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| Anonymous
Phoenix, AZ, United States
2013-09-20 16:27:18
Classified Ads Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) |  +1 Harry Smith scammer "Harry" responded to an ad I had on classifiedrides.com. Wanted to pay for a vehicle full price, using Paypal. He had originally contacted me through text message but said he could only communicate through email.
"Hello thank for the swift response,i want... ⇒ more |
| Kevin
Somewhere in Australia
2013-09-17 06:09:29
Classified Ads Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) |  TXT Txt with a message of wanting to buy my car that was advertised on Gumtree for his son in Nothern Territory. He says he is a sailor with no Credit card and needs you to send money via Western Union to China for transportation company to send car to NT.
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| A johnston
Somewhere in Australia
2013-09-16 02:12:07
Classified Ads Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | Trying to get paypal account details without seeing item to purchase. Not 100% sure of scam, Reply to add seemed like "form letter" wanted to buy car sight unseen and said use paypal... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
2013-09-14 11:46:20
Classified Ads Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | DoneDeal attempted fraud Had a camera for sale on DoneDeal, got a text from this guy, wanted to pay by PayPal, decided to Google him just out of curiosity and found all sorts of previous reports here on Scamdex, so as of 12 September 2013, he's still out there ! ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Saginaw, MI, United States
2013-09-09 11:21:51
Classified Ads Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Paypal (paypal.com), ref:11979 ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2013-09-03 00:48:31
Classified Ads Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | ebay,paypal,gumtree This email address is used fro a wide variety of scams,purporting to be from paypal amongst others
service@paypal.com.au .
BE WARY OF ANYONE USING THIS EMAIL ADDRESS >SCAMMERS... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
The Bronx, NY, United States
2013-08-31 14:14:51
Classified Ads Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | Car Purchase Scam Received a text interested in my car. Sent information to the e-mail address. E-mail reply was:
"Good to see you respond to my message.Am Chris Martins. I am interested in the immediate purchase and I am okay with the price but I will not be able to c... ⇒ more |
| Patrivk Sefton
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2013-08-31 11:35:26
Classified Ads Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | richard dickson Same az every1 wants to buy my car via paypal without inspection what a goose
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| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2013-08-28 23:15:08
Overpayment Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | Vehicle for sale on GumTree Scammer sent an SMS asking for final price, and requesting to be sent to the email address.
He responded with:
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 ... ⇒ more |
| No Name
Purcellville, VA, United States
2013-08-28 22:17:08
Classified Ads Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Paypal (paypal.com), ref:11791 ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in United Kingdom
2013-08-25 16:14:51
Charity scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | Untitled Charity scam on Paypal (paypal.com), ref:11733 ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Italy
2013-08-20 10:16:47
Rental Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | Searching for an apartment This person wanted to rent my house for a year in Italy but first I had to pay for her shipment of things from the states but send an money order to china....I had to send the money right away before confirmation of my paypal acct..... ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Harleysville, PA, United States
2013-08-19 08:20:11
Auction/eBay Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on Paypal (paypal.com), ref:11625 Responded to craigs list and wanted to buy car and wanted my PayPal info.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2013-08-17 00:54:12
Nigerian/419 Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | Gumtree Ad for car sale Asking for bank details and false emails from "paypal" asking for me to transfer funds before payment could be released.
Bad grammar, spelling and I have used PayPal so I know the general layout of their emails. ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Mountain Top, PA, United States
2013-08-15 16:30:43
Classified Ads Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | +2 Tried to sell a car on autotrader and he wanted to buy it We advertised a car for sale on autotrader.com. John Kokai offered to buy it with a payment through paypal.com. We received several emails that said $20000. was put into our paypal account but was on hold until we sent $2000. to a Timothy Wicker 283 Nort... ⇒ more |
| martigna
L’Aquila, Province of L'Aquila, Italy
2013-08-14 14:09:11
Rental Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | +3 Room rental in Italy She wanted to rent my room and asked to pay deposit via Paypal... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Phoenix, AZ, United States
2013-08-11 20:00:27
Classified Ads Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | is t=yor 63 Vette still available? Subject: Re: 1963 Corvette
Thank you for getting back to me,can you assure me that i will not be disappointed if i buy this Vehicle as a Birthday gift for my Dad? as I'm ready to pay your asking price but not cash in person because I'm an Oceanographer and... ⇒ more |
| No Name
New Braunfels, TX, United States
2013-08-08 14:34:04
Overpayment Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | Untitled Overpayment Scam on Paypal (paypal.com), ref:11462 paypal... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada
2013-08-06 05:49:57
Classified Ads Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Paypal (paypal.com), ref:11418 he does this on many sites... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2013-08-04 04:51:36
Classified Ads Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | BMW on gumtree trying to get my bank details with con... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Olathe, KS, United States
2013-08-02 18:44:37
Classified Ads Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | tEXT SCAM TRYING TO BUY AN ADVERTISED CAR Scammer
Information | Name:
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tHEY TEXT SAYING THEY ARE A ANVAL OFFICER AND WANT TO BUY THE CAR SIGHT UNSEEN AND WANT TO GO THRU PAYPAL THEN SEND YOU A LINK. ITS ALL PREWRITTEN TEXT AUTOMATIC RESPONSES... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Carlingford, Louth, Ireland
2013-08-02 15:50:17
Nigerian/419 Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | I was selling a camera on "Done Deal", it was only on the site about 10 minutes when I received a text on my phone, here is hi I advertised nikon Kit in a wexford free adds, I did it over the internet, no sooner was it advertised than i got a phone call from+777784873243 "U still have the camera for sale? what is your best price? contact me on
brouder.declan1@yahoo.com"
I then c... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2013-07-30 22:59:23
Classified Ads Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | Purchase on guntree Asking for mo ey transfer via western union to pay for transport of goods he was supposed to purchase... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2013-07-28 07:45:18
Classified Ads Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | selling bike on ebay 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,its 15days off and 15days on ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2013-07-26 18:05:11
Rental Scam
Paypal (paypal.com) | Li Shuhuan rental scam Hello,
Thanks for getting back to me,am a Chinese simple,cool none smoker
lady willing to rent/share the room and i am at sea at the moment as i
am a Coastguard Agency employee in Canada but i was Born and brought
up in Shanghai China i got transfer to w... ⇒ more |
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