Scam Tip Report #2534 - Another one Chris smith tried to scam.
Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received
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| Natalie M Somewhere in Australia 2012-05-10 00:41:25 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | +1 Another one Chris smith tried to scam. We are selling our car on gum tree within a few minutes we had a reply from Chris smith, 1st email replys weren\'t working we\'re he used a diffrent email, then we recieved another saying sorry I\'m working on the west aquarius so no phone connection up here. We emailed pics and info and he was all for buying it. He had a freighter organized to pick it up and take to the N.T where he was going to be holidaying. Then came the problems where the freighters didn\'t except certain money orders and because he worked away he couldn\'t get to the post office so he asked if he could put the freighting cost on top of the money he owed me taking it to $3000. Just be careful when we starting getting weary we checked on the Internet and up popped all these same problems by the same person! :( |
Follow Ups/Extra Information. Most recent is listed first.
| Matt H (Somewhere in United States) Added the following extra information on :2012-05-28 16:30:12 |
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Recieved a text from 347-566-8676 (NYC area code) "Hello is your car still available,Please get back to me at ch.smyth1970@gmail.com for the firm price as my phone line is presently scrambled.Regards" Scrambled? Right. But texting works? Checked for scams and found multiple postings describing this MO, including http://www.scamdex.com/ScamTipReport.php?num=2534