PayPal Scam Alert
In an effort to keep the community safe on Gumtree, we will update you with any new scamming methods we come across on the internet so that you are aware when dealing in a free market environment.
One popular scamming method currently being used is where the scammer offers to pay the amount via PayPal. When the amount comes through to the seller, it is £0.00. The scammer then states that PayPal is holding the funds until you send the goods to the buyer. You may even receive emails from PayPal that look real, but they are actually fakes. Please forward any suspicious emails to PayPal.
How to avoid this scam:
• PayPal does not hold funds until an item is sent.
• Beware of fake PayPal emails – always check with PayPal if you are unsure.
• Always trade face to face when buying items on Gumtree.
Above all, go with your gut. If you don’t feel good about this transaction, just walk away.
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Mathew Williams is a scam!! Name to watch for no mention of item just intrested in paying via papal. Told him to go get F!!ked be ware if it is an easy sale and pay pal no good. Real buyers are out there and ask the right questions.
Daniel Ackermans [oajdolaksoen@gmail.com] – another scammer wanting you to send Western Union money to pay his courier. So many #$%$#holes so few bullets. Glad I looked further then his fake paypal emails.
Richard forth pure scammer
Cash on day
The old fashioned way to stay safe
I had a Richard forth so called pay for my truck via PayPal on gumtree plus said please pay for my driver to pick up via western union from this so called pay pal payment aaaarrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh
Very annoyed ucking plick winding me up then trying to scam me aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhh
Cash on day of sale
Stick to the old fashioned way to stay safe
This blog just saved me. Matt thank you for warning us about Richard Forth. I just got a text and email from him with a Paypal request. It looked dodgy – so I googled his name and found your post Matt. Saved me a lot of trouble! Its a scam, offering more money if you can forward the shippers fee through a western union!
So many scams at the moment. For the benefit of everyone on Gumtree do not buy/sell from the following:
“Morgan O’Conner”
email:morgoconnor30@hotmail.com
Complete scam.
Scam commonalities (not all indicative- go with your gut feeling!):
- Poor English (common:’Am’ when they mean ‘I am’, lack of possessive apostrophes, one line responses, etc.)
- asking for a ‘firm price’
- requesting paypal invoice
- offering more than advertised price
- buyers/sellers located overseas
- sending you text messages from country codes located in Nigeria, etc! (Check countrycodes.com to find out which. I got one from the abovementioned person from a +16 which is I’m pretty sure is Nigeria)
Following these tips you should be right. Take care!
Beware of smithbrandy10.
Had a text from a strange number asking me to email a “firm price”. I replied as they did not mention which item/s they were interested in (I have multiple listings) and received an email back from smithbrandy10 saying they would take all items for $150 more than I was asking! They wanted my paypal a/c details and said they would organise a shipping company to pick up and ship to the UK!! They were also requesting me to email more photo’s. At least 1 other person has reported this name today.
I have had 4 people text my mobile offering to buy my item ( i have several listed, and they do not specify which one either) all the same story, asking me to email their private email address. names are morgan oconnor, derresmondpieer, eden churchill, smithbrandy10. Beware of these scams!!
there should be a way to stop them ive just had the same thing and they even asked for my bank details they should be reported to the police why arnt gumtree doing anything about this im affraid i will be deleting my adds and no longer using gumtree for this reason
Make that THREE!!!
Joined Gumtree yesterday, have had two scam attemps already, was onto the second one right away. Why spend $760.00 money to sell something? They are dreaming if they think they are going to get me!!! Thank you Gumtree for your advise in regards to staying safe, very valuable, saved some heartache.
Watch out for Johnson Williams on the off shore rig, and Jessica Knowles who is time poor. Both wanting you to join PayPal and sent fake PayPal notification that are not personalise (Legit PayPal will do this I checked).
If anyone has other names they should post to continue making Gumtree a good way to buy and sell. Face to Face a good idea or at least log into PayPal through their site NOT the emails (I went through My Ebay account knowing its safe).
A person claiming to be called Shauntelle Swimmer has tried to scam me out of a £200 watch, sending emails asking what condition the watch was in and then saying that they will transfer the money as soon as I request the funds from their Paypal account, I received a phony email saying that paypal could not debit my account until I had entered a tracking number, this alerted me as Paypal never ask you to send the item before you have received your payment. I then recieved an email saying due to the nature of her work she could not have the watch sent to her U.K address as it was for her mother in Nigeria as a Valentines day gift. Too fishy for my liking. These scams are out of control!!! How can these people be so heartless and cruel? Steer clear of people asking you to send packages to their family members in Nigeria/Malaysia etc until you have the money in your hand do not send the item!!
some called lucy chamber is trying to scam me as we speak. received an email from ”paypal” saying i have received £650 for an item (the asking price was £350) but i have to send them a tracking number before i receive the funds. seemed dodgy to me so i researched and found it was a scam
he tried to scam me, sending me fake paypal emails. his emails and details are below
I just want to inform you that I have just complete the payment and I hope you must have been notified in your email about the payment I made through PayPal, you can check your email for confirmation of my payment, I have just made the payment of £950.00 GBP. I have added the sum of £400.00 GBP for Shipping agent so that he can use that for the shipping and pickup fees of the Items. So I will like you to wire the sum of £300.00 GBP to shipping company via Western Union to be be able come for the pick up. Meanwhile, the remaining £100.00 GBP will serve as the cost of transfer of the shipping fees via Western Union to shipping Agent.
Below is the Name and Address of my shipping agent to which you will send the Money to. Shipping Agent will sign every necessary document/papers required to be signed before picking up the item on my behalf as I instructed him, do get the money sent to him via Western Union as soon as you received the Notification of the funds from PayPal so the agent can come for pickup any time you want.
First Name: Ramarajan
Last Name: Salverinathan
Address: 73, Jalan 2M, PJS/BANDAR SUNWAY
City: Selangor
Zip Code: 46150
Country: Malaysia
you can go to any post office or western union office at your local area to get shipping agent fees transfer and email all transfer details to paypal for proper verification to receive your money as shipping agent will come for the item pick-up immediately paypal credit your account
my paypal name and email is Jose Erik (ajoserik@yahoo.co.uk)
You can also contact me on +447024027679
Hope to read back from you
Regards
Capt. Jose
Just recieved this e-mail
Pretty sure its a scam
Thanks a lot. I have read everything about the vehicle on the website and everything is okay by me. I have actually tried to get this kind of vehicle here earlier from here but most of the ones I got either have one huge mechanical fault or the other and some have even had accidents in the past while some are extremely exorbitant. As to the price, Price is Ok. So if you deem the offer good enough, I will be very glad to make the payment asap through my PayPal account as I am currently offshore and I won’t definitely be able to make it to my bank to make bank wires across to you. As to shipping, I have a private shipping agent here in Malaysia that will come for the pick-up of the merchandise after the payment has been sent and you have received it in full. Do get back to me asap with your PayPal Email address and Full name so that I can remit the payment asap.
Gerard
Beware, I just got Jonathan Phelp, Joshua Gibson, and Alexandre Wappner.. Scams, like really, scam!!!!! same person keeps sending various emails to get your interest up, so you can fall victim..!!!
you can also just take their money and ignore them! This way the credit card company will get their money back and they can’t use the stolen card for other purchase because most likely it will be maxed out…Just don’t spend it!! lol
This is what I got today on a car I have for sale: total SCAM….they will pay you VIA Paypal with a stolen credit card, then a few weeks later when card is reported stolen you get a charge back and there’s nothing you can do about it.. NEVER use Western Union! Paypal will only protect eBay purchases nothing else..
Typically these scammers stand out with the number of grammar errors you will notice..
Hi,
I am interested ,and you should consider it sold .Actually ,I am
buying it for someone and payment would be through PayPal ,my agent
would be coming for pick up, i am working in a ship and most of time
i am on high seas.
I would be expecting your prompt reply,with the name and the
email address on your PayPal account so that i could make the payment
asap and i will appreciate if you could send more pics as i would
not be seeing it in person so i can make a payment right away, and
pick up would at a designated place or your residence.And lastly , i
am offering additional $ 100 to your final price for you to keep it
off from other offers.
Regards.
Thank you thank you for this site. Just got an email with this scam so I googled it and here is my answer. Gran tried to buy my vehicle this morning. I had my add posted on craigs list…they are everywhere!!!
Andrew Bryne is still active just tried to get me through a car sale.
hi has anyone heard of peter rolland as hes just offered me 40 pound more then i asked for for my phone then ive had an email from paypal saying the payment is being held until i send them a tracking number its got paypal verfied on the email but dont look like a normal email from them need a bit of advice really as i dont wanna be conned
I am adding another two names to this scam list:
Keane Atwell
albert willian
They have tried to buy car from me, pay via paypal and send courier to collect it without even looking at it. Do not do business with them.
Beware of GINA PETERS. Said she works on a ship and will sent an agent to pick up. She wanted to pay with PayPal. She said she sent the money with extra payment for the agent’s courier fees in UK.. She sent several emails claiming she has sent the money but the money is on hold by PayPal and needed us to pay the agent fees for her via western union ASAP. Do not deal with this person. Scammer! I’m reporting her to the authorities.
Yep, I just had Gina Peters offer to buy my selling item for more than the asking price! Apparently she’s on a ship due to the nature of her work and wants me to send her my paypal details. She’ll have someone pick up the item for her and she ‘awaits my swift response.’ Whatever…
Ive Had The Same Scam. To Send A Ring to
David Mordecai
Block 21 Flat 24
Rabiatu Thompson
Surulere
Lagos
West Africa (Nigeria)
ZIP: 23401
beware was told by a beckie thompson she had bought it for a friend but alarm bells immediatley rang when it was to be a) posted to nigeria and b to a man!!
A post above said:
“Be aware that if the scammer has your phone number and your email address (by your replying to their email to you), then they can go into your gumtree user profile and edit your settings; eg, change your password, change or delete your ads. This has been done to me.”
Is this true? I can’t see how – you need a PASSWORD to enter your account!
It’s got me worried nevertheless, because a buyer has my phone number and email address. Can anyone else let me know?!
Was selling my laptop, someone was willing to pay without even trying to lower the price, he wanted it delivered so i asked for money first. there were too many suspicious things, but to just in case he was a scammer his name was Jason Phillips
I had Gina peters wanting to buy my fridge, she is out at sea and told me her agent will pick it up, but first i needed to transfer $310 to her Greater western union account then she would tell paypal once that has been received and i would get the rest of the money from paypay, I had emails going into my junk box of my email that were from paypay and i had ones that were from pay pal in my inbox, the ones to do with gina were in my junk one, She offered me more for my fridge, didnt name the item, and wanted money to be transferred overseas. I gave her the abuse they deserved!
There’s an Allen Kirsty, a Nicolas Tucker, an Alice Farrell. They all ask you to send your item to the same address but different recipients in Block21,Flat24,Rabiatu Thompson,Surulere,Lagos,23401,Nigeria.
Amanda Bennt is the name of the person who asked me to rely outside of gumtree and then send paypal invoice plus and extra £50 to send. the fact that she made no mention of the item itself or made an offer (which i make clear i am willing to accept) made me suspcious and hence advised i don’t have paypal and not willing to send bank detail. this blog has confirmed all my suspicions. interestingly just had an email from ‘Benny’ with the same request
I also have had an email from someone which is clearly a scam. I had an item on done deal. what im wondering is who can i report this to so that this person gets caught? he is the guy that tells everybody that he’s at sea.
Yo! Thank goodness for google and instinct. Just got this scam from a Susanne Mack.
Susanne Mack
Posing to be an oceanographer…. LOL… so she couldnt come and collect the item.
I wonder how much $ these people actually end up making.
Anyone who cant tell you who the freight agent is that they are paying to collect an item has got to be a worry.
This blog just saved me. Mel thank you for warning me about Desmond Pierre. I just got a text and email from him with a paypal request. It looked dubious – so I googled his name and found your post Mel. Saved me a lot of trouble!
RICHARD FORTH****
DONT DEAL WITH JOHN FORTH…
Its a scam, offering more money if you can forward the shippers fee through a western union…
GUT instinct saved me and goggling his details i found this blog…
Thank you for the best article
PayPal Scam Alert this is good article I simply wish to give an enormous thumbs up for the good data you’ve got here on this post. I can be coming back to your blog again
Two more names for your list of dont touch with a bargepole! Ellen Carrol and Kanna Goerge – Just got 100% confirmation from Paypal that they are Nigerian scammers too — To be fair unless you get someone actually wanting to meet face to face or get via e,mail more info on the item for sale then just delete them!
Delco Fernandez is Wilson Hale and Wilson Jessy and resides not in Nigeria but in the United States. Anyone receiving emails from people working on oil rigs or unable to view the item should follow Google directions and check the ISP. You can at least check the country of origin.
His ISP address is 10.204.157.12 which I have now passed onto the FBI and given the appalling English in his emails, I’d say he is the one ripping you guys off. Pity Gum Tree make it so hard to report this crap.
So any contact from this ISP address pass back onto the FBI – you can do this online.
Had an interest pile of abuse, including death threats from Wilson Hale (wilsonhale002@gmail.com) after my daughter put her fridge online here in Aust. Hale became Wilson Jessy (delcofernandez10@gmail.com)over two email and I caught him out. NOTE: If suspicious, ask for a copy of current drivers’licence and utility bill. NEVER click on the Paypal link in their emails and report to the email as phishing. As an ex-police officer, I have spent many emails telling our Nigerian scammer the error of his ways and luckily the death threats don’t work on me. Am retired so will keep working with overseas law enforcement to find my scammer friend. Funny when I kept asking who he was stealing from today, he refused to answer. So I keep sending him emails every hour – wants to steal from me, there’s a price even if he is in Nigeria. If I find the ISP – more can be done.
Just replied to this saying absolutely no chance!!!
Emily Rolland [emilyrolland001@gmail.com]
Thanks for the response, i agreed with the condition of the 2002 SEAT IBIZA, i will offer you £1600 to keep any other offers off, if my offer is accepted by you i will like you to send me a pay pal money request or get back to me now with your pay pal email address and your full name so as to make the payment right, as i am currently offshore RIG on a ship, so i will not be able to come and inspect it but my agent will do so on my behalf also, i will like you to send me your home address and so that we can arrange for pick up scheduling as i will like the item to be picked,so NO SHIPPING.
Please get back to me now so as to make the payment asap.
Regards
Hello,
I to have experienced this scam just today! I posted a brand new iPod shuffle on gumtree and received and email from Eddy Williams stating he is buying the item for a colleague. That seemed suspicious to me first of all so became a bit wary. He then said he works at sea so cannot collect the item and would like me to post it to his colleague and he would pay an extra £20 for delivery. When I asked where I would be sending the item to he said Nigeria! All the info seemed to correspond with the scams, so I said I would only be willing to do so if he would wait for the funds to clear to my bank account and not just be places in my PayPal account. To this he replied, he would pay me today but he needs the item posted today! This appears to be a scam and seems to be the same thing happening to everyone!
i have just been scammed by a so called person called leemark and my parcel is still at heathrow, and its on its way to nigeria can anyone help me to get it back.. please..
watch out for ‘mrs kent lana’ once I clocked what they were doing i sent the appropriate abuse.
About a month ago similar scammer wanted to buy a Colonial note I was asking $3800 for on ebay. His story was he was out of the country on a business trip but wanted to pay by Paypal and since he was in the process of moving would arrange a courier to pick up the item. I asked for more informatuon from him such as address etc. Then he offered to pay me $4100
for my inconvience but while he acted interested in the item I knew he did not understand anything about collectable currency because of a few commenys he made about the item. This was a PMG graded item. I wrote him telling him I still felt uneasy so no deal. He again asked what do you want me to do and I told him to get a legitimate Paypal account with a verified address and after I CPLLECTED the money only they would I send the note. That did it—no more contact from the scammer.
Mel, wish I read your post before I continued with my correspondence with Mr P. I felt physically sick knowing that I’ve been scammed. I will be quite diligent from now on.
beware of Emily Rollan nearly got scammed there but went with the gut! Getting really sick of this i just want to selll mi ipad to somone trustworthy instead of dealling with all thisse scams. Sad thing is i dont know who i should trust these days
Well when you get people saying they will pay for a car with paypal and they agent will pick it up just say give the money to your agent to pay for the car
Look out for scammer Desmond Pierre/Pier/Pierr (he couldn’t get his own name right and I suspect has many email accounts with different variations of spelling)
My experience was almost identical to this bloggers story!
” I had a random assortment of items for sale on Gumtree and he wanted to buy it all. I first received a text from him. Then it’s the email saying name your price, am very busy, will send private courier, set up a paypal account and we’ll do business.”
The amount of spelling mistakes and bad grammar finally clued me on and the fake Paypal emails looked legit but I doubt they would spell “Transaction” as “Tansaction!”
Hope these scammers dont waste anyone elses time. Good luck selling your items on Gumtree, I love the site and wont be perturbed by low-life blood suckers.
When I click on your RSS feed it throws up a whole lot of garbled text, is the malfunction on my end?
Hi, I received a similar email from Wilson Hale. I had a random assortment of items for sale and he wanted to buy it all. I first received a text from him. His number did not appear but instead his name Wilson appeared which is odd if you havent keyed in someones details Then it’s the email saying name your price, am very busy, will send private courier, set up a paypal account and we’ll do business. All very fishy and hence I googled up on this and found this thread.
Beware guys! If it sounds too easy and too good to be true, it probably is!
Hi,
This guy, Laurent Grant with the following email addresses tried to scam me and buy my car. I did not fall for it. He has been reported elsewhere on this site. These scammers make me sick. Face to face is needed in these large car transactions. I have other people intrested in my rare car, but they are willing to drive several hours or fly across the country to see it. Who in their right mind would buy a used car without seeing it first. Stay away, and watch out, there are slight variations to his e-mail.
R
From: “Laurent Gran”
Reply-To: “Laurent Gran”
Date: 1/4/12
Hi,
I am interested ,and you should consider it sold .Actually ,I am
buying it for someone and payment would be through PayPal ,my agent
would be coming for pick up, i am working in a ship and most time i
am on high seas.
I would be expecting your prompt reply,with the name and email
address on your PayPal account so that i could make the payment asap
and i will appreciate if you could send more pics since i would not
be seen it in person so i can make a payment right away, and pick
up would at a designated place or your residence.And lastly , i am
offering additional $ 100 to your final price for you to keep it off
from other offer.
Regards.
Just got a scam email from a “merry Smith”. Same format as everyone has stated. My Fiat Stilo car is currently listed for sale on gumtree and he has been trying all means to get me to accept the Paypal means.
watch out for an Emma White and richard potter….Emma works on a plane and richard works on a ship over seas….
they both tried to purchase my Mobile phone offering me more for the phone for postage overseas……
Folks, Just got another scam mail from a previously listed artist: Laurent Gran. Look out for “him” !! This is a scammers program!!!
Hi,
I am interested ,and you should consider it sold .Actually ,I am
buying it for someone and payment would be through PayPal ,my agent
would be coming for pick up, i am working in a ship and most time i
am on high seas.
I would be expecting your prompt reply,with the name and email
address on your PayPal account so that i could make the payment asap
and i will appreciate if you could send more pics since i would not
be seen it in person so i can make a payment right away, and pick
up would at a designated place or your residence.And lastly , i am
offering additional $ 100 to your final price for you to keep it off
from other offer.
Regards.
Almost got scammed if it wasn’t for old habits dying hard and I picked up on it.
Same thing as many of you above mentioned, a buyer very keen on buying your item who cannot pickup the item in person and will arrange a courier or someone else to pickup the item and has no problems trusting you with the amount you asked for the item plus extra for shipping. Very trusting person should ring alarm bells right there but sometimes doesn’t because we are human and we see money and our mouths salivate.
Here are some tips to watch out for regardless of sale.
* If you post your mobile number on gumtree or anywhere and you receive an SMS or a phone call from a buyer, you can straight away verify if the caller is local or from overseas. Two of the scammers who contacted me were from overseas and sent me an SMS. I should have picked up on this but look at the next points for more things to watch out for.
* They email you from their own email address which could be gmail, yahoo etc so you can’t easily pick anything from that however, if they are making a payment through PayPal, then inevitably you will receive an email from PayPal (or what appears to be PayPal) but if you look at that email you will note that it is NOT from PayPal. The one I received had a fake PayPal email address as well as a secondary one which had nothing at all to do with PayPal. Furthermore, further in that email there was a link that said if you have any issues or queries to click on a link. That link also had nothing to do with PayPal. This is where I knew for a fact that I was being scammed.
* Third and most important point is that if someone really wants to buy something from you and wants to use PayPal to make transfer the funds then there is no issues in transferring the full amount to your account. There is no ridiculous garbage about not being able to transfer large amounts due to restrictions. There may be some theoretical limit of how much can be transferred in one transaction but who said anything about transferring the whole thing in one go? When I wised up to this person I asked them to transfer the amount to me in smaller quantities and that I would not be proceeding unless there was money in my account… you can guess what happened next… they stopped replying.
Hope the above checks help you. Key is make sure they put money in your account or tell them to bugger off.
