[montyzuma]

wtf is the point of placing a bogus ad?

[bimbimbim]

I am trying to sell my bass guitar in Cardiff and I get this after she emailed once before asking if my item was still available.


Dr Kate Withler
to me

show details 19:44 (18 hours ago)

How much is your last asking price?,more over am not in the UK now,i was posted to Africa on a programme but right now am in US with my boss and i will like you to post the item to my partner in Africa as a present from me.Just let me know if you are willing to sell the goods so i can make payment via PayPal just to be safe and easy ...
Thank you God Bless you.



"Dr Kate Withler" is gearing up for a good scamming, beware!

[rachelslrs]

Hi,

It's still available for sale..It belongs to my husband, he is gone out of country with some business and i sell it for him....i can tell you is in excellent condition
i am based in lerwick,shetland right now...i can only ship it to you from here...

if you are interested let me know....

thanks,
Oana

This came to me from Gumtree, when asked to see each other face to face, i had another reply saying that 'Oana' was dead and died in a car crash. She placed another advert on Gumtree for a SLR camera after 2 hours and said that Oana was alive again, didn't give me her telephone number and wanted money transferred over by Western Union, asked why and she replied ' because i'm in USA'

[DKNY2009]

Gumtree needs to find a way to reduce the number of fraudulent advert being placed on this site. Although Gumtree cannot be held responsible for people's innocent act of handing money to unscrupulous sellers but as its VERY, VERY easy to just load an advert and defraud innocent buyers of their money. I think is high time Gumtree has a mean to hold buyers or sellers' deposit or something of that nature that can be refunded should the item NOT get to the recipient, as long as the seller has a proof of postage/delivery!!

I'm very new to this site and I've been brought up to have a bit of trust in human kind and I was wrong in trusting an Animals dressed as human!...I've been scammed through this website and a few other people I have spoken to have also been scammer and vowed NEVER to return to this site. In fact, I posted an advert warning other innocent buyers/seller not to be caught in a similar situation. To my advert, I received an Unbelievable amount of emails from others who have been scammed. And when I went to the police and told them what happened to me, the first website mentioned or queried was; was it via Gumtree?

Apparently, Gumtree is notorious for NOT taking action and is a very easy way for fraudster to make quick box or their daily living/earnings. The same person that scammed me advertises EVERYDAY and Nothing, I mean Nothing is done to investigate him and he is allowed to GET Away with it!!

Something needs to be done. I know Gumtree stays trade face to face only but for an Eighteen year- old with less experience of the world of fraudsters, I’ve certainly learnt NOT to trust.

By the way, the scammers name is Asif Jawed from Birmingham area. But he advertises in London and Many other Areas too!
His accout details are: HSBC, sort code: 30-97-76. Acc no:126 755 68.

But he has MANY accout numbers, differnt names and A LOT of Pay As You Go mobile number that he uses to place his advert daily. His a Full-time Fraudster!!


That’s my story!

[DKNY2009]

There are other Fraudsters on Gumtree too with Account details below which you MUST Avoid:

Name: Sagid Hussain - Sort code: 09-01-27. Acc no: 2429 4067

Name: Zain Nyey - Sort code: 20-08-98. Acc no: 1005 0830

Name: Amir Shah - Sort code: 20-08-98. Acc no: 1035 2012

I have over 15 telephone numbers for these Fraudsters, selling between mobile phones, laptops and electrical goods and promise to post but YOU NEVER get a thing!!!

[angusglover]

[NobleExcalibur]

I am currently being scammed by sherinemorgan@ymail.com

i am selling a wireless racing wheel for xbox 360, and she contacted me asking if it is still available, to which i replied it it, and then she sent me the following message:

HI,I'M really glad reading back from you,i would have come to your destination to get the item myself,but I'm a bit far away from you,so i would really appreciate if you can kindly post this item for me,cause I'm sending it to someone in west Africa(Nigeria),via royal mail signed for,I'm gonna offer you 70pounds for postage,cause i want a fast delivery,I will do this transaction only through pay pal in order to have a safe transaction for both of us.I am ready pay you for the item and the postage offer.So if accepted you can send me the total cost and your full name and e-mail address on PayPal,or you can send me money request from PayPal.
Regards,
Sherine.


