Classified Ads Scam TipOff Reports for Gumtree| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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  | Snoop Somewhere in Australia 2014-01-27 10:21:32 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree |   Selling car on Gumtree Scammer Information I upgraded my advert and soon after I started get dodgy emails and came across this site with the same email address. Not sure of what the scam is though.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom 2014-01-27 09:08:38 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree |  Janice Johnson <janiceson118@gmail.com> Scammer Information
I am selling a ladies Gucci watch on gumtree. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom 2014-01-26 14:23:56 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | what is your last asking price Scammer Information First of all I was asked for my best price.Then I was offered more than I had it advertised at.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Tony Fox Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom 2014-01-23 10:27:43 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Scam response to UK Gumtree advert Scammer Information Very soon after placing a couple of ads on Bournemouth UK Gumtree for items of furniture, I received a text on my mobile as follows:
[Received 18:36 on 20th Jan from number +61428465117, which is in Australia)
Sent from: Thi Kim
i am ready to pay for ur gumtre item pls kindly send me the address and price to my email (sjjoesmith@gmail.com) please i prefer email no text
I was suspicious so I googled the email address & phone number to discover what the scam is.
I didn't re… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Doncaster East, Victoria, Australia 2014-01-23 01:56:24 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | I advertised a car on gumtree and received immediate text message followed by emails Scammer Information I advertised a vehicle for sale on Gumtree, was texted immediatly and then emailed. Here follows the correspondence -
I really appreciate your quick response and indeed very motivated to purchase from you, I am the tool pusher on the west Aquarius semi-submersible,contact via phone would have been the easiest means to talk to you, but we are out of cell phone range and the satellite phone is playing up, email is the best means of contact for me at the moment and i hope you c… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| anon Mandurah, Western Australia, Australia 2014-01-21 12:20:48 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | gumtree Scammer Information replies car ads on gumtree asking for personal details stating he urgently want your car. he will provide an address, but after a google search, his number and name pops up every where as a scammer.
36 koolpinyah crescent tiwi northern territory 0810,Australia is the address he provides.
BE WARNED … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2014-01-20 14:46:47 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Gumtree car ad Scammer Information We had our car ad on gumtree ,out of the blue 6am get a text from
Michael Walker i'm interested in your car AD, kindly get back with your price and condition via my email only.(keys2blessing09@gmail.com
Emailed him and was pretty quick to reply for someone who was on an oil rig off Darwin (6 mins )he
Wanted to PayPal and would send his courier to transport the car.
Sent bsb and acc numbers and asked for money first before I will release anything else.
Wasn't aware of su… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Raymond Lai Singapore, , Singapore 2014-01-19 15:41:26 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Oceanographer at sea requesting to buy an IPad for her son in "Africa" Scammer Information I am a first time seller on the internet. Received a sms on my mobile regarding interest in buying my IPad. As a first time seller, it excites me when there is a buyer who wants to buy the product I am selling. Response to the e-mail address given in the sms. The e-mail reply was found in my mail box spam folder 2 days later. Everything in the e-mail seems convincing except for the country which the product was supposed to be sent - Africa. Having read a lot of scams coming f… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Wimbledon, Merton, United Kingdom 2014-01-17 07:28:02 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Claims to be a doctor Scammer Information I found him about a year ago on the website and he also advertised himself in the Witbank News, claiming he can help with fertility problems.
We spoke a few times on the phone and he said he was a doctor that can help with problems like that.
I think his ad was something like I can help woman! cant remember as I dont find the ad anymore.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2014-01-17 00:40:19 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Car Buyer Scammer Information I am trying to sell my car via Gumtree and carsguide.com.au
Scam goes as follows, someone emails me with an offer for my car.
Doesn't ask about condition, doesn't want to see it.
They say that they live overseas and are moving to Darwin and will get their courier to pick the car up from me and drive it over.
Payment offered via PayPal… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | John Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom 2014-01-15 09:09:27 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Likely classifieds scam - asked to email janicullen62@hotmail.com in a text from 0017146942771 Scammer Information I posted an ad on Gumtree last night. I'd done this once before, but unlike on the first (unsuccessful) ad a month or so back, I included my phone number on this second one. I woke up to a text from 0017146942771, asking me to email janicullen62@hotmail.com with my "final price."
