Scam Tip Report #22124 - ATTEMPTED TO PURCHASE FROM GUMTREE
Follow Ups/Extra Information. Most recent is listed first.
| Anonymous () Added the following extra information on :2015-02-12 00:15:29 |
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Tried to buy from gumtree. Send text asking for an email reply then sent the below email.
Scam EmailHi thanks for mailing back,am OK with the price and the condition,am buying it for my vacation,because I'll be coming soon from our rig as am a petroleum project engineer on a rig offshore,i won't be able to come for the inspection due to the nature of my work,i would have love to call in person but we have call restriction due to bad weather condition our satellite server has been down.i will be paying you through PayPal or transferring the money from my paypal wire bank transfer to your bank account,please get back to me with your PayPal details or bsb bank details, so i can proceed with the payment into any of the two and contact the courier agent who will come to pick it up and deliver it in my place.
Await your reply
| Anonymous () Added the following extra information on :2015-01-19 00:52:20 |
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Got an offer to buy my couch on Gumtree. Buyer was eager and wanted bank details and was willing to buy without seeing the goods. Also concocted a BS story about working on an oil rig and having to send his agents to pick up the goods.
Scam EmailHi thanks for mailing back,am OK with the price and the condition,am buying it for my new apartment,because I'll be coming soon from our rig as am a petroleum project engineer on a rig offshore,i won't be able to come for the inspection due to the nature of my work,i would have love to call in person but we have call restriction due to bad weather condition our satellite server has been down.i will be paying you through PayPal or transferring the money from my paypal wire bank transfer to your bank account,please get back to me with your PayPal details or bsb bank details, so i can proceed with the payment into any of the two and contact the courier agent who will come to pick it up and deliver it in my place.
Await your reply.
| Anonymous () Added the following extra information on :2015-01-06 06:32:54 |
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I search the below email and found it has already reported. I recieved these emails. Almost identical to the other one already listed. it read...
"On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:22 AM, kate jenkins wrote:
Thanks for mailing back,am OK with the price and the condition,am buying it for my new home at Darwin,because I'll be coming soon from our rig as am a petroleum project engineer on a rig offshore,i won't be able to come for the inspection due to the nature of my work,i would have love to call in person but we have call restriction due to bad weather condition our satellite server has been down.i will be paying you through PayPal or transferring the money from my PayPal wire bank transfer to your bank account,please get back to me with your PayPal details or bsb bank details, so i can proceed with the payment into any of the two and contact the courier agent who will come to pick it up and deliver it in my place.
Await your reply."
I replied and then received this.
"I was just about to pay when i had this problem with the pick up, my pick up agent says i will need to pay for the pick up before they can schedule a pick up time, they charged me $750 for pick up and delivery and payments for pick up made through them is made to their corporate international headquarters in China and the payments is made through western union money transfer, i will add the $750 to the money i will send as soon as i have made the payments,i will need you to help me send the money to my pick up agent HQ in China through western union money transfer, this can be done from any post office,there is always western union money transfer section in most post offices or you can get it done online via www.westernunion.com,i would have done it myself but as i am at sea and didn't bring my credit card aboard,.I will appreciate your help here."
I replied to clarify but suspected a scam.
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ATTEMPTED TO PURCHASE FROM GUMTREE