Classified Ads Scam TipOff Reports| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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  | Anonymous Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 2011-09-21 16:30:56 Classified Ads Scam Paypal (paypal.com) |   selling my car on Kijiji Scammer Information Went to sell my car on kijiji. He replied to the ad telling me that he liked the price and could I take more photo's and he would send me money via paypal. I did all this for him.. being very happy that I feel I just sold my car. He than emailed me with this; Before i make the payment,there is something i need you to be aware of,i just received an email from the shipping company that will be in charge of the pick up.They are saying
i need to pay them their fees which i… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 2011-09-21 11:34:43 Classified Ads Scam |  justinbarry17@gmail.com> Scammer Information Return-Path:
Delivered-To: leo4waters8@activ8.net.au
Received: (qmail 10574 invoked by uid 89); 21 Sep 2011 11:22:20 -0000
Received: from unknown (HELO apn.junkemailfilter.com) (184.105.182.43)
by mail.activ8.net.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 21 Sep 2011 11:22:20 -0000
Delivery-date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 04:22:20 -0700
Received: from mail-bw0-f68.google.com ([209.85.214.68])
by apn.junkemailfilter.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128)
(E… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Somewhere in United States 2011-09-21 03:34:51 Classified Ads Scam | tutoring Scammer Information Prentending to want to hire me to tutor his daughter:
"Hello,
i require the tutoring you offer for my teenage daughter for the period of a month.Her name is Safrina She is 18 years old.she is an easy going person, you will know more about her as time goes on.Let me know how much this will cost me for 2 hours per day,4 days per week.
Kind Regards,
Dr Dwindelane"… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2011-09-10 03:37:04 Classified Ads Scam carsGuide (carsguide.com.au) | Carsguide Classifieds - Email in responce offering to buy when provided with PayPal details Scammer Information Email in response Carsguide Classifieds offering to buy cars sight unseen when provided with PayPal details. Expect Phishing for information?… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| No Name Somewhere in Australia 2011-09-04 23:33:07 Classified Ads Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | Boat sale scam Scammer Information I advertised a boat for sale and he didn't even want to see it. "As for the payment,I will be paying via PayPal the fastest and secure way to pay online.I am currently off shore as per work and I don't have access to my bank account online(internet banking) but I have my bank account attached to my PayPal account
I have a private courier agent that will come for the pick up once the payment has been verified into your account.The agent would also be taking care of the chan… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Gus Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2011-09-04 06:46:15 Classified Ads Scam Quokka (quokka.com.au) | quokka cars for sale scammers Scammer Information Had identical message as posted on the Quokka beware of scammers page… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Ingelheim am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany 2011-09-01 11:07:27 Classified Ads Scam Yahoo | Margaret Plunkett oder +1-778-785-6835. or IP address: 98.138.83.195 Scammer Information Von: "Margaret Plunkett"
Gesendet: 28.08.2011 13:22:48
An:
Betreff: PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT.
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.ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage {font-size:1… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Greg Byford, Western Australia, Australia 2011-09-01 10:21:12 Classified Ads Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | Fridge/ Freezer Sale Scammer Information I was selling a fridge/freezer pigeon pair. Received an email from the Quokka to inform me of an interest in teh product for sale. Was only suspicious when I was asked to receive extra money to thransfer to their courier agent so they could collect which I would have to send from my paypal account. After detecting the scam I informed him I was sending this email to the Federal Police Task Force.He says his name is Sam West and his email is samiwest@live.com.au… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| leo Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2011-09-01 06:06:30 Classified Ads Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | car sell advertisment scammer Scammer Information not even want to see my car, just want to get my paypal account detail to pay me. email message:
"As for the payment,I will be paying via PayPal the fastest and secure way to pay online.I am currently off shore as per work and I don't have access to my bank account online(internet banking) but I have my bank account attached to my PayPal account
I have a private courier agent that will come for the pick up once the payment has been verified into your account.The agent would… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Amanda Somewhere in Australia 2011-08-27 05:00:47 Classified Ads Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | Scammer responded to a car ad Scammer Information This Scammer responded to a car ad in local trading post, first with a text, then an email stating he couldn't phone because he was on an oil rig and out of range. He would pay full price for the car without seeing it, and needed my paypal details to arrange payment and a courier agent. If only it was that easy to sell a car within 12 hours of advertising! I wish.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Somewhere in United Kingdom 2011-08-18 18:02:54 Classified Ads Scam Autotrader (autotrader.com) | +8 Fraudulent Request to Buy a Car Scammer Information He contacted me following an advert I had placed on Autotrader. He offered to buy my car, and just as I thought the deal was being finalised, he asked if I could transfer £850 to him through Western Union first, to help him have the car transported to another country. I sent him a very angry email back and haven't heard from him since.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| No Name Davis, OK, United States 2011-08-14 20:10:50 Classified Ads Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | +7 Buying a RV and paying the shipment Scammer Information He tyied to buy our RV from craigslist. He said he was a marine and he was buying for uncle. He said he wanted a mover to come and pick the RV up but he coldn't pay them so he asked us to pay $2,000 via western union.
He pretended to send us money through paypal.
