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| Melanie
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2014-12-14 00:34:04
Auction/eBay Scam
|  Gumtree TXT SCAM - selling my car - txt messages wanting me to email them I've received a few similar txt
All are scammers- emails are....
marialuv1901@gmail.com
philcodward0015@gmail.com
russellsteve500@gmail.com
raymondclaus3987@outlook.com
kenethmike210@gmail.com
They text asking you email them with final
Price etc
I sent ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2014-12-08 13:57:56
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree |   Car Buying Scam Claims to want to buy your item then requests money from you to Western Union bank account in Beijing before they release your funds from Paypal.... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2014-12-03 23:09:53
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | Selling musical instruments Selling two musical instruments with separate listings, wanted to buy both and the scammer asked for a better price so dropped by a moderate amount, then asked me what would the total price be. Thats when I got suspicious as it was very simple calculation.... ⇒ more |
| Kirk West
Piara Waters, Western Australia, Australia
2014-12-03 22:58:31
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | Cameron Alwast Responded to my ad on Gumtree. Said he couldn't view the item but would send a courier to pick it up for him. Asked for Bank or PayPal details. I ran his name and email through google and found that he has a history of doing this.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2014-12-02 01:33:38
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | +2 Cameron Alwast - cameronalwast@gmail.com Similar to previous entries. Contact by text message with no recorded number to text back but asking to contact by email regarding the item i have for sale on gumtree. Asked for firm price for item for sale but did not mention in email what item actually w... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Walton on Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom
2014-12-01 22:32:54
Auction/eBay Scam
| +1 Untitled Auction/eBay Scam , ref:21932 Watching car on e bay, Audi TT S-tronic. Reg. MJ56 DFU. £4300. Sent e mail asking about viewing. No response. Car then off e bay. Week or so later received an e mail from Lily Grant ( owner) e mail lygrant77@gmail.com. Address 12 Shakespeare Way T... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Karnup, Western Australia, Australia
2014-11-30 12:08:10
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on Gumtree, ref:21913 I am selling a sofa on gumtree, the person and the email looked very suspicious.... ⇒ more |
| jai
Point Cook, Victoria, Australia
2014-11-27 01:38:56
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | tried buying my car Same deal as everyone else... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in United States
2014-11-26 16:50:59
Auction/eBay Scam
eBay (www.ebay.com) |  Listed my 1971 Chevelle SS for sale around 6 am this morning on Ebay Motors and at 9:01 AM received a funny looking email from a Listed my 1971 Chevelle SS for sale around 6 am this morning on Ebay Motors and at 9:01 AM received a funny looking email from a Sarah Purcell sarahpurccy@gmail.com claiming to want more information about the car as she wanted to purchase this 33K vehicle ... ⇒ more |
| Peter
Somewhere in United Kingdom
2014-11-25 14:10:27
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on Gumtree, ref:21856 text me about buying my motorbike said what is my lowest price and reply email only my email was on my ad so I asked why not just send me email about the bike got no reply and I found this site trying to track the number.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Syracuse, NY, United States
2014-11-24 23:06:44
Auction/eBay Scam
Craigslist (craiglist.com) | +1 Craigslist / Ebay for-sale Responded to Craigslist for-sale Ad, also on Ebay. Sent me text message saying would send money to my PayPal account....Then it "didn't work". Thought it was legit, since he is paying me...
THEN: got nearly identical message from another "buyer"...Must not... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Colorado Springs, CO, United States
2014-11-22 01:10:30
Auction/eBay Scam
Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Katheren Dyer Posted an ad on Craigslist selling a car for $3000 she then sent a text and making claim to be a marine biologist working on the sea and wanting to buy a car for her father as a gift. She said she would pay full value and that she needed us to make an mone... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2014-11-16 22:35:09
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | I am selling a boat and was contacted by someone working for New Zealand Oil and Gas "She" wanted to buy my boat, would pay for it by either Paypal account or directly into my bank account. Arrangement was made to pay into my bank account but I had to pay the pickup agent a fee of $1,500.00. Of course I became suspicious and googled NZOG a... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2014-11-15 09:59:17
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | 2012 Ford Ranger Ute for sale Wanted to purchase my car for sale on gumtree...claimed it was for his son and his funds were ready to transfer into my preffered account.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Hendon, Barnet, United Kingdom
2014-11-12 15:39:11
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on Gumtree, ref:21761 Text asking if car was still for sale and to email. Did so. Got email back explaining that due to nature of job, if price was OK agent would pick up car. Could I supply Bank details(yeah, right) or Paypal address for transfer etc. No text came back when I ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2014-11-11 07:42:16
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | +2 Ramond Jack/ Bike Sales/Gumtree I had my bike on sale on gumtree and this guy "ramond jak" texted me saying that he is interested and would like to know the price and condition. He told me to email and so I did. Below is the email chain:
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 3:27 PM, lavin_nandwani w... ⇒ more |
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| Ron
Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
2014-11-07 18:09:17
Auction/eBay Scam
eBay (www.ebay.com) | Porsche 911 Advertised on EBay Ebay listing has now been removed.- I should have known by the eBay user name PCON7201
This was a Porsche 911 at a low price as a classified. I realised as soon as I added my number and contact details this was not right.
They ask in the classified ad to... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Pudsey, Leeds, United Kingdom
2014-11-07 17:46:13
Auction/eBay Scam
eBay (www.ebay.com) | Land rover discovery for sale on ebay for £4000 Car is stored in their imaginary warehouse, they want you to pay up front for the delivery of the car??... ⇒ more |
| No Name
Pudsey, Leeds, United Kingdom
2014-11-07 17:46:01
Auction/eBay Scam
eBay (www.ebay.com) | Land rover discovery for sale on ebay for £4000 Car is stored in their imaginary warehouse, they want you to pay up front for the delivery of the car??... ⇒ more |
| J Hobbs
Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom
2014-11-07 09:07:51
Auction/eBay Scam
eBay Classifieds | +1 land rover td5 on ebay w reg stolen ebay account private listing land rover90 td5... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2014-10-28 23:15:46
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on Gumtree, ref:21634 I had a vehicle for sale on Gumtree with my mobile number as a contact. This person text me with an email address they wanted to correspond through and below is the email trail(start from bottom up). I began getting suspicious when they wanted me to pay mo... ⇒ more |
| AKV
Somewhere in United Kingdom
2014-10-28 11:51:57
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | Juliebartone30@gmail.com - 07624803049 - Gumtree Scam Received this Text from 07624803049
"What's the lowest price of ur Motorbike? plz email thru(Juliebartone30@gmail.com) email only thx"... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Boston, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
2014-10-28 11:05:18
Auction/eBay Scam
eBay Classifieds | Ebay Motorcycle Purchase Message sent to me via text asking about a Classified Sale of a Motorcycle I have listed on Ebay:
"What's the lowest price of ur Motorbike ? plz email thru (Evansmax@outlook.com) email only tnx"... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2014-10-24 18:32:18
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | NZOG Ramond Jak This dude contacted me by text but had to email him... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Islington, Islington, United Kingdom
2014-10-15 22:23:01
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | PayPal scam wrong email ***SCAM*** She Wanted to buy my items on gumtree but said she was abroad and couldn't make payment for shipment so she would send it to us so we can pay her pick up agent. She wanted us to do a bank transfer to her agent.
Got msg from PayPal to say money ... ⇒ more |
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