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| No Name
Doncaster, Doncaster, United Kingdom
2016-04-27 18:07:53
Classified Ads Scam
1 |   bradleyprice900@gmail.com gumtreescam... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
2016-04-27 12:20:14
Auction/eBay Scam
1 |  +3 Attempted Scam On Gumtree and Ebay advertisement Received text message from Sharon:
Do you still have the (item for sale)? Message me via sharonchloe7@gmail.com
Sent email and.....game started:
Great! please consider it sold and please cancel every other appointment regarding it as i am willing to... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
2016-04-27 12:10:39
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | Attempted Scam On Gumtree and Ebay advertisement Received text message from Kate:
-Its your Furniture still for sale? Please email my husband Alex at alexbennett0090@gmail.com if it still available and Ur last price.
Sent email and.....
Thanks for the prompt response,I'm satisfied with the condit... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2016-04-27 04:51:21
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | +1 car scam Thank you for getting back to me,I would have loved to call you directly but due to the nature of my work as am an oceanographer and on a job contract at the moment.The contract is strictly no call due to the lack of reception on the sea area. But I'm able... ⇒ more |
| No Name
Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
2016-04-26 09:45:39
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Gumtree sale - garden furniture Catherine offering money to post item to France and scam payment via PayPal.
Money never actually sent... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Singapore
2016-04-25 06:19:26
Classified Ads Scam
1 | a lady ready to flat with out viewing -from ad in gumtree Bless Baltazar
to me
Hello,
Thanks for getting back to me. I am a simple, cool and non-smoker
lady. I am willing to rent the unit as I am at sea at the moment as i
am a Coastguard Agency employee in USA but i was Born and brought up
in San Juan, Phi... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2016-04-25 04:46:23
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Scam to purchase camper via Gumtree while on rig offshore, NZ. Offer to purchase my camper which is advertised on Gumtree.Yun Lin proposes to pay by Paypal and to arrange collection by courier to take it from Lower Eyre Peninsula, SA to Darwin. Clearly has no idea of Australian geography. Claimed to work offshore for ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2016-04-23 02:21:35
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | new zealand oil and gas. (nzog) WILL TRY TO BUT SOMETHING ON LINE, WITHOUT PAYMENT MADE.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2016-04-21 06:25:05
1 | gumtree. will email about items than say I see you have more than one item offer to buy all after you give info and says will ad gumtree. will email about items than say I see you have more than one item offer to buy all after you give info and says will add $90 for postage
Than says will use paypal.
And website that is put is fake might have a capital or a comma in it just to se... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2016-04-21 00:08:01
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | +1 Buyying car Scam Posted a car online and received a text without a phone number
Asking for my best price
received " great consider it sold it is for my son blah blah I work on a rig so I cant call. send your bank details and I will deposit the full amount blah blah,... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2016-04-20 07:46:08
Classified Ads Scam
1 | carsales or gumtree email scam from Alex Bennett
alexbennett090@gmail.com
in response to an email I sent initially which itself was in response to a text to me with the following:
from Kate:"Its your Car still for sale? Please email my husband Alex at alexbennett090@gmail.com if it... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Stoke Newington, Hackney, United Kingdom
2016-04-18 17:57:43
Classified Ads Scam
1 | raneben01@gmail.com After a txt via gumtree I responded. This was the response, which obviously made me suspicious:
Great! please consider it sold as i am willing to pay your full asking price because i need to buy it for my cousin asap, i have read through the ad... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
2016-04-13 06:24:05
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Gumtree Scammer David Green aka golemetz2003@gmail.com Raved a txt asking about furniture I had for sale on Gumtree and asked me to email a response, not to reply to that mobile number, to dorom088@gmail.com. I emailed back to ask what furniture item he was referring to and 4 mins later got the standard scam e... ⇒ more |
| Jono
Somewhere in United Kingdom
2016-04-10 19:38:59
Classified Ads Scam
1 | David dass. Mobile phone gumtree Tryed to rip me off saying he had lost his wife to cancer and wanted to buy my phone through PayPal for his sons birthday present. turns out the whole paypal site was a fake and very convincing. He attacked a royal mail officer to steal my phone after I ha... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Oldham, Oldham, United Kingdom
2016-04-10 17:20:50
Secret/Mystery Shopper Scam
1 | +1 Selling on gumtree - Kate and Alex Bennet I am trying to sell my car on gumtree. Got a text message from "Kate" - No number, and my phone identified the seller as Kate - asking me if the car is still available. She asked me to email his husband Alex at alexbennett090@gmail.com. It was a bit suspic... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2016-04-05 04:42:59
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on 1, ref:27798
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| Anonymous
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2016-04-05 01:33:02
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Courier Fees upfront via Western Union to China offering payment by PayPal Mathais connore Today at 7:25 AM
To (Target Name)
Message body
I just completed the transaction from my PayPal account into your Bank account and i expect PayPal to have emailed by now, check Inbox, Junk or the Spam folder o... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2016-04-04 23:02:36
Identity Theft
1 | Gumtree scammer This scammer asks to purchase your furniture without viewing as he works with Nz oil and gas so he asks you to email him not call and asks for PayPal and account information so he can pay you.
Of course that was a red flag for me but all the same people c... ⇒ more |
| No Name
Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
2016-04-04 20:05:56
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Gumtree scammer targeting disabled/pensioner Re: Mobility scooterâ€
Re: Mobility scooter
Gerrard Banks (gerrardbanks30@gmail.com) Add to contacts 02/04/2016
gerrardbanks30@gmail.com
I am glad to inform you that l have made the payment to your PayPal account which is on hold by PayPal... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Belmont, Victoria, Australia
2016-04-04 06:37:56
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on 1, ref:27781 Thanks for the response,I would have loved to call you directly but due to the nature i work with the The Australian Army Corps. we do not have access to phone at the moment,which is why I contacted you with internet messaging facility.
I am buying thi... ⇒ more |
| Keith Newby
Ashby, New South Wales, Australia
2016-04-04 01:59:07
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Overpayment Attempted to but a car from me through Gumtree. Usual off shore sob story, same message as he has used before ( Gift for son, blah,blah,blah) supposed to transfer money to my Paypal account but, to access the money, I have to pay $1500 to Jinling Zang in ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
2016-03-31 10:15:02
Classified Ads Scam
1 | jane4Jesus@gmail.com Trying to sell a bed on gumtree. This lady wanted to buy the beds from Near New Zealand on a ship. Googled her email address and she had done this before. Sounds very suspicious..Not to be tursted... ⇒ more |
| Sarah
Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
2016-03-31 09:51:54
Classified Ads Scam
1 | My Dining Table on Gumtree Exactly the same as other reports. I didn't follow up as I thought the first email was weird, so I Googled the email address and came up with the scams.
I was contacted via a text on my phone asking if my furniture was still for sale and to email the fi... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2016-03-29 10:49:25
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Steve Austin Identical to everyone else:
Thanks for the response,I would have loved to call you directly but due to the nature i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kupe project work, we do not have a... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2016-03-28 01:03:47
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Private Car Sale From: Garricks Micheal [mailto:rimxgricks@outlook.com]
Sent: Friday, 25 March 2016 4:08 PM
Subject: RE: Calais for Sale
Thanks for getting back,i'm cool with the price likewise the condition as described on the advert, i work with New Zealand Oil and G... ⇒ more |
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