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| Anonymous
Noblesville, IN, United States
2015-08-04 18:49:34
Classified Ads Scam
Autotrader (autotrader.com) |  +2 Thomas Griffith & Kerry Lewin I listed a car for sale on Auto Trader and someone named Thomas Griffith (859-654-7994) texted my cell phone saying he wanted to buy the car. He wanted me to email him more details at tomgriffith1955@gmail.com. He wanted to pay for the car through pay pa... ⇒ more |
| PeterB
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2015-08-04 08:35:26
Classified Ads Scam
Other Classifieds Site |  +2 NZOG Thanks for getting back,i'm cool with the price likewise the condition as described on the advert,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 m... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Wharton, NJ, United States
2015-08-04 03:05:44
Classified Ads Scam
Other Classifieds Site | Add on back page classifieds , jeep was too good to be true for the price. It had scam written all over it . hudson valley, ny free classifieds
backpage.com > Hudson Valley automotive > Hudson Valley autos for sale
Report Ad$2,236, Excellent ### Jeep Wrangler
Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 8:51 PM
Reply
$2,236, Excellent ### Jeep Wrangler. TH... ⇒ more |
| SmartCookie
Santa Ana, CA, United States
2015-08-03 23:04:12
Classified Ads Scam
Autotrader (autotrader.com) | AutoTrader clever NEW scam So, this guy emails me from my ad on Auto Trader and says he really wants to buy my car but he wants a VIN report ran on the vehicle before he comes to buy it. He sent me the website to grab the report off of and email it to him. The link for the VIN re... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
2015-08-03 17:41:08
Classified Ads Scam
Kijiji.com |  Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Kijiji.com, ref:23740 I posted an item for sale on kijiji. A week or so later I got a response from a guy who said he was fully committed
to purchase the item, but could not pay for it in cash, he was going to send me a check, after depositing it
into my account and having i... ⇒ more |
| Adam M. SYDNEY NSW
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2015-08-03 08:29:14
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree |  WALLIS NEVILLE KEITH - GUMTREE SCAM I put an ad on Gumtree for a piece of Recording Studio equipment and a Complete Marine Fish Aquarium.
Within seconds of placing this ad, I received an SMS Message from a person asking if the items were still available and to email them at wkeith@outlook.c... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2015-08-02 08:51:30
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | Gumtree Email Scam First off I advertised my mattress on Gumtree Sydney, then got the below message.
1st message = (Hello is your furniture still for sale......please advise me on your last price and present condition on my email at(Katejenkins6111@gmail.com)thanks)
I ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Houston, TX, United States
2015-07-31 12:43:55
Classified Ads Scam
Craigslist (craiglist.com) |  Craigs List purchase of Restoration Hardware Wanted to use Paypal to purchase and send extra money for setting up shipment. Said the money was sent but I never got anything.... ⇒ more |
| No Name
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
2015-07-31 07:45:50
Classified Ads Scam
| Drive South Car sale scam Wanted to buy my mother's car. We are in New Zealand, 'he' wanted it shipped to Darwin Australia!
This was the initial email, which is a direct copy of others I have found on your site. Thank you!
"Thanks for getting back to me..I'm okay with the pric... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2015-07-31 02:12:31
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | Trying to phish details using excuse to purchase my car through Gumtree. Thanks a lot for the email. Am buying it for my lovely Son who just graduated ontop of his class in Autralia national university (ANU) ,he studied Business Law and Professional Ethics Minor and am so proud of him . I want it as a surprise package to apprec... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Canada
2015-07-28 21:17:01
Classified Ads Scam
Kijiji.com | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Kijiji.com, ref:23698 I placed add on kijiji for exercise equipment.
Had a reply not even 5mins after the add went up.
Said they would pay the asking price, not able to pay cash. Would be cashier check.
