Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received
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| No Name West End, Queensland, Australia 2013-09-26 10:53:58 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Car sale ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-09-25 12:57:11 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | rdickson005@yahoo.com Contacted me withing 1 day of posting wishing to purchase car asked for lowest price, wanted to pay via PayPal or direct debit, gave him bank account details (but a newly created bank account with no money in it) and he asked for us to pay couriers des via... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia 2013-09-24 07:29:19 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | florajoseph07@gmail.com Had exactly the same issue, selling a car on gumtree and received a text. Not sure how this scam would have played out?... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2013-09-22 10:56:50 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | +1 helvisdatford@gmail - scam buyer Created an ad on Gumtree to sell my deceased fathers pop top van. Received a text from mobile number 61428465117 with the following message:
Sent from: helvis I'm interested in your gumtree ad, how much are you willing to sell it.email me at (helvisdatfor... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-09-21 20:52:12 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Selling car on gumtree,Lisa Patrick saying she wants car, paying through paypal, wanting help with transfering money to china fo ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2013-09-16 10:34:41 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | I was selling a car on Gumtree. DarrenLiam@hotmail.com. Scumbag wanted my bank details. Says he worked on a Oil rig ext... Scumbag tried to get my bank details.
Said he worked on a oil rig ext: He wanted to deposit money into my bank and get his mates to collect. Bul_hit!... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2013-09-16 05:05:44 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Camper trailers Will transfer money to your Bank/ paypal and he will get his courier to transfer to Darwin.(Simon)
Simon asks you to remove from sale and that he is in the middle of a 15 day on Kupe field in the Taranaki Basin in NZ . Simon also says that he wants his cou... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-09-15 06:35:55 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Commodore 1982 I had a car up for sale on gumtree
Received a text message asking for more info and photos to be emailed...
Once they received the email I got this back
Thanks for mailing back,am ok with the price and the condition,i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (N... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous Kellyville, New South Wales, Australia 2013-09-15 00:35:29 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Gumtree ad I have an ad on gumtree to sell my car. Received a txt asking for reply via email. Follow up email stated that they were working offshore but would transfer asking price, then followed up requesting that I pay the agent in advance.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2013-09-14 09:27:44 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Gumtree, ref:12109 Says he wants to buy the car for his son that graduated top of the class at Charles Darwin University in NT... ⇒ more |
| No Name Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2013-09-13 11:17:46 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Scammer claimed to be buying a car for his son who had graduated from Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory. Asked
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 ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2013-09-11 02:57:52 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | I had car for sale on gumtree which he wanted to pay for asap I was selling my car on gumtree for $3700 he asked me to send more pics with a rock bottom price which I did $3500 he said yes sold and would pay asap without looking at car as he was busy type working long hours.I thought he was a scammer so replyed that ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2013-09-11 02:53:13 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | selling a car Thanks for mailing back, I'm ok with the price and the condition i work on a rig as a mechanical engineer i would have love to call but We do not have access to phone at the moment that's why I contacted you with internet messaging facility,I'm buying it f... ⇒ more |
| gary Somewhere in Australia 2013-09-10 09:30:00 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | email on phone.selling a car i am selling a car on gumtree and he responded to addwith email.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous Richmond, Victoria, Australia 2013-09-10 04:59:14 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Gumtree, ref:12004 Hi ask my bank details... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2013-09-10 03:59:09 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | googled the email Lisapatrick90@gmail.com We placed an add for our boat on Gumtree...first time users so were surprised by the contact first by txt than by email. However thought it still a bit sus. Decided to google the email and Scamdex came up. Wording of emails and texts are exactly the sam... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom 2013-09-09 19:45:05 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Gumtree, ref:11992 Wanting to but a bike...
Hello,
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 mom... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2013-09-09 04:36:18 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Frank Carter - Selling non existent tickets to events Says he will send the ticket when he gets home from work. On receiving payment, turns off phone and ceases all contact.... ⇒ more |
| No Name Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2013-09-08 06:21:41 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | messaged and email about car for sale, wants to do PayPal without inspection Messages / emails.
Sent from: Julie
Hello ,i saw your Vehicle on Gumtree Ad ,is it still available for Sale?.. reply to my personal email ... juliehamex001@hotmail.com
Hi there, Thank you for getting back to me. When last was it serviced and how long hav... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-09-05 11:05:47 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | +2 Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Gumtree, ref:11898 Sent from JOHN I'm interestedin your vehicle.. what is your last asking price & it's present condition? Kindly get back to me at my email sheehy.007@gmail.com
Thanks for mailing back.I am away at sea at the moment,i work with New
Zealand Oil and Gas (NZO... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2013-09-04 08:21:12 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Barry Oliver I received a text message from 'Barry Oliver' and then an email saying that he was buying a graduation gift for his son in Darwin who had graduated top of his class. He was organising the courier to pick up the car from Melbourne. 'Barry' said that he wa... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous Somewhere in South Africa 2013-09-03 12:42:58 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Millinium Motors Colesburg (Scam!!) This guy advertised a White and Skye blue Golf Velocity 1.6i on Gumtree for as low as R30,000. I called the number he provides on the add: 078 312 3661 i did not get an answer so i then sent an email via Gumtree to reach the seller. One week later i receiv... ⇒ more |
| craig Two Wells, South Australia, Australia 2013-09-03 11:56:23 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | on scamdex when I looked him up advertised car for sale on gumtree and he said he was buying it for his son and he already had
movers organized to collect the vehicle and to give him direct bank details so he could pay or pay by paypal.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-09-02 23:29:01 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Advertisement Gumtree I was just about to pay when i had this problem with the pick up, my pick up agent says i will need to pay for the pick up before they can schedule a pick up time, they charged me $1,500 for pick up and delivery and payments for pick up made through them i... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2013-08-30 09:36:00 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Put car on gum tree and received request for bank account details from brendasteve001@gmail.com Put our car for sale on gum tree, shortly afterwards received an email from Steve to clarify the price, he returned my email with the following from brendasteve001@gmail.com Thanks for mailing back,am ok with the price and the condition,i work with New Zea... ⇒ more |