Overpayment Scam TipOff Reports| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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  | Anonymous Grecia, Provincia de Alajuela, Costa Rica 2017-03-07 20:05:18 Overpayment Scam Paypal (paypal.com) |  +1 Linda just sent you $3,182.00 USD with Paypal. Paypal recommends to withdraw it now. Scammer Information Linda just sent you $3,182.00 USD with Paypal.
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Linda … Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Athens, TX, United States 2017-02-18 00:18:09 Overpayment Scam | +4 Email request for therapy for daughter while she is in the country Scammer Information He sends an email asking for psychotherapy for his daughter while she is on vacation in the vicinity of therapist's offices and requests personal information in order to pre-pay for the therapy but balks when the therapist asks to speak to the prospective patient.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous La Lagunillas, Departamento de Esteli, Nicaragua 2017-02-06 17:55:03 Overpayment Scam Yahoo | ATTENTION BENEFICIARY Scammer Information YO NO FUI ESTAFADO YA QUE NO CREO EN ESTAS COSAS SOLO QUIERO ADVERTIR A LOS DEMAS PARA QUE TENGAN CUIDADO, ESTA ES LA COPIA DEL CORREO QUE RECIBI:
Attn: Beneficiary
There is an issue involving ( $2.5 Million united state dollars ) which was
called to to the knowledge of our Bank ( AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PLC ) from
the Federal Ministry OF Finance Benin concerning your outstanding payment of (
$2.5 Million United States Dollars ) The fund has been releas… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Diana Springfield, VA, United States 2017-01-11 02:22:21 Overpayment Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) |   Buyer has their own courier sent to pick then that she will be adding an extrapayment: Overpayment Scam Scammer Information She asked me for final price and condition. Then told me she will pay via PayPal and that she has a courier that will pick up my item when the payment is done (without even seeing the dress or asking anymore questions). Then told me she had a little problem with pick up and because she was going through chemo wont be able to pay the courier heryself so she will be adding extra $300 because she wanted me to help her pay my courier.
I of course knew from this point she was … Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Laghouat, Laghouat, Algeria 2016-12-31 13:51:27 Overpayment Scam Other Auction site |  scam Scammer Information the scamer sent me his passeport & authorisation certificate of law and a death certificate of someone
Subject: hi
This is an official legal notice of an unclaimed fund left by your nationality Engineer Andrew, who died along with, his wife and their only daughter on the 21st of April 2014 in a Car Accident. As the former official/personal lawyer of the deceased and witness of fact for this subject matter, I hereby solicit for your immediate response and positive commit… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Vista, CA, United States 2016-12-04 03:21:36 Overpayment Scam Google Plus |   Bank wire scam from Lambert Mendoza Scammer Information Greetings Mario Fabian.
You will have to contact the bank that i have made the deposit of $ 2,000,000.00USD for you and your family, i have already sent your information's on-line, contact them with your ref number for easy trace of your file Ref Number:. FX / 8240023-JULIE / BTB / 2016. The bank will direct you on what to do to receive this donation. They will ask you to open an on-line account with them. Please do. You can also contact Mr George Bradshaw via his email ad… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Michelle Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2016-11-24 22:11:11 Overpayment Scam | Younique product order Scammer Information Sent me an email saying she didn't do credit cards or online purchases but wanted to order some products. Said she wanted to order some products for her daughters upcoming wedding. Was to send a cheque totalling no more than $600. She was using a financier (which gave me red flags from the get go) and would send me tracking information for the mailed payment. Cheque arrived at $2,450. Apparently her banker sent the total wedding planner amount. Now asking for me to etransfer … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Houston, TX, United States 2016-10-31 04:34:24 Overpayment Scam Other Classifieds Site | Scam by buyer through OfferUp Scammer Information I posted an item for sale on OfferUp. Someone immediately responded saying they were interested and could I please email them at a personal email account. I realize this should have been my first clue and I will be more careful from here on out. Anyway, I did email them and they responded with the following email: "I am interested in buying the item from you so please i want you to
remove the item from sales list,i don't mind giving you extra $50 in
order to delete the adve… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Atlanta, GA, United States 2016-10-14 19:32:26 Overpayment Scam |  Telephone calls stating, in broken English that they are with the federal Government with money to Refund Scammer Information The calls are repeated over and over all times of day and night.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Munster, IN, United States 2016-10-06 20:32:53 Overpayment Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Craigslist Scam "Arthur Howard" edwardfgn@gmail.com Scammer Information Got a text asking: Hi, what is your firm price for the electronics? REPLY to edwardfgn@gmail.com
I replied via email and got the following response from an "Arthur Howard"
Okay, Am good with your asking price I'll will send you a certified
check for payment I will Add extra $60 for you to hold it for me, and
I'll make sure I take care of the shipping and goods wont be moved
until you have your money in hand. Send your Name, mailing Address,
cell number and asking pri… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Spring, TX, United States 2016-10-05 21:50:50 Overpayment Scam Scentsy (scentsy.com) | Sending a check for $950 Scammer Information Hello! My name is Michelle Bell.I got your email from the scentsy
website. We would like to order the scentsy products below for our
upcoming family function.
6x Baked Apple Pie Scentsy Bar
6x Black Raspberry Vanilla Scentsy Bar
2x Angora Scentsy Warmer
2x Aspen Grove Scentsy Warmer
2x Meander Warmer
I will need to know the exact total and how you would like to handle
this.. They are 12 Bars & 6 Warmers. Delivery is with in your zip
code. I will just ne… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Nadia Churton Somewhere in United States 2016-09-28 00:37:53 Overpayment Scam Gumtree |  Gumtree scammer Scammer Information "Laura" contacted me to ask about my Wedding dress I had advertised on gumtree.