Told me that I needed to send money order $50. to Alicia Pierce at 7 K... ⇒ more |
| Peter
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
2015-07-28 15:03:35
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | Gum Tree Selling a kayak Placed an ad on gumtree and received this response:
Thanks for getting back,i'm cool with the price likewise the condition as described on the advert,i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Belmont, Victoria, Australia
2015-07-28 03:47:17
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Gumtree, ref:23693 Had an add on Gumtree for a bedroom suite, and she contacted me by mobile phone message that came from her email address, wanting to know final price and to email her at Lillian.kohlberg@yahoo.com, which I did, she wanted the furniture, and wanted my paypa... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Duderstadt, Lower Saxony, Germany
2015-07-27 09:28:57
Classified Ads Scam
Other Classifieds Site | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Other Classifieds Site, ref:23685 Listed my add on bookoo
Received an email:
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 03:26:53 -0700
Subject: 545i, Business Edition, Custom order from BMW - $12.000
From: jimdawson1865@gmail.com
To: my email
Hi, what is the final price of your listing?
My Answer:
Fro... ⇒ more |
| JC
Salt Lake City, UT, United States
2015-07-27 01:13:35
Classified Ads Scam
Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Free Motorcycle Scam Hello
I apologize for the late response. I want to start by saying that you are a very
lucky person by being the first to indicate interest
having decided already to give it out to the first
individual that indicated interest since is going for free... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in South Africa
2015-07-25 11:35:20
Classified Ads Scam
Other Classifieds Site |  scam on good that was on olx I was selling my laptop on olx this guy emailed me and asked if I would send the laptop out to Nigeria and he will give me R2000 more for the laptop luckily I check on this website how they scam people before I sent the item. He wanted me to send it to thi... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Buena Vista, CO, United States
2015-07-25 08:27:59
Classified Ads Scam
Autotrader (autotrader.com) | ZACK OLDEN (alias) aka POS same as others: wants to purchase a car, wont do in person....... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2015-07-24 22:39:37
Classified Ads Scam
Kijiji.com | Thanks for getting back,i'm cool with the price likewise the condition as described on the advert,i work with TUCKER ENERGY SER Submitted as on kijiji Ottawa to sell a car. I received a message on my phone with a request to respond to this email address; see below's response from the scammer: Also, I did call the company, logging, not offshore anywhere!!
Email came from:
James ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Berwick, Victoria, Australia
2015-07-24 12:11:01
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Gumtree, ref:23672 As of those listed already - exact same info word for word by email.
I felt uneasy about this so googled and found all these reports! Thank goodness I did!... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2015-07-24 05:09:28
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | New Zealand Oil and Gas Received an SMS on my mobile - enquiring about an Item I had for sale on Gumtree.
I responded and received a further email as below -
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| SmartCookie
Santa Ana, CA, United States
2015-07-23 18:34:45
Classified Ads Scam
Autotrader (autotrader.com) | Zacholden@gmail.com SCAM Scam to get car without paying!!
Thanks for your response,Do you have extra keys? and When is the last date you service it? are you the original owner, i need answers to my question because I'm ready to pay but not cash in person because I’m cu... ⇒ more |
| Mick Struthers
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
2015-07-23 16:33:46
Classified Ads Scam
| Response to. Add on gumtree selling motorbike. Offered full price, no inspection, no haggling then wanted money transferred to a Had an add for a motorbike for sale on gumtree for about 6 weeks. Email response came in saying bike looks good and offered to transfer full amount to my bank account with no haggling over price. Then.....asked me to transfer courier payment to a courier b... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
2015-07-23 05:31:39
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | Gumtree Caravan Scam - Daniel Goulding Daniel Goulding
To Jack
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 moment,i... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2015-07-22 23:46:55
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | To eager to pay and transport to NT To eager to pay and transport to NT sight unseen for goods.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2015-07-22 11:17:51
Classified Ads Scam
Gumtree | NZOG - reply to my car for sale on gumtree Received a text message reply to my car for sale ad on gumtree saying;
Hello I will like to know if your listed car is still on for sale, if yes kindly get back to me on(delimazinidine500@gmail.com
) with your final asking price
Then replied to my ema... ⇒ more |
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