Scam Tip Report #28891 - Scammer on Gumtree
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| Anonymous Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2016-06-30 23:34:13 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | +8 Scammer on Gumtree I posted my vehicle for sale on Gumtree. I received a text saying Kenny Scott was interested and I was to email him. I did. It turns out he was interested and wanted the car for his Son. He said he could not collect the car and his Agent in China would collect it. he said he would pay via Paypal and add $2100 plus $100 to the sale price as i would need to pay Chi-Li in China via Western Union first (out of my own pocket) before the balance for the vehicle would be released. |
Follow Ups/Extra Information. Most recent is listed first.
| Anonymous () Added the following extra information on :2018-05-02 07:30:44 |
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Pretty well the same. I was suspicious from the start. He was to deposit the whole amount for the car, plus $100 western union fee plus $400 agent fee and hadn't yet asked me to make advance payment (maybe that was next email). He says he is a miner from WA and the car is for his son.
HIS EMAIL AFTER FIRST REPLY
Thank you for the mail, I'm interested in buying this and i will be
paying you the asking price so consider it sold,i will like you to be
honest with me because i will not be available to come for inspection
due to the nature of my work, Honestly i am buying because i need it
and i dont mind paying extra $100 to secure the purchase, but the
issue is I'm a miner and i get really busy.It's strictly no call due
to the lack of reception on the sea area. But I'm able to access email
any time as will make use of computer.
Does it has any history I should be aware of? and why are you selling
it if you don't mind my asking. I am already in talks with freighters
that will handle the pickup and delivery .I will really appreciate if
you can email more info and if there is more pictures and if not i
understand.
Due to the nature of my work i am a very busy person working all day,
and i am presently on-board, i don't have access to my bank account
online as am not with my credit card details here but i have my ANZ
bank account link up with my PayPal account so I will be paying you
through Account to your nominated bank account or better still is if
you have a PayPal account ,please get back to me with your BSB and
account details or PayPal account so i can proceed with the payment
and contact the courier agent who will come to pick it up and deliver
it in WA for my son .Await your reply
HIS LAST EMAIL
About To Make The Payment!!
So can you assure me i will not be disappointed? And also I need to inform you about this as i just received an email from my pick agent from China...Am most sure i did not include that in my previous email,And they said they won't come for the pick up unless i pay the agent commission fee first in order to be able to schedule a pick up time. I am Operating officer as my position on here. I am so busy and can not pay the agent fees from here as they Requested that i need to pay them with Western Union. So what i will do here is that i will send the payment in the total amount of $23,200.00 AUD. So once you receive the funds,you will deduct the promised amount for the good which is $22,600.00 AUD and the remaining $500.00 AUD will be send down to my agent By Western Union. the extra $100 is main for the Western Union charges and get back to me with your mobile number to ring you with my private company number once am done with the payment asap.
Scam EmailEmail source traced to UK.
In-Reply-To:
From: Danny Kenny Scott
Date: Wed, 02 May 2018 06:13:35 +0000
| Anonymous () Added the following extra information on :2017-10-15 06:16:30 |
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Pretty much the same as above including being a navy vet, his son's graduation and saying he was transferring more than the agreed price and me paying western union $400 money up front. He is using "frank" and I was sent an email that went to my junk folder with a fraudulent PayPal notice of payment.
Scam EmailThank you for the mail, I'm interested in buying this and i will be paying you the asking price so consider it sold,i will like you to be honest with me because i will not be available to come for inspects due to nature of my work, Honestly i am buying this for my son, but the issue is I'm a NAVY Vet and i just got a deployed.It's strictly no call due to the lack of reception on the sea area. But I'm able to access email any time as will make use of computer.
I want it to be the perfect graduation gift for him and am making it a surprise package as well ,Does it have any history I should be aware of? and why are you selling it if you don't mind my asking. I don't mind adding an extra $300.00 for you just to take down the posting..I am already in talks with freighters that will handle the pickup and delivery .I will really appreciate if you can email more info
Due to the nature of my work i am a very busy person working all day, am a (NAVY Vet in which i deal Vet Software's) am presently on-board, i don't have access to my bank account online as am not with my credit card details here but i have my ANZ bank account link up with my PayPal account so I will be paying you through Account to your nominated bank account or better still is if you have a PayPal account ,please get back to me with your BSB and account details or PayPal account so i can proceed with the payment and contact the courier agent who will come to pick it up and deliver it in WA for my son .Await your reply
And the final one about payment
As per the e-mail PayPal sent to me which is also similar to yours, you will have to pay the upfront payment of $400.00 out of your pocket via Western Union online transfer to the address given to you, and you will be given the information requested which you will e-mail to PayPal regarding the details you have from Western Union ...and you will receive the full fund in your Bank Account immediately without any delay.
