[freewaygirl]

Hi, I just received an offer from nigeria last night as well here.


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Hello Mate,

I am willing to buy this for my Kiddies Center in abroad and ill be offering you 400 USD plus the shipment cost and the payment would be through PayPal or Bank to Bank Money Transfer..Get back to me with the item condition at mhammer61@yahoo.com or Add me at mhammer61@yahoo.com.

Morgan.

I reply on this email and here is his reply

Hello,

Thanks for the mail.I want you to know that the Payment will be made through Bank to Bank Money transfer and the item will be sent to my Kiddies Center in West Africa and all what i want you to do now is to get back to me with your full Bank details as stated below so that i can proceed with the Payment of the item as soon as Possible...

Account Holder Name:
Account Number:
Bank Name:
Swift Code:
Ibn Code:

Here is the Shipping Address Below..

Receiver's Name: Ayo Deji
Address: No 4 Akarigbo Street
City: Sagamu
State: Ogun State
Country: Nigeria
Zip Code: 23403
Telephone Number: +2348071908035

Hope to aed from you soonest....Kinldy get bakc to me with the shipment cost Via DHL or UPS...

Warmest Regards.

Morgan.

I reply to his email and inform him that I need to see the money reflect to my accnt before I send the item and this is what he reply

but i want you to know that once you see the payment confirmation from the bank you should go ahead with the shipment of the item and get back to the bank with the shipment tracking number ok
Morgan Hammer: just for the verification ok
Morgan Hammer: and also i want you to end the auction now ok
I am chatting with him now

do you think this is a scam?

[montyzuma]

yup

[freewaygirl]

That Nigerian almost got me, good thing I made my research
that's probably why I don't feel at ease when he is already asking for my bank account and he offer a huge money for used product.

[lizza]

so how exactly do these scams work?

I had one that tried to get me by asking to place money in a friends western union account or something... how does the scam work if I'm not putting money in their account?

[montyzuma]

cos they ask you for a scan of the w-u document and as long as they have the 10 digit mctn no. they can take the money anywhere in the world. its like giving them your cash card and pin no.

[robnrach]

Hi, I'm not certain its a scam, but I've so far had 3 replies from 3 different car ads (and 3 different names), claiming that they're in Italy with the car, and that they've hired an Escrow service to take payment and ship the car to the UK.

Anyone know the deal with these ads or purchased a car from them successfully?

[montyzuma]

OF COURSE ITS A SCAM

DONT BE SO DAFT


I WILL BET MY BOABIE ON IT

[robnrach]

you're right it is!

they claim to use an escrow service www.int-cargo.com but when I looked into it, although the site looks legit, the contact address they give in London is incorrect. The post code does not exist!

BEWARE!

[montyzuma]

FAINTS IN SHOCK

you'll notice there no land line no either




gumtree is meant for face to face trading

anyone who says they are out of the country at present

anyone who says they want to buy it for there son bro pastor in nigeria and will pay you more money to ship it there is a scammer

im not correct about many things but i know my scammers

[jimjimthehumanbin]

Hi,
Long time listener, first time caller...

I've bought stuff off gumtree before so pretty happy when it's a local buy.

However, there was an item listed locally but the seller wants to set up an ebay auction.

They have asked for my ebay username and address where I want the item posted and whether paypal was ok. I don't use either as I prefer cash but seeing if I can set it up.

When I hear 'posted', alarm bells do ring. However, when you also mention 'ebay'and 'paypal' then there is some insurance for both parties, surely? No mention of moneygram etc...

The person is UK based but not in my city area anymore now hence the ebay auction offer.

I was wondering whether anyone has had the some potential scam email or has had a similar experience and it worked out fine.

I'm going to email back anyway and say I will travel to collect as it seems a good deal.

Thanks

[NobleExcalibur]

Sounds like a potential scam to me... i have never heard of one like it but i would recommend face to face trading which is gumtree policy.

Happy travelling to pick it up

[montyzuma]

you run the possibillity of getting a fake paypal or gumtree email

which people who are unfamiliar with paypal fall for


theres been a couple of people done recently who sent money to a bank account and get stiffed

best to stick to face to face

[cake000]

SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME AND THE POLICE COULDNT GIVE A DAMM IT WAS £300. THE POLICE ARENT GOING TO KNOCK DOWN THERE DOORS FOR £300. A WORD TO EVERYONE NEVER PAY MONEY INTO SOMEONES BANK. YOUR ASKING TO GET SCAMMED

[jimjimthehumanbin]

Thanks for the replies. Good to know the forum is active especially with sales scams that can happen.

