then the money gets deposited in your Poshmark account.

Since I’ve been selling on Poshmark for years (click here to check out my closet) and have never run across this scam, I’m guessing they must target new accounts in the hopes that the person won’t be familiar with how Poshmark works. Seems you can’t do anything these days without someone trying to scam you!