So I just read some interesting things on why some usernames have "*" in them and it has to do with scammers sending out fake second chance offers to non winning bidders. Having the username contain "*" prevents trolls, or people that only look for usernames that did not win an item, from sending fake second chance offer email that look like they are coming from ebay.
I still think it's a little fishy looking and that ebay should have a link next to the type of user id's letting other ebay users know why the username looks so strange. Ebay has an icon link next to people who have changed their user id, so why they don't add one next to the strange looking usernames I can't say?
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