Auction/eBay Scam TipOff Reports for Gumtree| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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  | Anonymous Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia 2013-04-15 11:12:15 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree |   Buying campervans on gumtree Scammer Information She expressed interest in buying our camper, Said she was buying for her son who had just finished university. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-04-14 23:40:49 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree |  Paypal scam for car purchasing Scammer Information Basically emailed about a car that i had for sale on gumtree. Told me that her son had just finished at Darwin university and wanted to buy this item for him Note: when questioned about the item they only metioned it as the item and not specifically what it was. asked for paypal details. Then an email came saying money waiting to go through but have to pay 1000 dollars to a western union money account. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2013-04-14 23:18:54 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | pauldatford Scammer Information respond to add on Gumtree for a car sale.
sends by phone msg asking to email back the firm price you would sell and the condition.
Then responds to email stating he is working on offshore oil rig and will get a courier to pick it up after I give him my paypal details or banking details where he will transfer the funds. (without even looking at the car, that I never posted any photos either.)
after I became suspicious and checked this website, I became aware this is a scam.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2013-04-14 23:18:54 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | pauldatford Scammer Information respond to add on Gumtree for a car sale.
sends by phone msg asking to email back the firm price you would sell and the condition.
Then responds to email stating he is working on offshore oil rig and will get a courier to pick it up after I give him my paypal details or banking details where he will transfer the funds. (without even looking at the car, that I never posted any photos either.)
after I became suspicious and checked this website, I became aware this is a scam.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Leumeah, New South Wales, Australia 2013-04-12 10:28:12 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | +4 Bike for sale on Gumtree AU Scammer Information Thanks for the swift response am ok with the price and the condition of it i am buying this for Dad and due to the nature of my job and location...i will not be able to come for inspection,am a very busy type as i work long hours everyday,i have gone through your advertisement and i am satisfied with it.As for the payment..i can only pay via the fastest and secure way to pay online(PayPal) here.I have a private courier agent that will come for the pick up after the payment ha… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Leumeah, New South Wales, Australia 2013-04-12 10:25:26 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | bike for sale on Gumtree Scammer Information Thanks for mailing back,am ok with the price and the condition,i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kupe project.We do not have access to phone at the moment,its 15days off and 15days on and that's why I contacted you with internet messaging facility.Regarding the payment,i will be paying you through PayPal,please get back to me with your paypal details so i can process the payment,you can alternatively send… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Tim Somewhere in Australia 2013-04-10 04:30:31 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | +1 Gumtree - Contacted by phone asking to email asking for paypal Scammer Information Identical to http://www.scamdex.com/ScamTipReports/8982
Thanks for mailing back, I'm ok with the price and the condition,i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kapo project.We do not have access to phone at the moment,its 15days off and 15days on and that's why I contacted you with internet messaging facility.Regarding the payment,i will be paying you through PayPal,please get back to me with your paypal deta… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2013-04-10 00:03:43 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | gumtree scam Scammer Information I post an ad for a painting, then mike contack me via message which was sent from GMAIL.COM, there is no specific telephone number that I can reply text back to. He asks me to sent email to arrange the delivery since he is overseas. Also he asks me to set up a paypal account to recieve the payment if I don't have one. He says he can pay me by paypal but need me to help him with the delivery charge through sending money via West union to the delivery head office located in Ma… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, United Kingdom 2013-04-07 16:16:19 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Thought number and email were dodgey, googled it and other people been scammed by similar emails Scammer Information I have items advertised for sale on gumtree for local collections, had a text of the person named above, thought it was a bit dodgey because of the number not being anything like ive seen before, google the email address and turns out they are part of a scam. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2013-04-04 05:56:47 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Gumtree Selling Scammer Information I received the following emails in response to my Scooter Sale ad on Gumtree:-
Response 1:
Thanks for mailing back,am ok with the price and the condition,i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kupe project.We do not have access to phone at the moment,its 15days off and 15days on and that's why I contacted you with internet messaging facility.Regarding the payment,i will be paying you through PayPal,please get… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Cockatoo, Victoria, Australia 2013-04-01 10:57:58 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Bike sale on Gumtree Scammer Information Hi,
I advertised to sell my bike in Gumtree and few mins later got message from Simon Gibbins that he is interested in buying my bike but would like me to send some pics and final price.
Please see below trail of my emails.
Thanks
Gagan Sethi
From: Simon Gibbins
To: Gagan sethi
Sent: Monday, 1 April 2013 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: Honda VT 400
am going to transfer the total amount.
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 3:4… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Abbotsford, New South Wales, Australia 2013-03-31 02:56:45 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | +2 I AM A MARINE ENGINEER Scammer Information Hi thanks for reply, i am a marine engineer, i am at sea right now. I
am buying this for my son as a surprise gift. I can only pay through
paypal at the moment as i don't have access to my bank account online(i
dont have internet banking with it), but i have it attached to my
paypal account, and this is why i insisted on using paypal to pay,all
i will need is your paypal email address to make the payment, and if
you dont have a paypal account yet, you can set one it cant ta… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-03-27 21:41:35 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | +2 Gumtree car overseas buyer. Pick up fee to be sent through Western union. Scammer Information "Lisa" was very keen to buy my car for her "son". Because of her work she could not call.
