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| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2014-10-15 10:48:31
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree |   Pearl ring Scammer messaged me by phone, asking me to send an email. Offered to buy ring for best price I would accept. They offered to add $200 postage - more than necessary. They said they wanted me to post it to China to her daughter in Beijing. Said to note that ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
2014-10-12 15:53:22
Auction/eBay Scam
Craigslist (craiglist.com) |  Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on Craigslist (craiglist.com), ref:21449 Scam! Same exact story. Just like the others. Person says they wanted to buy my motorcycle on Craig's list for a family member and wants it asap. Will only pay via PayPal and needs a shipper to pick it up...DO NOT TRUST THIS PERSON!!... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2014-10-11 23:55:06
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | CarSales purchasing sight unseen I was selling a car on Gumtree and was contacted via SMS by a person whoes number showed up as 'Ramond' asking if the car was available, am I negotiable on price and what is it's conditon? From here he said please contact via e-mail.
I e-mailed him and to... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2014-10-09 02:04:11
Auction/eBay Scam
eBay (www.ebay.com) |   http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Mens-Fashion-Hooded-Parka-Jacket-WINTER-WARM-Duck-Down-Coat-NEW-/221552678254? http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Mens-Fashion-Hooded-Parka-Jacket-WINTER-WARM-Duck-Down-Coat-NEW-/221552678254? check this out people. check the persons feedback from the begining. they open an ebay account, buy an ebay store, put up a nice listing(s) get feedback... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Stowmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom
2014-10-04 10:52:21
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | +7 Texted me saying interested in my car on Gumtree He texted me from 07624803049 saying these words exactly: Please what's the final price of ur car? email through (stuartmartin03@gmail.com) email only... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia
2014-10-02 08:19:50
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on Gumtree, ref:21356 Looks like I wasn't the only one nearly taken in by these rogues.
Emails kept coming to me as below
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 5:03 PM, ramond jak wrote:
I have just completed the payment and i expected PayPal to have notified you to thi... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2014-10-01 05:02:19
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | +2 New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) New Zealand Taranaki Basin kapo project., tried to buy sofa I got a text message on my phone asking for the price, then i got this email.
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| Anonymous
Somewhere in Hong Kong
2014-09-30 23:45:48
Auction/eBay Scam
Cars.com | Contacted after advertising motor car for sale I advertised my car for sale on carsales.com
Was texted by 'Patrick' who requested email contact as he was in a remote location. After email contact he stated he was buying the vehicle as a surprise for his son who was at Charles Sturt University in the No... ⇒ more |
| No Name
Somewhere in Australia
2014-09-29 05:04:59
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | Ronald connore It is the usual one about working in Darwin in the gas industry and wanting to but his son a car.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Marion, IL, United States
2014-09-25 17:43:10
Auction/eBay Scam
Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Craigslist Scam- Taylor Guitar Received the following by text. Happened to search his name on Google and found out there are several complaints against him. We have an expensive guitar for sale and he contacted us about buying it. The first red flag was when he said he'd send "his mover... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Croydon, Croydon, United Kingdom
2014-09-23 19:43:50
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | phone number matches several reported scams posted here Buyer sends text asking for a final price you will accept for the vehicle. You must only reply by email????
He/she then sends the email about a story of how they cant see or get to the car but they are happy to buy the vehicle and they will pay through pa... ⇒ more |
| Teresa
Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
2014-09-18 18:39:07
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | Gumtree trying to buy my van He is from Nigeria, works in oil sands! Wants to buy my van but only by pay pal, he wants my pay pal e mail. He has no access to a bank account and a courier will collect the van. I told him cash only. ... ⇒ more |
| Mikael
Fort Myers, FL, United States
2014-09-14 01:23:38
Auction/eBay Scam
| Looking to buy a product I was selling a few products on craigslist and I got a email from this person wanting to buy something I asked what they wanted to buy and they said how much I went through the whole process then decided to look their email up and it said they scammed othe... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Safety Bay, Western Australia, Australia
2014-09-13 20:27:11
Auction/eBay Scam
Other Auction site | carsales.com.au Thank you for the mail, am okay with the little details have read in the advert compare to the others have seen recently ,Pleas does it have any more history I should be aware of. I work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently on a mine si... ⇒ more |
| Andrew
Somewhere in Australia
2014-09-13 10:48:34
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | Car for sale on Gumtree - Text message from mtmattaylor@gmail.com I put my car up for sale today and within 2 hours had received a text message from someone called Mat (no phone number provided)saying - I'm interested in your Vehicle,please what is your firm price& const of it. Email me back ONLY at (mtmattaylor@gmail.co... ⇒ more |
| No Name
Henderson, NV, United States
2014-09-06 00:12:00
Auction/eBay Scam
| bookoo scam Offered to buy an item from me. Sight unseen. Was very adamant about getting paypal email address from me. Also offered to arrange shipping company to pick up item.... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom
2014-09-02 01:53:37
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | +3 tryed to buy my motorbike Gumtree Inverness, tryed to buy my motorbike. He sent me a text first and asked me to only deal with him via e-mail only, then he emailed me and asked for my PayPal details... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
2014-09-01 17:38:48
Auction/eBay Scam
Other Auction site | Malibu Response Try to make a deal ofer ebay.co.uk
Takes other textes out of auktions.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Louisville, KY, United States
2014-08-26 00:48:27
Auction/eBay Scam
Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Criagslist sale jewelry Date:
[Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:35:17 -0700]
From: Notification via PayPal©
To
Subject: ***Scanned Receipt Of The Postage Needed Before Crediting your Account***
Dear Merchant,
Thanks for using PayPal , we are sorry... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
2014-08-24 18:38:23
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | Selling car on gumtree I got the pictures and what is your paypal email account then I can proceed for the payment and the final price..... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
2014-08-24 13:01:27
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | Text then email to buy caravan that is advertised on gum tree Text to ask if caravan still for sale and asking me to email them. I emailed details asking them to call, then got a couple of emails saying on rig, no reception can't call but happy with caravan and price and will get courier to collect. Agent will organi... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2014-08-19 12:58:25
Auction/eBay Scam
| ebay add Sent me a text saying their intrested and to email them back... ⇒ more |
| No Name
South Shields, South Tyneside, United Kingdom
2014-08-07 22:21:06
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | selling car on gumtree selling car on Gumtree got text asking if ride was still for sale thought it strange so typed in phone number was from Isle of man and email address came up it was a scamming email when typed in to Google same thing happened when son in law tried to sell m... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Bermondsey, Southwark, United Kingdom
2014-08-04 12:28:10
Auction/eBay Scam
Gumtree | +2 Paypal scam This guy rang me regarding buying my bike from gumtree asking my details of PayPal,he made story that he works on sea and is merine engineer,he said he can only make payments through PayPal.after searching on internet I find out he done same scam with othe... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
2014-08-01 09:57:56
Auction/eBay Scam
Other Classifieds Site | +1 hello is your listed item still for sale pls contact me just yesterday I got a message on my email address from a guy named lucaoson on a site called http://www.swapz.co.uk/ with title saying hello is your listed item still for sale pls contact me at garrymel221@outlook.com that I did then he replyed back with... ⇒ more |
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