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| Anonymous
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2013-10-22 10:35:33
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree |   response from Gumtree advertisment original message off gumtree via mobile phone
Sent from: Daniel
Hello, will like to know the price of the car and if still available to my mail here (purset@live.com) Please e-mail only, Thanks. Dan
2nd message via email
can't find
3rd message
Thanks for t... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Penshurst, New South Wales, Australia
2013-10-21 02:59:13
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree |  car sale Thanks for mailing back,am okay with the price and i will appreciate if you can state any present service history of it,because am presenting it as a surprise birthday gift for my husband in Darwin,so i wont let him know about it, untill it been delivere... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2013-10-18 21:58:25
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | +61428465117 Advertised Holden VN in Gumtree. Within 12 hours (12am) received the following message by text:
"Sent from:cambel
Hello...is ur listing on gumtree Ad still up for sale?Kindly reply to my personal email cambelluck@gmail.com with the last ONO
On checking t... ⇒ more |
| Gemma
Somewhere in Australia
2013-10-18 12:28:02
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | Scammer with buying cars Really eager to purchase my car when he hadn't seen it. Also was pushy to get the sale completed and told me to take my add down so he could do payment now. Couldn't call me because his work wouldn't allow it not could he come visit the vehicle I was selli... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2013-10-14 11:23:46
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | Private car sell I would have loved to call you directly but due to the nature of my work we do not have access to phone at the moment,which is why I contacted you with internet messaging facility.
I am buying this for my first son who just graduated on top of his class a... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2013-10-13 22:51:16
Nigerian/419 Scam
Gumtree | +1 Lisa Patrick (NZCOG) gumtree car for sale Listed a car for sale on gumtree.com.au and they offered to buy it. Because they worked offshore they required an agent to pick it up and freight it to Darwin (I live in Adelaide). They then asked for an upfront payment of $1000 to Western Union because th... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2013-10-13 00:38:44
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Gumtree, ref:12753 From: Sierra Jeannetta
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: Emailing: IMG_9265, IMG_9266, IMG_9267, IMG_9268, IMG_9269, IMG_9270, IMG_9271, IMG_9272, IMG_9273, IMG_9274, IMG_9275
It's nice to read back from you and i am now satisfy with a... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
2013-10-12 19:39:49
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | Car Scam Gumtree UK - car being sold but can contact the seller via email mainly Car was for sale on Gumtree - seems like a low-ish price. Gumtree advert has no contact number. 'Seller' already reported by another scamdex user so saved me for falling for it (I was dubious anyway as on Autotrader there are several adverts with email add... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2013-10-11 12:53:34
Rental Scam
Gumtree | want to rent a room, same form as other renting scam same form as the other renting scam, such as http://www.scamdex.com/ScamTipsAnal/more_full_name/mary
I think they use a program to auto grab the email address in Gumtree then send out a standard email asking if the room is available or not. As whenever I p... ⇒ more |
| Steven
Huonville, Tasmania, Australia
2013-10-08 08:46:42
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | Gumtree Scam Wanting my bank account details and pay pay email address so that allegedly he can send me the money for the purchase and then once cleared he will send his pickup agent to come and collect the goods.
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| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2013-10-07 01:09:28
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | Lisa Patrick - Bit sus buying my $23K van unseen Stage 1 - The Setup... fancy buying a $23K van sight unseen - was going to play along with this scam right up until the scammer asked for some $$$ but decided it was better to just let it go - I did however ask for her address in Darwin... no reply as yet ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
2013-10-06 13:24:39
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | gumtree BUYER wants to buy car through paypal and saying they are in TARANAKI BASIN on KUPE project.
Sending courier to pick car up to be delivered to darwin.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2013-10-06 10:10:48
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | Buying a Car without due diligence I advertise a car and get a response within minutes of publication. He offers to buy it without seeing it and sending somebody else to pick it up. He offers payment to PayPal or bank account. After checking the scamdex database, I see the same email addres... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2013-10-06 02:11:23
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | +5 Car sale on Gumtree. Seller is in a hurry going to Afghanistan for military duty.
Here is a kind of spiel I got when I was about to purchase the Hyundai Accent Coupe 2006 from Richard James Wilson calling himself R D
Previous message
RE: Someone replied to your ad "2006 Hyundai Accent Coupe"â€
R D
Edit contact 4/10/2013
To: M... ⇒ more |
| No Name
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
2013-10-03 09:23:23
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Gumtree, ref:12504 James contacted me through my ad on gumtree, saying the following:
I would have loved to call you directly but due to the nature of my work we do not have access to phone at the moment,which is why I contacted you with internet messaging facility.
I am b... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2013-10-03 08:47:50
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | Car Sales. Wants to pay for car they've never seen, full price, no questions asked via paypal Scammer
Information | Name:
Natinez Mary | Email Address:
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Had listed my car for sale on gumtree.
I received a message stating they were interested in the car and to reply with further details and a firm price via the email ryan_brooks011@gmail.com.
After emailing a response stating I was very open to any offer th... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Swindon, Swindon, United Kingdom
2013-10-02 21:18:40
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | car scam owner on the oil rig but can email within 5 mins would not allow me to see car and give over actual monet orginal advert only mentioned all the toys no substance ie mot tax service history etc. Price seemed very cheap for a car like this in prefect condition. Would not allow me to phone only contact via email strange email address see email trail and judge f... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Swindon, Swindon, United Kingdom
2013-10-02 21:10:21
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | +4 Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Gumtree, ref:12493 orginal advert only mentioned all the toys no substance ie mot tax service history etc. Price seemed very cheap for a car like this in pefect condition. Would not allow me to phone only contact via email strange email address see email trail and judge fo... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
2013-10-02 21:04:27
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | Gumtree expensive watch scam I advertised a ladies Gucci watch on gum tree, he contacted me offering £40 on top of the price for postage, it was a ladies watch, but he said he wanted it for his son, then asked for my PayPal details. Alarm bells all over.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
2013-10-02 14:25:04
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | +2 Scammed after advertising a car for sale on Gumtree Same "MO" - Lisa Patrick - wanting to buy my son's car. Emailed him the following message:
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 Basi... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2013-10-02 06:27:43
Secret/Mystery Shopper Scam
Gumtree | +1 sent an email saying he would deposit money on paypal, had two texts from different names same number, then two emails exact sam Hi first I received From
a text from both of the above mentioned asking for information on the caravan that i'm selling on Gumtree, I sent an email to both outling cost and condition, they then sent emails back both saying the same thing... ⇒ more |
| Jordan Mitchell
Somewhere in Australia
2013-10-01 13:15:49
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | I added scam to google search AWE New Zealand PTY LTD Nothing yet, They just email answered (exactly like the email you have posted from Kim Stuart) to enquire about a camera I'm selling on Gumtree. There's another one who answered the add as well called "Rayan Dove" He wants it as a present for his cousin ... ⇒ more |
| Gab
Kirrawee, New South Wales, Australia
2013-09-30 09:45:11
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | helvisdatford@gmail.com Pretty much the same as others . Made first contact via SMS asking to be contacted via email . We became suspicious by the response.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2013-09-30 00:36:18
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | Gumtree - trying to get bank details Asked for firm price/condition of car. Then wanted bank details and a courier would take to Darwin. Same as many others on this site through same email address.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2013-09-29 15:29:39
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | Pay with paypal collect goods via courier and reverse payment First contacted me via mobile with link to email address interested in my Motor bike.He said the following in his email ,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 a... ⇒ more |
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