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| John
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
2015-02-20 23:50:14
Auction/eBay Scam
1 |  Fake Buyer on Gumtree I had a Massage chair advertised on Gumtree (Internet Auction Site Australia) and had a response from Tim Viduka who offered to buy the goods and have then shipped overseas.
He claims he was so busy that he doesn't have access to his bank whilst at sea.
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| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2015-02-17 02:22:04
Auction/eBay Scam
1 |  +3 Gumtree scammer I posted a car on Gumtree yesterday afternoon.
The next morning I received a SMS message stating "Hi seller, is the listed item on Gumtree still for sale? pls get back to me via email (jamesconnore@gmail.com)"
I replied " James, Yes this item is still fo... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Gerolfingen, Bavaria, Germany
2015-02-16 11:40:09
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | +4 Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on 1, ref:22599 Advertises expensive HiFi gear in classifieds Germany for a cheap price.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
2015-02-15 11:02:55
Auction/eBay Scam
1 |  Wallis keithwn@outlook.com scammer phishing for paypal accounts via gumtree and ebay ads The scammer sent me a message via "Gumtree" asking if an item was still for sale - if it was, the message asked to email keithwn@outlook.com with confirmation - upon doing so, the email reply I received is as below. The conversation went back and forth ab... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2015-02-13 03:34:44
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | +3 Selling items on Gumtree I had a gumtree ad selling furniture. I had already been contacted by Kathy Smith and found this scam detail on this site. Days later contacted by Elizabeth Peralta via text with no phone number available asking me to contact via e... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2015-02-13 00:50:05
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | GumTree Scam Buyer Selling my camper van on eBay and I get a text asking to email me with best price and condition of van. Receive this reply:
Hi thanks for mailing back,am OK with the price and the condition,am buying it for my vacation,because I'll be coming soon from our... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2015-02-11 17:41:21
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | Wedding dress sale - gumtree Sent me a text via Gumtree asking if my wedding dress was still for sale. Gut instinct told me to run a check on the email address they provided, and found this website stating other scams related to same email address. ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2015-02-10 22:44:00
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | +1 Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on 1, ref:22542
RE: Advert
People
Wallis Nevelle Keith
Today at 8:31 AM
To
me
Thanks a lot for the email. Am buying it for my son who just graduated ontop of his class in Autralia national university (ANU) ,he studied Business Law and Professi... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2015-02-09 23:27:45
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | gumtree scam We posted to sell some grass plants, one as tall as 7m and the rest about 1.6m.
Paul Smith said he could not come to inspect and will organise courier to collect them.
I am not sure whether he understands what he is buying ..
Anyway as soon as I looked at ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2015-02-06 02:39:25
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | Selling my car on gumtree - email to buy unsite un seen Received text message from a Peter. No phone number. Saying "I'm interested in your car ad, what is your last firm price & its present condition? Kinldy email me at (peterclinton90@gmail.com)
Sent text which failed to deliver, then email and received ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
2015-02-05 00:47:46
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on 1, ref:22482 Contact was first made via text & then email. He found my information on farmclearingsales.com.au site... ⇒ more |
| No Name
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2015-02-02 05:39:22
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on 1, ref:22447 ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom
2015-01-31 22:39:59
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | Scammer I'm selling a boat I was asked via text messages what my lowest price was but to reply by email only.
Then revived this response .....
Thanks mate for ur email,l'm okay with price & conditions
l'm buying it for my son as a surprise gift ,I won't be able to... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Spokane, WA, United States
2015-01-23 16:34:12
Auction/eBay Scam
1 |  mjgoody128@gmail.com If this is in response to my inquiry from Craigslist, I deliberately left this message for you because I will be out of service for few hours and do not want to keep you waiting. Please read my message below and get back to me. I will get back to you as so... ⇒ more |
| c.yav
Prenton, Wirral, United Kingdom
2015-01-18 15:52:42
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | Gumtree- drum scam I was selling my drums on Gumtree, I received a text from a supposed potential buyer asking me to email them about my products-this already seemed suspicious. I emailed the address provided, he told me he was looking to buy my drums for his son-he asked fo... ⇒ more |
| Michael
Somewhere in Australia
2015-01-11 06:06:42
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | +1 Scammer claiming to work for nzog Scammer tryed to buy an item I have listed, as per email below, caught this in pleanty of time after doing an investigation... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia
2015-01-10 04:57:33
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | He wanted to buy my car off Gumtrees Sent this SMS to my phone "I'm interested in your Vehicle,please what is your firm price& condt of it.Email me back ONLY at (stevemark846 (at) gmail.com)".
Once email has been sent gave story that he was currently working in a FIFO position for a pipeline... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2015-01-07 23:58:42
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on 1, ref:22214 tried to buy my car... ⇒ more |
| peter
Helensvale, Queensland, Australia
2015-01-05 21:15:09
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | +1 Untitled Auction/eBay Scam on 1, ref:22187 Car purchase
scammer is from a oil rig
payment throw paypal or bank account ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2015-01-02 01:57:42
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | +1 Gumtree scam - matthewgrick@gmail.com Within an hour of posting add on Gumtree - Matthew returned email saying that he wanted goods immediately - once we said no to supplying Account info - we haven't heard back.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2014-12-27 00:11:21
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | +3 ATTEMPTED TO PURCHASE FROM GUMTREE It is the same scam as you have recorded on your website involving suzanjenkins611@gmail.com
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| Anonymous
Bondi, New South Wales, Australia
2014-12-20 07:44:43
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | Furniture gumtree I had some furniture for sale on Gumtree. This scumbag had a very similar story about working offshore and then followed up with the story about wanting help to do a western union money transfer !! I then looked it up and found this site!... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Hornsey, Haringey, United Kingdom
2014-12-16 00:51:12
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | +1 enquiring about my gumtree ad Received a text saying: Hi,I saw your Jewellery AD on gumtree and am very keen.Let me know its condition.Kindly reach me at kylebrandon566 AT gmail.com.
I was suspicious of this as I have my email contact in the ad and have pictures and description on th... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2014-12-15 01:32:39
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | Wedding dress 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 New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kapo project. We do not have access to phone at the moment,its 15days off and 15days on,whi... ⇒ more |
| 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 |
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