TipOff Reports for Gumtree| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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  | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-12-12 12:41:17 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree |   Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Gumtree, ref:14749 Scammer Information Contacted me about add,said would buy. Asked for transfer details. They transferred money using PayPal which I lat found out was fake."PayPal" contacted me saying they had the money I just needed to transfer x amount to the courier to collect and to know I was legit! Then they asked for. More! Called paypal when they informed me that this was a scam.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-12-12 06:56:02 Overpayment Scam Gumtree |  +2 PS4 Sale on GumTree - formemma@gmail.com inquired to buy and post to China Scammer Information - scamming saw my PS4 console for sale on Gumtree, and TEXTED me asking me to email them at formemma@gmail.com
- I emailed, they replied and requested if I could sent the item to China (buyer claimed it was for here daughter who moved there)
- I replied saying I'd need to check postage prices to China, they replied willingly offering $200 above my price just for postage
- I (being naïve thinking PayPal protects the seller) sent an Invoice Request via PayPal on 11/12/13, bu… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2013-12-11 19:49:27 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Is your campervan still for sale Scammer Information … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2013-12-11 19:47:30 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Is your vehicle still for sale Scammer Information … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2013-12-11 19:44:57 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Is your campervan still for sale Scammer Information … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous South Shields, South Tyneside, United Kingdom 2013-12-11 18:18:51 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | +1 Gumtree New Zealand Scam Scammer Information I put up an ad on Gumtree. Got a text from this number asking me to email them back with contact details. I emailed them to ask which item they wanted, and they replied with a suspicious email about working with New Zealand Oil and Gas. Here's a copy of the email:
Hello,
Thanks for mailing back,am ok with the price and the condition,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
… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-12-11 11:27:02 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Car purchase scam Scammer Information Scam is my car on Gumtree.
Wants me to give my BSB and account number so she can bye my car.
She said that she works with New Zealand Oil and Gas NZOG.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2013-12-10 23:28:05 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | car for sale Scammer Information Just reposted an add on Gumtree to sell a car and within an hour I recieved an SMS (Is your CAR still for sale? pls get back to me with the firm price and the condition at my e-mail.) e-mail only.
This is the same method used when I posted Add last week,and almost fell for it.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Bywong, New South Wales, Australia 2013-12-10 06:41:14 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | west aquarius semi-submersible by email Scammer Information Re
asked to buy 100 brush fence panels, same details that other people have tried to be scamed by.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2013-12-10 04:04:07 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | +1 car for sale Scammer Information I had a car for sale on Gumtree and on the first night of posting it I recieved a text message on my phone asking if the car was still for sale and how much. then I recieved e-mail to say he was happy with the price $5-500 and that he would deposit the money to paypal site if I had one which I had to open anyway. he also asked why I was selling etc, then the other morning I recieved an e-mail saying that the shipping company wanted forward payment of $950 which he added to t… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2013-12-10 00:52:52 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | +1 Car Sale Scammer Information First was the following text; "Sent from Paul, Hi jst come across ur ad posted on Gumtree and was so very interested to buy. Pls email me paulbenson888@gmail.com with ur willing price ASAP.
Then the email: Thanks for getting back to me,The price of what am buying as advertised is okay by me by offering $100 to hold it and make sure it sold to me alone.. I will strongly like to make an outright purchase of this immediately due to your Integrity as stated in your ad which s… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom 2013-12-08 15:45:03 Rental Scam Gumtree | RENTAL TEXT SCAM Scammer Information Sent from: Kim
I am ready to pay for ur gumtree room pls kindly send me the address and price to my email(sjjoes@gmail.com) please i prefer email no text.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Randwick, New South Wales, Australia 2013-12-08 07:59:04 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Gumtree Motor Bike Scammer Alan Gray Scammer Information Emails to & from Alan Gray "The Gumtree Bike Scammer"
I'm ready to pay $2,500 for the bike, I work in NZ but i'm moving back home and I need the bike once i'm back to Darwin hence me reason for buying. I want you to give me your assurance that the bike has not been in any crash, everything runs well though you need to understand that i do not have anyone to view the bike for me.
