TipOff Reports for Gumtree| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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  | Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2014-02-03 07:42:05 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree |   car for sale Scammer Information responded to add for sale of a car... story about being in nz so was gonna buy sight unseen and have his courier pick up car and sign paperwork as soon as the money cleared into our account... wanted all our banking details!!!!!!
GIANT SCAM!!!!!!… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Elise Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2014-02-03 04:34:15 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Gumtree - car for sale Scammer Information place ad on gumtree to sell car, within 30mins had text, "interested in your vehicle, how muh willing to sell, get back to me only at brendasteve001@gmail.com.
PLEASE READ IN REVERSE
Yes Brenda
On Feb 3, 2014 4:41 AM, "Elise O'Connor" wrote:
Hi Steve,
Thanks for that info, just to clarify – Brenda is your surname?
And what sort of license is it so I can check please.
Elise
From: brenda steve [mailto:brendasteve001@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Cairns, Queensland, Australia 2014-02-02 11:13:18 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree |  Caravan on gum tree Scammer Information Am ok with the price and the condition,am
buying it for my holiday,because i'll be coming soon from our rig as
am a marine biologist working 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 limited access to calls due to bad weather condition.
i will be paying you through PayPal,pls get back to me with your
PayPal details so i can proceed with the payment and contact the
courier agent who will com… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Cairns, Queensland, Australia 2014-02-02 11:13:01 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Caravan on gum tree Scammer Information Am ok with the price and the condition,am
buying it for my holiday,because i'll be coming soon from our rig as
am a marine biologist working 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 limited access to calls due to bad weather condition.
i will be paying you through PayPal,pls get back to me with your
PayPal details so i can proceed with the payment and contact the
courier agent who will com… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2014-02-02 06:42:55 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | GumTree scamer still at it.2/2/2014 Scammer Information … Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Bermondsey, Southwark, United Kingdom 2014-01-31 12:34:11 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | +1 Car sale bmw m3 o8 plate £10000 Scammer Information Came accross am as in gumtree for a Bmw 2008 M3 for £10000, it had no contact details just to email nothing unusual there. So I emailed using both mine and my partners email as we really wanted the car. 1st alarm was when the guy replied to me and not my partner, once we asked to go and view the car and offer to pay cash the guy replied ...I am working as a rig electrician for Petrofac and i am located on Rowan Gorilla platform (North Sea oil fields). I cannot arrange for … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Mentone, Victoria, Australia 2014-01-30 07:20:30 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | +1 Gumtree Ad Scammer Information I advertised my car shortly after 11pm. At 11:32pm, I received a message on my mobile phone saying; Sent from: Andey Hello, Is your listing on gumtree ad still up for sale? Kindly reply to my personal email andeyroy1000@gmail.com with the last ONO.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2014-01-30 05:56:05 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Car for sale on GumTree Scammer Information The scammer responded within minutes after we advertised our car for sale, via sms sending their alleged name and email address to contact them as they are interested in the car. after you send them an email they responded that they are interested in the car for the advertised price, but they are away from home of 9 Moil Crescent Moil NT 0810, Australia and can't be contacted except through emails. they are organising with some shipping company to pick up the car. They wanted… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Altura, Castellon, Spain 2014-01-29 02:39:20 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Patricia Kempton is a SCAM Scammer Information I was selling some furniture on gumtree and received an email from this Patricia Kempton. This is what she said:
Thank you for the mail,i am okay with the condition Likewise your asking price is quite reasonable and affordable considering others I've seen lately, I'll have it for the listed price,please kindly send me your BANK details or pay pal payment email and name to set up purchase,as i don't have access to my bank account online as am not with my credit card details h… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom 2014-01-28 09:57:11 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Gumtree car ad scam -Petrofac offshore worker Scammer Information Me: Hi
Yes, Paul here and still undecided about the car. I was wondering a few things…
Is the V5C in your names and address?
How long have you had the car?
Does it have the Bluetooth function?
Is the CD player MP3?
Are the tyres OK tread?