I thought that was a bit strange because: a) I'd included the price in the ad, b) the phone number looked international, c) they hadn't emailed the address in the ad, even though they seemed to want… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2014-01-14 14:06:20 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | buying my car Scammer Information This person msg me about my add in gumtree for my car. Wanted to buy my car for a sum amount the he wanted me to pay tge shipping fee before the paypal payment is cleared. ..… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2014-01-13 23:40:56 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Scam re car purchasing on Gumtree Scammer Information I advertised a car on Gumtree. Very soon afterwards I received a text message to my phone: "I'm interested in your gumtree car Ad. how much are you willing to sell it get back to me only at (brendasteve001@gmail.com)". I sent a message outlining the minimum price I was willing to take, and also a higher price that I had advertised the car for some weeks ago. I then received a return email: "Thanks for getting back,i'm cool with the price likewise the condition
as described o… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2014-01-13 12:37:26 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | +3 Patricia Kempton Scam Scammer Information I was selling some furniture on gumtree and received an email from this Patricia Kempton. This is what she said:
Thank you for the mail,i am okay with the condition Likewise your
asking price is quite reasonable and affordable considering others
I've seen lately, I'll have it for the listed price,please kindly send me your
BANK details or pay pal payment email and name to set up purchase,as i don't have access to my bank account online as am not with my credit card details … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2014-01-13 05:38:02 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Gumtree, ref:15496 Scammer Information Item for Sale on Gumtree. They were happy to buy without checking it out and it was going by Courier to Darwin from Central Queensland. Would have cost more in freight than then item itself. Thats when alarm bells went off and we decided to google the name Melissa Carly… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | frank Bega, New South Wales, Australia 2014-01-12 10:29:07 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | +1 Vehicle scam Scammer Information Trying to sell a car on gumtree, unknown individual emails me wanting to buy the car, is currently working in new zealand, claims to have no mobile phone signal. Wants to pay via paypal to my paypal or bank account. Explain I am reluctant to give out banking details, he/they then demand paypal details without giving over any personal information as requested. Do a google search on his email address and end up on this website. CAVEAT VENDOR, seller beware!… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2014-01-12 03:50:25 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | +1 Buy car NZOG Teranaki Basin Scammer Information I placed an ad in Gumtree to sell my vehicle. This fellow was very persistent and it just didn't seem to ring true. We googled the info and found almost identical scams listed here. Aaron did not appear to be responding to my emails appropriately and kept asking for me email . I was in fact contacting him via email.
Hello Mate, i am happy to proceed with the payment as soon as i receive the PayPal registered name and email by transferring the amount of the price listed but I… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Chris Somewhere in Australia 2014-01-10 01:15:36 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Gumtree, ref:15419 Scammer Information This is the email he sent me after I received a text from him wanting to know details of the car for sale.
Hi mate,thanks for the reply.I have read the ad and it's okay by me.My work does not permit me to come for the inspection (very busy and currently out of town).Would have loved to call but our base right now is bad so we can get along via e-mail. I will be paying you through PayPal,please get back to me with your PayPal name and email so i can proceed with the payment i… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| No Name Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2014-01-07 12:28:42 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | +1 Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Gumtree, ref:15372 Scammer Information contacted me through classified car advertisement, wanted back details for site unseen sale on 20K car using excuse of working on oil rig & buying vehicle site unseen for son. Details below...… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2014-01-07 03:21:04 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | GumTree advertisement Scammer Information Thanks for the reply and so sorry that i couldn't call you due to the nature of my work,I work with AWE New Zealand Pty Ltd and we are presently on rig at the moment,on the west aquarius submersible to be precise.I would have loved to call you directly but due to the nature of my work we do not have access to phone at the moment,its 20days off and 10days on,which is why I contacted you with internet messaging facility and where is it located at the moment.
I am buying this f… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2014-01-07 00:55:52 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | TO BUY MOBIL HOME Scammer Information EXACTLY THE SAME LOT OF SHIT AS THAT DEON THOMAS,BOTH OFFSHORE THEY MUST BE WORKING TOGETHER.
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| Anonymous Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2014-01-07 00:55:52 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | TO BUY MOBIL HOME Scammer Information EXACTLY THE SAME LOT OF SHIT AS THAT DEON THOMAS,BOTH OFFSHORE THEY MUST BE WORKING TOGETHER.
… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2014-01-07 00:43:59 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | TOO MUCH INFORMATION,BEEN DONE ONCE BEFORE Scammer Information TO BUY MOBILE HOME DID THE EXACT SAME TO SELLER ON THE 5TH JAN 2014.SAME LOT OF BULLSHIT HIS LIFE STORY… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| michelle Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2014-01-05 22:35:22 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Gumtree scam Name Matt Gramha Scammer Information 06/01/2014 GramhaEmail Attached paypal paypal.com first ended contact account deposit payment response service package pty ltd internet access transfer sent buy sell online fund bank direct bank instant bank your bank surprise died will (following my response to a te... [art because of the excessive ... ($100) gumtree west aquarius submersible Classified Ads Scam - Gumtree Scammer Source was emailScammer Information Name Matt Gramha More Like This Email Address mattgramha@ho… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2014-01-05 00:17:32 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Caravan sale Scammer Information texted me at midnight asking if the van was still for sale. I noted it is the same email address as melissa carly another scam address melissacarly200@hotmail.com… Read Full Report ⇒ |