So i ask you take the ad off gumtree because i'm ready to make payment for the bike if you send … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Chandrasekar Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2013-12-07 20:57:07 Overpayment Scam Gumtree | +1 Toyota car sale in Gumtree Scammer Information I made an advertise in gumtree for my car sale. I got a mail saying that she is in out of sea and she is interested to buy my car. But, she asked me to transfer $900 to shipping agent through western union money transfer. Luckily, I made a search in Google and found it is scam mail which I got. Thank god.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2013-12-07 10:44:17 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | +2 Melissa Carly Scammer Information Thanks for mailing back,am ok with the price and the condition,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 that's why I contacted you with internet messaging facility.Regarding the payment,i will be paying you through PayPal because i don't have access to my bank account online as am not with my credit card details here but i have my ANZ bank account link up… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa 2013-12-06 21:27:01 Business Venture Scam Gumtree | Angola Naional Petroleum Corporation (ANCP), Mario Alberto/Ngonog & (Hon.) Jose Ngonog want to invest/buy a business Scammer Information Jose is the so called father and he will contact you, his son, Mario, will actually come and see you (well you have to pick him up at a certain point) he will come and look at your business or property for sale and will accept the price you ask. The payment of the purchase price will be in cash (irrelevant of the amount of money you're asking!) BUT you have to pick up this money (in cash)at an airport or hotel. The money must be in cash (according to Mario) because they (Mari… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-12-06 04:48:00 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | GUMTREE Scammer Information saying they wish to purchuse vehichle.
said they have no bank details and need mine please see below regairng email recieved… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2013-12-04 07:06:54 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | : travbacon1@gmail.com car available Scammer Information hank you for the mail,i am okay with the little details have read in the advert compare to the others have seen recently and please Does it have any more history I should be aware of and why are you selling if you don't mind my asking.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 20days off and 11days on,which is why I contacted you with internet messagin… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| No Name Elwood, Victoria, Australia 2013-12-04 05:08:35 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on Gumtree, ref:14475 Scammer Information Requesting bank details to purchase unseen vehicle claims to work for Newzealand Oil And Gas … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2013-12-04 01:51:26 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Gumtree Dirtbike Scammer Scammer Information Says that he wants to buy my dirtbike sight-unseen. Would prefer to talk via email as he is at work. Received multiple messages trying to negotiate, told him he could ring me after work hours - he didn't reply - got suspicious and googled his email address to find he's done this more than once. The Dirtbag.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| jackie Blackburn, Victoria, Australia 2013-12-03 23:50:24 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | +1 SMS via Gumtree asking if my Bike was still for sale from two different email addresses Scammer Information Sent from my Gumtree Ad asking if bike was still for sale to reply back via their email addresses only, tried to reply but failed, then second email came from same number different email address so googled the number. take care as it appears they are looking for your bank details.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2013-12-03 01:51:28 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Car add gum tree Scammer Information Emailed requesting paypal / bank account details so he could pay for a car, he would send his courier to collect it … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-12-03 00:43:15 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Selling my Vehicle on ebay/gum tree Scammer Information Sent from: helvis
I'm interested in your car Ad,how much are you willing to sell it.get back to me only at (helvisdatford@gmail.com) with the firm price & condition
thought it was legit, then looked him up on GOOGLE.
Thats when I replied. lol
… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Cranbourne East, Victoria, Australia 2013-12-01 11:24:08 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Caravan for sale on Gumtree Scammer Information Received the following email below but after googling the name and coming across this site I have not replied
Thanks for mailing back,am ok with the price and the condition,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 that's why I contacted you with internet
messaging facility.Regarding the payment,i will be paying you through PayPal because i don't have acce… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-12-01 07:08:39 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Gumtree, ref:14402 Scammer Information Offers to buy goods but want cash up front to pay pickup agent. Agent purported to be in China?.
Represents as working on NZ oil rig.Also uses name of Janet Maxwell and email address jasonmaxwell2010@gmail.com.
Claims to have sent money to Paypal account when such does not exist. Then sends threatening emails purporting to be from Paypal for payment of agents fee. Ignores explicit payment instructions to bank account NOT Paypal.
Generates much amusement with continued atte… Read Full Report ⇒ |