LiLian Dyna (liliandyna@gmail.com) contacted me regarding the purchase of my motorcycle via pay pal and a pick agent. Seems like a familiar format to me… A quick search of the name and copy in the email lead me to a number of scam alerts such as this one. Thank you ‘A Non E Mouse’ for posting this name here.
Email copy: ‘Thanks for the email, do let me know how much you are willing to sell to me and you need to assure that it is in perfect condition’
I have been contacted by a man named Tor Thomas. He wants to buy my computer for his fiancée. In his second email she changed to his wife. He wants me to send my laptop to his wife who works in the Nigerian Embassy in Nigeria. He wants to pay me through Paypal. He first contacted me by text on my phone and now through email. Scam artist for sure.
ANGELINA JACOBS @ymail.com
This is anothere name being used for this scam
I have a car for sale on vivastreet and was contacted by this person, there was no hagling about price, I was told that they were in Afganastan but wanted to buy the car for thier boyfreind in Manila and would pay by paypal, they wanted my email address and paypal account details. Luckely I thought it was a bit strange so I never got back to them but please be aware of this name (ANGELINA JACOBS)
Hi
I got same email like Tonny said, and i get few fake paypal leters.
So ill report to paypal team about this, and send them copy of that leters.
Everyone be carefull of scammers
Hi all. Just a warning about the PayPal Chargeback scam. What happens is you really do get the money in your account, then you get an email or call saying that they, or their agent, is passing by that day and will call-in to collect the item. They do. But by not using a courier or registered post you don’t have ‘proof of posting and delivery’. The ‘buyer’ then claims to PayPal that the item never arrived and wants their money back. The money then disappears from your PayPal account…! Voila!
This is an email I received when trying to sell a camera on Gumtree. I dropped all communication.!!
Hello
thanks for your response, i am ok with the price, i may not come over
because of my job I work in airport and I have made
promise about this item. please let me know your payment method
because i can only pay you with pay-pal now and I will add additional
£80 for postage fee via royal-mail registered .
Thanks
Karen Gibson
you can send me pay-pal money request to:karen.gibson11@yahoo.co.uk or you let me have your pay-pal email address and name so i can send the money now.
Nice to meet you. Happy New Year.
Andrew Byrne or Willima27 SCAM
Got one of these emails from her today on my Mustang. You’de think she would change emails by now
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careful guy named steven MacDowell trying to buy cars through paypal scam
I just got the same exact email as Eric regarding my dining room set from Craigslist. At least the person could switch up the letter a little bit. My gut told me something just wasn’t right so I did a little research and found this website.
Hi,
I am interested ,and you should consider it sold .Actually ,I am
buying it for someone and payment would be through PayPal ,my agent
would be coming for pick up, i am working in a ship and most time i
am on high seas.
I would be expecting your prompt reply,with the name and email
address on your PayPal account so that i could make the payment asap
and i will appreciate if you could send more pics since i would not
be seen it in person so i can make a payment right away, and pick
up would at a designated place or your residence.And lastly , i am
offering additional $ 100 to your final price for you to keep it off
from other offer.
Regards.
I get these often for the biggest $ items. Here’s one from today. What I have also found is when I send pictures people have relisted them (even in my own market) and they obviously don’t have my bike. Potential Buyers have asked me and I shut that sh1t down. :]
From: Laurent Gran [mailto:visionaryhope44@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 6:02 AM
To:
Subject: Re: 2006 Kawasaki Motorcycle
Hi,
I am interested ,and you should consider it sold .Actually ,I am buying it for someone and payment would be through PayPal ,my agent would be coming for pick up, i am working in a ship and most time i am on high seas.
I would be expecting your prompt reply,with the name and email address on your PayPal account so that i could make the payment asap and i will appreciate if you could send more pics since i would not
be seen it in person so i can make a payment right away, and pick
up would at a designated place or your residence.And lastly , i am offering additional $ 100 to your final price for you to keep it off from other offer.
Regards.
Had a few of these emails myself, not fallen for them though, I only sell or buy face to face, some info in the actual Gumtree posting is wrong though as PayPal CAN and DO hold funds untill item is sent, usually they hold it untill tracking is provided or 21 days has passed without a chargeback claim, this is usually for new users or high value transactions, its happened to me a few times, if it doubt though always contact PayPal through the website, not by replying to emails
I have listed a car for sale and have very quickly been contacted by three different people using similar wording etc and claiming to be busy working so will not be able to inspect the car, will be using an agent to pick up the car after paying on paypal. It is obviouisly the paypal scammers they used the names -Leon Harris, Jace George and Jean Mattins
I had posted my car on craigslist and received an email from “visionaryhope44@gmail.com” someone named Laurent Gran. And it seems clearly a scam…
see his email…. you think anyone will buy a car without seeing it? and pay more than it was asked!!!!
Be aware!
Hi,
I am interested ,and you should consider it sold .Actually ,I am buying it for someone and payment would be through PayPal ,my agent would be coming for pick up, i am working in a ship and most time i am on high seas.
I would be expecting your prompt reply,with the name and email address on your PayPal account so that i could make the payment asap and i will appreciate if you could send more pics since i would not be seen it in person so i can make a payment right away, and pickup would at a designated place or your residence.And lastly , i am offering additional $ 100 to your final price for you to keep it off from other offer.
Regards.
hi, i have had the scam from Richard Forth about my car for sale….. please do not reply to him… i replied to him first and hopefully i wont be done!
Oh, by the way, It was a “Deby Walker.” One B. The emails i got from fake pay pal are full of spelling and grammar mistakes.
Nearly got scammed by a ‘Debby Walker’. She wanted to buy gold chain and pay through pay pal but funds would only clear once i gave the fake pay pal email address the tracking number. SO I DECIDED TO SEND SOME AUSSIE DIRT TO NIGERIA. COST ME 13.50 BUT EH, BETTER THAN LOSING A GOLD CHAIN. I was onto the scam once i realized no courier company would insure a parcel to Nigeria. Plus she was way to generous with with shipping fees. She wanted to send me an extra $200 to ship to Nigeria for a chain thats worth $400.
Just had an email from Elisabeth Glower wanting to buy my motorbike. She said she couldn’t get to a phone because she was a marine biologist and on a ship. She wanted to buy the bike for son in Malaysia. Thanks to these posts I was not duped out of 5900.00 She kept wanting to use paypal.
***SCAM*** FROM A RICHARD FORTH!!!!
I have my car for sale on Gumtree and I have recieved emails from a RICHARD FORTH. Please see below the emails he has sent me:
1)I have looked at the pictures on your add in Gumtree and i am satisfied with the condition, will want to make payment for it, How much do you want for it.
Thanks
Forth
2)I will be making the £850 payment to you. Payment will be sent using my PayPal account and i will handle the PayPal surcharge as well. I will arrange with someone to have this picked up from your location once i have paid you as i am out of town at the moment. Kindly get back to me with the email you used in setting up your PayPal account, so that i can effect on the payment right away.
Regards,
Forth
3)Hello ,
I was just about to pay when i had this problem with the pick up agent and is something i need you to be aware of, i just received an email from the agent that will be in charge of the pick up.They are saying i need to pay them their fees which is £450 before they proceed with coming for it and the only form of payment that they accept is Western Union Money Transfer made through their corporate international headquarters.Where i am,the nearest Western union office is 8hrs from me and i could also send it online using their website,but they are not accepting any of my Credit cards.
I don’t know if it will be ok if i include this agent’s fees in the payment i will be sending to you now,so on receipt of the total funds,you will remove the additional funds of £450 and help me send it to the agent at your local Western Union office which can be found at the post office
I will appreciate your help here.
Thanks.
4)Hi,
I have made the payments to account and i expect paypal to have emailed you by now, a total of £1,400 was sent, £850 for the car and the extra £450 for the shipper’s charges and i added extra £100 to cover the western union charges which shouldn’t be more than £70-80 but just to be sure i added £100. Here is the pick up agent info needed to get the money sent through western union money transfer:
Name : Brian Cowen.
Address : 10 Holbein Place,
London A3 216 Uinted Kingdom.
United Kingdom.
My shipper would be coming around to your area to have the it picked up once you have sent the shipping charges fee, as i need you to let me know what time you want them to come and where (your address you can be reached on)
God bless and thanks for your help.
Forth
5)Hi
I’m sorry for the inconveniences this will caused you, as i want you to know the payment has being duly transferred and my account has being deducted as the Payment cannot be canceled neither can the payment be stopped so you have all security OK so i will appreciate if you can complete the necessary information to get the money released to you, in aid for the full funds transferred can be remitted into your account immediately. Please do all you can at your end to complete this pending transaction as this action has been taken place by PayPal for security measures. I wish i have other means of doing this but i don’t as i am incapacitated at my present location and you are all i have now to help.
Sorry this comment is long but I just want people to be aware what they are sending.
Can they do anything with the email address I gave them at the beginning that my Paypal is set up with? Should I delete this email address??
Thank you for other comments as I read below that someone else has had an email from a Richard Forth!!!
SCAM
Another thing to watch out for is laptops being sold for considerably less than their true value.I Although slighty off topic,the ads are also used for phishing scams by getting your email address and sending you dodgy emails.
Back on topic,the cheap latop posts (always new laptops) will not have a tel number and the images are always default images found on the internet.
In Aberdeen we get quite a few of these appearing but give gumtree full credit they are removed quickly.As you’ll guess payment is via paypal.
At this time of year please pay due attention people,it’s basically open season for scammers so tell your family and friends to be extra careful when buying online.I find gumtree very responsive with any suspicious posts and I use gumtree regularly to buy things.
Be aware that if the scammer has your phone number and your email address (by your replying to their email to you), then they can go into your gumtree user profile and edit your settings; eg, change your password, change or delete your ads. This has been done to me.
It’s rediculous and slack of gumtree to require only an email address and a phone number to get into your settings, when this information is given out to potential buyers by almost everybody. I sent an email to gumtree about it and did not get a response.
Would like to add that I have been scammed twice this morning — by Greg Liam, who “works on an oil rig” and Gina Peters, who also works off shore. Greg has a hotmail.com.au address and Gina has a y7mail address. We have lots of fly in-fly out people here, so when I got the first email I didn’t think it unusual; and I am also used to buying/selling via Paypal. But then I got the second email, almost verbatim (and in the same illiterate, broken English) of the first and she offered me more than the asking price (what buyer in their right mind does that???) So, I did a google search and found an interesting suggestion — tell them you just want cash. So I did. Never heard back from “Gina”. “Greg” wrote back saying he’d love to pay me with cash but can’t due to his being on a rig. So I wrote back and told him I’ve reported him for fraud. No reply…
I think it’s terrible that people abuse forums like Gumtree. I feel like I’ve had a narrow escape. Good luck everyone, be vigilant!
Valuable info. Lucky me I found your web site unintentionally, and I’m surprised why this coincidence didn’t came about earlier! I bookmarked it.
well thank God i am curious! just try to sell my mobile phone on gumtree right after i posted the ad i have some DANIEL WILLS telling me that he will buy the phone send me money throu paypal but i have to send it to nigeria so i got a shock of my life when i put the address on google maps to see where is it and my curiosity brought me here and thank God.
lilian Dyna Watch out for this name
Don’t worry about the seeing or pickup, my shipping agent will be
coming to pick it up, I’ll like you to send me your address so that my
shipping agent can figure it out and come for the pick up and other
necessary things….more so,send me your PayPal details(PayPal email)
so i can
pay in.
Got this back today!!!
Huge SCAM!!!
Flippin annoying!!!
thank you everyone for your posts – I put an ad on autotrader and receive similar emails offering to pay straight away the going rate without seeing the car – both worked away; one, the oceanographer (now a man) – but both emails were written in shocking english (scam alert) and their emails were so similar, time to search on google – collins loop and chris watts – both names to look out for.
Hi to all,
I have also had Jeremy Williamson and now being threathened with legal action for not paying the scammers.What a joke, how can they scam me and threaten legal action. This needs to be put into the media so people are not so gulliable.
A person by the name of Anthony Re Cla using the email “anthonyrecla429@gmail.com” tried to scam me. First he offered and extra $700 on top of my asking price and asked me to take down my ad. Just before ‘transferring me the money’ via paypal, he tells me he also needs me to transfer money to his shipping agent since he “cannot” do it from his location. So he allegedly also “transfers” me the shipping fee. This transfer is not reflected in my PayPal account. I then receive a fake email from PayPal saying the funds are being withheld until I send the funds for the shipping fee.
Nearly also got scammed but my gut instinct made me search the net for paypal scams!! Thanks everyone for saving me! The Name that tried to scam me was Frank Jerry and he will give u a story about him being in Wales with sick grandma and him wanting to buy the item for his son in my case a mobile phone and will offer you more money if you post it out. Be carefulllllllllllllllllllll……………
Hi… I just received an email from some guy who is interested in my photo camera. At first I believed him, but after he told me I have to ship it to Nigeria I’ve started to be suspicious. Here is one of his emails: “wouldnt be able to meet you for collection due to the nature of My Job and moreover I am buying this item for My god-son as a Christmas gift abroad.Due to this,I have made inquiry from Royal Mail the postage cost of the item abroad and I was told £45.I will appreciate if you can help Me send the item directly to him.I have set up a PayPal account so I can pay you with.Kindly Request the payment to:hathawaygreeveth69@yahoo.co.uk
As soon as I receive the request I will get payment done.”
I just about got done by the Jeremy Williams hoax as well. Looked way to good to be true.
Mark Email address is “markloris80@yahoo.com.au”
Just had an attempted scam from Jeremy Williamson like those below. Received a text message stating they were interested in my ad and could I reply to their email address with price and condition. I sent an email stating my ads all said the price and condition, and I had multiple ads up so be more specific. They replied they wanted everything I was selling so get back to them with a price…. Didn’t seem right, so glad I came on here! Beware! Came from phone # +1(813)358-7156
Too many posts to go through them all.
Gumtree: Another name I came across today was a Kirsty Welsh, and a Kirsty Campbell. Both (same person I belive) claiming to work at an airport and couldn’t make it face to face to buy any goods. ‘She’ wanted to pay for the goods plus any shipping costs via PayPal and have the item sent to her in Africa, even though she claimed to work unsociable hours in Glasgow airport.
Pull the other one love.
Got a text from Fem Williams and a email to follow up saying he is willing to pay $600 for shipping fee for my camera in Gumtree Australia. But first I need to Pay via Western Union of $600 to the shippers in UK *William Julian* first, then paypal will issue the full amount of $1350 into my paypal. He’s quite fast in responding emails too and required me to send the item urgently… Somehow I felt even more suspicious about this… below is a part of the email that he sent through… BEWARE
Hello Mate,
I’m happy to inform you that I’ve just completed the payment via PayPal with a total sum of $1350 into your paypal account. I sent $750 for the merchandise and the extra $600 for my shipper’s charges and Western Union fee of $50, You will be sending $550 to my shipper’s information below via western union at the nearest post office and i’ll be happy if this is done today.
William Julian
140 Wales Farm Road
London, W3 6UG
United Kingdom
My shipper would be coming around to your area to have the merchandise picked up once you have sent the shipping charges fee to them.. All i’ll need from you is to let me know what time and date you want them to come and where (your address & phone # you can be reached on).. As soon as you make the payment at the nearest western union at the nearest post office, you will email paypal with the scanned copy of western union receitp given to you and they will immediately credit your paypal account after the verification and the approval of funds. I will be waiting to hear from you once the money has been sent to my shipper.
Thanks for the business and nice doing business with you. Cheers
Just also been approached by a ‘Lincoln White’ with the same scam.
Other names to look out for on the Gumtree/PayPal scam are Jeremy Williamson,Samantha Good and Handres Jones all apparently in th UK and wanting money sent by Western Union to pay freight charges. We picked it up early so no money lost.
All three tried on 21st November 2011
name to look out for as well Jim Simmons, JM Interactive Designs
I read your blog and I think these tips will really helpful for every organization. Thanks for sharing.
someone tried buying my camera- wanted me to send it to Nigeria from perth- thats when I realised something was up…
this is what the last email said- which now I know something was up……..
I have just remitted payment to you via paypal and I also paid paypal charges to ensure you get full payment.
Kindly ship the item directly to my Daughter as soon as possible and write on the package…
“A GIFT FROM YOUR MUM”.
Babatunde Kayode .
85, Ring road
Ibadan, oyo state
23402
Nigeria
+2348185063986
She is presently working with one Telecommunication Company over there.
Kindly ship the Item directly to her via AUSPOST SIGNED OR POST REGISTERED. FOR with the note “A GIFT FROM YOUR MUM” boldly written on the body of the package.
Please kindly get back to me after postage
Thanks and nice buying from you.
Attention:
I am Mr. Jeremy Richmond Jr. Branch Manager Halifax Bank Plc. I have made this contact to you base on your last name shared with our late customer who is deceased now, He made Fixed deposit of Twenty 0ne Million, Six Hundred and seventy Thousand United State dollar with our bank in a private account.
The bank officially demanded for his next of kin after several notifications has been sent to his resident. I seek your consent to present you to act as the next of kin so that we can have this fund paid to your account. Upon your acceptance I will get all the legal backing documents in your favor as I will use my position and office to effect the payment via bank to bank wire transfer.
It is legal as I assure you that this transaction will not for any reason break local or international law of both countries. I have secured my end before making this Business contact, we share the funds on agreement or we co-invest the funds in your country under your management.
Details shall be forwarded to you.
Best Regards
Mr.Jeremy Richmond Jr.
Has anyone recieved text messages with these scams?
we are selling a car and recieved two text messages as soon as the add went up saying the same sort of thing, that they want to buy the car and will pay through paypal and pick the car up.
fishy. dont send anything until you can clearly see the amount in your account!
I was just wondering how they scam you through paypal? do they hack your paypal by just getting your email adress?
This luke brown just contacted me aswell,went on this site and found him scamming people from in here.I have decided to delete my add from gumtree and stick with local SELLING POINTS LIKE OUR newspaper!!
Right if anyone wants to get in touch with some officals there IP address 41.184.113.6 is in Ibadan, Nigeria if you look up this ip it will tell you the exact street they live on so police go get them… iv done my work.
In regards to Lisa’s post,
Thursday, 29th September 2011 at 10:05pm – Re: GRAN LAURENT
I just deleted all his emails to me as I knew it was a scam, his proposal that is. He proposed and stated the exact same things as what Lisa stated in her post. Unbelievable! Idiot!!! Beware folks!
I just got three of the “Africa” scams on the same item that had only been on Craigslist for about 15 mins. I have had many of these scams when using CList. It is such a shame, because I have used CList on many other occasions without an issue; just beware of responses wanting to complete the sale using PayPal and sending the item, STAY AWAY!
Hi – just wanted to add a comment here. Just be aware that it may not actually be the named person on the email scamming you. I had my gmail account hacked last year and someone in Nigeria was using it to scam people in exactly the same way I read above. It was an account I hadn’t used for a while so I didn’t spot it for a few weeks. I opened it to find loads of correspondence about various goods they were trying to obtain. I emailed everyone effected to warn them and shut down the account. Just FYI really – I had this massive paranoia afterwards that everyone on the interweb would think I was the scammer when in fact it was someone using my name
just almost been scammed by a “Sarah russell”works as an “oceanographer” and is “off shore” at the moment… wanted to buy my car without looking at it for her “son” in Malaysia. Got as far as sending my paypal email add and my name then saw this!!!! thought it all seemed to good to be true….
i had someone try and scam me today her name was karen adele she was claiming to want ot buy my car from gumtree and wanted to deposit money inti my paypal account and when the funds were clear she was going to get someone to pick the vehicle up i have seen the same add before when my parents were selling a boat eactly the same wording in the email
and i forgot to say these peoples names are robert peterfish, geoff jones and oliver jones!
while trying to sell my hilux for $21000 i had 3 people tell me they want to pay by paypal immediately. but they couldnt answer any calls as they were offshore, at the bermud triangle on a ship and in the uk (3 different people)so i copied first two line of an email and put it into google and so many matches came up in stories of people gettin scammed. not right!!! they should get a real job instead of stealing from honest hard working people!!
William Bright and Jessica Knowles both just made me the offer to pay through paypal for a £12k car, without seeing it. Scammers, avoid them both
Once these people learn to spell, we really will be in trouble!!
ye s look out for emails from Alfred Green some as the others
ALSO THAT LADYS OR MAN GOES BY KATHY JAMES (KATHY.JAMES38@YAHOO.COM)
ive been getting suspicious emails from a guy called richard forth. he’s mentioned paying an extra £550 to cover a western union payment for a collection agency to collect the car.
” I will be making the £1,500 payment to you. Payment will be sent using my PayPal credit card and i will handle the PayPal surcharge as well. I will arrange with someone to have this picked up from your location once i have paid you as i am out of town at the moment. Kindly get back to me with the email you used in setting up your PayPal account, so that i can effect on the payment right away.
Regards,
Forth “
What a Cracker…!!!!!