She text and when I replied it wouldn't deliver, so then used the email address they supplied.
They asked about negotiating the price but then didn't try to negotiate at all, so I stuck with my gumtree price.
in the end she emailed me to tell me she lived in Darwin and worked 'offshore' and would get a courier to collect it.
Then I get an email saying she had a problem transferring money and… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Anaheim, CA, United States 2016-08-30 19:35:21 Overpayment Scam | Financial Scam Scammer Information Used information on a goods for sale site (Offer-UP) to get people to receive bogus funds to buy goods and cash fake cashier checks. The person is known as "Liz"...he/she emails you and gets the email from the official site. They claimed that they are out of town but want to purchase your advertisement...they will send a cashier check and give you the asking price and more for holding the item. They also want you to call the shipper and they provided a tracking number and … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Olympia, WA, United States 2016-08-25 02:11:26 Overpayment Scam Scentsy (scentsy.com) | cristinamyers75@gmail.com check scam Scammer Information wanted to order scentsy with a check from her uncle. wanted a rush order for a family reunion and had her uncle 2 day mail me the check for about 10 times the amount that was due. Wanted to cash the check and mail her back the rest. The check was addressed to a bank in Maryland and the return address on the envelop was Florida.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Thrapston, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom 2016-07-25 12:23:17 Overpayment Scam Gumtree | Item on gumtree for sale Scammer Information had an item for sale on GUNTREE for £500. Offered to pay over the asking price to include carriage for her courier at a total of £880. Not able to speak to us on the phone as she had severe deafness!! Told us she would deposit money straight into our account and for us to liase with the courier on cost, times and dates for pick up, via WESTERN UNION Luckily we knew that all she needed to make a payment to us was our email account via paypal. Emails then stopped. Also me… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| No Name Somewhere in United States 2016-07-20 18:39:52 Overpayment Scam Other Auction site | LETITGO Scammer Information They want to mail you a check with a tracking number, then when he cashes it, she'd have a 'driver' pick up the items you had on LetItGo. The thing is, she is supposedly going to add extra money to the check for us to pay the driver with when he gets here.
Check never clears - but you send the additianl funds to supposed shipping company prior to check clearing and you are out the cash.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Laura Nita Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania 2016-07-18 15:20:56 Overpayment Scam | Untitled Overpayment Scam , ref:29065 Scammer Information First email :
Please kindly confirm the payment instructions from our client to your bank account. Details in the attachment.
Second email :
The payment information have be send by the client, please confirm before making the transfer.
Mention: they used as name a national bank from Romania… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2016-07-10 04:06:57 Overpayment Scam Other Classifieds Site | New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) Scammer Information I was trying to sell my kitchen (all responses were short and concise) and then after an agreement of final amount, this email was received. I got suspicious due to its length and willingness to pay, also giving me details i did not ask for such as condition of product or his bank details?
"Thanks for getting back.I'm cool with the price likewise the condition as described on your advert...i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG),which am presently offshore in New Zealan… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2016-07-06 10:44:13 Overpayment Scam Gumtree | Untitled Overpayment Scam on Gumtree, ref:28941 Scammer Information 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 $750 for pick up and delivery and payments for pick up made through them is made to their corporate international headquarters in China and the payments is made through western union money transfer, i will add the $750 to the money i will send as soon as i have made the payments,i will need you to he… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| No Name Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2016-06-30 04:00:35 Overpayment Scam | Overpayment Gumtree Scammer Information … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 2016-06-10 05:35:04 Overpayment Scam | Car sales.com Scammer Information Instant response upon listing car for sale on carsales.com
Slightly far fetched story, unlucky for him I know the industry and Jabiru has excellent phone reception which made me suspicious!
Subsequent search showed previous scam under slightly different name.
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 | Anonymous Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2016-06-09 00:31:07 Overpayment Scam Gumtree | +1 NZOG employee offer to purchase Scammer Information An immediate response to a car for sale on gumtree via text and with all follow up on email. I was suss from the start but it took me an hour or so to do some research.
I encourage everyone to take the time to report the exact details of any similar scammers here. You'd think that either there'd have to be a simpler way to earn money OR that if not they could disguise the bullshit a little better...… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Lake Charles, LA, United States 2016-05-31 02:25:44 Overpayment Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Craigslist check scam Carterlber@gmail.com Scammer Information I received the same email from these addresses regarding an item I posted on Craigslist. The item is easily hand-carried and I'm only asking $15.
Addresses used: carterlber@gmail.com, flutterfly631@gmail.com, danawl0010@gmail.com, danawilson38@gmail.com, conniewitfiel37@gmail.com, cherylbennett36@gmail.com, dana@rankadvert.org, cherylbennett36@adpostonline (couldn't see the rest of the address), conniewhitfiel37@adpostonline (couldn't see the rest of the address)
Hey, s… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| No Name Somewhere in Australia 2016-05-26 21:54:30 Overpayment Scam Gumtree | Untitled Overpayment Scam on Gumtree, ref:28670 Scammer Information … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Blair, NE, United States 2016-05-24 22:58:08 Overpayment Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | paypal scam Scammer Information paypal shipping scam… Read Full Report ⇒ |