Auction/eBay Scam TipOff Reports| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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  | 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 Scammer Information 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!!… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2014-10-11 23:55:06 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree |  CarSales purchasing sight unseen Scammer Information 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 told him I was not negotiable as it is priced to clear, good condion and still available. He responded with the attached e-mail, a well known scam and multiple alerts on him.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | 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? Scammer Information 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 for awhile then offer this nice looking winter parka at a ridiculous price with free shipping! i fell for it from one guy for $10US free shipping last year. exact same parka. Got the cash back from paypal after no delivery,… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | 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 Scammer Information 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… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | 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 Scammer Information 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 this effect check your wayner466@gmail.com mail folders (inbox,spam and junk mail) i sent $2,200 in all.i added $1,050 but $950 will be sent to my agent in China through western union at post office,the extra $100 is to cover t… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | 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 Scammer Information 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 Scammer Information 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 Northern Territory. After requesting more information about the vehicle he stated he would buy it and pay for freight charges. I then received an email from PayPal (fake) stating that the money including the freight charges a… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| No Name Somewhere in Australia 2014-09-29 05:04:59 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Ronald connore Scammer Information It is the usual one about working in Darwin in the gas industry and wanting to but his son a car.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Marion, IL, United States 2014-09-25 17:43:10 Auction/eBay Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Craigslist Scam- Taylor Guitar Scammer Information 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". That's not a term used in our part of the country.
"Thanks for the response, Can you get back to me with some close up
pictures of this item.My Mover will be coming for the pick up once the
payment clears, Payment will b… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Croydon, Croydon, United Kingdom 2014-09-23 19:43:50 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | phone number matches several reported scams posted here Scammer Information 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 pay pal and send a agent to collect the car????
This is as far as I took it and told him he can have the car as long as I had a bank balance transfer or cash from his agent on collection. No reply as of yet. I have been told … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Teresa Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom 2014-09-18 18:39:07 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Gumtree trying to buy my van Scammer Information 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. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Mikael Fort Myers, FL, United States 2014-09-14 01:23:38 Auction/eBay Scam | Looking to buy a product Scammer Information 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 other people so the only thing I didn't do was confirm the money and ignored them so they reported me to PayPal and now PayPal reported me to the FBI CIA and local Authorities when I never confirmed the money or anything I seen … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Safety Bay, Western Australia, Australia 2014-09-13 20:27:11 Auction/eBay Scam Other Auction site | carsales.com.au Scammer Information 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 site, We do not have access to phone at the moment,its 15days off and 15days on,which is why I contacted you with internet messaging facility.
I am buying this for my first son who just graduated ontop of his class at Charle… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | 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 Scammer Information 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.com). This seemed suspisious so a quick search revealed others that had the exact same message from this scammer. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| No Name Henderson, NV, United States 2014-09-06 00:12:00 Auction/eBay Scam | bookoo scam Scammer Information 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.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom 2014-09-02 01:53:37 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | +3 tryed to buy my motorbike Scammer Information 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… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany 2014-09-01 17:38:48 Auction/eBay Scam Other Auction site | Malibu Response Scammer Information Try to make a deal ofer ebay.co.uk
Takes other textes out of auktions.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Louisville, KY, United States 2014-08-26 00:48:27 Auction/eBay Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Criagslist sale jewelry Scammer Information 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 for the late reply and we have receive the Tracking Number you sent to us and all you have to do now is to get back to us with the Copy of the Scanned Receipt which contain the name and address you shipped out the item to g… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom 2014-08-24 18:38:23 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Selling car on gumtree Scammer Information I got the pictures and what is your paypal email account then I can proceed for the payment and the final price..… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| 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 Scammer Information 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 organize collection as she is still away waiting to come back for holiday. Asked extra photos. Then asked for PayPal details. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2014-08-19 12:58:25 Auction/eBay Scam | ebay add Scammer Information Sent me a text saying their intrested and to email them back… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name South Shields, South Tyneside, United Kingdom 2014-08-07 22:21:06 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | selling car on gumtree Scammer Information 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 motorbike last month… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Bermondsey, Southwark, United Kingdom 2014-08-04 12:28:10 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | +2 Paypal scam Scammer Information 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 others by asking bank details and taking money from account.so beware… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | 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 Scammer Information 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 a different address which is olaolu scott with this message.
Thanks a lot for the email. I am away at sea at the moment,i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Reading, Reading, United Kingdom 2014-07-31 17:55:54 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | selling car on gumtree Scammer Information wanted to buy my car advertised on gumtree.could only pay by paypal and whould send shipper to collect car. also asked details allready put on gumtree.i replied cash only on collection of car,if bought.I did not hear any more.… Read Full Report ⇒ |