*SCAM EMAIL* From Robin Anderson
Am ok with the price and the condition, am buying it for my holiday because i’ll be coming home soon from our rig as am a petroleum project engineer and presently on the rig offshore. i won’t be able to come for the inspection due to the nature of my work, i would have love to call in person but we have call restriction here due to bad weather condition and our satellite server has been down. i will be paying you through PayPal, pls get back to me with your PayPal details so i can proceed with the payment and once payment has been made i have a pickup agent who will come to pick it up and deliver it to my place. kindly end auction on site
Another Luke Brown scam. Sent this “pharker” to Green Valley Police Station to pick up my vehicle, lol. Thanks all for invaluable advise. 1 up for the people, 1 down for the dishonest. (Pardon my language; get annoyed when honest people trying to make a living get cheated.)
Example:
Hi thanks for the mail,am ok with the price and the condition of the xxxxxx, i
am a petroleum project engineer on a rig offshore,i won’t be able to come for
the inspection due to the nature of my work,i would have love to call
in person but we have call restriction due to bad weather condition our satellite server has been down.
i will be paying you through PayPal,pls get back to me with your
PayPal details so i can proceed with the payment and contact the
courier agent who will come to pick it up and deliver it in my place.
Await your reply.
Luke Brown
Hi
****SCAM EMAIL****
I have looked at the pictures on your add and i am satisfied with it, I will be making the £3,800 payment to you. Payment will be sent using my PayPal credit card and i will handle the PayPal surcharge as well. I will arrange with someone to have this picked up from your location once i have paid you as i am out of town at the moment. Kindly get back to me with the email you used in setting up your PayPal account, so that i can make the payment.
Regards,
Forth
I have been CONNED today and i am devistated – and i dont know what to do about it…
I am a seller from Singapore. Thanks to this website that I avoided the scam mentioned by several people who encounter similar situations.
The tips here really works, and the woman never replied my mails anymore when I request to meet her in person to transaction at a police station.
I have just been contacted by a Samantha Jones who has asked for my Paypal info and will pay $300 more for the item I have listed… they apparently need the item sent to West Africa.
I have just had a brush with a car scammer via Auto trader!
Same MO as on Gum tree. 100 quid higher offer, questions about price.
When I told him my Day Job is as Police officer he went on dissapeared!
JOSH GIBSON on gmail account
Samuel Morgan!!!! do not send anything to him i was very nearly scammed until i came across this blog! he offered to pay £89 extra for shipping to Lagos, Nigeria, 24301 – an address that i have seen on this blog! – he also said it was a present for his close friend – another likely story that appears on here! – his close friend was a male and i was selling a pink laptop with floral carry sleeve, slightly odd don’t you think!! – he also kept pushing for delivery the very next day. His spelling was bad and his languae wasn’t great. i also received emails from ‘paypal’ saying that they were holding funds for me until they receive a tracking number or proof of postage! the emails were poorly written with aweful spelling and grammar – something a major company like paypal wouldn’t have.
Once again his name as Samuel Morgan!!!!
Thanks to this blog i have found a scammer, thank you!!
this from “thomasjohn002″ in reply to me selling my car at £1,500:
Thanks for your interest..i am serious about this purchase I will
offer you £1,600 because of other potential buyers out there also.but
before i do that,i would love to know When last the car was serviced,
how long have you owned it?? I would love to be to know more about the
Present condition of the car and the car Service History..I will be
paying you through PayPal,which is a fast, safe and reliable method of
payment.. ..And i will take care of all Transportation Preparations
for the vehicle to my son..I really want it to be a surprise for son
so i wont let him know anything about it until it gets delivered to
him, i am sure he will be more than happy with it.
Please Advice.
Thomas
Whats your name, address, and will you be seeing the car before you
think about “paying for it” ?
My name is Thomas John and am sorry i wont be able to veiw the car
before i make the payment .. i will like to have your paypal email
address soon so i can make the payment and will can pick a date for
the pickup once you have the money cash from paypal. Thanks
Not Happening “John Thomas”
Beware.
Below is the scam email sent to my email
“Hello Sir/Ma,
My name is Kelvin Nicholas,am from United Kingdom i saw your ad on
gumtree about the above item which you have available for sale,and i
am interested in buying it for my fiancee as a birthday gift.so i will
need you to get back to me and let me know if the item is still
available for sale,also i will like to know what is the present
condition of the item,why you are selling it and what is your asking
price.
I will be looking forward to your quick reply as soon as possible.
Best Regards.
Kelvin N.”
Enjoy.
I am selling a car, which seems to be a popular topic. I got an email from Gran Laurent saying he’ll buy it and add $100 so I won’t sell to anyone else. Talked about how he is “in” a ship most of the time so his agent will come for the car at my home. Just needed my PayPal name and he would pay through PayPal. As a friend said, my BS meter went way up and I called PayPal. They told me to have him send me his email address and I’ll send him an invoice. I don’t expect to hear back. Checking out his name and emails on Google, I came across this site with that name listed.
I just got emailed about regarding the sale of my car by a David Scott. He tried the paypal scam on me. It sounded fishy so i googled it and found this..
Still some of these car scams around in Australia right now. I got one yesterday – thanks to this site for helping to definately identify it.
Wow – wouldnt you hate to be an honest, genuine buyer from Nigeria, nobody would ever trust you!!
Hi,
I was sent an email request asking for a fixed price and condition of the car I’m selling, which I had posted only 6hrs earlier. Sent a reply with answers to the query, and 2hrs later was told that the price was acceptable and he was happy with the condition of the car. Then followed the spiel about being offshore on a rig, needing to pay by paypal, sending a courier, etc etc. No further questions about the cars service history, roadworthy certificate, etc (the usual questions you ask when buying a car). I made up some story about paperwork, and the only reply I got was “I just need you to send me your paypal details”. ALARM!! ALARM!! ALARM!! Lucky I came across this blog when I decided to check on any current scams! Guys name is Luke Brown.
i just got this one so iam going to play along to se the next moves
Hello Seller…………….
Thanks for your mail am so glad to hear that from you so i will offer
you a payments of £3,000 and i will mail the shipping agent to know
how much he is going to collect for the pick up of the car so get
back to me now with your PayPal email account to made the transfer of
the money into your account immediately………..
wow I cant believe I almost fell for this, I guess it was the fact that he/she offered about £100 more than what I was selling. Beware of an enya jones (jones_enya@yahoo.com)or shipping to some address in Benin city, Nigeria. an excerpt of the email LOL:
it is important we know the status of the goods purchased from you by one of our clients Enya Jones, in no due time, a legal action will be instituted against you for failure to e-mail us the shipment tracking number or scan copy of the postage receipt for verification.
We have every reason to believe you entered into agreement by requesting money through PayPal from the buyer, therefore failure to complete the transaction through PayPal by emailing us a valid shipment tracking number or copy of the postage receipt, you are thereby violating PayPal users agreement in an act of the 1999 PayPal Law in collaboration with the Law Enforcement Agencies.
You are now authorized to dispatch the goods to the buyer and email us the proof of shipment on or before the next 48hours, failure to do so would result to the suspension of your PayPal account and involvement of the Police for violating PayPal instructions and users agreement in an act of the 1999 PayPal Law in collaboration with the Law Enforcement Agencies.
We are ensuring to make PayPal a safer place, therefore we need to set confidence in all our users.
PayPal authority sincerely request you to dispatch the goods to the buyer and email us the proof of postage on or before the next 48hours to enable us release the funds to your account or you will face the consequences of a LEGAL ACTION.
This is done in other to protect both party against the ongoing internet fraud activities.
With more than 147 million accounts worldwide, we are a leading online payment method you can trust.
We are highly sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Thanks,
Scott Thompson
President
PayPal, Inc.
Got an email today wanting to buy my coffee machine for his Dad. Unfortunately he works offshore (on a rig) but due to bad weather, regrettably could not make phone contact. Due to the nature of his job, he could not pick it up himself, but would send a private courier to collect. He wants to pay via PayPal as this is the safest way (he keeps plugging it, saying I should sign up if not already). When questioned, he does not answer, and his English leaves much to be desired. This was my first time selling online, and something didn’t feel right, so I got suspicious and have been googling PayPal scams for the last half hour. His name hasn’t popped up on here yet – it is Ali Leo. Watch out for him!!!
Thank goodness for this webpage! Something didn’t add up when I got an email from PayPal that just didn’t look right… have sent an email back offering the ‘gentleman’ a piece of my mind! Just nearly sent my PSP off to West Africa, thinking I had been paid! BE WARNED: if it says ‘Pending’ in your PayPal account, it simply means it HASN’T been paid!!
Two scammers just tried all there moves on me. when i wasn’t feeling good about it i googled scam and this awesome blog appeared.
There names were:
Anthony Monreo and Shedy Cady
watch out for these smooth criminals.
“Wendy Brown” (wwwendy001@gmail.com) is still active with the same method except ’she’ has now moved her delivery address from Birmingham to London – to Roland Jacob, 88 Albert Road, West Drayton, Middlesex, UB7 8ES.
I only realised I’d been had a few hours ago.
She/he/it has nearly got hands on my camera – I’m waiting for the Parcelforce phone lines to open at 0800 in order to stop delivery.
yes this happened to me, i advertised an i phone 4 and a womn emailed me to buy it, so she said she’d pay me through paypal and i started getting fake emails from paypal saying i had money waiting and all. so i sent the phone and didn’t get any money.
i nearly got scamed selling my wedding dress. cheeky sods asking me to send them money forst and that paypal were holding the money this is bollocks luckly my husband read the emails they were sending us and there was so many spelling mistakes. horrible they are you people need to pis off..
this guy almost scammed me via paypal luckily i googled his email! thanks to you guys
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
he is from “united kingdon” apparently and wanted to buy my $7,500 car and ship it over lol ummmmm why would you buy an Australian car and ship it there ??? lol
My Daughter also nearly got scammed selling her Ute a Captain James Curtis tried to get money through the paypal scam I just checked here and found my suspicion was right.
Thank you so much for this alert.
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john lucas (johnlucasm2@yahoo.com) is a scammer.
tried to buy our boat on gumtree for $3500AUD using paypal.
was insistent that he wanted to buy asap from the UK and use a shipping company to collect it. refused to give any personal contact details.
got suss so i googled his email address and found this site. thanks to all for posting your comments and helping the rest of us to not be scammed.
OMG i just got scammed yesterday morning at 7:00 am till 6 pm , being followed by a scammer. Being new to gumtree i didnt no it was scam till he wanted to add moRE MONEYY $ on top of the set price, for no reason & telling me PAYPAL is the safest way!! full of shit obviouslyy, wasted my time all dayy. telling me:
Hello,it seems you do not get my message..what i meant was that i will like to add the sum of $530 to the payment which i do like you to help me in transferring it to my shipping company via western union money transfer,as it is the money for the service they are going to render for picking it up..i would have love to do it myself but as i have said before i am on sea presently and there is no where on ocean i can send money using western union which is why i will like you to kindly do it for me so that they can come over to pick it up and this is the only payment method they accept.
What you are going to do is that as soon as you have received the payment confirmation from paypal kindly go to any western union around your place or you can go to the post office there is western union there and have the money sent to my agent to the below address,
Name; Layla Benzallat
Address: 6.Norney Bridge Mill Rd
City: Worton Devizes .
State: Middlesex
Country:United Kingdom
Zip Code : SN10 5SF
Hope this is clearer to you now?
Being Full of crapp the so called “sailor” has pisssed off!!! was luky not to fall for his shitt!!! “”low -lifes these scammerss are”"
BEWARE OF CLEO STEVE the SWINNNEEE FROM THE UK!!!!!! (cleosteve101@hotmail.com.au)
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Kelvin Nicolas is a fucking spamer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BE AWARE
Hello Sir/Ma,
>
> My name is Kelvin Nicholas,am from United Kingdom i saw your ad on
> gumtree about the above item which you have available for sale,and i
> am interested in buying it for my fiancee as a birthday gift.so i will
> need you to get back to me and let me know if the item is still
> available for sale,also i will like to know what is the present
> condition of the item,why you are selling it and what is your asking
> price.
>
> I will be looking forward to your quick reply as soon as possible.
>
> Best Regards.
> Kelvin N.
Hi Nicolas… I am very happy to read back from you and mostly to hear that the
item is still available…and i want you to know that the price is
ok by me,actually i am buying the items for my fiancee as a surprise
birthday gift and her birthday is 24th of September so i will really need to get the phone to her before the date.and she is presently in Nigeria for study……so all i will
need you to do is to check the shipping cost to Lagos Nigeria 23401 via
your local post using registered mail…and kindly add up the postage cost to the cost of the phone and get back to me with the total cost asap.also i will need you to get back to me with your account details so i can transfer the fund as soon as possible.and i will also like to know the means you to transfer the fund either Bank to Bank transfer or Pay Pal.
hi just found another – his name is stanly maxwell
please dont reply to him
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I had 3 responses with the usual blurb about being too busy to come and see the item, paying via Paypal and arranging for a courier agent to pick it up. I was selling a 10m x 7m shed.
Thanks for getting back to me and also to let you know that your fund
has been deducted from my account that is the reason why you receive
the mail from paypal customer care that i have made the payment,But
you will have to send the Agent fund first to the movers address
given to you and you will get back to paypal customer care with the
MTCN NUMBER (Western union details) for the prompt verification and
immediate release of your fund as soon as its verified…
Please once you send the pickup agent fund,is when you will have
access to the fund as they are to protect both of us…
whatch out for Molisa James
john lucas (johnlucasm2@yahoo.com) is a scammer. tried to buy my laptop said pay 220 n pay through paypal. Emails from ‘paypal’ looked dodgy.
Just had a scammer:
Nicholas Mills
Claims to live in London but working in Asia. His email was rocketmail (NL I think). His writing was simplistic and unconvincing. He wanted me to post the item to
Ayomide Peters
22, Ilesanmi
Masha surulere
Lagos 23401
Nigeria…but I had to ask twice before getting any address at all. He asked no details about the guitar I’m selling at all (and it’s a very unusual one), just wanted me to hurry etc. Said it was a present for a friend. Basically same pattern. Beware
Went from being on such a high that my furniture that I’d listed was nearly sold only to be left deflated as realised I was the target for a scammer! As soon as he said that he would be sending a international shipping company to collect it after paying through Paypal, my suspicions arose. Lucky escape but I’m left feeling so disappointed that people like that around everywhere! I have certainly learnt to follow my gut and I will only ever trade face to face from now on!
PLEASE WATCH OUT FOR THESE KIND OF EAMILS AS THESE ARE TYPICAL SCAMMERS….
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 355pounds for
the item and 50pounds for the postage cost via royal Mail International Signed for to someone close to me who is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as
Birthday present…I would have loved to handle it myself but
unfortunately I’m presently in Finland with my boss on a business
trip, so I’ll really appreciate your help. Send me a PayPal request or bank detail for transfer of your money of the total cost of the item plus the postage cost so that i can make the payment to you asap.Hope to read from you soon Regards. pls call me +447024034129
Hello mate i’ll pay you 400 and 50 pounds for postage down to West Africa to someone close to me as a birthday gift,i would love to have handled this myself but i am currently in Finland with my boss on a business trip so please i’ll really need your help , please get back to me with a PayPal account or bank details for me to make payments….. pls call +447024034129
I appreciate your prompt response…i am ready to buy the item from
you..I’ll pay you £450GBP for the cost of the item and the postage
charges to my friend abroad..sO kindly get to me now with your paypal
e-mail address to make the payment through PayPal now, Thanks.
have since contacted paypal and ofcourse there was no payment sent , only a request. basicaly all you needa know is …. make sure the adress on there paypal matches what they gave you or no deal !( if its not the same theyll say they didnt recive and you have no leg to stand on trust me) if you get 2 emails or 1 saying saying you have to click any links dont ! paypal wont ask you that(theyll send fake emails saying its being processed) and ask them to send the money , not you send a request , if they make excuses chances are there scammers and most of all PAYPAL DOES NOT HOLD YOUR MONEY TILL THE ITEM IS SENT ! youll get the money straight away if its genuinely sent to you.
Seem to have got one from ‘ashley marie’ – is working on an oil rig apparently, and wants to buy £11K worth of vehicle without even seeing it!
Aisha Bailey is another one at it – she’s from Nigeria, suprise.
i need a NEW PSP(play station portable)
watch out for
ANGELA GRANT ***angela.grant97@yahoo.com*****
PAUL WELTON ***paulwellton@gmail.com*****
same old wanting to buy for a friend off on a training in africa….!!
Watch out for ‘JEAN GOLD’, scan artist asking me to post my item to Nigeria and getting very rude over email. Anyone that wants to send to Nigeria is normally a scam artist. You can tell immediately by their persistence and eagerness for you to accept their offer. They also tend to offer more than you stated saying they need it quickly and will pay via paypal immediately. They also put “please reply asap” at end of their emails. If it seems too good to be true, it normally is, so be careful
I was asked to send £900 as a gift via paypal for an item today, no protection on the item if I do that, and also he should not be asking that anyway
Laurent Gran [visionaryhope33@gmail.com] is a scammer
Maria Smith wanted to buy my item. But her replay was a bit odd. So I check her up and found that form and that the name is a scammer. Thanks to everybody here! it safe my time and money.
Wendy brown and daisy Rafael are both scammers
I want to buy item for my my colleague , although she is so far
from me.I’m going to buy what she always wanted so much. I want to
buy this item from you and I will be paying via PayPal .I can pay you
online. If it’s OK by you.Send PayPal payment request a total cost of
the item plus the cost of shipping 20 pounds confirm from royal mail
international post. my PayPal email sign up(morgan.sindall@yahoo.co.uk)
and I’ll make the payment as soon as possible…..
Awaiting your request now.
Thanks Morgan
—> watch out for this one as well.
Watch out for Maria Smith.
Advertised a guitar and had a reply saying they were interested in buying it. So I replied asking if they’d like to view the guitar but i had a response saying they were out of town for a wedding but could i send more photos of the guitar and my final asking price and contact address etc. So i happily did so. They then said the only method of payment could be via paypal and an agent would be collecting when payments were made. I recieved another email saying they had sent £165 extra into my account to cover shipping and that i’ve have an email from paypal with details. This fake paypal email had said in order to recieve my money i’d have to pay £165 for the shipping then i’d recieve my money. The money was to be sent somewhere in Nigeria. I’ve now refused to send any money to them and had a few emails trying to ‘ease my mind’ about sending the money away. Just watch out for this.
am selling my wedding dress and have two resonses one asking for pay pal address,, yeah right,, wants me to ship to nigeria and the other dubai. why do people do this??? they didnt even ask to see the item….numb nuts!!! have replied back saying i have forwarded theor e mails on and reported as scammers and guess wot,,they not replied back. one sended was johnson barry and the other was pierre domaine??
The following are scammers:
Angela Grant
Lenon Cox
Fiona Stewart
kate morris
Hello
Im not sure if im getting involved in a scam or not but thought I owuld ask. Got an email yesterday asking how much I wanted, Its on the advert, I said im open to offers. They then emailed back, with a different email address, and offered £100 more than the listed price? They then said to request the money on paypal with another differnt email address?
Realyy not sure if this seems fishy?
To all users, especially Ian, who posted about “WENDY BROWN” – this user will contact you and offer over what you have listed for the item to be posted to Birmingham by Next Day Royal Mail Special Delivery. I have contacted the police about this person (as I have just been conned out of the mobile phone I put in the post this morning before realising it was fraud) and actionfraud.org.uk. Action Fraud really stressed that it is vital for everyone who is a victim of such cons to call their number on 0300 123 2040 and in regards to this Wendy Brown, if enough complaints are made about this person the police will take serious action.
Please contact them and don’t fall for fake paypal emails like I did
from – Lewis Kelvin” <lewiskelvin80@yahoo.com –
Sounds Like Hamlets Father..:-)
I am a nigga,trained to assassinate foes and enemies and those who cannot control their tongue.I will teach you a lesson you will never forget because I’ll kill you slowly,leak/suck your blood in your presence.
You are stupid,what is this nonsense you are telling me after payment had been made for the item ,you now have the gut to tell me this rubbish.I will deal with you because I will order my boys to kill you except you ship my package…………Be expecting me in your house,office,club etc.Don’t be surprise to see me as I have gotten your details through electronics detectors.You are a dead fellow already,a working ghost
SCAMMER –
Re: Reply to your ad: Authentic 1975 Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch serial 39182887
Wednesday, 17 August, 2011 8:56
From:
This sender is DomainKeys verified
“Lewis Kelvin”
Add sender to Contacts
To:
“Mikey”
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you £70 for the postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my Cousin who is on a training course in West Africa(Nigeria),i want to send it as surprise present…I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m presently in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really appreciate your help. I will want us to sincerely deal with each other through PayPal Online Auction. get back to me with the total cost of the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards.
God Bless you.
“visionary hope”
Warning : The above person has attempted to scam me on Gumtree and is sending me fake emails from Paypal in attempt to make me pay money into a Nigerian account to release funds from Paypal.
Beware of Jean Gold . Another Nigeria scam for a
Nikon Camera. Paying up to 90 quid for postage then sending to Nigeria as they are off sailing.