She then sent an email saying she had paid for the vehicle and approx. $950 more. She had an an overseas address:
Yujiao Yue
Address: 12 gongti bei lu Sanlintu
City: Beijing
State: Beijing
Zip Code: 100021
Country: China.
Where I was to send $950 to then "release" my payment. I received a couple of emails through "paypal" about this as well. When I looked at the actual email address… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Lawnton, Queensland, Australia 2013-03-24 12:04:22 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | perieraj50@gmail.com - Gumtree sale Scammer Information Hello, I have been trying to sell my vehicle and I received a email from a gentleman saying he would buy it sight unseen from a ad on gumtree, I received a number of emails asking about the car and that he was away, I told him he could collect once the monies cleared in my account. Well he then said that I had to pay a courier fee of $1850 and he would transfer the money for the vehicle as well as the courier fee, I told him I would do so once the funds had cleared into my ba… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| No Name Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2013-03-22 01:26:26 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | brian daniel Scammer Information within hours of listing my motorbike for sale on gumtree i recieved a text message stating they wanted to buy it and to reply now with lowest price and an email address to reply to. the text message did not come through with a mobile number attached it simply said "bikeinquir" instead of a phone number. I thought this a bit odd so i googled the email address and found it had been used in a similar scam for a caravan sale on this site. I will not be replying to the text/emai… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-03-21 05:05:29 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | +2 Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on Gumtree, ref:8723 Scammer Information It would appear that Helvis Datford has changed his/her name now to Kim Lucas. I received a txt this morning in regard to my car I have advertised on Gumtree. I got a txt almost straight away saying 'Is your ad still availabke for sale, easier to contact me on kimlucas2013@yahoo.com what's the condition and firm price'. I emailed more information back to Kim and received this email back 'Thanks for mailing back,am ok with the price and the condition,am
buying it for my vacat… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2013-03-18 10:30:50 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Car Buyer Scam Scammer Information I received this text message after listing my car on gumtree:
"Sent from: David
I will like to know if your car is still available and to know the
firm price, please get back to me on davmark345@gmail.com"
I searched the details and found all the other cases listed here so I just reported the number to the Australian Government scam site and didn't reply. I am in Victoria, Australia.
The car had been listed for a while but this happened straight after I edited it and bump… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-03-17 22:42:38 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | perieraj50@gmail.com Scammer Information I was contacted by text and then email wanting to buy our car off gumtree, giving us more than we asked for and not asking any further about the details of the car made us suspscious and then we noticed the time stamp on the emails they were 9 hours after our time
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:50:47 +0930
Subject: Re: Gumtree listing
From: perieraj50@gmail.com… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| No Name Blackburn, Victoria, Australia 2013-03-05 02:31:54 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Motorbike ad on gumtree Scammer Information … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Brighton, Victoria, Australia 2013-02-28 20:46:34 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | sms alert Scammer Information SMS request for more info referring to my.gumtree AD. Googling the ph number brought me here.
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| No Name Point Cook, Victoria, Australia 2013-02-26 08:31:57 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | bike sale Scammer Information email said.Hi mate,I am interested in your bike ad on gumtree.Kindly get back to me on my email.damiendemolder@btinternet.com… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in South Africa 2013-02-01 10:47:10 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | scammed out of R30 000 as deposit for a car Scammer Information We paid two deposits of R15 000 each via money gram. Car suppose to be deliver 31 january 2013.
Till now nothing. This Nicholas not replying to any of my mails and so is this fake google check out.
I have to get this money back! It will destroy my marriage. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Bentleigh East, Victoria, Australia 2013-01-23 08:39:20 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on Gumtree, ref:7603 Scammer Information Thanks for your swift reply. I am interested and I would have loved to come for viewing and inspection but i am currently overseas at the moment and i want this item picked up before i get back. Due to my inability to make a bank deposit, I would be paying via PayPal which is safer for me. Kindly send me a paypal payment invoice or create an account at www.paypal.com.au if you dont have one. I will make a concrete pick up arrangement with my transport agent who will be co… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2013-01-22 05:47:52 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | +1 Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on Gumtree, ref:7573 Scammer Information i have a add on gumtree selling a laptop including condition and price.
scammer text me asking current condition and "firm" price with email adress attatched but was written strangely and that name (geaneykm) came up instead of theyre number in the message. get that filthy scammer!!… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Bill London, England, United Kingdom 2013-01-15 12:33:51 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Jane Miles Scammer Information See below. I contacted the shipping agent and they don't use Western Union.
Yes, the car will be picked up from you, and that's why i was asked to put an extra $3,550 for the shipping cost, If you carefully read the message that was sent to you from Paypal, they should have informed you that the total amount has been debited from my account, the $3550 is for shipping fees that paypal wants you to pay to the shipping agent via Western Union before they can release the full a… Read Full Report ⇒ |