Reverb cyber threats

[Jamison]

I am new to Reverb but thought this worth a post. I am getting inbox messages from "REVERB" that state some one has bought a piece of gear and my account needs to be verified. The message appears as "from reverb" and asks you to verify your account to accept the offer from the buyer. Of course, has a link. I was suspicious so contacted Reverb and indeed it was a scam. The crazy thing is the timing of it all, I just verified my account with them and within 5 minutes get this message to verify. I thought i did something wrong in the verification process. 

Seems I may have a lot more to learn about that online portal and what to look out for, it doesnt appear to be very safe or secure. I dont even get this kind of attempts from Ebay.. Facebook is obv full of scams, to be expected that "their uncle will pick it up and pay you double.." 🤪

Edited March 13, 2024 by Jamison

[Doctor J]

What is the email address it's coming from?

[Jamison]

13 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

What is the email address it's coming from?

It was a internal message on their system from a profile with what looked like a legit gear page

[woodyratm]

Able to send a screenshot?

[Jamison]

27 minutes ago, woodyratm said:

Able to send a screenshot?

The link is to Stripe that asks for your card details.. 

[woodyratm]

Verf-revrb.com doesn’t seem legit. I wouldn’t proceed. 
 

Are you selling items? Take a look on your dashboard on https://reverb.com and see what is there. I would imagine it won’t be there, and in the event it’s showing your account needing verification; I’d follow that route rather than a link. 

[woodyratm]

Just noticed you’ve had it confirmed to be a scam. Shaders eh.

[Doctor J]

Is it a user account who had set up their name as "Reverb" and is just firing out PMs by the look of it. If you click on the sender name in your messages it should give you more details on the account.

[MartinB]

Is that someone who's set their profile picture to be the Reverb logo, and their name as "£1,620 + Local Pickup"?
🤔

[Jamison]

55 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

Is it a user account who had set up their name as "Reverb" and is just firing out PMs by the look of it. If you click on the sender name in your messages it should give you more details on the account.

Yep goes to a gear page as we all get 

[Jamison]

So its a fake profile sending out reverb branded links to reverify your bank details via stripe

[Jamison]

1 hour ago, woodyratm said:

Verf-revrb.com doesn’t seem legit. I wouldn’t proceed. 
 

Are you selling items? Take a look on your dashboard on https://reverb.com and see what is there. I would imagine it won’t be there, and in the event it’s showing your account needing verification; I’d follow that route rather than a link. 

Already sorted it all out I am just here to alert the community not to click! Its pretty slick to get that message within five minutes of setting up a account (makes a new user feel they messed up and need to do it again)

[Reggaebass]

21 minutes ago, Jamison said:

Already sorted it all out I am just here to alert the community not to click! Its pretty slick to get that message within five minutes of setting up a account (makes a new user feel they messed up and need to do it again)

Thanks for sharing this , I’m always on reverb 

[asingardenof]

3 hours ago, woodyratm said:

Verf-revrb.com doesn’t seem legit. I wouldn’t proceed. 
 

Are you selling items? Take a look on your dashboard on https://reverb.com and see what is there. I would imagine it won’t be there, and in the event it’s showing your account needing verification; I’d follow that route rather than a link. 

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