Now i am wondering what use it would be (even for the laugh) to send this scammer a paypal money request? i want to see if they actually attempt to send me money before i tell them where to jump!

i will take any other ideas for how to screw her over too!! i want one back on scammers for all that have ben scammed!!!

Thanks all
Noble

[angusglover]

[catapalla]

HERE'S ONE!!!

Hello,
Good day to you over there, I need good teacher for my son Paul for 1 month Paul is 16years of age.I want you to taech him 60mint per day, 3 times in a week

Am from U k,Based in London.

1.CHARGE FOR AN HOUR....

2.TOTAL CHARGES FOR 1MONTH THAT HE WILL BE TAUGHT 3TIMES PER WEEK..

3.YOUR PHONE NUMBER..."

Kindly get back to me if you will be available for that time and you can as well get back to me with your total cost for 1 month.

Thanks and waiting to read from you.

OBVIOUSLY I WAS SUSPICIOUS SO I GAVE HIM JUST THE HOURLY PRICE - HE REPLIED FROM a_alexz11@yahoo.com:


Hello ,

Thanks for your email,And more so i am glad the way you have kept me posted on the (tutoring) and i have accepted your offer and its okay by me,

I have make contacts with my son concerning the arrangement of the tutoring which he told me is ok by him and i want you to know that i am going to pay for A month which is £300 and also my client who is in U k will be sending you a check of £2,000 And the rest of the money will be used to get hotel accomodation nearby your location for my son and his anny and any other arrangement for the lesson so that the tuition can be able to conveniet for both of you,as soon as you get the check cash you will deduct cost of price of the lesson and send remaing balance to my son's NANNY so that they can be able to arrange themself to come to your location for the tuition.

Regarding this kindly get back to me with your full information to receive the check,like your full name we be on check your full address and your phone number where you can receive it, so that payment can be able to made out intime,

Because i want the lesson to start as soon as you received the check.

USUAL SCAM - NOW WHAT SHALL I TELL THIS F***R?

[dink2806]

My girlfriend has just been scammed by a guy in Nigeria called Ndaga Finge Spencer. She believed she'd purchased a Maltese Puppy and that they were couriering her down. They needed the payment of £200 to the couriers head office in (you guessed it) Cameroon. She paid the money and it was a waiting game.We got a phone call saying the puppy had to be delivered the next day as it was a bank holiday. Next morning we received an email asking for a 'refundable pet insurance' of 640 pounds!!!

I phoned him and had a go at him and told him i was gonna come and collect the puppy myself (leading him on) then asked where he wanted the money sent to. Surprise surprise, CAMEROON! so, after leaving him with something to think about (ahem) i hung up on him. I will be posting his phone numbers, email addresses and websites shortly for all to keep an eye on.

[chez77]

PLEASE BEWARE OF THIS SCAMMER JOHN WOOD HE SENT ME A FAKE EMAIL FRM PAYPAL.COM, I PHONED HIM TO ASK WHY HE SENT ME A FAKE EMAIL? AND TO SAY THR WAS NO PAMENT FRM HIM IN MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT, HE EVEN HAD THE CHEEK TO SAY HE WAS GOING TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ME FOR NOT SENDING THE PHONE. ITS A JOKE SO PLEASE BEWARE OF THIS MAN

[soneya]

This is the email he sent me and it sounds as though this could be a scam, needless to say I wont be selling to him

RE: Your Gumtree.com ad #37810709: Brand new size 6-8 strapless ivory wedding dress‏
From: Brown Kellvin (brownkellvin@ymail.com)

How much is your last asking price?,more over am not in the UK now,i was posted to Africa on a programme but right now am in US with my boss and i will like you to post the item to my partner in Africa as a present from me.Just let me know if you are willing to sell the goods so i can make payment via PayPal just to be safe and easy ....
Thank you God Bless you.

