Scam Tip Report #18011 - Scam through paypal
Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received
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| No Name Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2014-04-03 08:22:43 Blackmail, Extortion, threats Paypal (paypal.com) | +2 Scam through paypal Bought a $5000 diamond ring off me .. Set up a fake paypal website (which looked all ligit). Sent me an email from paypal saying that to protect the buyers safety paypal will hold the money until the tracking number for postage has been provided. I sent off the item to china and then didn\'t receive my money. Also tried scamming a further $950 off me.
Very smart and cunning |
Follow Ups/Extra Information. Most recent is listed first.
| Anonymous () Added the following extra information on :2014-04-28 11:43:25 |
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sent text re. item. seemed fishy so i checked out his email/name and ...well, here I am. As I suspected.
Note: his mobile seems to have changed
| Anonymous () Added the following extra information on :2014-04-15 01:16:04 |
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I advertised an engagement ring for sale on Gumtree. I received several emails from "Gary Fisher" who then stated he wanted to purchase the ring via a PayPal account.
He asked me to set up a paypal account.
I set up a PayPal account.
Stated that he has made payment to my account (nothing received)
and wanted me to send a $20,000 dollar ring to "Timi Ross" address: Chuan Mei daxue dingfuzhuang Chaoyang District, Beijing. Zip code 100024.
Country: P.R. China
Phone number 18641695795.
States that he is "offshore" and wants to send the ring to a "special friend" overseas for a birthday gift.