Here's the steps to follow to transfer the money online now
1. visit there website now (www.westernunion.com.au)
2. Register with western union
3. Put your Mobile number when ask to enter the number
4. Input the below agent details to the receiver's section
5. Get the $400.00 AUD transfer now
6. Get back to us with the western union receipt once you are done transferring the money
Here's is the agent details
Name: YAN - WANG
Address : 14 Dongsuan Huan Beilu
City : Chao Yang
State: Beijing
Zip Code : 100026
Country : China.
As soon as you transfer the money now to the agent and you send the details to PayPal, PayPal will release the total amount of $4,300.00 into your Account immediately and you can also send PayPal an email via the email you receive from the to confirm this from them, I will be very glad if you can just move down and complete the transfer so that the whole money can be release into your account because my account has been debited with the whole money
| Bekstar (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Added the following extra information on :2017-06-07 09:19:47 |
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This idiot thinks i am stupid.
His email to me about purchasing my car showed signs of Fraud Fraud Fraud.
Scam EmailRe: Holden Berlina advertised on gumtree
Collins Scott
Tue 6/06/2017 5:06 AM
Thank you for the mail, I'm interested in buying this and i will be paying you the asking price so consider it sold,i will like you to be honest with me because i will not be available to come for inspects due to nature of my work, Honestly i am buying this for my son, but the issue is I'm a NAVY Vet and i just got a deployed.It's strictly no call due to the lack of reception on the sea area. But I'm able to access email any time as will make use of computer.
I want it to be the perfect graduation gift for him and am making it a surprise package as well ,Does it have any history I should be aware of? and why are you selling it if you don't mind my asking. I don't mind adding an extra $300.00 for you just to take down the posting..I am already in talks with freighters that will handle the pickup and delivery .I will really appreciate if you can email more info
Due to the nature of my work i am a very busy person working all day, am a (NAVY Vet in which i deal Vet Software's) am presently on-board, i don't have access to my bank account online as am not with my credit card details here but i have my ANZ bank account link up with my PayPal account so I will be paying you through Account to your nominated bank account or better still is if you have a PayPalaccount ,please get back to me with your BSB and account details or PayPal account so i can proceed with the payment and contact the courier agent who will come to pick it up and deliver it in WA for my son .Await your repl
From: Collins Scott
| Michael (Somewhere in Australia) Added the following extra information on :2017-05-28 06:30:21 |
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posted my car for sale on gumtree and received a text asking to confirm the price we would accept by email to partner.
We asked him for a licence copy and infact received that as well. It somehow was sounding too good to be true so we decided to research a bit on details and luckily came accross the spammer reports.
Scam EmailThank you for the mail, I'm interested in buying this and i will be paying you the asking price so consider it sold,i will like you to be honest with me because i will not be available to come for inspects due to nature of my work, Honestly i am buying this for my son, but the issue is I'm a NAVY Vet and i just got a deployed.It's strictly no call due to the lack of reception on the sea area. But I'm able to access email any time as will make use of computer.
I want it to be the perfect graduation gift for him and am making it a surprise package as well ,Does it have any history I should be aware of? and why are you selling it if you don't mind my asking. I don't mind adding an extra $300.00 for you just to take down the posting..I am already in talks with freighters that will handle the pickup and delivery .I will really appreciate if you can email more info
Due to the nature of my work i am a very busy man working all day, am a (NAVY Vet in which i deal Vet Software's) am presently on-board, i don't have access to my bank account online as am not with my credit card details here but i have my ANZ bank account link up with my PayPal account so I will be paying you through Account to your nominated bank account or better still is if you have a PayPalaccount ,please get back to me with your BSB and account details or PayPal account so i can proceed with the payment and contact the courier agent who will come to pick it up and deliver it in WA for my son .Await your reply.
Then received second email once we sent him more pics:
Thanks for your details explained and i'm okay with the full condition of the car now , the agent will be signing all the necessary document on my behalf. So kindly reply back to me with your Bank Account details ( Account Number, BSB Number and Account Name ) or you PayPal email address so i can proceed with the payment now asap.
| Anonymous () Added the following extra information on :2017-05-17 06:23:05 |
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I had a similar inquiry from this clown after posting a car on Gum tree. Even offered to pay more for the car, Beware!
| Anonymous () Added the following extra information on :2017-02-21 03:52:05 |
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Pretty much the same story when I tried to sell my car, scammer now calls himself George, email word for word the same
| Anonymous () Added the following extra information on :2017-01-06 13:10:02 |
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I thought this sounded weird.