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Scmmer replies (within a couple of mins):
Hi,
Thank you for your email.I tried to call you but I live in a bad signal area and i can't reach you. The car is in perfect working condition, ve… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Bridgend, County Borough of Bridgend, United Kingdom 2014-01-28 09:56:42 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Reply to Gumtree ad Hoaxer by appearance Scammer Information Details looked suspicious so haven't entered communications. Number was international which would of immediately caused me costs… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2014-01-28 09:35:19 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Offers to Buy things on Gumtree without inspection. Scammer Information We attempted to sell a kids bed on gumtree and were contacted by the scammer. We were fooled until a friend noticed that the spammer's response never contained a reference to the specified item, she had also had a similar experience. Upon looking at various scam sights we noticed entries under the scammer's name. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2014-01-28 08:05:55 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree |  Gumtree-tool pusher on west aquarius semi Scammer Information responded to intial text via email. the response was this:
Thanks for your response. I saw your add and I am really interested in the purchase of your Vehicle and i believe you must have buyer's interested in the purchase . I am the tool pusher on the west Aquarius semi-submersible,contact via phone would have been the easiest means to talk to you, but we are out of cell phone range and the satellite phone is playing up, email is the best means of contact for me at the momen… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2014-01-28 05:03:22 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Gumtree Car Sales Scammer Information I was selling a car on gumtree and I received a text from two people with different emails but the same phone number +6142865117. He wanted the car unseen ASAP and wanted me to supply PAYPAL Details so he could deposit $100 as a holding deposit, He goes under Michael the email is Aaaron276@gmail.com and the other name is Alex email is alexbennett001@outlook.com… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Snoop Somewhere in Australia 2014-01-27 10:21:32 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Selling car on Gumtree Scammer Information I upgraded my advert and soon after I started get dodgy emails and came across this site with the same email address. Not sure of what the scam is though.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom 2014-01-27 09:08:38 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Janice Johnson <janiceson118@gmail.com> Scammer Information
I am selling a ladies Gucci watch on gumtree. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom 2014-01-26 14:23:56 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | what is your last asking price Scammer Information First of all I was asked for my best price.Then I was offered more than I had it advertised at.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Kew, Victoria, Australia 2014-01-23 12:39:44 Secret/Mystery Shopper Scam Gumtree | Interested in buying stuff on gumtree Scammer Information they're in a big rush to buy stuff of you and make you do it paypal, they don't ever see the products and insist they want to buy it all they are very persistent and get angry when you don't reply fast enough.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Tony Fox Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom 2014-01-23 10:27:43 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Scam response to UK Gumtree advert Scammer Information Very soon after placing a couple of ads on Bournemouth UK Gumtree for items of furniture, I received a text on my mobile as follows:
[Received 18:36 on 20th Jan from number +61428465117, which is in Australia)
Sent from: Thi Kim
i am ready to pay for ur gumtre item pls kindly send me the address and price to my email (sjjoesmith@gmail.com) please i prefer email no text
I was suspicious so I googled the email address & phone number to discover what the scam is.
I didn't re… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2014-01-23 03:21:38 Business Venture Scam Gumtree | 61 428 844 649 Scammer Information Good day I am having a confidential business transaction for you contact me jvercoutter@hotmail.com
for more details regards Jean Vercoutter… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2014-01-23 02:05:26 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | +2 Offers to buy items off gumtree Scammer Information Offers to buy items off gumtree without inspection and will 'transfer funds though paypal'. English is poorly written and they do not mention specifically what item they would like to purchase (even after i asked multiple times) - they just said 'i buy everything', realised it was a scam and stopped email contact. This number is reported on other scam sites with different names. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Doncaster East, Victoria, Australia 2014-01-23 01:56:24 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | I advertised a car on gumtree and received immediate text message followed by emails Scammer Information I advertised a vehicle for sale on Gumtree, was texted immediatly and then emailed. Here follows the correspondence -
I really appreciate your quick response and indeed very motivated to purchase from you, I am the tool pusher on the west Aquarius semi-submersible,contact via phone would have been the easiest means to talk to you, but we are out of cell phone range and the satellite phone is playing up, email is the best means of contact for me at the moment and i hope you c… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2014-01-22 13:04:12 Blackmail, Extortion, threats Gumtree | +2 Selling our Hilux on Gumtree Scammer Information We got scammed by Aaron Brent, who also goes as Michael Walker keys2blessing09@gmail.com
We were selling our Toyota Hilux on Gumtree. My husband received a message from both of these men with the same number. Should have caught on then. Ended up agreeing to sell Michael our Hilux. Today we got an email from PayPal with the details of what he bought & our bank account details
( we opened especially just for this, not liked to other accounts thank god!). It was saying the mone… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Sarah Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2014-01-22 01:23:06 Pet Adoption Scam Gumtree | +1 Text response from Gumtree ad, asking to reply only via their email Scammer Information Responded to gumtree ad I have for pups as text message reading
"Is your puppy still for sale? pls advice on ur firm price .pls respond through my email (barbara.rebecca18@gmail.com) only."… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| anon Mandurah, Western Australia, Australia 2014-01-21 12:20:48 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | gumtree Scammer Information replies car ads on gumtree asking for personal details stating he urgently want your car. he will provide an address, but after a google search, his number and name pops up every where as a scammer.
36 koolpinyah crescent tiwi northern territory 0810,Australia is the address he provides.
BE WARNED … Read Full Report ⇒ |