Scam Tip Report #22571 - GumTree Scam Buyer


Scam ReporterScam Tips Received
Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2015-02-13 00:50:05
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree
GumTree Scam Buyer 
 Scammer
  Information
Name:
Kate Jenkins
Email Address:
katejenkins6111@gmail.com>
Scam Website:
Fax:
Selling my camper van on eBay and I get a text asking to email me with best price and condition of van. Receive this reply:

Hi thanks for mailing back,am OK with the price and the condition,am buying it for my vacation,because I'll be coming soon from our rig as am a petroleum project engineer on a rig offshore,i won't be able to come for the inspection due to the nature of my work,i would have love to call in person but we have call restriction due to bad weather condition our satellite server has been down.i will be paying you through PayPal or transferring the money from my paypal wire bank transfer to your bank account,please get back to me with your PayPal details or bsb bank details, so i can proceed with the payment into any of the two and contact the courier agent who will come to pick it up and deliver it in my place.
Await your reply

Then get this email:

I was just about to pay when i had this problem with the pick up, my pick up agent says i will need to pay for the pick up before they can schedule a pick up time, they charged me $2,050 for pick up and delivery and payments for pick up made through them is made to their corporate international headquarters in China and the payments is made through western union money transfer, i will add the $2,050 to the money i will send as soon as i have made the payments,i will need you to help me send the money to my pick up agent HQ in China through western union money transfer, this can be done from any post office,there is always western union money transfer section in most post offices or you can get it done online via www.westernunion.com,i would have done it myself but as i am at sea and didn't bring my credit card aboard.I will appreciate your help here.
Thanks



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