Overpayment Scam TipOff Reports| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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  | Anonymous Somewhere in Spain 2013-11-27 20:19:34 Overpayment Scam Other Payment Site |  Estafa a través de email agencia de alquileres para vacaciones. Scammer Information Hello,
I need to make a reservation at your place for 3 persons going on holiday for 14 nights beginning from 4th December till 18th December 2013. I will need to know your rates per / night for the 3 guests and i will need you to tabulate and let me know the total run-down cost for 14 nights period so we can arrange for payment. If you do not have availability at the time we request, Kindly let me know when you will have availability to accommodate 3 Adults.
I await your k… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Somewhere in Spain 2013-11-27 20:19:11 Overpayment Scam Other Payment Site | Estafa a través de email agencia de alquileres para vacaciones. Scammer Information Hello,
I need to make a reservation at your place for 3 persons going on holiday for 14 nights beginning from 4th December till 18th December 2013. I will need to know your rates per / night for the 3 guests and i will need you to tabulate and let me know the total run-down cost for 14 nights period so we can arrange for payment. If you do not have availability at the time we request, Kindly let me know when you will have availability to accommodate 3 Adults.
I await your k… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Mitch Somewhere in Australia 2013-11-24 22:25:22 Overpayment Scam Gumtree |  +1 gumtree dirtbike scammer Scammer Information Says that he is living in NZ but returning to Darwin and wants to buy my dirtbike sight-unseen.
Would prefer to talk via email as he is at work.
Received multiple messages trying to negotiate, after I replied to the first message where he offered $7,500 for my bike, I got another message from him offering more which lead me to google his phone number.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Tuttle, OK, United States 2013-11-23 21:20:23 Overpayment Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) |  Untitled Overpayment Scam on Craigslist (craiglist.com), ref:14202 Scammer Information wanted to buy my truck which I advertised on craigslist, then had excuses why I would need to pay someone by western union for delivery of my truck, which I didn't do.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Madera, CA, United States 2013-11-22 02:06:05 Overpayment Scam | +7 Large Mary Kay Order Scammer Information First I received a text saying she found the number on my catalog and wanted my email. I created a new email address just in case and this is what I got:
I need you to place an Order for me and also want to be your new Customer, My Boss would mail you Check for the amount of the TimeWise Repairâ„¢ Volu-Firmâ„¢ Set, the shipping fee and the tax as well since i don't operate CREDIT CARD and am a DEAF WOMAN. The table below illustrate my Order. The Check MUST arrive b… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Belle River, Ontario, Canada 2013-11-21 13:17:27 Overpayment Scam Paypal (paypal.com) |  he pretends to buy your item wants to pay with paypal but he expects you to send him money from fake deposit Scammer Information … Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Wombourne, Staffordshire, United Kingdom 2013-11-20 20:37:30 Overpayment Scam Gumtree | Oceanographer buying car for Dad- Courier to pick up car after you senend paypal details Scammer Information This is the same scam as the Hayden Jurs New Zealand oil and gas with a different name and job description.
