Scam Tip Report #19209 - Gumtree buyer pretending to be working on an oilrig (petroleum engineer)
| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | ||||||
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  | Anonymous Springs, Gauteng, South Africa 2014-05-15 10:45:55 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree |   Gumtree buyer pretending to be working on an oilrig (petroleum engineer)
\"Hi, Do you still have your item for sale? am interested in it and what is your last asking price, please email me back. Thanks\" ( After I responded saying the goods were still available, I received the following email: \"Hello , Thanks for the email am ok with the price of 4000 , am buying this for a friend , I am a petroleum engineer currently on a oil rig offshore i really want this to be a surprise to my friend, so I just let him know nothing about it until it is delivered to him, I \'m sure he\'ll be more than happy with it.I can only pay you with PayPal here , I\'ll need you to give me your paypal account if you have one and please if you do not have paypal account , it\'s very easy to set up , go to www.paypal.com and get it set up , after you have set it up , I \'ll just need the email address you used to register with PayPal in order for me to make the payment and you can recieve the alert that you have been paid.tell me more about the advertising price is okay note well : Pick agent will come for the inspection and to pick it up as soon as I have make the payment to you , I would love to talk to you on phone , but I\'m a petroleum engineer I work mainly offshore , our phone is down on the rig now because of the bad weather , we can only communicate with our base station for now. Thank you.\" | |||||
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