Did I send it… No
There are some attention-grabbing closing dates in this article but I don’t know if I see all of them middle to heart. There may be some validity but I’ll take hold opinion until I look into it further. Good article , thanks and we want extra! Added to FeedBurner as nicely
Hi,
I have just had someone try to pull this one on me. It didn’t feel right to me so i looked it up. The person contacting me is Kerri Lippert. I’m sure it’s a fake name but avoid it if you come across it.
I have just been scammed by Jacqueline Bridgend with a camera. Just found out it was a scam before I was about to ship item. Also had scam emails from Andy Prince. Beware people!
Britney Flin – Scammer, what out folks.
“Wendy Brown”
Thanks for the mail, i agreed with the condition, i will love to buy it.
I would have come to pick it up but i am always busy at work all day’s, so i will offer you £280 including the shipping amount (P+P) to Birmingham Address.
So please kindly send me a PayPal money request now or you can send me your PayPal email address so as to make the payment right now.
Hope to read from you soon.
Regards
some really wonderful info , Glad I discovered this.
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I’ve had too many scam emails to list, I get one everyday because I had some phones I was selling featured at the top of the page for a week. I recognise the emails immediately because of the repetitive methods they use.
First email: What is your best price / how much is it? / I want to buy
Second email: I can’t collect because of blah blah blah / I want to send as a gift to blah blah blah
Third email: I will pay (x) by paypal, please send request / paypal address and I would like you to ship it to …. some address in Nigeria!
Fourth email: I have paid / payment made (a fake paypal email is also sent along with the final email).
My response every time after the fourth email from them is that I have reported them to the authorities along with the address they have provided – this really scares them and they either stop emailing or they pretend they were just joking!?
another scammer on here. had me going right till the end, an i even got three “emails” from paypal. clever. still anoyed i didnt sell my phone tho.
Alicia Lees
242B Riverdale Road
Erith
United Kingdom
DA8 1QE
Please look out for Margaret Barry trying to buy with pay pal (margaret.barry02@yahoo.co.uk) as it is a scam.
ANDY PRINCE!!! SCAMMER! i was selling a bundle for 260 and he offered 320??? and wanted to pay by paypal but wanted me to deliver to his friend?? just be aware of this fool!
Andy Prince, Wilson Pedro, Jacqueline Bridgen and Allan Smith have not given up on sending scam emails. I have listed my camera on gumtree where I have a clear description and mention that I want cash payment and local buyers. But these names have been sending me emails first wanting to learn if its still listed and condition then coming back to me with responses about paypal! Seriously time waters!
I am a nigga,trained to assassinate foes and enemies and those who cannot control their tongue.I will teach you a lesson you will never forget because I’ll kill you slowly,leak/suck your blood in your presence.
You are stupid,what is this nonsense you are telling me after payment had been made for the item ,you now have the gut to tell me this rubbish.I will deal with you because I will order my boys to kill you except you ship my package…………Be expecting me in your house,office,club etc.Don’t be surprise to see me as I have gotten your details through electronics detectors.You are a dead fellow already,a working ghost
Payment was made for the item.You were notified by paypal with a payment confirmation because your money was deducted from my account so I don’t really understand you…………….So, proceed with the shipment of the item now and get back to me with the shipment tracking number so that your account will be credited immediately.
Hi,
Why shipment is delay for this item and why are you still holding this item in your hand after payment has been made for the item and your money has been deducted from my account immediately payment was made for the item…………….I don’t expect you to delay the shipment of this item up to this time. I want you to proceed with the shipment of this item asap and quickly get back to me with the shipment tracking number.
Name:John Samuel
Address: No 11 Lafenwa Street
City : Abeokuta
State: Ogun State
Zip Code: 23403
Country: Nigeria
Get this item ship out now because my brother-in-law has been disturbing me about the shipment of the item and i told him that you will get it ship out today and i didn’t want you to delay the shipment any longer.. So take the item to Post Office now for shipment and get back to me asap……Hope to hear from you now and it is my pleasure doing business with you………..You can reach me on 07024093672
Thanks
THATS WHAT HE SAID TO ME ASWELL HAHA
I just received this email in regards to my boyfriends car- gotta be a scam surely???!!!
Thank for the response.How many years have you been using it and what
is the present condition? I will be happy to buy it, but I am at the
plane duty at this moment .am a pilot and i really want to make this
purchase but due to my work i can’t come and pick it up from you but
my pick up company will come to pick it up, i will appreciate if you
can sale it for me because due to my work i can not search for another
car like this right now. Note that you will not be responsible for
shipping and handling. My pick up agent will come to your location for
pick up. Kindly provide me your name and full address so i can forward
it to the shipping company to calculate the pick up fees, I would like
you to know that your payment will be made via paypal i don’t have
access to my bank account online as i don’t have internet banking but
i have link my bank account to my paypal account and PayPal is fast
and secured to send and received money online, All you have to do is
to send me your PayPal email account or you can send me a money
request to this mail as to make the payment and am going to include
paypal charges to the payment.
Thanks
Cody.
HI I WAS SELLING MY CAR FOR 1500 HAD ABOUT 5 EMAIL SAYIN ILL GIVE YOU 2500 WTF LOL
my advice, use trustworthy Parcel Delivery Companies with tracking.
was selling a necklace someone offered me this deal
:Hi there, thanks for your quick response, i really want to buy this item off you but i want it for my friend who has just been posted to West Africa on a Training course, i want to send it as a Birthday Present, i would have loved to come for the collection and post it myself but I’m not in the UK presently, I’m in Finland with my boss on a business Pursuit, so I’ll really be happy if you can help me out. I will be offering you £60 for the postage cost….kindly reply me with a PayPal money request for the total cost of the item plus the postage cost that I’m offering and I’ll make the payment asap. I hope to read from you soon
i googled the delivery address they gave me :Name: Big Timi
Address:Block B flat31 Akerele Street,
City:Surulere
State:Lagos
Country:Nigeria
Zip Code:23401
and it lead me to this gumtree/paypal scam page…. knew it was too good to be true…i wouldnt have sent the item until i defo recieved money anyway but thought id share my story….
hi! sweet!! check us out too, all about Nintendo! take care!!
With regards to my statement beneath, has anyone experienced phone calls from an ‘unknown number’ since posting their ads and receiving ’spoof/scam’ mails?
I’m not sure how these individuals would get information like my phone number but these calls have been happening since I have posted and received these spoof mails, maybe its just a coincidence. Maybe Im being paranoid or maybe these guys are more industrious than i have been giving them credit for. The phone rings…then they hang up. Weird. Anyone else?
This is getting ridiculous. I have had more ’spoof/ scam’ ‘ offers than normal ones. The thing that made me stop and think was that I sent the paypal request to this person and the paypal sent me the confirmation to my Yahoo mail. Which is not the email address i use for Paypal but it is the address I used for my gumtree advert. How did paypal get my yahoo address i wandered????? So i decided against sending the item to OYO STATE NIGERIA.
But they have not stopped, they have now been sending me fake paypal legal action emails- still to my yahoo mail- funny.
So maybe that is way to protect yourself or tell a scam straight away ( besides them asking you to send it to Nigeria), USE A DIFFERENT EMAIL ADDRESS TO SELL ITEMS AS THE ONE THAT IS LINKED TO YOUR PAYPAL ADDRESS. if paypal sends you a conformation to the wrong email then you know its a fake.
Just had this one – watch out for Frank Bolt (frankbolt37@yahoo.co.uk)
“I want to buy it from you for my my colleague , although she is so far
from me.I’m going to buy what she always wanted so much. I want to
buy this item from you and I will be paying via PayPal .I can pay you
online. If it’s OK by you.Send PayPal payment request a total cost of
the item plus the cost of shipping 80 pounds confirm from royal mail
international post. my PayPal email sign up(frankbolt37@yahoo.co.uk)
and I’ll make the payment as soon as possible…..
Awaiting your request now.
Thanks Frank”
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I have received so many scam emails regarding my phone that took some pleasure in making up numerous silly responses. I have stopped now tho as it’s getting a bit scary.
You are stupid,what is this nonsense you are telling me after payment had been made for the item ,you now have the gut to tell me this rubbish.I will deal with you because I will order my boys to kill you except you ship my package…………Be expecting me in your house,office,club etc.Don’t be surprise to see me as I have gotten your details through electronics detectors.You are a dead fellow already,a working ghost
— On Mon, 1/8/11, kelly wrote:
From: kelly
Subject: Re: Proceed with the ship the item
To: “Kelvin Fortune”
Date: Monday, 1 August, 2011, 13:40
I have sent the phone by carrier pigeon, much cheaper. Tracking number TOSSER101. As you are such a good customer I have attached 2 phones, aren’t I nice. Hope you get them quick time. Please rember to feed the pigeon on receipt on phone. Thanks
—– Original Message —–
From: Kelvin Fortune
To: undisclosed recipients
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 10:01 AM
Subject: Proceed with the ship the item
Hi,
Why shipment is delay for this item and why are you still holding this item in your hand after payment has been made for the item and your money has been deducted from my account immediately payment was made for the item…………….I don’t expect you to delay the shipment of this item up to this time. I want you to proceed with the shipment of this item asap and quickly get back to me with the shipment tracking number.
Name:John Samuel
Address: No 11 Lafenwa Street
City : Abeokuta
State: Ogun State
Zip Code: 23403
Country: Nigeria
Get this item ship out now because my brother-in-law has been disturbing me about the shipment of the item and i told him that you will get it ship out today and i didn’t want you to delay the shipment any longer.. So take the item to Post Office now for shipment and get back to me asap……Hope to hear from you now and it is my pleasure doing business with you………..You can reach me on 07024093672
Thanks
Received the same email regarding two same emails regarding two different items. I take it they didnt know I am the same seller … but I am definitely not dealing with this request! Especially the offer is much higher than what I have asked for. Just making others aware:
Thanks for your response I will be Offering £50, and will also pay for the shipping to west Africa Nigeria for my grand son as a birthday gift. I would have love to come pick it up but my work wont allow with time. So what is the total price including the shipping cost via USPS(EMS SERVICE) or DHL EXPRESS. you can please contact me on this number ***********
yep, i think i just been had with the same scam,, i’m new to selling online and never used papal before,, but once i requested payment something triggered my mind to think this was a scam of somekind..
this is the email i received after i requested the money..
Hi there,
Payment has been made.I just double check my paypal account now, It shows that the money has been deducted from my account to yours but the payment might show pending in your account now because the payment is been held by paypal so it will only fully become available in your account when you ship the package and email the shipment tracking number or any form of proof of shipment to paypal, once paypal receive proof of shipment from you,they will release the money to your account. I would suggest you login to the email address of your paypal account to check for the payment confirmation notice from paypal to prove that I have sincerely paid.
Do not hesitate to email back if you need any assistance.
Kindly post the item to my shop keeper as soon as possible and let me know when that is done.
Engr. Osarodion. A
11 Akharia street off mela motel road,
Off osakpamwan street,
Uselu Benin city, Edo State,
23452, Nigeria.
(+234)80-55-22-06-93
He is my shop keeper selling the goods for me overthere.
Kindly post the Item directly to him via ROYAL MAIL
Thanks and nice buying from you.
Gordon
———————
This is the email i got from paypal this morning however the grammar seems a little unprofessional to me..
I WILL NOT BE POSTING ANY ITEMS TO NIGERIA THATS FOR SURE.
Dear peter q*****
Thank you for Using PayPal.
Note that PayPal verifies member’s account on a regular basis
to secure a maximum protection for both parties.
REMINDER- Shipment Verification Procedure And Fund Release
This is to remind you to make the shipment to Gordon Brown. He has since been debited of the total about she purchased the item from you. The money is currently pending on your account because we are yet to receive proof of shipment.
You are by this Notification to make the shipment to the confirm address you got from PayPal Within the next 24hours and email us the shipment tracking number to enable us verify and release the pending payment to your account to avoid breach of PayPal user agreement.
Shipping Information:
Address: Engr. Osarodion. A
11 Akharia street off mela motel road,
Off osakpamwan street,
Uselu Benin city, Edo State,
23452, Nigeria.
(+234)80-55-22-06-93
Address Status: Confirmed
As soon as we receive proof of shipment and verified the payment clears in your account accordingly. This system was introduced to protect both the buyer and the seller from fraud.
PayPal authority would also like to inform you that the funds is currently being held in our database pending onward transfer to your account once transaction is completed. The buyer no longer have any access to the funds, owe to the fact that the funds has been debited completely from the buyer’s account pending onward transfer to your account from our database upon confirmation of shipment.
The payment is pending and will not reflect in your account balance until we receive the proof of shipment from you for confirmation to enable us transfer the funds to your account after confirmation of shipment.
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Hallo there is possibly another one. I have advertised my Monitor to sale with Gumtree few days ago. There was a reply to it offering more money…
and to be sent to Nigeria to her daughter who is studying with a oil company .. as gift. here is the reply e-mail from her, which links to a fake Facebook account too ?:
Resnick Campbell to me
show details Jul 29 (2 days ago)
Hello,
I am very happy to read from you, My name is Marija Demetrjusz from
United States.
I want to buy this nice item for my daughter who works as a student in
Petroleum school in Nigeria and I am ready to make a good deal.
I am willing to offer 130GBP for the item and shipping cost to Nigeria.
Here is my Facebook page :http ://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002607425981
I will remit the payment via Paypal
Please tell me your last price and send me a Paypal request so that i
can proceed with the payment if you agree with my offer.
Thank you.
- Show quoted text -
>> here
>>
What do people think of this email? 100% fake?
> Thanks for the response and sorry for the late reply.but presently i
> am at work,i work for the UK contractor Agent.I can’t come over and
> see the condition of the item myself but as you listed in your ad on
> gumtree that is in good condition i hope so.i want to send the item to
> a friend, who for a contract to West Africa.the question is will you
> help with the postage to him.if yes i will be offering you 30 pounds
> for the postage and payment will be through PayPal or Bank transfer so
> that i can transfer the funds to your Bank account as is safe and
> secure.My PayPal account is (canemarry@gmail.com)
>
>
> Bellow is the delivery address
>
> Name: Tee Babbs
> Address:Block B flat31 Akerele Street,
> City:Surulere
> State:Lagos
> Country:Nigeria
> Zip Code:23401
LOL Fantastic Brilliant Tract Morgan is one brilliant and extremely funny perservere comedian. He helps keep me in stitching for hours and give me a good time when great job
Don t understand how exactly i got in here but i m really glad i ve found it. Neaah… i m starting to believe google is begining to read my mind
Great build!
Have a few laptops up for sale and some memory to
got this suspected it did a search and found you all Thanks So much
check out the e-mail below think i will send a reply saying i sent the request and see what happens lol
I want to buy it from you for my my colleague , although she is so far
from me.I’m going to buy what she always wanted so much. I want to
buy this item from you and I will be paying via PayPal .I can pay you
online. If it’s OK by you.Send PayPal payment request a total cost of
the item plus the cost of shipping 80 pounds confirm from royal mail
international post. my PayPal email sign up(mcoyalan@yahoo.co.uk)
and I’ll make the payment as soon as possible…..
Awaiting your request now.
yep same scam. It may be unfair but i new it was a scam when i seen the the address “nigeria” iv been playing along for about a week now, iv even gone as far as sending a letter, recorded delivery just like they asked saying “items pending paymment” so they can keep hoping for the items just like everyone is hoping for their cash. I sent him the tracking num but warned that if i dont recive payment then the nigerian police will accompany the parcel to the address and arrest whoever signs for it. havent heard anything back from him yet. Hope hes sitting waiting for a knock at the door. muhahahah
We’ve had the same thing today when selling our campervan – an email offering the asking price but as a surprise for a parent from a petroleum engineer offshore…we won’t take it any further but glad the forum confirmed our suspicions.
Yep John Smith, offered me asking price for my car. I thought it was too good to be true. So google’d it. Glad i didn’t get ripped off. Gumtree should send this warning out everytime you post an add. no one will use gumtree if they keep getting ripped off.
I am selling an item on gumtree and I just got a suspicious email.
“Ok just wanted to make sure nothing is been left out.
I will be purchasing this for $400. Payment will be sent using PayPal and i will handle the PayPal surcharge as well. I will arrange with someone to have this picked up for your location once i have paid as i am out of town at the moment.In the meantime, can you send me more pictures (if available)?
Regards,
William.”
The item is for sale for $300, why would he offer $400
I can not believe the amount of top quality material which is available on this website. The website is rather appealing as well as pulls the reader directly in, the posts usually are excellent quality and are incredibly professionally written. I’ve witnessed too many of these sites where it would appear that they pay an eight year old to perform the writing – Not this place. Your website is easily one of the best that i have found in a long while.
I put my caravan up for sale and a lady emailed (gmail.com) saying she wanted it but couldnt c it as was a petroleum engineer offshore. yet was willing to pay full asking and sort with western union to collect, as i was suspicious, i offereds to deliver the caravan face to face, but it was a surprise gift????? i wa told could i deliver to dublin, (not nigeria)i was still suspicious and very rightly too as i have found this site. balls to that i say. cheers all u decent people for all ur posts xx
i am selling my car through gumtree.
I had anemail from someone asking the condition, which I did. He then offered me a little more than I had advertised..rounding it up..
he wanted to pay via paypal.. and seemed to good to be true…did not even want to view it. I thought I would check for scams.. and blow me…I see his name come up in the comments here for a scam. Using a name of John Smith.
For those dealing with scammers, just request they set up an ‘escrow account’ with a US$1 million deposit placed in it and tell them you use the FBI as couriers – has seemed to have done the trick with 7 false email signatures thus far – if we all inundate them with such mail requests they may turn their attention else where as it confuses them greatly and they have no idea how to respond.
Hi all, it ha shappened to me as well, someone claiming that they will pay via paypal and have an agent come and collect it. The name he is using is John Smith. Just thought I would let people know
Our scamming friends are still keen to play ball even when US$millions are requested – obviously they cannot understand English and have prepared text to respond to their enquiry responses from sellers.
Unfortunately, these antics have put off genuine users like myself ever using Gum tree again – perhaps the administrators go Gumtree could explain why the majority of responses to items for sale are fraudulent and why a huge number of goods posted for sale are also clearly frauds – having reported matters 48hrs ago to Gumtree no one has responded to either the scam emails or fact that the listing they are carrying are part of the same said ‘SCAM.
Outrageous!!!!
I have now had an email from supposedly Paypal demanding I ship the item in the next 24 hours otherwise I will be fined up to £2,000 GBP and my Paypal account blocked – I have forwarded it to Paypal and it is not a legitimate email, no more news from Emma Grant following my email to her stating that I would not be despatching the item to Nigeria or any other Foreign Country and if she wants to purchase the item it needs to be collected and paid for on collection or a Postal Order sent to me and I will then arrange for a courier to deliver to a UK address only – what a surprise!
I’m getting them from
bill rick and
john templain
Beware!
After a long day at work, this has been a most enjoyable read. A+++
Just had an Emma Grant who is apparently at an Airport in Prestwick so cannot pick my item up but wants me to ship it to Nigeria and have even had the fake Paypal emails which I have reported. Quite clearly a scam and I will not be sending my item out to Nigeria I did state collection on it only.
Be aware of the following two scam artists.
Sharon Gale
Mark Milan
I’m trying to sell my brand new Iphone and i’m getting the paypal scams from them both.
I pretended to go along with their rubbish and have taken down there phone contacts and paypal accounts and reported them officaly.
But it won’t be long before theyve created new accounts!
CASH ON COLLECTION only when dealing with gumtree!!! safest way
I have not utilised Gumtree UK for more than two years – hence I can say I’m actually horrified at the amount of fraudulent adverts and fraudulent purchasing enquiries that are taking place on the notice for sale boards across all regions of the UK.
You have issued a warning against PayPal fraud, yet it would seem much of what is posted on these boards is a scam clearly meant to defraud the gullible, that it is now on an epic proportion saddens me.
Having tried legitimately to to sell quite an expensive product on these boards at a fair value – basically one is sick and tired of eBay’s and PayPal’s legal fraud against both buyers and sellers – one had hoped that Gumtree would offer some respite and consumer sanity.
Suffice to say, a veritable ‘cotton industry’ has sprung up on these boards with much of it emanating from Nigeria – may I suggest a simple algorithm to detect much of the fraudulent posts, or at least employ persons like myself who are able to identify what clearly is crass stupidity by probably a small group of fraudsters – IP addresses are also a give away – obviously, this being too much to ask!!!!!!!
i have been scammed! i shipped out my xbox to nigeria 3 days ago, hopefully it is still in the US so i can have it sent back to me. i didnt come across this blog till today. i feel so stupid. please if anyone can help me with suggestions or anything please do! the gentlemans “name” was doc. watt stone. look out for this!
The one address should read:
Emma Grant
Please accept an apology
I have just had an offer to buy my laptop through Pay Pal by an Alan Smith have just found out from him he is in Nigeria. Thank god i found this blog before proceeding with transaction. He has my email address but not paypal details is there anyway he can still scam me. thanks.
Hi there,
this morning I’ve realised I had some rather strange emails from paypal, after some investigation on my side, I came across this blog, and bang the names: Alan smith and Jacqueline Bridgen written here were my fraudulent senders. I do hope this guys spent some time in prison soon!
