When buying through Agon a buyer should always-

Thanks! for sharing.

Received this email today supposedly from AudiogoN.

From sender email address,
AudiogoN

Interesting!... In my prep of this post the scammer's email address is displayed. In "Preview first" Agon blocks the showing of the email.

LOL,
Here it is spread out. You guys can string it back together.

steventamhk@

gmail.

com

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email [Quote]

AudiogoN Notification: Account restricted

Dear Member,
Due to recent activity on your account, you will require a second confirmation of identity with us in order to enable further investigation of this matter. Your account is not suspended, but if in 48 hours after receiving this message your account is not confirmed we reserve the right to suspend your registration AudiogoN.
To prove your identity, Click here !

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause and we want to thank you for your cooperation.

Thank you for using AudiogoN

You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to notifications with an account registered to Audiogon.

[End of quote.]

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This is a scam of course. This is how a scammer can get your password to gain access to your Agon account.
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I do not think the phishing emails stating the user's account is restricted are necessarily only related to Audiogon information being hacked. I keep getting those notices to an email account that is NOT linked with my Audiogon account.

The notices come to a junk email account I use to subscribe to newsletters and special offers.