TipOff Reports for Gumtree| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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  | Anonymous Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia 2016-06-10 09:02:10 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree |   Gumtree Ad Scammer Information The scammer presented themselves as a keen buyer for a camera I was selling.
At first she seemed very kind but as our emails went back and forth her replies became short. She also claimed she wanted to phone but her phone service was out due to bad weather conditions.
Upon a few other suspicious cues I decided to look her email up on this website and low and behold someone had received the identical message to me this time interested in a laptop.
Here is her messag… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2016-06-09 00:31:07 Overpayment Scam Gumtree | +1 NZOG employee offer to purchase Scammer Information An immediate response to a car for sale on gumtree via text and with all follow up on email. I was suss from the start but it took me an hour or so to do some research.
I encourage everyone to take the time to report the exact details of any similar scammers here. You'd think that either there'd have to be a simpler way to earn money OR that if not they could disguise the bullshit a little better...… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Stacey Somewhere in Australia 2016-06-08 11:54:27 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | +8 Gumtree scam Scammer Information Like i was gonna fall for this shit 😂😂… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2016-06-08 02:14:58 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree |  Gumtree fake buyer Scammer Information Contacted my via text message saying she was interested in a dress I was selling. Asked me to confirm the price to her email address. When I did she sent a poorly worded email asking for bank details and some rubbish about being overseas so she would have to send a courier to deliver to Dawin. From my google search I learned that she will try to get me to pay her courier fee directly.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2016-06-08 00:34:13 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Gumtree Scammer Information Hello,
Thanks for mailing back,am ok with the price and condition.Would have loved coming for inspection but am far away for work off shore for now.We've got a terrible bad mobile network for days on here ,that's why can't call but contact you via internet messaging facility.
Regarding the payment,i will be paying you through my PayPal account,please get back to me with your paypal email address or bank details, so i can process the payment.Can as well do a wire paypal fun… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2016-06-07 01:00:47 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Gumtree, ref:28788 Scammer Information email only response to my advert, didn't identify the goods at all, email only, does not offer a name or any other id to contact.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2016-06-05 23:50:40 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Gumtree Scum Scammer Information Hello,
Thanks for mailing back,am ok with the price and condition.Would have loved coming for inspection but am far away for work off shore for now.We've got a terrible bad mobile network for days on here ,that's why can't call but contact you via internet messaging facility.
Regarding the payment,i will be paying you through my PayPal account,please get back to me with your paypal email address or bank details, so i can process the payment.Can as well do a wire paypal fun… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2016-06-04 05:04:29 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | scammer Scammer Information same as everyone else. tried to sell my car on gumtree. some of the correspondence on this page is word-for-word what I received.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Phill Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia 2016-06-04 01:15:01 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | rosspeters Scammer Information Received details of rosspeters222@hotmail.com in and wanting details on Caravan sale. Condition and price, but send by rosspeters222@hotmail.com, not. Return sms.
Searched www details of rosspeters222@hotmail.com
In meantime
rosspeters222@hotmail.com sent return email requesting PayPal / bsb details.....
Could have been A quick and easy sale!!!!!😉… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2016-06-03 11:41:56 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | ROGER CONNER on CARSALES Scammer Information Thanks for getting back,I'm fine with the price likewise the condition as described on the advert,
I work on a remote mine site, Energy Resources of Australia Ltd (ERA) Darwin,NT and the reception is terrible. We do not have access to phone at the moment,which is why I contacted you with internet messaging facility. Where is it located at the moment?Does it have any history I should be aware of? and why are you selling if you don't mind my asking.I am already in talks with t… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2016-06-03 10:26:29 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Rossperers202@hotmail.com Scammer Information Sent a text asking for firm price and conditions on my boat and to reply to email address. I sent a text back asking for him to to ring me or his number so I could ring him. Received the same text back so replied I do not give these details by text or email and he could ring me if he wants to. Have not heard anything else, searched this email address and found it to be a scam… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom 2016-06-02 15:46:28 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | grantaabbott@gmai.com Scammer Information Contacted me regarding the sale of my car, stating he would send me money for the car to my paypal then send people to collect the car, using the excuse that he is working at sea. Then eaves you lingering for hours and hours, all the time your turning people away because I never guzump a buyer. Then starts suggesting he'll send me extra money to pay for the collectors. Which I have to send to the collection company who's hq is in China, for a £1300 car in Bristol? Give ove… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 2016-05-31 02:48:14 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Email asking for bank details and or pay pal details Scammer Information Ross emailed about our caravan for sale and asked for a firm price and condition . I sent a reply and he replied with the exact example of a scam email as shown on this website
We recognised it as a scam after receiving that email so have not given out any details … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 2016-05-31 00:10:02 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | +1 Katty Moore Gumtree Scammer Information I received a text from"GumtreeAD" but it didn't have a number attached.