GUMTREE it self is a massive scam, and taking vunerable people for a ride. they need to close this website down unless they get some form of protection on here to protect the buyers and sellers.
shut down the site.
ogDrsgHd Valium
maryrebecca, or annvalentine, soniawilson….terrible grammar, the phrase god-willing and total time-wasting….awful!
Should say – “David Walter (londonrock20@gmail.com”. Con Man !
Cheers everyone for helping me confirm this scammer !!!
avid Walter (londonrock20@gmail.com). He wanted to buy my mobile advertised at £275 for £300!.
——————————————
Hi,
I want to purchase this item for my business partner as birthday gift and i will offer you £300.00 for the item including the shipping cost Via ROYAL MAIL to ABROAD. so i want you to get back to me with your paypal full name and email address you can send me a paypal money request to my verified paypal email at (londonrock20@gmail.com).
Thanks.
Wonderful article, covered up many of my questions.
So, I’m selling my first item but even I know that NO ONE pays £100 more for an item going cheap. So, beware any emails from Wizzy Babinton, s/he wants you to post to Nigeria.
Not falling for that sucker, thanks!
This is crazy – I thought id google this as it sounded fishy and I have recived EXACTLY the same email as Tim – word for work, though mine was a “marine biologist” not a “petroleum engineer”.
Such is life.
Another name to watch out for: Jacqueline Bridgen
She tried to buy an item from my daughter (to send to Nigeria, of course); the usual fake PayPal confirmation of funds deposited, and then, when my daughter refused to complete the transaction, sent the other email that people have reported threatening to report her to the police. Au contraire, Jacqueline, I think we’ll be the ones doing the reporting!
This is a very useful warning, thanks! Is there a website anywhere that lists the latest Paypal scams?
This post pretty much covered up all my questions, thx
ANOTHER TRY – the cheek!!
Original scammers email:
Thanks for the mail, I’m seriously interested in buying this for my Father i wish to view it but right now am out of state and am okay with your selling price, I’m a Petroleum Engineer and currently offshore i really want this as a surprise gift for my Father so i won’t let him know anything about this until it get delivered to him. You can mail me back with your PayPal email address so i can make the payment to you right now and if you don’t have an account with paypal you can set up an account today as it’s secured and reliable visit their website onwww.paypal.co.uk. i will be responsible for the payment fees/charges on this transaction. Do not worry about shipping or picking up as my pick up agent will come and pick it up from you once have made the payment to you and will love to see the recent pic if my approval is granted get back to me with your full Name,address and phone number so you have your money immediately for you to spend.
Get back to me with your.
Full Name
PayPal Email Address
Phone #
2nd scammers email when pushed for proof:
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: aisha bridge
Date: Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: Reply to your ad: Campervan – Vauxhall Arena 1.9 Diesel
To: ….
Thanks for the mail..Due to the nature of my work,phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it.i cant make it cos am a pectroleum engineerbusy currently offshore.. i will also be happy if you accept my offer because this is urgent
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Nice info! I recently chanced on your blog http://blog.gumtree.com/paypal-scam-alert/ and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my initial comment. I don’t understand what to mention except that I’ve got enjoyed reading.
> —–Original Message—–
> From: anna anderson [mailto:annaanderson1011@gmail.com]
> Sent: 13 July 2011 17:46
> To:
> Subject: Re: Reply to your ad:
>
> Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 50 pounds for the
> postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who
> is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as surprise
> present…I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m
> presently in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really
> appreciate your help. Send me a PayPal request of the total cost of
> the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the payment asap.
> Hope to read from you soon
> Regards.
>
> God Bless you.
And another one away on a course who wants it sent to Africa. Let me think of a suitable reply
From: sammy Jones [mailto:sammyjones1122@yahoo.com]
Sent: 12 July 2011 13:44
Subject: Re: Reply to your ad: Canon XM1 DV video camera kit with Raynox superwide lens etc.
Thanks for getting back to me..I would have loved to handle it
myself but unfortunately I’m presently in USA with my boss on a contract
pursuit. As i think the safest way to make payment online is through PayPal
Or Bank Transfer.I want to send it to my Business Partner who is on
a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as a Birthday Gift,
I will like you to get back to me with the total cost of the item
and postage via royal-mail service . I think this is easy for both of us
read from you sooner
regards.
Alot of people trying to SCAM via paypal there, I’d advise everyone to keep gumtree local. and cash on collection
Mostly from nigerians and abroad asking to request paypal money. But are either using stolen credit cards (which will be refunded back from your account). Or they send fake emails out that look genuine saying you need to post the item before the money is accepted !!! DO NOT DO THIS !!!!
ANGELA HARRIS SCAM
It is nice knowing you on here I am Mrs ANGELA, I am happy that I Purchased your item on Gumtree and I will like you to know that I have made the payment for your item via PAYPAL and the total of £460.00 GBP has been deducted from my personal paypal account which I also made the postage and packing £40.00 GBP via Royal Mail International signed for. I am buying it for my Business Partner’s Daughter as a Birthday Gift.
Get back to me has soon has you get the payment confirmation from PayPal. So I want the item to be posted out as soon as possible tomorrow and get back to me so that I can know the condition of the item. As soon the transaction is successful I will be leaving a positive feedback for you on Gumtree.
Below is the shipping address:
ADEWALE ABIODUN
40, ABEOKUTA STREET,
IJAIYE-OGBA,
IFAKO,LAGOS,
+23401,
NIGERIA.
+2348039783202
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Do not accept payment/enquiry/emails from Caterine Latham. Scammer!
Hi, received an email interested in my alloys and willing to pay more than the asking price due to paypals “surcharges” something didnt sound right so i thought i should investigate lol and see the post about the scam. do not respond to an idiot called Micheal Stevens he aparently cant go to the bank due to the nature of his job….is he an armed bank robber???lol
just so people know email from angela harris is a scam, please dont get caught out.
In fact I’m really Interested in buying this item for my
UNCLE who as gone for a international business trip as a
Birthday Gift but i need to know if it’s still in Good
Condition then do you still have the Original Box for it
infarct i will like to see the attached picture of the item. I
will you to give me the item cost and international
shipping cost Through DHL and the payment will be
made Via PayPal so kindly get back to me now with your
confirmed PayPal email address now or you can send
money request direct from PayPal to this email address
(theorobin@live.co.uk) i will transfer the fund
immediately.
Here is the address below
MICHEAL MOSES
NO2 AGBEJA STREET OFF OSOSAMI ROAD
IBADAN
OYO STATE
NIGERIA
23402
+23480773832
Hey Damien,
I totally agree, I don’t think that I got a single genuine request after I’ve put my ad on Gumtree. There surely is something they could do to at least warn people in big red letters once you post an ad or something. Or verify the buyers identity. Also this blog is not easy to find if you don’t know what you are looking for…
Trying to sell a car keep getting emails stateing they will use paypal and get shipping agent to collect. They offer the full asking price dont even want to come and look at car as they are out of country,on an oil rig,on a ship in the antartic or some were even less beleavable. This is defo a scam as others just google paypal car buying scams
Someone has just tried to con me lol I emailed them the following after they wanted me to send a money request for a mobile phone which they wanted me to send abroad.
Hi I have emailed you the money request but I got an email back saying
paypal has put a hold on your money until you send out the item and postage details, once the item has been posted out you will realise that you have been scammed by a nigerian person who used to be involved in a previous scam where the person would email you and say that there is money waiting to be released and I can help release that money and also that I have won the nigerian lottery
What is all this about I am confused.
The email also says that Jessica Davis thinks that we are all idiots and have not realised that this is a scam.
Oh wait I have another email which says the seller will be reporting you to the police, could you please let me know what is going on, I really want to send you my item and not receive any money because I am a think fu%%er and you are so clever.
Please let me know
Love the guy that posted he kept increasing the price due to inflation ha ha. Thats an idea, we should all just keep replying that the price is not £4 million or something, takes to seconds and if enough of us are doing it, we might p!ss them off enough…I guess though even sending a 1000 emails out that they might strike lucky with one fool so they’ll never stop.
Still it will lower my blood pressure slightly…
38 fake emails this week and counting.!! this is totally undermining Gumtree’s credibility, I know its free but there must be something they can do to verify people, it seems a bit pointless at the moment.
Nearly sold my iPad to someone called GINA GOLDBERG (ginagoldberg22@gmail.com) who offered me 100 GBP above my asking price “for postage and packaging”. The postal address she gave to send the item to was the following (and does not seem to exist):
Hon. Jeffery .O. A
>> 39,Urubi Street,
>> Iyaro Street
>> Benin City
>> Edo State,
>> Nigeria
>> Tell; (+234)805-6109-153, 0807-385-4544
Since she contacted me I have also received 3 genuine-looking “paypal” emails saying that the money is “on hold” until I send confirmation of postage or a tracking number. Looked all very real even with Paypal logo! Luckily a friend told me that PayPal does not withhold payments while waiting for a confirmation that the item has been send/posted. Please look out for that name. I have forwarded these emails to Paypal and await their answer. Of course I will NOT send the item!
names to watch for SONIA WILLIAMS, WILSON PEDRO, TRACY SIMON
just had a email from sonia williams wanting to buy my mobile, offering £20 more than asking price saying shes working in a port in the usa and needs the phone posted to africa, wanted paypal details to send me money, does she think we are all stupid iv had 5 different emails up till now, all offering more money than i want and all wanting to pay by paypal, iv just been copying this page and sening it to them via email, needless to say they aint replied
Watch out for the names Sonia William and John Bright, they have both given me the story about paying more than the requested amount (paypal) for my iphone to ship abroad.
They must think people are stupid.
another name to look out for is Allan Smith(allansmith0127@yahoo.com), i had an ipod up and he emailed me offering more than my asking price and said he was paying through paypal, interestingly enough my brother had an iphone 4 up and this allan smith sent him the exact same email.
How bloody stupid do these people think we all are!? aint they heard of fonejacker!! cant beleive i have had it twice now…£15 pair of shoes but they wanted to give me an extra 20 for postage to africa which they needed my help to do as they worked at the seaports in the usa and wont be home for 2 weeks…what a joke!
Follow up to my post from earlier
I gave the guy an email address that hasn’t even got a paypal linked to it, and i got an email back that claims to be a paypal receipt logos and everything it looks very official, and can see why some people would fall for it. so i sent the scammer the following email
His Email To Me
hi there,
i havejust transfer your money from my paypal account. the money have beendeducted from my paypal account. the shipping details is written below:
Name: Idowu Ola
Address:19 Ogunleye Av Oke Ado
City: Ibadan
State: Oyo
Country: Nigeria
Post Code: 23424
get the item shipped now and get back to me with the shipment details. thanks,
regards,
Reply
I have sent the phone via the following method
SELLOTAPED IT TO A DONKEYS LEG GAVE IT A BISCUIT AND TOLD IT TO TAKE THE PHONE TO NIGERIA. IT SHOULD BE WITH YOU IN 3-4 YEARS DEPENDS IF THE DONKEY GETS TIRED ON THE WAY
YOUR TRACKING NUMBER IS EEE AWWW
I have currently got a htc for sale and i have had 3 emails asking to pay by paypal and send to nigeria, one guy even claims to be working at Prestwick airport. Look out for the following guys
Tracey Simon
Sonia William
Paulys0001
Seriously how stupid do you have to be to send stuff to nigeria! As well if you look clser to all the emails from Paypal you will see stuff from ebay when they have just copied that over!
Use you brains people!!!
We have had Mathew Jarson E-mailing us about an item also today…and a Angela Harris….cheek of it!
The address is as mentioned above…
same case here but from a guy called mathew jarson. hope its a scam as after reading this i left quite a rude email in response! his email was as follows:
“Thanks for the Response,i saw you ad on gumtree that why i mailed you and can see it is in good condition.
I am satisfied with your price,but i will like you to know that i am sending the item to a close friend of mind and the transaction will be by PayPal or Bank transfer, i can’t come and collect it myself as i am working in offshore .I will be offering you100pounds for the postage cost via royal mail and my PayPal account is the same with my mail(mathewjarson@yahoo.com)
Name Leo Smith
Block B,Flat29 Rabiatu Thompson
Surulere Lagos
West Africa
23401″
so glad i didnt even begin to box the item up as its massive and wouldve cost me more than £100 to post it. if these scams are all heading to Surulere Lagos we should post ourselves there in a crate and see who recieves us! cheap holiday and all that!
just got tried also,
wendy moore
I like to buy it for my friend as a gift as promised him and take the
item off gumtree now as am ready to buy it ,i live in Bristol,but I
wouldn’t be able to meet you for collection due to the nature of my
Job ,i want to trust you and i’ll be paying via PayPal with
additional £30 for postage directly to my friend via Royal Mail
international register post.send me a PayPal payment request now to
make payment to you now so that you can have it posted this morning
as you receive payment confirmation mail from PayPal.
My PayPal mail :wndmoore85@gmail.com
Wendy
my reply
i need your postal address.Thanks
Reply
Forward
Reply by chat to wendy
Reply
wendy moore to me
Name:DAVID MARK
Address:55, Rasak Balogun
Off Adeniran Ogunsanya
City:Surulere
State:Lagos
Country:Nigeria
Zip Code:23401
my reply
thats strange the zip code comes up as a usa state?
wendy moore to me
Nope ,just pack it and send it to that address .
paddy to wendy
whats your address in Bristol i could send it there
no answer
paddy to wendy
just got a better offer £250 plus postage
wendy moore to me
ok,give me your paypal mail account
i rest my case.
Here’s another scam involving my motorcycle sale,
Never really asked the right question about the bike, said it was for his son, heare are the payment details.
Hi,
I have just completed the payments just now and i expect
PayPal to have emailed by now, i sent £3,050.00 in all, to
(###########) i added £600.00 meant for pick up and
delivery and £50.00 for the western union fee also, they said
they have emailed you to this effect, you will need to send the
£600.00 to my pick up agent via western union money transfer,so
that PayPal can credit £3,050.00 into your account as soon as you
have emailed the western union details to them, i added extra £50.00
to cover the western union charges which shouldn’t be more that
£30-50, Here is the pick up agent info needed to get the money sent
through western union money transfer:
Octavius shotwell
1158 W. Taylor,
City:Chicago,
State: IL
Zipcode:60607
Country: United State
I will need the details of the transfer once you transfer the
money…..Looking forward to hear from you soon..
Do you think i should go for it lol
I placed a laptop on gumtree for £250 and almost instantly got an email from a ‘paypal’ scammer, (allansmith0127@yahoo.com) offering to buy it for £350.
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.
Just for a laugh, I wrote back telling him that due to inflation, I’d had to raise the price to £750. His response?
.
.
“Thank you for the respond.
i am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £850 which
include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the request
money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage and send
the money request directly to my paypal
account id which is (allansmith13@hotmail.com) so that i can submit
payment to you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to
send and receive money online.” etc etc
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.
I wrote back:
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.
“Allan, as you know, inflation in the UK is increasing at a horrifying pace. This being the case and due to the huge amount of interest in the item, I have had to increase the price to £10,000 plus postage. Once again, and I can’t emphasise this enough: I ONLY accept payments from paypal.
Regards, Jack”
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(allansmith0127@yahoo.com) replied:
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.
“Thank you for the respond.
i am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £10,150 which
include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the request
money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage and send
the money request directly to my paypal
account id which is (allansmith13@hotmail.com) so that i can submit
payment to you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to
send and receive money online.” etc etc
.
.
Wow…this fellow must REALLY want my old laptop. So I wrote back:
.
.
“Dear Allan, I can understand your burning interest in my laptop; it was, after all, the very same model used on the starship Enterprise, which as you know, boldy went where nobody had gone before. However, owing to inflation and crazed avarice, I am forced to increase the price to £1,000,000 plus postage. In addition, due to the prevalence of fraudsters and scammers on the internet, I am forced to to require payment in gold bullion. Please send me your address and my agent, Mr. Auric Goldfinger and his assistant, Mr. Oddjob will call on you to collect payment.
.
Regards, Jack”
.
.
Strangely, ‘Allan’ hasn’t replied. Do you think I got too greedy?
Watch out from these people:
Jessica Lopez(jessica9388@yahoo.com)
dave white(davewhite38@gmail.com)
jordanlee(andersonsmith84@gmail.com)
have just had two mails of similar nature (95 % deaf oceonographer)
1) Ruth Jefferson
2) Justin103
These people certainly persistant. The guy that’s tried scamming me, Liam Munn, is now threatening to report me to the police. I have already sent the fake PayPal emails to PayPal and am currently considering contacting the police about this attempted fraud and the subsequent harassment I have been receiving from him.
hi all, i got this email from ‘Brian Clinton’ wanting to buy my imac.
> Hello,
>> I want to purchase your item is still for sale ? What is the final price
>> and what is the condition? I would like to pay using
>> PayPal,After payments has been made i will arrange for pick up of the item
>> as soon as possible.hope to read back from you soon
>>
>> Regards
after I replied to his questions he sent me this email.
I really appreciate your respond,I am an oceanographer and am
currently at sea at the moment, I located in pacific CA, and i want
you to know that am okay with the Computer status and also the
conditions of the Computer and the asking price as well, I am buying
the Computer as a gift for my Dad as a surprise for him,he wont know
anything about the Computer until they get delivered to him, i can
only pay through pay pal as i don’t have access to my bank account
on-line as i don’t have internet banking,but i have my bank account
attached to my pay pal account and this is why i insisted on paying
you through pay pal, kindly get back to me with your pay pal details
if you don’t have PayPal account yet,it is very easy to set up at your
bank and get it set up,after you have set it up i will only need the
e-mail address you use for registration with PayPal so as to put the
money through so i can proceed with the payment and after the payment
has been done, i have a pick up agent that will come around for
verifications and to pick the Computer after i have made the payments
for the Computer.Hope to read back from you soonest.
Regards
As you can tell, he/she is not a native speaker and follows the same modus operandi as some of the scammers previously listed. Look out for this guy or anyone offering to pay best price without bothering to check the merchandise
Cheers
Just been targeted by the same scam watch out for dilan jason. Thought it was a bit dodgy that he needed me to send money to nigeria but when i recieved emails from paypal saying the money was in my account i thought i must be real. Just found this page and have checked my paypal account which has no money. I never sent him any money but i was going to as the email he sent to me from paypal looked 100% legit.
So if in doubt back out
I posted a laptop on gumtree on Thursday and within hours, I was getting the usual scammers emails. Here’s a good rule: if you see the word ‘Nigeria’, it’s a scam. Maybe that seems harsh, but I’ve never had an email from Nigeria that wasn’t a scam and every dodgy response to my gumtree advert wanted me to post the laptop to Nigeria. Yeah, right…as if.
I think that gumtree is for face-to-face transactions but having said that, I don’t mind accepting paypal; God knows it’s easy enough to tell the genuine from the fakes.
Either the money is deposited into your paypal account or it isn’t–paypal DO NOT hold funds ‘pending’ confirmation of postage; if the money isn’t in your account, you DO NOT SEND anything, anywhere, anytime. A simple rule. Make NO exceptions and you ‘ll be fine.
Also look out for someone called Liam Munn. He’s another scammer. I have just sent a strong email back to the scammer, though I don’t expect to hear from them.
i feel sick i have only just found this webpage as i have just sent an item from gumtree to an address posted up on this page!!!!
it wasnt a cheap item either.. the package is at heathrow airport and im not sure if it will be approved to be sent or not… please help…. it wasa phone.. if this is an address that is suspected of being a scam will it still be sent??
please help??!!!
hi same here wants to pay paypal and aparently buying for a freind in nigeria good freind lol name to watch out for is mark david
I had one from a ruth jefferson, who is 95% deaf, working as a oceangrapher at sea, buying for her dad, wants to pay best price via paypal and a agent to collect. Doesnt like talking on phone due to lack of Hearing!!! my reply was Im forwarding on to criminal investigations bureau!!!
Hi,
I have had it with this crap not only are these scams destroying gumtree as a trading site they are destroying paypal as good way to pay for items I have bought many items in the past using paypal and gumtree I have also sold items using paypal as a way to get Payed now I can’t do either due to these people. People don’t trust me when I say I’ll send the money via paypal and I don’t trust people when they offer to pay via paypal it’s gone crazy. Gumtree I would like to thankyou for providing a wonderful service but I’m off to eBay. Or the other option is sort it out please!!!!!!!!!!!
Got another one. Linda Ha IP address 41.155.5.45 which is in Lagos, Nigeria. She/he was trying the Paypal request trick and asking me to send a pair of Wharfdales to her son. Unfortunately she happened to come across an IT Consultant with a lot of time on his hands and a desire for justice:-) Let the games begin Mwohahahaha…mwohahahaha;-p
Here is my response to one of these would be scammers. Curious to see if I hear back!
Thank you for your email.
Amazingly I have had lots of offers on the van, similar to yours as a
consequence the price has risen to $10700!
If you are still interested in purchasing the van, please put funds into my
account
Account Name is Senior Sergeant Eric Fowler
Victorian Police Credit Union
BSB: 80085
Account Number: 31526795
Alternatively I will offer a discount on the van, down to $10000 if your
agent can drop the cash into my address.
