[purpleturtle]

I have been advertising my vehicle for the past week and I have had a lot of emails from scammers wanting to "buy" this car

Eg.

HELLO,...... THX FOR REPLY BACK TO ME,I DONT THINK IS GONNA POSSIBLE TO COME ALONG WITH CASH WHEN AM COMING FOR PICK UP , IS TOO RISK FOR ME,I CANT DO THAT, MORE ROVER WE ARE NOT LIVE IN THE SAME AREA.SO I PREFER TO PAY WITH CHEQUE IF YOU DONT MIND,AND I WILL WAIT FOR CHEQUE TO CLEAR FROM BANK BEFORE PICK UP,YOU CAN TRUST ME FOR THAT........OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL ME ON MY MOBILE PHONE TO TALK ABOUT THIS 447024014233.HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.


My reply



Hi Kingsley,

When you come pick up the car you can pay me in cash if that is ok. Please just let me know when you would like to pick up the car and I will see to it that I am home and give you my full address details.

His previous email

HELLO,
AM INTERESETED IN THAT CAR AND AM READY TO READY THE MONEY£800 .I DONT THINK I CAN COME FOR TESTING RIGHT NOW ,BCOS AM BUSY WITH MY WORK, I WILL TRY TO COME BEFORE PICK UP,WHAT ARE THE METHOD OF PAYMENT,I WILL LIKE TO PAY IN CHEQUE,DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT , AND AM GOING TO WAIT FOR THE CHEQUE TO CLEAR BEFORE PICK UP.....IF SO GET BACK TO ME WITH THE INFORMATION YOU WANT ME TO WRITE ON THE CHEQUE INCLUDE YOUR FULL NAME ,TELEPHONE NUMBER,CONTACT ADRESS,.YOU CAN ALSO CALL ME ON MY MOBILE PHONE TO TALK BETTER 447024014233.HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.



HELLO, COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON TO YOU, I SAW YOUR DISPLAY ADVERT ,THAT YOU WANT TO SALE ............AM INTERESTED IN THAT CAR , I WANT TO KNOW IF THE CAR IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR SALE, AND KINDLY GET BACK TO ME WITH THE PRIZE YOU WANT TO OFFER ME.I HOPE THE CAR STILL IN GOOD CONDITION,.
HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.

CHEERS
KINGSLEY.

[Miss_Sashna]

You know, I had couple of them scammers..beacuse of the pattern of how they reuqest for shipment,cheques ect...

I blatently told them, that you are a scammer and I know it..and if not then come and collect the item and pay for it..and GUESS WHAT? they never replied...

JUST DO IT...!!!!!!!

[mattgirling]

Compliment of the season to you!

[waikato fc]

More rover!!??

I like that ...

[the_tidy_kiwi]

Hi there,

Ah the trusty 'overpayment' scammers are at it again!

You can report these guys in our new 'stay safe' section, which can be found in our help pages.
http://www.gumtree.com/help/stay_safe#item76

Make sure you provide the very first email that they send you as this is the most useful to us.

purpleturtle, I will email you seperately to get these details and take action against these guys.