Hi there, Thank you for getting back to me.Can you assure me that the vehicle is in good state and that i will not be disappointed with it.I'm ready to pay your asking price and to be honest, i wanted to buy this for my Dad as a surprise gift for this coming Christmas, but the issue is I'm an Oceanographer and i do have a contract to go for which start and am leaving a… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in United States 2013-11-13 16:11:35 Overpayment Scam | Re: YOUR PAYMENT IS FINALLY APPROVED!!! Scammer Information U.S. Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
Website: http://www.treasury.gov
Dear Beneficiary,
I am Jacob Jack Lew. The New Secretary of the Treasury under the U.S Department of the Treasury. The executive agency responsible for promoting economic prosperity and ensuring the financial security of the United States. However, by virtue of my position as the new Secretary of the Treasury, I have irrevocably instructed the Federal R… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway 2013-11-13 08:04:04 Overpayment Scam | Untitled Overpayment Scam , ref:13880 Scammer Information Sent by. Sms… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2013-11-13 05:37:39 Overpayment Scam Gumtree | +1 Gumtree scam when selling a watch to the email formemma@gmail.com Scammer Information I just sent the money. A total of $1,800 will be credited into your account. The receipt I got for the payment says a confirmation will be sent to your email to finish transaction. Please make sure you check both your bulk and inbox folder since most of your earlier messages landed in my bulk folder. It was really nice dealing with a person like you. Please include any paper work or appraisal or the receipt along with the parcel if it is available. The postal address is the s… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Ellington, CT, United States 2013-11-08 16:07:26 Overpayment Scam | Castle Math/Yafan Li/ Fake paypal payment Scammer Information Hi *******,
Thanks for getting back to me i really appreciate, I would have love to send the fund myself trough western union website but i will be needing to call them for verification and have already told you that I don't have access to phone on here and i prefer proffesional freighting company due to the insurance and the freight company was introduce to me by my co-worker here and is a private pick up company that will come for the pick and sign all the necessary … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Ellington, CT, United States 2013-11-07 23:18:28 Overpayment Scam | +1 Car buying scam- oversease Scammer Information Thanks a lot for the email. Am buying it for my son who just graduated ontop of his class in National University in California, he studied Business Law and Professional Ethics Minor and am so proud of him . I want it as a surprise package to appreciate him towards his achievement and to be delivered before my arrival Wyoming as my family lives in Wyoming .
I work with Animal Planet (Call Of The Wild Man and we are presently offshore in US. We do not have access to phone at … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Charles Ellington, CT, United States 2013-11-07 22:52:53 Overpayment Scam Cars.com | Car buying scam over a classfied ad Scammer Information castle math
To myemail@my email.com
Today at 5:21 PM
Thanks a lot for the email. Am buying it for my son who just graduated ontop of his class in National University in California, he studied Business Law and Professional Ethics Minor and am so proud of him . I want it as a surprise package to appreciate him towards his achievement and to be delivered before my arrival Wyoming as my family lives in Wyoming .
I work with Animal Planet (Call Of The Wild Man and we are presen… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2013-11-05 06:11:30 Overpayment Scam Gumtree | Selling a car on Gumtree Scammer Information Thanks for the response,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,which is why I contacted you with internet messaging facility.
I am buying this for my first son who just graduated on top of his class at Charles Darwin University in NT ,He studied Building Design & Architecture. I want it to be the perfect graduation gift for him and am making it a surprise package ,Does it have any history I shoul… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | A Smith Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2013-11-03 21:19:01 Overpayment Scam CarsOnlineFree.com | Car Sale Scammer Information Matt claims to be working on a oil rig and wants to purchase the car for his son
Basically he tries to scam you for the delivery/transfer money of the vehicle by asking for the money to be transferred via Western Union to an agent in China… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Marquette, MI, United States 2013-11-01 02:58:38 Overpayment Scam | Violin Lessons Scam Scammer Information
Gentlemanly email concerning welfare of daughter and the advanced payment of violin lessons to
which I would likely take what I needed and then transferred rest to "cousin" nearby.
Poor "Mary" has a mother who died years ago. It's really good. Might not be a scam... but
whoa... … Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Lucea, Hanover, Jamaica 2013-10-18 16:46:47 Overpayment Scam Other Payment Site | http://www.treasury.gov/about/Pages/Secretary.aspx Scammer Information Dear Beneficiary,
I am Jacob Jack Lew. The New Secretary of the Treasury under the U.S Department of the Treasury. The executive agency responsible for promoting economic prosperity and ensuring the financial security of the United States. However, by virtue of my position as the new Secretary of the Treasury, I have irrevocably instructed the Federal Reserve Board to approve your fund release via issuance of a CERTIFIED CHECK drawn on FEDERAL RESERVE BANK, which is th… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Airdrie, Alberta, Canada 2013-10-17 21:36:15 Overpayment Scam Kijiji.com | +1 Used car scam - Kijiji Scammer Information Was selling a used car on Kijiji. Got a reply via text message ~12hrs after posting, asking me to email at the address above and saying they would offer $700 above my $3500 asking price. Since that's 20% (!!!) it seemed fishy, did some googling and the exact email text I've entered here pops up in dozens of other results. Went by the name of Jeff Doyle - I also got suspicious due to unfamiliar (Florida) area code - I'm in Alberta, Canada. The profile picture for that gmail ac… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Somewhere in South Africa 2013-10-14 13:57:21 Overpayment Scam | David Bradshaw QC <bar.davidbra.qc@live.com> Scammer Information Dear Friend.
Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret.
Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day, Let me start by first introducing
myself properly to you. It may surprise you receiving this letter from me, since there was no previous correspondence between us.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Port Dover, Ontario, Canada 2013-10-12 01:23:45 Overpayment Scam Kijiji.com | +3 KIJIJI Phishing Scam Scammer Information Selling a car on KIJIJI First received this text:
Hello, I will like to know the firm price and condition of your car. Pls email me for quicker response.
I sent an email with details to the attached e-mail address and received this reply:
"Thanks for mailing back, am ok with your price and the condition. I am indeed very motivated to purchase from you and am purchasing it for my leave because i'll be coming soon from this field. As I'm a Petroleum Project Engineer in(Ham… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous White Plains, MD, United States 2013-10-05 01:36:01 Overpayment Scam | Untitled Overpayment Scam , ref:12539 Scammer Information Hello!
I want you to Place the order for me, I got your sales from Princess House .. I need a STRAIGHT ORDER from you not interested Preferred Client. I need a new Consultant to handle my order for me and my Boss will send you a CERTIFIED CHECK for the ORDER as i don't operate CREDIT CARD, I will prefer you received the payment first before submitting my Order because it will be send via Mail, Pls E-mail me with Total price including your Full Name,Address and Cell Phone Nbr… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Tulsa, OK, United States 2013-10-04 16:41:36 Overpayment Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | person wanted to send me a check in the mail for something he hasn't even seen yet,asking for personal info Scammer Information > Hello how are you doing? Is Check a fine form of payment, then after > it clears your Bank i'll arrange for a mover to come over for the pick up? > If you are OK with it, let me have your name and address to send the > payment to and a mobile number to contact you at. What is your final > price? Larry - See more at: http://www.scamdex.com/ScamTipReports/11550#sthash.Su6TnQGH.dpuf… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Terni, Province of Terni, Italy 2013-10-03 09:01:40 Overpayment Scam | On behalf of Mrs. Margaret Crawford Scammer Information Da: "Janet S. Jones02"
Data: 26 settembre 2013 03:23:38 CEST
A: Undisclosed recipients:;
Oggetto: On behalf of Mrs. Margaret Crawford
I am sending you this email on behalf of Mrs. Margaret Crawford and in regards to her wish. She have decided to will her inheritance to you for Humanitarian work and your personal use. For more info contact her Attorney, Mark Lawson on email: mlawsonlawfirm@rogers.com
Yours Sincerely,
Janet Jones.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Benton Harbor, MI, United States 2013-09-30 20:49:58 Overpayment Scam | FBI Emergency Response Network Scammer Information Case Reports on Overdue Payment:
Case File: 0039-CJ-38920
Investigating Officer: Special Agent Christopher Kelly
Data: Overdue Payment Approved for Immediate Delivery (US $ 2,500,000.00) Case Reported By: Int. Dept. Settlement Office, James Warner Jr. (IMF) Find PDF File Attachment Below.
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In the pdf, they give you a mastercard credit card number and wants you to pay t… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Somewhere in United States 2013-09-23 21:29:24 Overpayment Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Untitled Overpayment Scam on Craigslist (craiglist.com), ref:12293 Scammer Information I am selling a pair of tires on CL. Here is the "set up" email to me:
HELLO HOW ARE YOU DOING? IS CHECK A FINE FORM OF PAYMENT, THEN AFTER IT
> CLEARS YOUR BANK I'LL ARRANGE FOR A MOVER TO COME OVER FOR THE PICK UP?
> IF YOU ARE OK WITH IT, LET ME HAVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS TO SEND THE PAYMENT
> TO AND A MOBILE NUMBER TO CONTACT YOU AT. WHAT IS YOUR FINAL PRICE? LARRY
I could see this was going to be overpayment scam with me paying the "mover". You don't need a "mover" to… Read Full Report ⇒ |