My address is
Broadmeadows Police Station
Pearcedale Cres
Broadmeadows.
Just tell your agent to ask for me directly, I work in the Criminal
Investigations Unit. As an offer of good will if your agent drops the cash
off I may even throw in a matching set of silver bracelets for his trouble.
Yours sincerely
Eric Fowler
Sorry guys should have added more info,I hit wrong button!he tries to say he is not available to pick up item (shoes) as his wife has had an accident and he is is wales,the item was to be collected from Edinburgh. Then says he will pay with paypal and add on postage for me to send it to west africa lol thats when the penny dropped.He asks for your paypal address and says he is not familiar with using the internet,avoid at all costs!
Keep an eye out for this PEDRO WILSON character he is still at it,I nearly fell for it myself today!
Funny, I also have a Randail melanie wanting to buy my car sight unseen
Download the iconix, its great. When i got an email from Chris- Sean Cavallier from oldham who was too busy to see what he was buying but wanted me to send it to:
Mary Adams
3, Awoseyin street,Off Market.
Shomolu
Lagos
Nigeria
23401
I was slightly suspicious. when the fake paypal confirmation came through the iconix didnt recognise it. Wonder if he will see the funny side of my response?
Hi Chris,
It seems that you may have put the funds in the wrong website as my ID checker has said the receipt i have recieved is a fake and not from paypal. I think you may have been conned out of your money so im sorry to hear that. I would report them if i were you.
Nick
hi all, i have just received the very same email from a melanie randail regarding the purchase of my car….my question is they are obviously looking to collect the car without cleared funds therefore should I play along and pass the details to the police? it would seriously rock to get somebody caught??….
Thank you so much for all the above comments. I have had 2 similar emails today from “pigeon English” speakers. It was only when I got the second one that alarm bells rang, I have been emailing the first one all day being so blimmin helpful.
So thanks for this, it has saved me parting with a rather expensive item.
Names to watch out for:-
Christina Bertilone and Dominic Forsell
I always was interested in this topic and stock still am, regards for putting up.
Another email address and IP of a scammer: CIARA MCINTYRE
Received: [98.138.91.64]
Mon, 27 Jun 2011 04:25:19 -0700
Hello, I was just browsing through gumtree to see if i can get a very good and nice item for a very good friend and a colleague of mine who has just been posted abroad on a training course on environmental pollution while i am being posted to Asia on a training course on Population so we are into exchange of gifts with each other,and i came across your lovely item. I want to know if the item is in its top condition,I will like you to help me send the item down to my friend in Lagos Nigeria 23401 on my behalf as gift as i am due to leave for Asia soon so won’t be able to receive the item here in the state..I will be offering you £50 for the postage via Royal Mail International Signed For,with p&p, so i will quickly want you to get back to me with the total cost including your pay pal e-mail and your gumtree item number and your full name so that i can make the payment asap. Hope to read from you soon…
Kelly Faulours wants to buy my iPhone for more than the asking price and says she is out of the country so she’ll pay for shipping costs to unnamed county and yes she wants me to send her an invoice through Paypal. Sounds dodgy so going to avoid her!
she also sent me “am going to pay you 320pounds and kindly get back to me with your paypal payment request or your paypal email address for the payment now…..thanks so much..”
Another one e-mailing me saying:
Yes the item will be ship to west africa country…..get back to me
with your paypal payment request or paypal email address with the
total cost so that i can send you the money asap
————————————————————-
Her name is Kelly Faulours.
Her I.P address is located in USA, California, Yet she wants to send it to West Africa. Yet another dodgey deal.
209.85.215.65
Also, The SHANE WARD guy,
His I.P address source from the email is 195.78.85.141
I searched it and it’s in the Netherlands!
Some dude called
Stupid b*stards.
Shane Wood emailed me to see about my items – The first email seemed a bit dodgey, telling me how to make a request on paypal like i’m a newbie.
He then told me his ’sons’ address.
Osagie Monday.
7 Logudu Road 15, Elere Area,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, NIGERIA
I searched it on google maps and there was no address what so ever.
Searched it on google to find other people have been scammed buy this person…
Luckily I didn’t sent it before
received a lengthy email in poor english from someone supposedly in the military and wanted to pay in full and have an agent pickup the item. i wasn’t sure but said ok at first. then i got the second lengthy email i refused the sale. i advise not to accept a paypal sale from gumtree if something smells fishy
My 3rd such mail in a day.
………………………………………………………………..
kelvin kean ✆ to me
show details 15:11 (20 hours ago)
Thanks for replying me,I will like to purchase your item for my son
asap. Most importantly,I am really concerned about the condition of
the item and I want it to be in good condition because of the amount
of money I am going to pay.My schedule is always tight so I want the
item shipped directly from you to his address abroad where he is
schooling.I should have come and check it but i can’t.I will add $30
to the amount as the shipping fee via royal-mail Service .Send your
PayPal email address to me so I can pay you and proceed with the
transaction because PayPal and bank transfer is the most secured and
safest way to transact online.You can also get a PayPal email or bank
details address within few minutes.
I hope to read from you soon and i will need your word that the item
is in good condition……
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Another Example of a bloody criminal and once again its a NIGERIAN.
As a gumtree novice I can not thank the earlier postees enough for preventing me making an idiot of myself. In case it prevents anyone else from being potentially taken for a ride the details are below. PayPal have been informed.
From: sweet julivesi
Subject: Re: Reply to your ad: —
Hi Thanks for getting back to me I will want to know the recent
condition of this item and its total amount.I m ‘to send it to someone
Birthday as a gift in West Africa (Nigeria), for me and I have to do
shipping costs is 100 pounds by Royal Mail international
message log .. I’ll be paying through pay pal or i can pay bank details
So you online and you really appreciate your help.
each auction via PayPal or bank transfer with item number Gumtree
Send me a PayPal money request for the total cost of the item plus
Shipping charges to my pay pal mail or your email address or bank
detail(sweetjulivesi@yahoo.com)
I’ll make payment immediately I get the request …
sweet
From: sweet julivesi
Subject: Re: Reply to your ad: —
thanks for your message i will like you to know that am willing to buy
the items from you in that price,i will be happy if u can help me send
the items yourself i will give u the address to send it to by tomorrow
i will be waiting for your reply with the full bank details of yours
and the total amount of the items plus the postage cos so i can make
the payment first thing tomorrow morning and u will get the
confirmation of my payment to you,so kindly get back to me with this
details below after u have gotten the total amount of the items plus
the postage …..here is the details needed below
Bank account name
Bank account number
Bank sort code
and your emails with name
hope to read from you
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I posted a new nokia n8 yesterday, and within 12 hours i had at least 10 contacts from different people, all asking the same question.. how much for your item.. despite the fact the ad clearly states it.
then they ALL mailed agin saying they want the phone and was going to send me the money via paypal (oh and they all offered way over the asking price too)
only to the first email did i send my paypal details, even tho i was dubious from the word go.
i then recieved the fake paypal emails claiming i had new funds, despite my paypal account having no record of any transaction.
I then mailed back telling him to shove the fake emails where the sun dont shine.
and surprisingly that scammer never replied.
However, this morning i had recieved more fake emails from paypal claiming they would take legal proceedings if i didnt send the item with 8 hours and send them the reciept… lol
so i replied to the fake paypal email with this:
The item has been sent
Oh and i also included in the package a playstation 3, 42″ inch led 100hz tv and a winning lottery ticket worth 4.5 million, enjoy!
oh and i might mention that all of the scammers have been from africa / nigeria wanting to buy it for a family member/friend.
how anyone can fall for such a bad scam i dont know, especially when u read the paypal emails they send, all have bad grammar, infact the grammar is terrible.
the sad thing is i have now had a dozen or so contacts from gumtree about my item, and not 1 has been legitimate..
i think gumtree need to work on customer safety, and get more protection in place.
A good start would be to have all contact “on site” rather than via emails.
that way u can instantly flag suspicious contacts, and have gumtree investigate and take action accordingly.
OMG I HAVE JUST BEEN TRIED BY THESE PEOPLE BY TWO SEPARATE EMAILS TO TWO DIFFERENRT EMAIL ADRESSES WITHINN 1 DAY OF EACHOTHER. I HAVE NOT SENT ITEM BUT GIVEN PAYPAL ADRESS AND BANK SORT CODE AND AC NUMBER. CAN THEY WITHDRAW FROM ME??? I WINT BE S3ENDING ANYTHING THIS IS SICKENING
NAMES TO BE AWARE OF ALEX JOHN WHO CLAIMS TO BE IN MARINES AND WANTS TO POST TI WEST AFRICA AND ALSO LACOUSE OR BAILEY WANTING TO SHIP LAPTOPS FOR £100 TO NIGERIA. STAY WELL CLEAR EVERYONE. GUMTREE SHOULD HAVE WAYS TO MAKE IY U.K ONLY VIEWABLE PAGES MAYBEE…. BUT IM NO EXPERT
DONT TRUST GUMTREE AT ALLL!!!!!
1st i nearly got scammed with my car via paypal payments then i advertise for a wanted property and nearly get scammed twice!!!
2 diofferent people messaged… with pictures
THAT WERE CLEARLY OF A HOTEL ROOM OR SOMETHING! WHO DECORATES THERE HOUSE WITH TOWELS ON BEDS HAHAHA IDIOTS!
1 WAS FROM MR JOHN BARRY ]THE 2ND FROM MR MARTIN DONALD
HERE ARE THE EMAILS AND THE TRANSACTION THEY WANTED ME TO MAKE!!!
:Hello
Viewing the my property is not a problem. But i will like you to do a thing. I guess you will understand this.It’s in the policy of my Solicitor and i wish to abide by it. I won’t get any money from you now. So you will do a thing to make me believe you really need the Property.I have been fooled several times and I had to travel a long journey with my Solicitor to meet people who wants to view my property and at the end of the day they tell me they want to stay in the Property for a month before they would pay me. I don’t want this to happen to me anymore so My Solicitor has advised me that I have to be sure that who so ever is renting my property should be capable of paying the cost of the rent. You will go to the nearest WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER around you,Send to your Friend send the sum of 1,300pounds in WESTERN UNION. The money will still be within you and your friend. I am not ready to get any money from you as i have said. All I need to see is the WESTERN UNION copy of receipt giving to you. Scan the WESTERN UNION receipt and send it as an attachment to my email just for me to view it and be sure you are ready to get the property. after viewing the property, and you really like it,
You can go together to the WESTERN UNION location agent or bank around here to get the 1,300 pounds back and we can reach an agreement on how you will move into the property. I will pay back to you the charges you will be using in sending the money in WESTERN UNION. If you don’t understand, Here is an examples of how to do it….this is my contact number07024081554 or +447024081554
NOT ONLY DID I RECIEVE THIS THE PERSON WANTED £700.00 I CUDNT AFFORD THAT THEY SAY – WE WILL DROP IT TO WHAT U CAN AFFORD!!
NEXT EMAIL..
Hello Suzanne,
Okay,I will accept 550pounds per month from you with a refundable security deposit which is 600 Pounds.This is my contact number 07024018945 and Viewing my property is not a problem but you have to prove that you can afford the rent before you can view my property.I was discussing with my Solicitor about the idea on how i will be so sure that i will not just waste my time to arrange a viewing for you and He advised that we can work out something via Western Union Money Transfer.He said that Western Union Money Transfer can actually hold the money as an evidence, He gave me an option on what we can do since you have the funds at hand which will be explained below:
PROCEDURE:
1) Transfer the the amount £1,150 (1 month rent and security deposit) to your friend in United Kingdom.
Your Name (as Sender) to your Friend (as Receiver) in United Kingdom .
2) Scan & Send a copy of the Western Union transaction receipt as a proof of the transaction or mail me the transaction details. (The money is safe as it is only your Friend that can pick the money Up .after My solicitor have confirm that the money is with the western union,I will arrange a Viewing for you
3) Then, we will meet for viewing.
4) If you decide to take the property, we will go to any local Western Union office close to my property and pick up the money and pay me. (You don’t need to come with cash to view, after viewing we will go together, your friend will pick the money Up and then you can pay the rent to me.
5) Keys will be handed over to you after signing the contracts.
I am pretty sure that the transaction at Western Union office will require some charges, i will definitely refund the Western Union charges back to you upon viewing .
I only want to be sure that i am not going to waste my time this time around and i think with this condition, both of us can be sure we are not wasting our time.
Let me know if you are okay with this so that we can proceed. Thanks so much while i will be waiting to read from you and i am looking forward to meet you and be great friends eventually.
NB: PLS DO NOT MAKE PAYMENT TO ME OR IN MY NAME, WHAT I NEED IS JUST AN EVIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE THE CASH TO PAY ONCE YOU HAVE VIEWED.
John.
WHAT PERSON IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WILL TRANSFER THAT KINDA MONEY WITHOUT ANY SIGNING OF CONTRACT!! IDIOTS!!
This is the suspicious e-mail i got…I was selling a bike computer..So why would he buy it for his family???.. and the whole paypal thing is very dodgy.. Just remember if you’re the seller you set the rules:……………
Just asking about it to make sure its in good condition.so i want you to assure me i will not be disappointed?As am buying this for my family as a surprise and i also want you to please understand that i wont be around for the inspection of it but i have a mover who will be coming for the pickup and check up as well.Im satisfied with your firm/advert price, As im requesting this transaction should be done via paypal so the paypal charges is on me.Payment will be made via paypal only,im presently out of town for some personal reason due to my work.But i also want you to get back to me with some pics for me to see and also please get back to me with the paypal address for me to make the payment asap.
Got this email for an item I was selling, its gota be a scam. So glad i found this site first.
Hi Thanks for getting back to me I will want to know the recent
condition of this item and its total amount.I m ‘to send it to someone
Birthday as a gift in West Africa (Nigeria), for me and I have to do
shipping costs is 100 pounds by Royal Mail international
message log .. I’ll be paying through pay pal or i can pay bank details
So you online and you really appreciate your help.
each auction via PayPal or bank transfer with item number Gumtree
Send me a PayPal money request for the total cost of the item plus
Shipping charges to my pay pal mail or your email address or bank
detail(baileybanty@gmail.com)
I’ll make payment immediately I get the request …
bailey
*WARNING* I am based on 34 Newman Street, London, UK. I saw your item on sale and
I want to buy it from you for my my colleague , although she is so far
from me.I’m going to buy what she always wanted so much. I want to
buy this item from you and I will be paying via PayPal .I can pay you
online. If it’s OK by you.Send PayPal payment request a total cost of
the item plus the cost of shipping 80 pounds confirm from royal mail
international post. my PayPal email sign up(ayesh_f123@yahoo.co.uk)
and I’ll make the payment as soon as possible.
Ayesh Fahid [ayesh_f123@yahoo.co.uk]
I had a very keen buyer called Mangirdas Malaitis:
Hello There,
Thanks for the response.I have read the details of the item and I am satisfied with the price and condition.Actually,I live in Oldham,but I wouldnt be able to meet you for collection due to the nature of My Job and moreover I am buying this item for My nephew who lives abroad as i have promised to get him a gift .Due to this,I have made enquiry from Royal Mail the postage cost of this item abroad and I was told £35.I would appreciate if you can help Me send the item directly to him.
I have set up a PayPal account so I can pay you with.Kindly Request the payment to My verified PayPal account:kight_rider@hotmail.co.uk
As soon as I receive the request I will get payment done.
Mangirdas.
8 requests to buy my product, not one genuine person.
I have since been in contact with the nigerian police who have today sent me an email about this certain kenny okeke who has since been arrested and my ring is now being sent back too me !! wont be parting with that ever again or if i do i shall be using ebay and not gumtree !!! xxx
I have just read this post after 3 emails were sent in response to my post. They all seemed very suspicious.
My advice is, if you are selling a high value item, and the buyer agrees to buying it with little to no information or pictures – then you can rest assured they are a scammer! They are overly keen and ready to con people who are trying to sell a high value item quickly.
Be careful and be over cautious.
Emma
Name:Thomas Bobby
age
Address:Block B flat31 Akerele Street,
City:Surulere
State:Lagos
Country:Nigeria
Zip Code:23401
Bad address has an email with the name ben !!!
Ive had three different attempts at this on my one item in the last 24hours.
All from different email adressess.
The way I know that they are scamming me is because my paypal is on a different email so when i recieve a “paypal email” to my gmail address i know something isnt right as paypal dont have that email address.
I simply found your blog unexpectedly from the search engine. Initial time I saw it, I understand it is a very informative blog. I got so many one thing new from here. Sensible work and thanks for that!
frankly, your all stupid if you send a product without a cleared payment….
hello there,
thanks for the fast response,i am actually buying the item for someone abroad as a present and i will pay you 590EUR for the cost of the item and the postage abroad through ANPOST Register Mail International Delivery signed for,so kindly send me a request from paypal to complete the payment and also dont forget to take the item off the site…i look forward to your fast response…..thanks
I was also subject to scam i am now out of pocket for postage and a vintage snes system inc games. Beware of Shane wood @ yahoo….Or asking postal address Odagie Monday 7 logudu road 15, Elere Area, Ibadan, Oyo state, 23402 Nigeria. I feel sick now i have never been scammed b4 but the fake emails were good they looked genuine thats how they had me convinced
lol nice post, do you do guest posts?
Same name and address in Nigeria as per previous posting. Watch out!
From:
Annamarie Pengelly
Add to Contacts
To: Christine
Hi there, thanks for your quick response, i really want to buy this item off you but i want it for my sister who has just been posted to West Africa on a Training course, i want to send it as a Birthday Present, i would have loved to come for the collection and post it myself but I’m not in the UK presently, I’m in Finland with my boss on a business Pursuit, so I’ll really be happy if you can help me out. I will be offering you £60 for the postage cost….kindly reply me with a PayPal money request for the total cost of the item plus the postage cost that I’m offering and I’ll make the payment asap. I hope to read from you soon.
Bellow is the shipping address
Name: Tunde Savage
Address:Block B flat31 Akerele Street,
City:Surulere
State:Lagos
Country:Nigeria
Zip Code:23401
Cheers,
Gina Jefferson (glin77@live.com.au)
Offering $100.00 more than asking price, and asking for my paypal account details. Exactly the same email that was sent to someone above. This person is definitely a scammer.
More of the same from Liana Rose , and literally word-for-word what others have posted here. Asked about condition (which I mentioned) and pictures (which I included), and when I responded back with that info, the person responded with “Thank you very much for the response. I am Okay with the condition and I will be happy to buy it.The shipping company will come to your location for pick up. Kindly provide me your name and full address so i can forward it to the shipping company to calculate the cost of pick up for me.” Buh and bye.
Would Love to have seen this before i sent my ring off to nigeria , I only sold it to make some money as im pregnant and neeeded money … My Scammers Name was Kenny okeke .. various emails saying i needed to send the item first before they would release funds to my paypal account .. my last email from the fake ‘paypal’ was one saying that due to a fault in there system they had over paid my account by £180.00 and i would then have to pay them that £180.00 to get my money put into my account this is when i became suspicious and rung the real paypal who then confirmed that this was of course a scam and this my kenny okeke wasnt actually real.. have now lost a £600 ring and now have nothing
I really wish I had read this page last week, I have had a phone scammed off me and only realised it after posting it to Nigeria, I was also got by the lovely Pedro Wilson, and fake paypal emails, there were so many signs but been a bit stressed and in need of making money recently and wasn’t vigilant enough. I told him I was on to him and said I had informed the police, gumtree and paypal were investigating the fake emails and I received threatening emails from the so called ‘paypal’ address all of which have been forwarded to the real paypal. and he is still emailing me claiming he knows nothing about it, but as when I googled him this page came up I think i’ll have some strong words for him next time. I really can’t believe I fell for it, I am usually the one warning others about this kind of crap, but you know even us that think we are vigilant can get reeled in. Feel pretty stupid. Hope this page helps to stop it from happening from others.
Ya,
these days only the scammers seem to mail me.
everytime the usual way to approach.
i m fed up of these.
is gumtree doing anything for this, i can add 10 names to the above mentioned list easily.
thnks to the blog, i became aware of these scams.
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Im just curious. They are giving address where you need to sent a parcel. Is this a fake address? Because someone somehow has to receive the parcel? How its work, some nigerian guy is coming to the post office saying hi, im Mumbaka i think you have parcel for me?
HI I have just had a long communication with a iphone 4 seller on gumtree and he also provided me with his landline, having spokent to him agreed a price and paid via paypal.
Now no reply and paypal cannot see the payment on my account even though it clearly states on my statement that paypal payment made to this person
I have been a victim of fraud can I do anythign about it?
I have the guys address but dont fancy driving 150 miles to find out its the wrong address.
and advise?
johnluxford02@yahoo.co.uk is the latest scammers address I had so beware, I cant beleive people fall for this, paypal dont withold money and NEVER use links from e-mails people, if in doubt google, most scam text has been pasted onto scam buster sites.
Would you hand a stranger hundreds of pounds and trust them? if the answer is yes then you shouldnt be online.
