ESP8266 weired respond to AT commands

Hello guys..
I m new to this forum.

Recently I bought an esp8266ex from ebay. After setting up everything, i have a strange problem. The 8266 responds to AT commands, but responded with weired characters.

I am using arduino UNO.

Connected the Tx pin of the arduino to Rx pin of esp8266 through a voltage divider (POT). GPI02 and RST pins are floating.

GPI0 is connected to ground trough a 10k resistor.

I have tried both 3.3v arduino pin and zr78L033 regulator to power up the 8266.
But both ended up giving same output.

Also , I have tried all the baud rate, out of which 115200 baud between arduino and esp responded with less garbage ( above picture)

I need some help to figure it out. Please help me guys.

Thank You