The fake paypal e-mail address is
omoogundabede@gmail.com
and it was going to be delivered to
Name : Juan O. Cepeda
Address: 2629 Ivy Street,Houston
Texas. USA. 77026
I noticed it was a scam when I check… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Craig Henderson Somewhere in United States 2011-08-12 14:39:02 Classified Ads Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | +4 Craigslist Paypal WesternUnion scam Scammer Information The scam is to pretend you are buying an RV, but you're a Marine overseas and cannot pay for the shipping charges. He then asks the seller to pay the shipping fees up front via WesternUnion to release the Paypal payment. here's the western union info:
Name : Juan O. Cepeda
> Address: 2629 Ivy Street,Houston
> Texas. USA. 77026
>
and the fraudulent Paypal "customer support" email: account_fundsverifier@officeemail.net… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| charam Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2011-08-11 04:39:12 Classified Ads Scam | +1 Chinese Scammers on Classified Ads Scammer Information this is just one of the many chinese scammers trying to buy things from classifieds… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2011-08-07 18:15:04 Classified Ads Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Paypal (paypal.com), ref:829 Scammer Information requesting details of paypal account. Gives story about being offshore and not able to communicate. Same story given for other adverts in past. Repeat email this week from same "teddypender" to advert.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Lena Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2011-08-07 00:21:04 Classified Ads Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | +8 Car Buyer - paypal scam Scammer Information Wants to buy my car without viewing and wants my Paypal account details… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Swansboro, NC, United States 2011-08-04 16:39:32 Classified Ads Scam Other Auction site | +2 DealDay.com charge scam Scammer Information DealDay.com is an auction site. I entered the site out of curiosity. You have to register and give your credit card number to shop. I registered, looked around, and canceled my registration. My next VISA bill had a $99.99 charge. I protested and was told that I had authorized the $99.99 for the privilege of using the site for 30 days. (I'm an experienced internet shopper and I do not recall being asked to authorize the amount.) The amount of course is non-refundable. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Sue Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2011-08-01 13:00:58 Classified Ads Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | +2 Advert online quokka classified advert Scammer Information I placed a vehicle ad in the local paper which also appears online, this luke sent email asking about condition an price, next email was about courier pick up an payment. I requested a phone call to confirm his identity and he replied that the phones were down in his area when I didn't reply he sent another email starting all over again using a different email gcraig3250@gmail.com. He was persistent if nothing else.
… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Dublin, Leinster, Ireland 2011-08-01 11:04:49 Classified Ads Scam Other Classifieds Site | Sell my motorbike and fake paypal confirmation Scammer Information hi i got this reply to trying to sell my motorbike also i got a fake paypal confirmation email looks very real.of course i rang paypal and was told they do not hold payments.
hello,
i got your mail just now and PayPal has notify me that they have send the payment confirmation to you so kindly go through the PayPal
payment confirmation so that you can see that immediately you get back to PayPal with the western union information that they require from you they will get … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Sue Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2011-07-30 03:04:10 Classified Ads Scam Quokka (quokka.com.au) | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Quokka (quokka.com.au), ref:805 Scammer Information I have advertised a vehicle in the online quokka and received an email almost identical to those listed in their scammers section. I played along and the reply was "my pick up agent head quarters is in the (Bangkok Thailand) and all commission pmnts made for pick up to their head quarters in Thailand, and the only form of payments they accept is western union money transferso i will include the $500 they charged me for the pick up (1st class treatment) so all i need from you … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| No Name Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 2011-07-26 01:02:41 Classified Ads Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | +1 Over-payment for a service Scammer Information This person named Cassie Williams contacted me through Craigslist to do a translation for her. The translation was basically an advertisement about a Bracelet of Power that brings wealth, love, and everything you want if you wear the bracelet. I thought since I was doing a translation job it wasn't a scam (although the content I translated seemed like it). When it came to payment time, she sent me this email:
Hello Sarah, sorry for the late response. I had some problems at t… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| No Name Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom 2011-07-21 21:46:35 Classified Ads Scam eBay (www.ebay.com) |  Receipt of your payment to eBay Scammer Information This is the text of the scam - pretending to be paypal
You sent a payment of 160.00 USD
Hello Member,
Shipper DHL
Tracking number 4258744125
Shipping status Shipped
If you have questions about the shipment, please contact paypalpay@ebay.com
Description Unit price Qty Amount
LEVI STRAUSS & CO MENS 501 BROWN DENIM JEANS SIZE 42X30
Item# 541271111047 $140.00 USD 1 $140.00 USD
Subtotal $20.400 USD
Shipping and handling $0.00 USD
Insurance - optional $0.00 USD
Tax $0.0… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Dan Somewhere in Australia 2011-07-21 13:19:34 Classified Ads Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | +3 Paypal scammer Scammer Information Paypal scammer… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2011-07-21 11:23:28 Classified Ads Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | +1 To get paypal details Scammer Information He replied to an advert I had about a car with a very suspicious email:
"Thanks for the prompt response..I want to buy it now as a Present for my Dad and i am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really want the car to be a surprise for my father so i wont let him know anything about the car … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2011-07-21 11:01:05 Classified Ads Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | Quokka Ad response Scammer Information I had an add on Quoka and he responded he was very busy and would send an agent and pay by paypal… Read Full Report ⇒ |