Auction/eBay Scam TipOff Reports for Gumtree| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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  | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2021-02-11 01:54:23 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree |   trying to buy fro me via gumtree Scammer Information She claims working in the army, can't call, not available for 2 weeks, present for her son, wants bank details to buy the product, she will deposit straight away, accepting price as is. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2020-03-25 09:19:13 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Samsung slim laptop - Touch screen (rrp $1299) Scammer Information Said they would offer 3x the amount of goods and proceeded to send a fake paypal email via phishing. this was reported to paypal.
The paypal email had (service@paypal.com.au / shipmenttrackers@accountant.com / love22charlotte@gmail.com)
Address they wanted to be posted to was:
Name: Mondial L Conceil
Address: Nanshili Ju 23 TAS Campus Plot Monash University
City: Beijing
China
Postcode: 100016
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| Anonymous Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2020-03-22 13:49:33 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | A bloody scammer Scammer Information This bastard has so many listings on this site.
He goes by Geoff Facer.
He appears to change his gumtree username regularly.
This time its TY.
Im selling cleaning products so he asks for my enail..
then asks me what im selling hahaha.
I thought this is odd..i searched his name on google and he popped up here. i knew it
he sends the same exmouth email.
im just playing with him for now. lets see what happens.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2020-02-22 03:45:37 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree |  Gumtree car sale - Customer trying to scam me Scammer Information I'm very happy to read back from you. I'm currently at my son's place here in Exmouth-WA for his wedding ceremony coming soon. also, I will not be able to meet you for inspection and collection because I will be here spending my leave with the new family till May 2020, but I have a personal representative agent that will meet you for collection after payment has been made.
I cannot take calls or make one due to my ear barotrauma from my last air flight, I barely hear cle… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2020-01-31 10:55:11 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Jacob Lawson GumTree Scam Scammer Information A potential buyer was interested in purchasing one of my items on Gumtree late Jan 2020.
Sent this message "Hi, I’m interested, ,.provid your EMAL ,,,for CONTACT
THANK,,,,,,, "
I gave my email and goes by the name of Jacob Lawson and said he worked for New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and had already organised his own courier to pick up the item. It smelt fishy. It was.
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 | Anonymous Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2019-12-29 09:17:29 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Gumtree Scammer Information Scammer attempting to get details… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2019-12-05 23:28:36 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Canon digital rebel SLR camers outfit Scammer Information Are you trying to get these scammers caught and prosecuted, if so it is not working, I see on your site the same scams going now (Like I have just had) that have been going on for over two years, how come they have not been caught yet. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Chanel Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2019-11-21 00:23:52 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Gumtree response Scammer Information Messaged me on Gumtree and asked for my email address saying they were interested in buying what I had for sale.
Then I received a very odd email asking for my bank details or Paypal details from them so I googled the name and found this website! Details of the email below-
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| Stuschony Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2019-10-20 09:11:25 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Buying off gumtree Scammer Information Buying goods online, sending money once you send your bank details, a courier picks up your goods and you don't get paid.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2019-10-14 23:27:21 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | gumtree Scammer Information Person asked for my email to do the transaction with my advertisement. I did provide it, however with the below wording, I became skeptical - I'm glad I did some investigating!… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Torquay, Torbay, United Kingdom 2019-09-30 14:53:11 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | gumtree scammer Scammer Information SImone Ragni replied to my advert for selling a item on Gumtree. Asked me to contact her on own e-mail if item still available. Agree to buy item at said asking price and pay via Paypal and would arrange a courier to collect. Next day asks me to purchase £225 Amazon card to pay courier (buyer unable to do this due to disabilities), we received e-mail from Paypal saying the payment was pending and as soon as Amazon card purchase verified we would be paid. This seemed so we we… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Jessica Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2019-08-21 05:51:37 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | paypal scam! Scammer Information Basically, I received a text message from unknown person, there was no phone number, just some letters, saying that they were interested in the Gucci Bag I was selling and wanted me to contact them via email. They asked me a few questions about the bag:
On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 at 11:45 pm, Ana L.P. Tavares wrote:
Thanks for your reply and am glad to know that it is still available for sale.However i have few questions on the item you are selling.