EMAIL 1 FROM:
Kenny Scott
12/31/16 (6 days ago)
to me
Thank you for the mail, I'm interested in buying this and i will be paying you the asking price so consider it sold,i will like you to be honest with me because i will not be available to come for inspects due to nature of my work, Honestly i am buying this for my son, but the issue is I'm a NAVY Vet and i just got a deployed.It's strictly no call due to the lack of reception on the sea area. But I'm able to access email any time as will make use of computer.
I want it to be the perfect graduation gift for him and am making it a surprise package as well ,Does it have any history I should be aware of? and why are you selling it if you don't mind my asking. I don't mind adding an extra $300.00 for you just to take down the posting..I am already in talks with freighters that will handle the pickup and delivery .I will really appreciate if you can email more info
Due to the nature of my work i am a very busy man working all day, am a (NAVY Vet in which i deal Vet Software's) am presently on-board, i don't have access to my bank account online as am not with my credit card details here but i have my ANZ bank account link up with my PayPal account so I will be paying you through Account to your nominated bank account or better still is if you have a PayPal account ,please get back to me with your BSB and account details or PayPal account so i can proceed with the payment and contact the courier agent who will come to pick it up and deliver it in WA for my son .Await your reply.
EMAIL 2 from:
Kenny Scott
Jan 3 (3 days ago)
to me
Thanks for your details explain and i'm wiling to proceed with the purchase of the car, so kindly reply back to me with your payment details so i can proceed with the payment now and the agent can be coming down for the pick up once i'm done with the payment asap
EMAIL 3 from:
Kenny Scott
Jan 3 (3 days ago)
to me
Kindly get back to me with your PayPal email address or your bank details so that i can proceed with the payment as soon as possible.
Scam Email
| Anonymous () Added the following extra information on :2016-10-23 08:30:25 |
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I received a response from this person, shortly after posting an ad to sell my car on Gumtree. He claims to work for the Australian Defence force and wants to purchasers the car for his son. He is prepared to pay an extra $300 if I remove the ad. I sent an invoice from PayPal now he has sent some convoluted nonsense about an agent in China and then requested my personal number.bank
Scam EmailI About To Make The Payment!!
I just want to know more about the item to make sure its in good condition before i proceed with the payment,so can you assure me i will not be disappointed?And also I need to inform you about this as i just received an email from my pick agent from China...Am most sure i did not include that in my previous email,And they said they won't come for the pick up unless i pay the agent commission fee first in order to be able to schedule a pick up time.I am Operating officer as my position on here.I am so busy and can not pay the agent fees from here as they Requested that i need to pay them with Money Gram.So what i will do here is that i will send the payment in the total amount of $19,200.00 AUD. So once you receive the funds,you will deduct the promised amount for the good which is $17,100.00 AUD and the remaining $2.000.00 AUD will be send down to my agent By Money Gram .the extra $100 is main for the Money Gram charges and get back to me with your mobile number to ring you with my private company number once am done with the payment asap.Kindly reply back to me with your private number so i can ring you once i'm done with the payment
On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 7:38 AM, Kenny Scott wrote:
We are good to go now I will transfer the fund into your account soon. Please am trying to sort out with the pick up agent though am having little problem with them now but hope to sort it out soon. i will email you when am done with the payment kindly take off the Ad on the gumtree advert as i will deposit the fund as soon as i am through with the courier agent
On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 7:36 AM,
Hello Kenny,
I've sent an invoice from PayPal.
I'll take the ad ad down on payment confirmation.
What are the logistics, regarding picking up the car? We are in Sydney.
On 23 Oct. 2016, at 1:37 pm, Kenny Scott wrote:
Thank you for the mail, I'm interested in buying this and i will be paying you the asking price so consider it sold,i will like you to be honest with me because i will not be available to come for inspects due to nature of my work, Honestly i am buying this for my son, but the issue is I'm a NAVY Vet and i just got a deployed.It's strictly no call due to the lack of reception on the sea area. But I'm able to access email any time as will make use of computer.
I want it to be the perfect graduation gift for him and am making it a surprise package as well ,Does it have any history I should be aware of? and why are you selling it if you don't mind my asking. I don't mind adding an extra $300.00 for you just to take down the posting..I am already in talks with freighters that will handle the pickup and delivery .I will really appreciate if you can email more info
Due to the nature of my work i am a very busy man working all day, am a (NAVY Vet in which i deal Vet Software's) am presently on-board, i don't have access to my bank account online as am not with my credit card details here but i have my ANZ bank account link up with my PayPal account so I will be paying you through Account to your nominated bank account or better still is if you have a PayPal account ,please get back to me with your BSB and account details or PayPal account so i can proceed with the payment and contact the courier agent who will come to pick it up and deliver it in NT for my son .Await your reply
On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 7:14 PM,
Hello, we have a few people, who like you are interested. Obviously, I'd like to sell it for $17k, but we'd settle for 16 and a half.
Cheers,