Secret/Mystery Shopper Scam TipOff Reports for Gumtree| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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  | Nerijus Maksvytis Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf, United Kingdom 2017-10-23 11:09:40 Secret/Mystery Shopper Scam Gumtree |   paypal/moneygram transfers Scammer Information i was selling TV and this guy called him self Eric Johnson contacted me:
Great! please consider it sold and take the ads down off gumtree,i am buying it for my cousin and i am ready to pay your full asking price, i have read through the advert and i'm totally satisfied with it and i will be glad if you can get back to me with some pics if available,sadly i won't be able to come for the inspection and pick up due to my disabilities,i loss my hearing and being on a wheelchair … Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2017-08-08 06:55:53 Secret/Mystery Shopper Scam Gumtree |  +5 Attempted Camera purchase scam by an "Oceanographer" called Polly Wright Scammer Information "Polly Wright" claimed to be an oceanographer and wanted to buy my advertised camera for her daughter as a graduation present in China. This person claimed to have made a transfer to my PayPal account but nothing arrived in my account. There was however, two emails purportedly from PayPal stating that funds would be transferred to my account once I lodged a despatch receipt. The problem for "Polly" is that PayPal don't work this way. I will copy over "Polly" last email be… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Oldham, Oldham, United Kingdom 2016-04-10 17:20:50 Secret/Mystery Shopper Scam Gumtree | +1 Selling on gumtree - Kate and Alex Bennet Scammer Information I am trying to sell my car on gumtree. Got a text message from "Kate" - No number, and my phone identified the seller as Kate - asking me if the car is still available. She asked me to email his husband Alex at alexbennett090@gmail.com. It was a bit suspicious, but I emailed that the car is still available.
This is what I got.
"Thanks for the prompt response,I'm satisfied with the condition of what am buying as advertised in the ad,i will like to add you £50 to the final… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Ceds Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa 2015-10-09 12:05:57 Secret/Mystery Shopper Scam Gumtree | +1 Email from Paypal Scammer Information Alright thanks for your quick response,I want it shipped to my friend
as a gift and i will be paying you additional R2000 for the shipping
fee via South Africa Post Office(SAPO) so do let me know if you can
ship it out so i can make the payment ASAP.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Regards,
Sent from my iPad
Hello Baso, i write to inform you that have just made the payment of
$415.00 USD online now and am sure PayPal must have sent you my
payment confirmation… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2014-06-09 18:29:58 Secret/Mystery Shopper Scam Gumtree | Buyer Scam from China. He says he is mike joe. Scammer Information
Name: Xiangguo Ma
Address:5 ding fu jia yuan
City: Beijing
State: Beijing
Zip Code: 100024
Country: China.
I was selling my bike on gumtree when this guy emailed me together with a lady named mellissacarly200@hotmail.com.
He said he is going to buy the bike without looking at it. Now he wants me to send him money first for the courier which at that address. He created a fake PayPal account. Then now when I googled him there's more that came up. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | kaid Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2014-03-17 10:45:37 Secret/Mystery Shopper Scam Gumtree | motorbike scam Scammer Information this person was telling me he was going to deposit money into my paypal account and that he was going to get a private courier to come get the bike. a few days later he said if he puts an extra thousand into my account can i exchange money into chinese currency and pay the courior. he was saying that he was to busy to come look at the bike and thats when i got suspicious and looked his name up and found that he had scammed other people.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Kew, Victoria, Australia 2014-01-23 12:39:44 Secret/Mystery Shopper Scam Gumtree | Interested in buying stuff on gumtree Scammer Information they're in a big rush to buy stuff of you and make you do it paypal, they don't ever see the products and insist they want to buy it all they are very persistent and get angry when you don't reply fast enough.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-10-02 06:27:43 Secret/Mystery Shopper Scam Gumtree | +1 sent an email saying he would deposit money on paypal, had two texts from different names same number, then two emails exact sam Scammer Information Hi first I received From
a text from both of the above mentioned asking for information on the caravan that i'm selling on Gumtree, I sent an email to both outling cost and condition, they then sent emails back both saying the same thing… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-07-18 21:00:55 Secret/Mystery Shopper Scam Gumtree | Selling a car on gumtree Scammer Information Car for sale on gumtree and there not even going to look at it there's a courier going to pick it up… Read Full Report ⇒ |