I've emailed but no response so must have been a scam.

I've also noticed that the advert was removed.

Ah well, if it's too good to be true it usually is.

I'll just repeat what everyone says with Gumtree sales:

A/ Stick to cash.
B/ Meet face to face.

[montyzuma]

yep well done for not falling for it

[narravark]

[wardy32]

[Aussie1234]

FYI
Original Message below.
Also send fraudulant PayPal emails stating confirmation of payment into my account.
Needless to say I never sent the items (mobile phones) to her/him.
---------------------------------
Ana Williams" <anawill65@yahoo.com
Hello there,

This to inform you that I've send the money to the paypal email account for item cost, and postage fee also you'll receive payment notification message from paypal in your paypal email address, so check it and kindly get the item shipped along with all the accessory through Royal Mail to this address..........


Name: Hishow Adekunle Williams,
Address: B1/41Ita Elega Federal Housing Estate,
City: Abeokuta,
State: Ogun State,
Country: Nigeria,
Zip code: 234039.

I look forward to your fast response.

Warm Regards.

[kimbo_frog]

I have unfortunatly had the misfortune to have dealing with a scammer on gumtree while looking in a rush for Britney tickets.

i have 2 britney spears ticket for sale,ticket are seating ticket,
the face value is 50pounds but due to the fact that i have 2 extra ticket
I am selling for 25pound each and am available to meet you at the arena cos am also coming to the concertyou can call me on


He offered to email me the tickets and meet me at the o2 for cash exchange as he was attending the concert also.

I suggested that maybe he came to our seats to collect the money as it would be better for us as we were arriving alot earlier than he was or to call us when he arrived.

He emailed me the e-tickets and all looked fine.

When we tried to enter with the tickets we were obviously refused entry and the tickets were bought with card that was later refused.

Luckily we managed to get more tickets and enjoy the concert.

On my return I looked a bit more at his advert and found mutiple listings for similar or same tickets.

Theres 2 mobile numbers that they use and several names:
+447552464327
+447789092343

-Daniel, Denise, Andrew, William, Sam and Paul

most seem to be London based ads but the recent one I found today was for Cardiff.

The email address they used to send me tickets was:
denise ogunowo <denise4real2000@yahoo.co.uk>

I have found in-date listings with the same numbers and reported them to Gumtree and have tried to find any other places but none as yet.

Is there anything else I can do to make this persons fun a little harder?

[tarunjalhotra]

ABCDEF

[trebor1974]

Funny cause ive just listed some items and within 2 hours ive got the following email :
Dear seller,
I'm a dealer and am interested in buying this item. can you let me know the conditions.. My payment means is paypal. So send me your paypal email for the payment asap. I will add some for the shipping cost to my store in Nigeria Advise me on shipping 20units of these items.
Pls get back to me asap..

Thanks


IM SURE THERE AT IT AGAIN..............................

[eddyemma34]

There is a scammer that is going by the name of elmer in the pets section, so far seen in sphynx kittens and monkeys. I did actually contact him/her re the monkeys and they wrote back giving me descriptions and asking me various questions.

I wrote back saying I was still interested, answered their questions with caution, as at this point I was getting suspicious. They then emailed back to say they are in Greater London and would need at least £150 to transport the monkey to me. I wrote back saying that we are often in the London area and would be able to collect with suitable transport..........needless to say I have not yet received a reply.

[chris1502]

i just had 11 replies to an ad for a wedding ring set all from same email address and they changed name 5 times

From: postings@gumtree.com on behalf of somekindofemailx@gmail.com
Sent: 20 June 2009 06:07:16
To: ohgoditshimagain@hotmail.com

This email has been sent to you through the Gumtree system because you have selected tohide your email address in your ad: http://guildford.gumtree.com/guildford/80/39106280.html Is this email spam? Let us know here: http://www.gumtree.com/cgi-bin/help.pl?f=1&s=19Is this email dodgy? Let us know here: http://www.gumtree.com/cgi-bin/help.pl?f=1&s=2 Contact: somekindofemailx@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________________ Hey there, I am interested.If you could send me some more information that would be great! Thanks,Frank


names changed to jesse / josh / bill

has anyone else had emails from somekindofemailx@gmail.com ?[/img]

[hanhan2468]

yep, i've had the same email from
somekindofemailx@gmail.com
and from
somethinggun02@gmail.com

[dazzclub]

Yep me too, email was somekindofemailx@gmail.com and the name was Bill