They play on greed.
trying to sell my harleydavidson and i got an email that seemed funny to me so i googled part ot the email and this came up. wow! here it is from someone by the name of Matthew robinson:
Thanks for the prompt response.. I am really interested in buying your
item but i am not in town at the moment as i am a marine engineer
manager and due to the nature of my work, It’s hard to make a phone
calls and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time
to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really want
it to be a surprise for my dad so i wont let him know anything about
it until it gets delivered to him, i am sure he will be more than
happy with it. will be making the payment via paypal because i don’t
have access to my bank account online as i don’t have internet
banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c
attached to it, i will need you to give me your paypal email address
and the price so i can make the payments asap for it and please if you
don’t have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to
http://www.paypal.com and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only
need the e-mail address you use for registration with paypal so as to
put the money through. I have a pick up agent that will come and pick
it after i have made the payments…
Thanks.
I am not falling for it!
Dave
Just had matteoweed05@gmail.com try this.
Hi,
Here is my son’s postage Address is
Ogunipe Kehinde
No’10 Sapon
Ogun, Abeoukuta
100111, Nigeria.
+2347061006634.
THIS IS THE LAST EMAIL I HAD FROM ROSE I SENT HER A REPLY BUT NOT THER ONE SHE WANTED I EXPECT !!!
kindly send me paypal money request to AROSELLWEINGART@YAHOO.CO.UK as soon you confirm the postage address so i can deposit all the funds into your account rightnow
Hope to read back from you
Rose Weingart
SHELLY GRIMSTED aka A massive scam…. shellygrimsted@yahoo.com
emailed me and wanted to buy my video camera and said (she) was from bristol and would send an extra £20 for postage she i sent a £70 paypal request and asked her to confirm shipping address and i got this back!!
Here is the address :
Name: Rafiu Adekunle
Address: 56a,Adebola street
City:Surulere
State:Lagos
Country:West Africa
Zip Code:23401
Get back to me with postage details .
thanks
So i advised that i cannot sent to this address as this was not agreed. I said if she sends more money i will send it if not i will refund her the cash. She sent me this!!
Danielle,
it will not be more than 20pound to post to that address i would have love to post the item there my self but am very busy at this moment kindly go to the post office and get it post if the postage fee is more that 20pounds i will make an additional payment to you …
let me know.
thanks
So i went to the post office and they said it will be around £20 so i emailed her back and said once the funds have cleared I will send it for her. She then reported me to paypal for refusing to send the goods!
WASTE OF PEOPLES TIME
SHE/HE WHAT OR WHO EVER THIS IS CAN GO **** HERSELF!
Just become the latest victim of fraud. Sold a MacBook Pro for £650, funds held by Paypal, after delivery “Paypal” reported they had a problem and had overpaid the bill by crediting £720 in my account. If I send the £70 they’ll release the funds.
Rat smelled. MacBook gone. No money. Police uninterested.
Address – for other people to avoid:
7 Chobham House
Erith
Kent.
Robbing b*stards.
lesfield1@gmail.com just tried to scam me with this ridiculous email offering me £100 more than what I was advertising it for:
“Thanks for the response, i agreed with the condition of the RED PEUGEOT on gumtree page, i will offer you 1200pounds so as to keep any other offers off, now if my offer is accepted by you i will like you to send me a pay pal money request or get back to me now with your pay pal email address and your full name so as to make the payment right, as i am currently offshore RIG on a ship, so i will not be able to come and inspect it but my agent will do so on my behalf also, i will like you to send me your home address and so that we can arrange for pick up scheduling as i will like the item to be picked,so NO SHIPPING.
If you do not have a Paypal account kindly get one @ http://www.paypal.com and read more about them, it’s more secure and safe also fast payment service.
Please get back to me now so as to make the payment asap.
Regards”
I replied by saying I accept cash only. He then sent me a further email insisting I signed up to Paypal. I then told him I know he’s a scammer. How stupid do these people think we are?
I hope no one falls for these silly scams.
i have just had another email from rose waGood to read back from you i will like to offer you £920 for this item including shipping i offer you the amount because of the postage and paypal fees. send me Paypal money request from paypal to AROSELLWEINGART@YAHOO.CO.UK, if you don’t have paypal account you simply register your paypal account at http://www.paypal.co.uk for instant payment because paypal protect both buyer and seller and its easy to transfer funds into seller account and I will make the payment immediately (including shipping Via Royalmail) Because i want it as a wedding gift for my son.
my paypal name and email is Rose Weingart (arosellweingart@yahoo.co.uk)
Waiting to read back from you
Rose Weingart
and the next
Hi,
okay……….send me paypal money request of 1,000 GBP rightnow
Hope to read back from you
Rose Weingart
all sent using different email address’s SCAM SCAM SCAM
Hello, worthwhile article and wonderful and structured blog.
was contacted by rose weingart offering be 920 for my watch i am selling i became suspicious because she or he used 3 different email address’s to contact me and the story was it was a present for her son who was getting married soo and she wanted me to request payment from her using paypal silly cow for one emailing someone at 5am but having a uk email address ? then using 3 different email address’s which are mailto:acresjone@yahoo.co.uk , arosellweingart@yahoo.co.uk, mailto:aqryppklgirl@yahoo.co.uk silly cow if she doesnt read this i am going to keep her going for days might even drop the price seen as though its for her son !! stupid person hope she gets whats coming to her
was contacted by rose weingart offering be 920 for my watch i am selling i became suspicious because she or he used 3 different email address’s to contact me and the story was it was a present for her son who was getting married soo and she wanted me to request payment from her using paypal silly cow for one emailing someone at 5am but having a uk email address ? then using 3 different email address’s which are mailto:acresjone@yahoo.co.uk , arosellweingart@yahoo.co.uk, mailto:aqryppklgirl@yahoo.co.uk silly cow if she doesnt read this i am going to keep her going for days might even drop the price seen as though its for her son !! stupid person hope she gets whats coming to her !!!
ha rose weingart has been emailing me about a watch i am selling offering me £920
I’ve stopped using gumtree for this reason. I’ve tried selling several items and had problems with Nigerian people trying to buy and it all been a scam. It’s so annoying
Low life, self scented b**tards! What kind of thrill do they get?
Be aware with these people (name and email below) all of them are scam and they use the same history..they will buy the item for someone else as a gift and pay immediately using paypal.
Jamws Smith jamessmith011972@yahoo.com
Lee Lana Lang leelanalang12@gmail.com
paul wilson tolest009@live.com
sweetyankeey@gmail.com (already reported here, search for it) also uses the email bentonrose121@gmail.com and the name Liana Rose.
Their replies to one of our craigslist post were similar to what has already been reported here: “How long have you been using it, i will like you to send some picture of it to me if you still have more available picture…….” and “Thank you very much for the response. I am Okay with the condition and I will be happy to buy it.The shipping company will come to your location for pick up. Kindly provide me your name and full address so i can forward it to the shipping company to calculate the cost of pick up for me.”
There are some attention-grabbing points in time on this article but I don’t know if I see all of them center to heart. There is some validity however I will take maintain opinion till I look into it further. Good article , thanks and we want more! Added to FeedBurner as nicely
Kerri Lippert (nickkytom12@gmail.com) is another scammer. I have to laugh when they try these stupid scam, but some people do get caught with them. This muppet is asking me to send €500 by western union to “the agent”. hahahahaha. If only i could get within 3 feet of this fcuker with a butter knife.
This was for a trampoline I advertised. I told them they would not be able to transport this item to the end of our road for £50!!! Do they think we are stupid. I am a near 70 years old grandmother and I have not just come up with the daisies!
Hello ,i have made the payment so i expect that you should have gotten an email from PayPal any moment for confirmation, and i will suggest you check your PayPal email in-box or spam box for their emails.I want you to know that i added an extra fee of £50 to the total payment which i need you to help send to the agent coming for pick up and it needs to be sent via money gram as that’s the only way they can get it. I am sorry i should have informed you but i only got the urgent message from the pick up agent that they will need the funds before they can come to pick up when i was about making payment.I have notified PayPal of the procedures so there will be no problem.I also added £30 the money gram charges.Please help to send the pickup agent fee to my pickup agent and get back to me if there’s anything you need to know more so i will need your home address for the pickup of the item.Below is the pickup agent information…
Tunde Dominic
No 23 Ring Road Ibadan
Oyo State.
Nigeria
23402
Looking forward to read back from you soon…
Here is the second one I received – Won’t repeat what I wrote back – I told him going to pass his emails to International Police Service and let them deal with it.
@Ben, Hey Ben. I can confirm that I had the same person try pull that scam on me. I have reported online to the police, who I hope will take it seriously. Given the person seems to be targeting a lot of people.
I’d urge everyone to spend 30 minutes doing the same thing, hopefully gumtree will introduce methods or more clear information to re-assure and protect it’s users.
Maybe a simple ‘please read this page’ would help and a link to here.
I can’t help but feel our ‘potential buyer/scammer’ has posted here, but I won’t poin any fingers… just look for the ‘interesting punctuation/spelling etc’ ;D
nice reply btw ben!
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Posted item on Gumtree and initially received request for best price, then this:
On 19 May 2011 15:11, chris dave wrote:
Thanks for your prompt response. I would have love to come in person
for the item. but right now am out for a business trip so i will like
you to help me post the item to West Africa. Am presenting it for my
son for his upcoming birthday.
The price is a bit high but since it is in good codition I will be
offering you additional 200 pounds for the postage Just get back to me
with your PayPal money request or Bank details such as Bank Name,
Account Name, Account Number, Sort code once i got this i will make
the payment immediately okay and send you the shipping address asap.
Hope to read from you.
To which I have replied:
Of course ‘Chris Dave’ – post me £1120 cash in an old biscuit tin and I will happily send you the goods.
Look forward to ‘reading’ from you too.
Hope I havn’t lost a potential buyer?
Just had a potential scam from a Mrs Amanda Brown. Seemed legit in first mail. Not in the rest tho.
Below is the shipping address:
BALOGUN A A
12, LONDONER AVENUE,
OLOWOLAJUGBON,
IJU-STATION,AGEGE,
LAGOS-STATE,
+23401,
NIGERIA.
+2348055445655
Nelson Young is at it again.
Using the email youngkarl04@gmail.com
Offered to pay and extra £40 to send a PS3 to his friend in London. Very bad english used in the emails.
Sent a request via PayPal for the money now I am just waiting for some dog turd reply about the money being put on hold. Then I shall tell him what I think of him.
2nd time this person is on this list, but I have a new fixed address for everyone to be aware of.
lesfield1@gmail.com – sending fake paypal emails.
This is the scam.
1. He sends a fake paypal receipt (its actually very good!), claiming that the funds have been sent but that paypal are holding the funds until the proof of postage has been sent to the buyer! So..
2. If you post the item you’ll never hear from him again.
or
3. He’ll keep sending more fake paypal emails demanding the item is posted or legal action will be taken.
The email looks like it comes from service@paypal.com but on closer inspection (try copying the address into word to see the real email address) its not from paypal at all.
This is where he asked me to send the item to:
Robbert Brown
7, Cobham house
Erith
Kent
DA8 2ES
His email addresses:
lesfield1@gmail.com
and
ppverificationscare@consultant.com
here’s the phone number he claims is the Paypal customer service helpline! Haven’t tried ringing looks fake anyway.
TEL: 07035 966184
Before taking on a transaction… always, always, always put the buyers/sellers email/name/phone number into google, that way it may show up in a scam/fraud forum and you’ll know to stay well clear.
I was lucky and spotted this, many aren’t! Keep posting as much info as possible to stop these criminals.
I also received scamming emails from WILSON PEDRO
his last email (to which I didn’t reply) was
“If that is best for you, so get back to me with your paypal email , Actually ill be sending 220 pounds for the item including with the postage of the item to my friend in abroad… so get back to me now am ready to pay you”
I only asked for £135
keep away from this man
he has sent me emails from two accounts so please remember these emails
wlspd@yahoo.co.uk
&
xuksalepd@yahoo.co.uk
COMPUTER RAYDE0……..
PFM@CONSULTANT.COM
HTTP://WWW.LTJBOOKUM.COM
LTJBOOKUM@GMAIL.COM
looks like lesfield1@gmail.com is up to his old tricks again! just been on email with him and he asked for paypal payment, quick google and found a blog comment from November of person using same email address. So this blog and that comment have saved me a lot of time. Many Thanks.
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has anyone been contaced by a ‘clara morton’ i was attempting to sell an ipod dockin station for £40 and she replied bk in an hr of me postin the ad on gumtree, i have never sold anything online so when she replied bk sayin to send it to nigeria for her friend i didnt think much of it until my brother told me of this kinda scam
Wilson Pedro
This is a scam artist!! USED the same methods as all the above!
Please watch out
They Sent me this address to send stuff to!
Name:Rotimi Dayo
Address:N0 8 adeogun street off quarry road,
City:Abeokuta
State:Ogun State
Country:Nigeria
Zip-Code:23403
And this was what was sent first
Hi,
Thanks for getting back to Me.. I would have come for it by myself but actually am currently in wales at the moment … I head an argent call that my wife has a fantastic accdent which i need to rush down there .. actually am buying the item for my friend in West Africa,so that’s why i want you to help me post the item to him, the postage money is not that cost , not much then 10 to 12 pounds ok ? so kindly get back to me now with your paypa email address to send you the money for the item now…I await your fast response…
Czesc.Gratuluje dobrze napisanego artykulu.Duzo mozna znalezc w necie na ten temat ale tym postem autor wszystko dobrze tlumaczy.Czesc!
if you sent goods to nigeria you have lost your money
anyone making an excuse of whatever kind and not being able to meet you is a scammer and should be ignored or told the item has been sold
Received one which I thought was suspicious and google paypal scams, came to this page and found exactly the same email sent to someone else! Crap spelling and grammar nearly always give it awya, why don’t they at least learn english!?!?!
Thanks for the response.I have read the details of the item and I am satisfied with the price and condition.Actually,I live in Oldham,but I wouldnt be able to meet you for collection due to the nature of My Job and moreover I am buying this item for My nephew who lives abroad as a gift .Due to this,I have made enquiry from Royal Mail the postage cost of this item abroad and I was told £25.I would appreciate if you can help Me send the item directly to him.
I have set up a PayPal account so I can pay you with.Kindly Request the payment to My verified PayPal account:rogerwooldridgge@gmail.com
As soon as I receive the request I will get payment done.
Thanks.
Roger
Hello Thanks for the reply,i am at Texas in USA and am wanting to buy this item for my son who just went to Nigeria for schooling so to use in communication with me so i bear you ship out the item for me to the address below.
here is the shipping address in Africa,
Name: kaka olajoye
Address: no 5 omolola street ijeshatedo
Country: Nigeria
State: Lagos
city: surulere
zip code: 23401
send me a PayPal invoice to (westcole1@gmail.com) with the shipping fee and item cost and inform me when you send it.
I got the above today
Hey any one please help me with this….. Is this guy a scam and i have sent this guy my phone numbers.. is there a problem with that , please advice….
It’s a shame ! My ID have been stolen and i can t do anything !
guys it wold appear that Rose Weingart is still at it, as just received an email this morning regarding purchase of my item. I knew straight away it was a scam, but still googled the name and then came across you guys on here
I am waiting for her to get back to me, I intend to have some ‘fun’ and give her/him/IT the complete run around ha ha ha…….Take care and be Wary, Very Very Wary 
x
Got one in response to my iPad sale ad:
Thanks for the response.I have read the details of the item and I am satisfied with the price and condition.Actually,I live in Oldham,but I wouldnt be able to meet you for collection due to the nature of My Job and moreover I am buying this item for My nephew who lives abroad as a gift .Due to this,I have made enquiry from Royal Mail the postage cost of this item abroad and I was told £25.I would appreciate if you can help Me send the item directly to him.
I have set up a PayPal account so I can pay you with.Kindly Request the payment to My verified PayPal account:latoyalincoln59@gmail.com
As soon as I receive the request I will get payment done.
Thanks.
Micky Mcfarlin to me
Thanks for the response,i will take it for $1400 including PayPal
surcharges since i am interested in the immediate
purchase.I just moved to the Turkey,where this is needed and i will be
making use of a shipping company to have this picked up from you and
have it delivered to me.Further arrangements will be made with you in
regards to the pick up once i have paid you.
I would appreciate if you email me with more pictures (if
available)too since i won’t be be able to see this in person,what’s
the PayPal email to send funds to in order for me to pay you ASAP.
hey everyone so i am now in the middle of the same thing going on. was selling some dj equipment on craiglist. he offered to paypal 1300 dollars,saying these items are for his son, he wants me to send them to nigiria. Merchant:
Brandon Note to seller
You have to provide to us the shipment tracking number so that your funds can reflect in your account as soon as possible.
Shipping address – confirmed
Name :Williams Omoniyi
Address:No 104 Alabi Oyo Street Ejigo Lagos .
City . Ejigbo
State . Lagos
Country. Nigeria
Zipcode +23401
that is all the info
@danielle heh and the house they wanted me to send the item to is on sale
Reply to robert how stupid are they they have put nephew then put a womans name lol
ann mcdowell to me
show details 11:52 AM (2 hours ago)
Great am from northern ireland buying it for my Nephew in and in lee (se12 0hn) should have come and pay by cash but right now am out of state for a operation cos am deaf i will not be back till i finish the operation that why i brought up this idea i will love the item to be ship out by you immediately the payment has been through in to your account so all you have to do now is to get back to me with your PayPal so i can get the money transfer in to your PayPal account i hope you have understand me now
Here is the Nephew Destination
Heather Wallace
60m burntash hill
London
United Kingdom
se12 0hn
I have also just had another email (after i told the scamming B*****d i was not posting and gave him abuse) From “METROPOLITAN POLICE” saying that i was going to be prosecuted for fraud if i did not send the item! the cheek of these people! a big clue is their english is terrible and they cannot spell, if the police or paypal were actually sending these emails im sure they would be of a much better manner!
There is currently a guy calling himself: Wilson Pedro – wlspd@yahoo.co.uk
He tried to scam me today saying he’d pay £60 extra for postage to Nigeria. When the emails came thru, they were from a fake PayPal, couple of warning signs are: the spelling and grammar are rubbish, the emails don’t have your full name on, they use loads of **** in the subject line, The email will look like it is from service@paypal.co.uk but if you hold your mouse over it will reveal the true email address in my case: customershelplinkverifier@accountant. He also kept asking me to contact customershelplinkverifier@accountant so i could let them know I have posted the item and give them a tracking number, but that email has nothing to do with PayPal. I phoned PayPal to check and was advised that it was a scam and to foreword all emails to spoof@paypal.com
When confronting “Pedro” about this he replied very angrily and said he would report me to The Metropolitan Police and that I’d be arrested and have all my accounts suspended! Don’t fall for any of this, the email I received about it was laughable, with silly pictures at the bottom of police arresting people!
Be aware this is his email and the postage address he was using.
Wilson Pedro – wlspd@yahoo.co.uk
Name:Rotimi Dayo
Address:N0 8 adeogun street off quarry road,
City:Abeokuta
State:Ogun State
Country:Nigeria
Zip-Code:23403
I hope this helps, wish there was more we could do to stop these scamming bastards.
SCAM ALERT
Irish Matty – irisshm19@gmail.com
Thank you so much for getting back to me on time, i so much appreciate
your response to my question about the sales of your item, so may i
have your paypal email address for me to be able to make the payment
now?
I just got scammed by arosellweingart@yahoo.com I was (am) selling a guitar made by RG Guitars. I had it up for sale for £350 the buyer offered me £450
I sent a paypal invoice for £450 I then got an email (proporting to be from paypal) say that £750 had been deposited in my account £450 for Guitar + £200 for western Union Transfer (for Courier) and £100 for costs
at this point I became suss.
I will be passing this on to the police and to paypal
Hello,
I am Claire,I will like to buy your item urgently for my son
and i am ready to offer you 2000 zł for it including the
shipping cost via Poland Post Priority Mail Service, i need it very urgent
for my son as a birthday gift,He his schooling in Nigeria and i am
sending it to him there as a special present,so i will be glad if you
could help me and sell it to me,and i am going to pay you via paypal
email address with your full name so that i can arrange for the
payment on time also i want you to send me some picture of the item
when you are getting back to me so i will be glad to hear back from
you now to let me know if you accept my offer Thank you Hope to hear
back from you now
Reply me now
irish matty is still around. I received the exact same email to poster Louise (5th May 2011) below:
“Thank you so much for getting back to me on time, i so much appreciate
your response to my question about the sales of your item, so may i
have your paypal email address for me to be able to make the payment
now?”