The text read: "Katty will like to know if your listed camera is still on for sale if yes Kindly get back to her with the confition and firm price on kattmoore121@gmail.com"
I was suspicious straight away as I had not received any activity on my Gumtree Account.
I emailed the address and asked "Katty" to please get in contact with me directly through Gumtree if she genuinely wants the Camera that i was… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Dunfermline, Fife, United Kingdom 2016-05-30 19:52:09 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Car Sales Scammer Information wrote:
Hi again,
Thank you for getting back, Anyway, I'll like to know your final asking price. How I wish i could come for inspection but I'm currently
out of town for my UN course.
Due to this inability to bring cash physically, the best way for me to pay will be through PayPal which is safer for you and I will cover
the PayPal transfer fees. Kindly send me your PayPal account email address so i can pay in alternatively you can send me your… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2016-05-29 13:44:46 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Kathy williams Scammer Information 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 Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kupe project.We do not have access to phone at the moment and that's why I contacted you with internet messaging facility.Regarding the payment,i will be paying you through PayPal linked up with my westpac bank account,please get back to me with your paypal details so i can p… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2016-05-28 06:00:15 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Caravan for sale Scammer Information We received a text message wanting us to email the firm price of our caravan for sale. We replied for her to give us a call to arrange inspection. We then received the following email:
Thanks for getting back to me. I'm cool with the price likewise the condition as described in the advert. I work with New Zealand oil and gas and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on Kupe project. We do not have access to phone at the moment and that's why I contacted … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| dionne Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom 2016-05-27 10:09:13 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | gumtree scam Scammer Information (davedss99@gmail.com)
told me he was goin to buy my phone on gumtree but said he couldnt txt me as he was hearing impaired??? i dont no why but i had a bad feelin so googled his name an there it all was people that have fallen for his scam!! thank the lord for gutt feelings… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2016-05-27 07:46:37 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Selling bed through Gumtree Australia Scammer Information Scam email received as follows:-
Thanks a lot for the email. I am away at sea at the moment,i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kapo project. We do not have access to phone at the moment,its 5days off and 25days on,which is why I contacted you with internet messaging facility. Where is it located at the moment?
I am buying it for my for my holiday and i want it delivered before my arrival.I won't be abl… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| No Name Somewhere in Australia 2016-05-26 21:54:30 Overpayment Scam Gumtree | Untitled Overpayment Scam on Gumtree, ref:28670 Scammer Information … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Morley, Leeds, United Kingdom 2016-05-24 03:21:27 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Offering PayPal only and collection by his courier Scammer Information Told me he was in a wheel chair and deaf and buying a present for son graduating college. He would only use PayPal as he had no access to cash. Kept pushing him on his location as I had seen here he was previously Paris. Seems now he is in Dundee. English was quite poor from the first message which alerted me. When I read here about his previous it confirmed what I thought. When I confronted him about what a search on his email was throwing up he suddenly dissappeared. Avoid … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Dupe oluwole Hawkinge, Kent, United Kingdom 2016-05-23 15:26:25 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Dave dass Scammer Information Scammed me out of a phone I was selling on gumtree came with an authentic looking paypal email saying when the item is sent and they have received my tracking number when I didn't get the payment I became suspicious and did some digging on paypal and found they havent autherised such an email and found out about his scam from this website… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anthony Beaton Somewhere in Australia 2016-05-23 09:02:25 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Gumtree, ref:28598 Scammer Information Please refer to the email coverstion below. I only put one of my replies in.
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| Anonymous Tamworth, Staffordshire, United Kingdom 2016-05-22 18:12:17 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Gum tree item for sale Scammer Information Offered to buy item for full asking price and requested me to cancel all viewing appointments I may have. It's for her son who graduated from college. She will pay full asking price and will pay via PayPal. She then asked for my PayPal e mail. I have searched her details and its come up on other sites as a scam. Please beware of these scum bags. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2016-05-22 11:34:31 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Caravan sell scam Scammer Information The link was deleted within 2 hours. After our initial emaul contact was made 24 hours later. Then they requested a quick sale via ebay or Paypal and would have the item posted.… Read Full Report ⇒ |