[Boshbeat]

I was selling disco equipment (To heavy to send by post remember)
I had 2 different people enquire about equipment - Dumb & Dumber ...lol
Both claiming to be of Nigerian background, Right come on be realistic people - we aint as stupid as you think !!!
NIGERIA... Hello... Anyone in there, NIGERIA INSTANTLY TRIGGERS BELLS GOING OFF.
The"NIGERIA" scam is old hat & if you get stung, Well your just as much as one of whose idiots ***Be Warned***

Idiot scammer/fraudster No.1 -

Sent from so called Lee Smith (leesmith211@yahoo.com)

1st-hi Do you still have this item available for sale.
2nd-I can only make the payment thru paypal or Bank transfer.
Please i'm purchasing it for a friend who is presently studing in Africa as a Valentine birthday gift,i will have come for the item by myself but always busy at work so i will be offering you £150 for the shipping cost to W/Africa via Royal Mail Intl Signed For(Post office).
So please if you are interested in selling this item to me kindly close the auction and get back to me your Full Name and your PayPal Email address or send me a PayPal request,so that I can send out payment immediately.

Where to deliver it to is below....

Name: Davies S.O
Address: Block B Rm 5A Akerele Ext Shitta,
City Surulere
State: Lagos
Zip Code: 23401
Country: Nigeria.


Idiot Scammer/fraudster No.2 -

Sent from so called cantona lere (cantonalere@ymail.com)

How much is your last asking price?,more over am not in the UK now,i was posted to Africa on a program but right now am in US with my boss and i will like you to post the item to my partner in Africa as a present from me.
Just let me know if you are willing to sell the goods so i can make payment via PayPal just to be safe and easy ...
Thank you God Bless you.

Quote: Thank you God Bless you, you`ll go to the big fire now for saying that

Hey` Wikipedia have even got a special Dedicated site on this type of fraud & they still do it ...lol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud

Clever People ! lol

[Boshbeat]

Nigeria
If in dought...Just don`t do it

[Boshbeat]

[Harrym]

Mail sent to me about a car for sale on Gumtree please warn others, I wasnt caught out but someone could be !!!!

Hello ,
Thank you for your reply. As I allready explained , I live in USA and I will go to Liverpool only for this deal. My car is not far from airport, but if you don't know Liverpool as well, we can meet at airport!(LVP)
I could meet you there this Saturday, if that is ok for you too, but I have to be sure that you are serious, because I have a long way ...from USA to UK .
So here are my conditions:
I won't ask for any money in advance, but you must reserve the car and I will come only if you are decided to buy it .And as a warranty that you really want to buy the car and that you have the money (in cash) for the car, I require that you arrange a payed deposit on your name , for the price of the car ( 3700 euro). Regarding the deposit, there is a service very fast and easy to use, named Western Union. It is used for sending cash money . All that you have to do is to ask a friend or family to go to Western Union with the cash and to send it to Liverpool, to your name as receiver.
Your friend will be the sender and you will be the receiver in Liverpool.
(I ask you to do this because I want to be 100 % sure that you will be there and you will be ready to buy it because last week I went to Liverpool for nothing. A man from Dublin told me that he wants to meet me and buy it , so I went to Liverpool, but he never came and never answered to my emails .)
After you make the transfer, I want you to send me an email with the scan of the receipt , so I can check with Western Union and if the transfer is ok, I will come to Liverpool to close the deal.
You will verify the documents and test the car and we will make the sale documents. Then we will go to a Western Union office, you will take the money and pay me.
PS: I told you that someone else must be the sender, not you, because some Western Union offices do not give you the money if the receiver is also sender.
Regarding the transfer fees, you will deduce them from the total amount,So that you won't pay nothing more ,just the price that we agreed ( for example 3600 euro+ fees 100 euro= 3700).
This transfer is also good for you because you avoid the risk of a traveling with the money in pocket.

Let me know if this is OK with you as soon as possible , let me know if I should reserve the car for you.
PS: Only my father was Polish! I have Polish name..