1,I w… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Jonelle Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2019-08-05 05:12:13 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Camera purchase scammer Scammer Information I posted a camera kit for sale on Gumtree and instantly got an email notification saying this person was interested. I replied advising area of pick up etc.. and then received a reply with story saying they are not in the state but happy to pay an extra $290 for postage as well as full asking price for camera kit... My daughter was scammed out of an iPhone this exact same way so I knew straight away it was not legit.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2019-07-20 06:01:18 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Buying dining room chairs Scammer Information I put my dining chairs online for sale and got contacted saying he was interested and asked for my email
address. I sent it and got an email asking if it was still for sale. I said yes and got the email below
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| Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2019-07-03 23:02:50 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | +2 gumtree Scammer Information I googled the supposed "oil rig" this guy was on and got scam reporting as a top result:
Not sure exactly how the scam works but anything offshore and they can't come in person is a scam.
They probably take the goods and claw the money back somehow....
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| Anonymous Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom 2019-07-02 00:58:24 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Simone Ragni Scammer Information Thw same as mentiomed about them before, this time instead of pretending to work of shore.. they pretended to be unable to collect & only pay via paypal because they had a stroke
Cheers for the prompt responses! please consider it sold and cancel every other appointment regarding it,I am buying it for my daughter getting married soon and I am ready to pay your full asking price,I have read through the advert and I'm totally satisfied with it and I will be glad if you can g… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Maty Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2019-06-29 09:31:01 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Gumtrees scammer simone Ragni Scammer Information Hit me up right away. Was suspicious from the start. Below was the email I got from him.
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 | Anonymous Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 2019-06-12 02:46:02 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Asus ROG Gaming Laptop G750J series, Intel core i7-4700HQ, 16GB Ram Scammer Information Tried to buy my laptop on Gumtree. Same old text about being n oceanographer with poor phone service, and wanting to mail it Express post to a cousin in US. Not sure what they want out of it, but I dropped like a hot potato… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Alicia Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2019-05-16 13:14:06 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Scammer via gumtree requesting for email address Scammer Information Furniture advertised on gumtree. User messaged via Gumtree expressing interest, and requested for email address. User then proceeded to email lengthy email expressing interest and wanting to organise payment/courier.
I immediately replied and said I will only correspond via Gumtree. Scammer did not reply.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 2019-05-02 00:30:41 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | +4 Surfboard Gamma LFT - 5'8 HP - 24.2ltrs Slater Designs Firewire Scammer Information I work with Flagship Marine and we are presently offshore in New Zealand. We do not have access to phone at the moment, its 5days off and 25days on which is why I contacted you with internet messaging facility. Where are you located at the moment?
I am buying it and I want it delivered before my arrival. I won't be able to come for the inspection due to the nature of my work and I would have called but phone usage and calling are very restricted. I have also contacted a cour… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Lilli Kenyon Somewhere in Australia 2019-04-24 07:31:07 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Scammer on gumtree after expensive jewellery Scammer Information I was contacted through a text about my ads on gumtree. This text didnt allow me to respond as it had no number. So that was the first sign of it being a scammer. I was told to email them which I did as I am desperate and want to sell my items fast. They emailed me back but never specified what specific item they were referring to so i asked and they then said “oh your selling more than one, list them all for me”. I did that. And they responded saying they wanted the bvlg… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2019-04-22 14:11:31 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | +1 Gumtree Sale via paypal Scammer Information Exact same format as described in same reports on this site.
Received a text of interest and then further emails back and forth until it came to payment. The alias emailed to say they had payed and I had two "confirmation" emails come through, in my spam folder, from "paypal" describing that they were holding the payment from me until I had posted my item. I checked my Paypal account and the invoivce I sent to the alias had it's status as 'unpaid'. To clarify that this was a… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom 2019-04-08 08:29:11 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | +1 Michael Elliot Scammer Information Offered to buy a Sofa & chairs pay full price -- said he cant inspect as he has throat cancer bla bla -- I gave him my bank acct details before I realised he was a scam -- Reported to Bank -- Hopefully no harm done.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Joy Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom 2019-03-26 15:24:19 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Mic.elliott Scammer Information posted ad on gum tree
stated he wanted the item and asked us to take it off as sold , stating he had throat cancer and was housebound, but that his agent would pick it up. Continued to ask for my PayPal account and or bank details.
Asked to pick up item he said he could today but would not pay, then i found this site :(… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Dungannon, Mid Ulster, United Kingdom 2019-03-12 12:24:39 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Reza Farhady Scammer Information Tried to buy a camera off me on gumtree. Will only release funds after you send package. I didn’t fall for it. He sends a fake looking PayPal email. Googled him and found him all over this website.… Read Full Report ⇒ |