Thank you,
Sebastian Kula

[ashie22uk]

Good day to you and thanks for getting back to me .I also want to
appreciate the fact that you personally understood why i asked all
those questions.I was just doing this because i wanted be assured
that any of my babies get into a good home which would be able to
spoil the rotten with much love and care and also i have read and
heard a lot on how people do maltreat pets and i cannot imagine
that people do this to animals and such loving and darling
creatures which God took time to create.But after reading from you
once more i am confident that you would take proper care of this
baby very well for me.Like i said,i work with the orthodox baptist missionaries group in Belfast here is my number 07031850912 if you are willing to have this baby then all you would have to do is let me know so that i could take care of the change of ownership papers and you the delivery to you to the delivery agency and according to them it would cost you £180 this money you are to pay to them and not to me.they also told me that after i have place the baby with them they would contact you through mail and phone call to let you know that the baby is with them, for you to confirm your address details, how to do the payment to them and also they would provide you with a tracking code to let you know that the baby is with them .So if you are comfortable with this then all you would have to do is get back to me with your full home address details,full names and phone number so that i could place this baby with the delivery agency and you pay for
the delivery
to you.But if you are not comfortable with the fact that i am far from you i can understand and just let me know so ,so that i could give the baby to any other potential family ..Below are some of its hobbies;
Playing tug-of-war.
Favorite Toy is a Ball,
Hippo...Anything to play
tug-of-war with.
Favorite Walk: Around the block or
just anywhere
you can catch fun.they enjoy playing very
much with other doggies, really a great
companion.
Best Tricks: Rollover,pray,bow,
high-five, shake,
turn around, down,lie-down,dance, play
Thanks

So hes a reverand as he has said in a first email where i knew straight away he was another pond life scammer so i am having a little fun getting his hopes up that i am falling for it haha! although i wish it wasnt a scam as i am looking for a staffy puppy for cheap or free and cant find one!! i will send his reply as i have asked him if i could pick the puppy up rather than pay "delivery" for the puppy

[ashie22uk]

[horns]

http://www.gumtree.com/london/68/38710868.html

Looked like a bargain. Replied to ad and received this in reply:-

[scooby411]

here is the email i recieved with the reply i put sorry for the bad language but they are idiots and think every1 is dumb lol,


> Contact: bszelag98@gmail.com
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Hi Mate i have a great interest in this item so i will wish to purchase it from you for my cousin so get back to me if it is still available and also honest condition of the item so that we could start the transaction asap. I will offer you £180 for it and £50 for postage to my cousin schooling abroad.
>
> Hope to hear from you asap
>
> Best Regards



MY REPLY

first off dont take me for a ooops, second off i aint fucking dumb, third off u want it u buy it face t face got it.

[amcsgilbert]

we have just had this happen to us what happend was i put an add up for a trials bike within hrs of putting the add on we had an email asking for more pics so we sent them

he then replied and asked if he could send a cheque and once it had cleared he would arrange pick up as it was being shipped to italy for his sons birthday

the cheque came for triple the amount with a not saying shipping fee what he wanted us to do was cash the cheque and then send a cheque with the left over money to some one else who was meant to be the shipping agent

i was very wairy so we took the cheque to the bank to get it checked he immediatly confiscated the cheque

and said it was worth nothing and there were alot of scams like this going around where they are getting youto cash the cheque and you are left
out of pocket by thousands

[gigolo]

Don't accept PayPal, its become the latest choice of the scammer, I sold a new phone using paypal, and the guy said it was damaged, so returned a incomplete damaged faulty model phone, which was not what i had posted out - I got no help from paypal

PayPal operates like a bank, but does NOT conform to the banking terms and conditions that proper banks conform to, Paypal is the same company as ebay and they are very elusive if you need to visit them, they have appeared on BBC watchdog on more than one occasion regarding fraud, but they feel they are above the law.

If you want to sell something take cash only, if your a buyer don't hand over any money until you see the goods working.

Can PayPal hold my money with no explanation? The answer is YES.
Can PayPal freeze my account for no reason? The answer is YES.
Can PayPal take money out of my account without my knowledge?
The answer is YES.

for more info visit : http://www.paypalsucks.com/

[gigolo]

[skintblue]

[skintblue]

we sent him this


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All the Moneygram agents we went to wouldn't do the transfer unless we converted the currency to sprouts! Do you like sprouts?? I can drop a lorryload off anywhere you specify. Incidentally,hydrology doesn't involve flooding,Mr non-Geologist-it's more based on surface runoff, subsurface flow, evapotranspiration, and channel flow models.Might help next time you try scamming, otherwise not a bad effort at all, old bean!

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Subject: Your Gumtree.com ad #38955886: Ford Transit Hi-Top
To: some email address
Date: Thursday, 21 May,