So nearly got caught in this.. i was selling an item for £50 then he offered £150GBP as he said. I was absolutly in dream land as i only bought the item for £16. He then said that he money had been taken from his account and was on hold till i sent him the details of the shipage. I then started to think and copyed his email address into google.. Thank god.. Away to reply to this twat some abuse i think .. Would have been ragin
Hi recieved this email from one davidman2345@postino.net also email appearing as David Scott scotman1968@yahoo.com about my car listed on autotrader seems same as many below he has his own shipping no costs to me paypal secure and most likely my car gone way before the paypal bounced.
hello,
Thanks for the swift response, just to let you know that I’m okay with the condition of the item, I’m ready to sealed the deal with you ,I will be paying you £2800 for the car and I will be responsible for all the shipping expenses, I want to buy it for my dad in united state of america as a birthday gift ,my method of payment is through PayPal cos its very secure,fast and reliable, kindly get back to me with your PayPal account email or send me an invoice through PayPal if you are a registered user of PayPal,i will advice you that PayPal is the best way transfer and receive money online and if you are not PayPal user,you can get an account with them at http://www.paypal.com but you don’t have to do this if you already have an account,Just get back to me with your PayPal account email or invoice from PayPal so i can proceed with the payment as soon as possible. About the shipping my father has a agent he has been working with for the past 20 years and this agent knows the best way to get items from one country to the other so this is why my father wants his agent to arrange the pick up after payment has been sorted so i think this will be very easier for you, I would have love to come to see this in person but due to the nature of my work that would not be possible for me so i will appreciate any available picture for this that you can send to me so i can have a good look but anyways understanding and honesty matters. my mover are coming from Italy to schedule an appropriate and convenient time for the pick-up at your location after the payment has been sort but i will need you to send me your address and zip code so they can calculate there charges, I’m a Marine Officer, I’m on the ship now so i dont have time coming to check this out .i hope you can understand me due to the nature of my work.Please do get back to me with your paypal email account or send me an invoice so i can make out payment.
Regards
Saw this one posted above a few times as well.
Lindsly Morris
lindslycute@yahoo.com
Ok just wanted to make sure nothing is been left out.
I will be buying this for the price you have listed it for.Payment will be sent using PayPal and i will handle the PayPal surcharge as well.I will arrange with someone to have this picked up for your location once i have paid as i am out of town at the moment.In the meantime,can you send me more pictures (if available)?
I was almost scammed by these! I was selling my item for £120 and was offered £230 for it, why would anybody want to pay nearly double! And the emails i received from “PAYPAL” confirming payment looked so real, it was only when i googled about “PAYPAL” holding funds and realised it was all a complete lie. Mt scammer was going by the name of TONY SMART. But i have also been scammed by these before, I was Buying a puppy from gumtree and had to send paymetn to Cameroon, even though the so called seller was based in scotland, i was so blinded by the thought of having my new puppy i actually payed and lost £250 to these B*****ds. Just for future reference ask for a phone number if they change the subject or give an excuse they are usual full of S**t, or obvious 1 if they are based in nigeria! Hope this helps.
COMPUTER RAYDE0……..
he was going under the name david forsyth
dforsyth57@gmail.com
DO NOT TRUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hi, i must admit i was very nearly tempted, this is what i got sent
Hello, I was just browsing through gumtree to see if i can get a verygood and nice new year gift for a very good friend and a colleague ofmine who has just been posted abroad on a training course onEnvironmental pollution while i have being posted to Asia on atraining course on Population so we are into exchange of gifts witheach other, and i came across your lovely item. I want to know if the item is in its top condition,I will like you tohelp me send the item down to my friend in Lagos Nigeria on my behalfas i am due to leave for Asia soon so won’t be able to receive theitem here in the state..I will be offering you 50 pounds for thepostage via Royal Mail International Signed For,with p&p, so i willquickly want you to get back to me with the total cost including yourpay pal e-mail address or if i can make payment via bank transfer alsoget back to me with your item number on gumtree and your full name forme to make the payment. Hope to read from you soon…God bless.
Anuoluwa Lekan
112,Akerele Street
Surulere
Lagos
23401
Nigeria..
i sent the scammers some fake bank details so lets see what i get back in response!
PAYPAL/GUMTREE SCAM
Received email from Gina Jefferson – glin77@live.com.
Wasnt comfortable with it as she was willing to pay $150 above asking price and also wanted me to pay through paypal. Apparently she works on a ship what would she want with a pool table!
See email
Hello,
Thanks for your quick response, I will pay $650 for the Pool Table..I am currently on the ship due to the nature of my work, I’ll be paying you with my credit card via my PayPal, If my offer is accepted.. The payment will be made through PayPal, But you will have to get back to me with the following information so that my pick up agent will come and pick up as soon as possible…However, I’m ready to pay now into your account…
Your Name and address:
And your PayPal email:
In case you don’t have a PayPal account..Its reliable and easy to use PayPal it is the best way to transfer money,all you need to do is visit http://www.paypal.com.au and register with them. When you are done with the registration send me the email used for the registration with PayPal so i can pay make your payment.
Make sure you get back to me so that we can arrange for pick up as i will like the item to be picked,so no shipping..
Await for your swift response.
Gina.
Shipping address to this paypal:
Name: Tunde Savage
Address:Block B flat31 b Akerele Street,
City:Surulere
State:Lagos
Country:Nigeria
Zip Code:23401
alfaith212,
He sends fake emails on behalf paypal telling you that you will not see the payment until you will send the tracking number to a fake paypal address.
Fake paypal account: ajanbrute@gmail.com
100 % SCAM = PAUL HARRY pharry007@bluemail.org
1st EMAIL:
Thanks for getting back to me..Iwould have loved to handle itmyselfbut unfortunately I’m presentlyin USA with my boss on acontractpursuit.As i think the safest way to makepayment online is through PayPalOrBank Transfer…I want to send itto my Business Partner who is onatraining course in West Africa,iwant to send it as a Gift,I will like you to get back to mewith the total cost of the itemandpostage via royal-mail courier servicenearby and also info of thepaymentyou want to be madeHope to read from you soonest
2nd EMAIL:
block3 flat3
rabiatu thompson
cresbentsurulere
lagos23401
nigeria
so get back to me asap am interested in both.
Hi,
This is very useful for me to write the comment on the blog..
and then am proudly say that, this is the first blog comment in my life..
thanks a lot…
SCAMMER! Rose Weingart
currently using the following emails;
arosellweingart@yahoo.co.uk
alfred.baby@yahoo.co.uk
acresjone@yahoo.co.uk
I was very pleased to find this web-site.I wanted to thanks for your time for this wonderful read!! I definitely enjoying every little bit of it and I have you bookmarked to check out new stuff you blog post
Just had three people wanting to buy my watch for “friends” in Nigeria.
Watch out for these email addresses.
chloe.an102@gmail.com
drmarcinmajchrzak@gmail.com
regmatini24@gmail.com
Scamming B*!$&*ds hope they get whats coming to them
Hi…watch out for this person as well – he’s using similar scams as mentioned.
Name used: Bonnie Gatson
Email used:bongas01@gmail.com
Telephone no: 07024084037
I was nearly scammed on gumtree by this asshole, but as I was scammed on gumtree before, luckily my wife was weary enough to check the details first and phoning from her phone, some foreign guy picked up not responding to the name Bonnie Gatson, but ended up hanging up. Also when entering the phone number in google, it will seem that this guy scam people on eBay as well using same number.
May karma do justice!
Be aware…
a’[phfarpgi
From: Robert Rich
Thanks for the prompt response.. Am very sorry for the late response
…I am ready to buy it now for birthday gift for my brother and i am
at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer and due to the nature
of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted
but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email
regarding it. I really want it to be a surprise for my brother so i
wont let him know anything about it until it gets delivered to him, i
am sure he will be more than happy with it. I insisted on PayPal
because i don’t have access to my bank account online as i don’t have
internet banking, but i can pay from my PayPal, as i have my bank a/c
attached to it, i will need you to give me your PayPal email address
and the price so i can make the payments asap for it and please if you
don’t have PayPal account yet, it is very easy to set upgo to
http://www.PayPal.com. and get it set up, after you have set it up i will
only need the e-mail address you use for registration with PayPal so
as to put the money through.,
Thanks
From: Robert Rich
Date: Fri, May 6, 2011 at 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: 2005 Opel Corsa Lite 1.4 R 55,000
To: Lisa de Lange
Thanks for the prompt response.. Am very sorry for the late response
…I am ready to buy it now for birthday gift for my brother and i am
at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer and due to the nature
of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted
but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email
regarding it. I really want it to be a surprise for my brother so i
wont let him know anything about it until it gets delivered to him, i
am sure he will be more than happy with it. I insisted on PayPal
because i don’t have access to my bank account online as i don’t have
internet banking, but i can pay from my PayPal, as i have my bank a/c
attached to it, i will need you to give me your PayPal email address
and the price so i can make the payments asap for it and please if you
don’t have PayPal account yet, it is very easy to set upgo to
http://www.PayPal.com. and get it set up, after you have set it up i will
only need the e-mail address you use for registration with PayPal so
as to put the money through.,
Thanks
Have a Kat Von D watch for sale, £90.
Got offered £400 which I thought was strange..
Copied and pasted the email address into google and found this website!!
Glad it’s here .. thought I’d post this one to warn people he is still trying to scam people.
From: Pedro Wilson (pedrowilson211@yahoo.co.uk)
Sent: 06 May 2011 10:03:09
Hi,
I appreciate your prompt response…i am ready to buy the item..I’ll pay you £400GBP for the item added with the postage to my friend in abroad.. Kindly get to me now to make the payment via PayPal, So get back to me with your PayPal email address to make the payment asap…
Thanks…
I posted an ad on Gumtree, within a few hours I got the following response:Thanks for mailing back,am ok with the price and the condition,am
buying it for my holiday,because i’ll be coming soon from our rig as
am a petroleum engineer and am on a rig offshore,i won’t be able to
come for the inspection due to the nature of my work .i will be paying
you through PayPal,please get back to me with your PayPal details so I
can proceed with the payment and contact the courier agent who will
come to pick it up and deliver it in my place.
Await your reply
then received this below
Yes i know,all i mean is my agent will be coming to inspect it and
get back to me that all is all right because i won’t be able to
come for the inspection due to the nature of my work.
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 8:08 AM, I then wrote:
Shane, This caravan is permanently fixed with solid annex & patio attached. I feel you may have misunderstood, as it is not a caravan for towing on a holiday. It is classed as a permanent on site van.
Ray.
Then he ignored my e-mail and continued with this below
Thanks for mailing back,what is your lowest price,am
buying it for my holiday,because i’ll be coming soon from our rig as
am a petroleum engineer and am on a rig offshore,i won’t be able to
come for the inspection due to the nature of my work .i will be paying
you through PayPal,please get back to me with your PayPal details so I
can proceed with the payment and contact the courier agent who will
come to pick it up and deliver it in my place.
This looked sus after the 2nd e-mail however decided to play along with him for a while. Maybe beware of this e-mail shaneroberts34@gmail.com
Hi all, a guy by the name of Jose Mark tried to scam me yesterday with a fake email from paypal, please beware as he was unsuccessful with my car he may still be on the look out.
Jose Mark, email: josemark24@gmail.com
I knew this was a scam strait away as I hadnt been incontact with anyone since posting my item let alone replied to any inquires…so googled the email address and came across this page..
this is the email…
From: irish matty (irisshm19@gmail.com)
Sent: 05 May 2011 16:37:38
Thank you so much for getting back to me on time, i so much appreciate
your response to my question about the sales of your item, so may i
have your paypal email address for me to be able to make the payment
now?
If you ask me I see Xbox 360 releasing some really cool games soon
I too have been scammed by gloriaplouis@gmail.com – also for a diamond (but this time a pendant). Received emails from ‘paypal’ asking me to send the tracking number for the item before they would release my funds…have let paypal know, very disappointing, i guess i should have known better
This one is so stupid he even emailed me from two different emails using the same name. Beware of gold.jellybean@gmail.com and bestofme010@gmail.com
@Immu
Got an email similar to yours, asking about the “last price” of the item. Didn’t really suspect much at this point – just assumed he was one of a growing number of people, whose first language is English, but who can’t speak or write it that well! Anyway, patronising English lesson aside, I replied to ask what he meant, then he said he’d be offering me £40 above the asking price if I’d ship it abroad and asked for my PayPal address. Got suspicious after that, then replied to ask where he wanted me to send it, just to see what he would say. He was stupid enough to send me an address in Nigeria, which would’ve made me suspicious if I hadn’t been already. So I replied to tell him that wasn’t the brightest idea, and that perhaps he should get a job, as he clearly wasn’t very good at scamming!
So look out for anyone who asks you about the “last price” of an item. And the surname “Mark” seems to be quite popular judging by this forum. The scammer who contacted me was David Mark, and I think his name pops up here, though with a different email address.
Hi,
I just had a similar experiance. I have a boat on sale – € 3,000. This guy Edwin Freadrik sent a text message saying he was interested and wanted me to contact him on his email address edwin_freadrik@hotmail.com.
I did send a reply. We exchanged a number of emails – me asking for telephone contact and him always wanting my PayPal money request. So sick! I told him to make contact with my bank manager Bertram Wooster at RBS.
well first i’d like to thank all of the comments from this forum without your comments i would be without 10,000$ in my pocket right now, and no motorcycle at all. Just informing you all of another potential scam of the same nature as listed by other forum members. The name of the fraudster is Cox Adele or Cynthiaman, the cynthiaman name contacted me via text mssage after reading about my harley on gumtree. He/She then proceeded to send me email address and asked me to contact via email address, even though they could have contacted via email on gumtree.
Thinking it was a genuine sale i emailed him back to which he replied he would pay the asking price, and pay via paypal, i could choose to use my own or sign up if i didn’t have an account. I asked him for his contact phone number to which he replied just send me your pay pal address and i will transfer the funds, totally ignoring my request. He/she also wanted to arrange their own pickup/shipping which i also thought was a bit dodgy. I said i would get my wife to send him the details to which he replied send me paypal details…. (kept pushing for them) any was over his/her crap so told them cash only sale
agian thanks everyone and if your after a good bike you can find me on gum tree 2007 883 low no scamers please or i maybe forced to shot ya
had my phone advertised on gumtree and got this 2 scammers in 1 day
Ashley Mcintyre (ashley.mcintyre64@yahoo.com)
1.Still For Sale?
2.Hello, I was just browsing through gumtree to see if i can get a very good and nice item for a very good friend and a colleague of mine who has just been posted abroad on a training course on environmental pollution while i am being posted to Asia on a training course on Population so we are into exchange of gifts with each other,and i came across your lovely item. I want to know if the item is in its top condition,I will like you to help me send the item down to my friend in Lagos Nigeria 23401 on my behalf as gift as i am due to leave for Asia soon so won’t be able to receive the item here in the state..I will be offering you £50 for the postage via Royal Mail International Signed For,with p&p, so i will quickly want you to get back to me with the total cost including your pay pal e-mail and your gumtree item number and your full name so that i can make the payment asap. Hope to read from you soon…
Ashley McIntyre
__________________________________________________________________________
kim jayne kimjayne7000@yahoo.com
1. still available for sale?
2.Hi Thanks for getting back to me i will want to know the recent
condition of this item and its total amount.I ‘m sending it to someone
as a Birthday Gift in West Africa(Nigeria),via Royal Mail
International Signed For,but unfortunately I’m not opportune to come
get the item myself,so i will really appreciate if you can kindly post
the item for me which i will offer you the sum of £50 for postage and
packaging of the items Abroad.I will want us to sincerely deal with
each other through PayPal Online Auction or Via Bank Transfer,cause i
believe its safe for both of us..I will love you to get back to me
with all the answers and also PayPal money request or your bank
details and the overall cost of the total amount plus p&p and your
gumtree ad number,so payment can be made asap and i can get back to
you with the postage address.
this is what some stupid guy sent me just now!
fromGregory Abel
toarran adamson
dateMon, May 2, 2011 at 4:53 PM
subjectRe: Ipad
I will give you 48hours to either post the item I paid for or you refund my money through western union or face the consequences…….If you doubt me then wait and see if you and your entire family will not die prematurely.I will travel from Glasgow to India to meet my lord a talisman that will complete this job in a jiffy.In 7days,7hours,7minutes and 7seconds,I promise you BBC news will announce your obituary because you will die mysteriously…..
hahaha how funny is this guy i said he should maybe try and scam someone out of a magic wand to do it with as no one would fall for that what a mug! i have been annoying him ever since laughing at him i find it very amusing he said he lives in glasgow going by the name gregory abel but his ip address is based in ireland (87.248.103.90) just searching his longitude and latitude now then going to inform the police
Have always wanted to see a Cheetah in the Wild. And thats possible in South-Africa. Hopefully leaving in about one months.
Just received a reply from a Rose Weingart wanting to pay over paypal and have a pickup agent collect my item, i see this same has been stated in a comment below before.
Suspicions i had – Very High offer almost £150 over asking price, broken english text.
Lee.
This one pave.me05@gmail.com tried to get my email address to “send” me money over paypal. Thank you, Seyi Matthews, for warning!
hows it going watch out for layla bridge and robyn smith ….
the two of them are scammers and sent be bogey emails saying they sent me the money but iv to send them 350 euro to the westerion union to recive payment their full shit never send nothing over online unless you recive the money first
Edit: the email was gloriaplouis@gmail.com . She’s onto the BC Craigslist area right now it seems based on what I’ve read below.
Same shit was pullled on me by gloriaplouie@gmail.com I have a diamond ring for sale and I got the same bit of bs I see on here..she’s in OZ, daughter’s in Malaysia…can I paypal..god bless me..blah blah. I just blasted her ass in an email but yea…this twat or guy is still using the same email addy.
An african (Nigerian) scammers have tried to scam me twice. one times for a dsi and another for a Nintendo wii. they like to use paypal, but i am not even sure it is even available in Nigria. One way to tell if you are in contact with a scammer is to check how they speak, for instance when or if the use regards, and dont put a “S” on the end, than this can be a possible sign of a scammer. also the Nigerian scammers like to use “paypal” and when they ask for your email account all they do is send you a fake email. you should log into your online pay pal account to see if the transaction is actually visible.
Bellow i have copy and pasted one of the actual messages that i received form a scammer.
“Thanks for the mail i will like you to get back to me with your pay pal money request so that i can make the payment asap.. because i want to get it for my partner who went for a training cause in west Africa Nigeria so i will be offering you £90 for post stage via Royal mail ……
hope to hear from you soon …
Regard …..
Name: Tunde Savage
Address:Block B flat31 Akerele Street,
City:Surulere
State:Lagos
Country:Nigeria
Zip Code:23401″
Please Watch Out For This address and email etc:
Name: Tunde Savage
Address:Block B flat31 Akerele Street,
City:Surulere
State:Lagos
Country:Nigeria
Zip Code:23401
**BE SMART—DONT BE SCAMMED!**
Beware of Paypal scammer going by email address davetemmar@yahoo.co.uk
If you have an item for sale and you make the mistake of putting an email address with it, you will be contacted by scammers who wants you to ship out the item to somewhere in Nigeria. This is the email exchange between this scammer and myself:
Scammer- davetemmar@yahoo.co.uk Sat, Apr 30, 2011 : Is this still up for sale?
My reply: Yes, it is. The ad only went up yesterday at 4pm, so you lucky. You should get it while there’s still time. It will not last very long.
Scammer- davetemmar@yahoo.co.uk Sat, Apr 30, 2011 : Thanks for the prompt response and am happy to hear from you and i will like to let you know that i have gone through the advert and am very pleased with it,So i want to buy it for my personal use and i am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really want it and am ready to buy it. I insisted on paypal because i don’t have access to my bank account online as i don’t have internet banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your paypal email address and the price so i can make the payments asap for it and pls if you don’t have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.com and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with paypal so as to put the money through. I ave a pick up agent that will come and pick it up after i have made the payments,So kindly send me your full home address so that i can have it forwarded to the agent who is coming for the pick-up and inspection and am ready to make payment for it immediately you e-mail me back with the information requested for…i look forward to your fast response..thanks
After this the scammer will ask you to ship out the item to a location in Nigeria. He will tell you that the money is forwarded to Paypal but Paypal is holding it up until you send confirmation that the item has been shipped. He will provide you with fake emails that resembles those from Paypal.
Beware of this Paypal scammer: davetemmar@yahoo.co.uk
hi i wounder if this may be a scam to but i don’t know but when i read this blog site i was sure something was wrong or i am not sure but you maybe or someone in her know if this is a scam or not. i have goten contacted by 3 difrent persons by e-mail i am norwegian but all theese 3 wrote to me in english and i awnsered in norwegian at the first they even wana get some extra inside just this one person plz contact me on this e-mail piren55@hotmail.com and tell me if this is a scam or not ill post this one her so you will know if it is a scam or not just look at this suspciously trick or some way of getting something inside of this package says like this look okay please do. and tell me if i am right that this may be a scam in some way even if i write back to them in norwegian they still understand it. this i post now:
i have seen your paypal request i will transfer the money tomorrow ok
please i want you to put a small birthday card inside the package
On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Rosemary
I think its about time sites such as this should step up and use some of there webpage space to warn there users and customers about any know scams currently or recently taking place that they themselves know of, its not asking alot its a little less adertising space to sell but hey look after the consumer! scammers con hard working people who may not have money to loose. a warning messgae at the top of the page that will catch your eye and is very clear would certainly help, i use gumtree on a daily basis myself and recently some one tried to scam me out of my car using paypal, so PLEASE gumtree step up and take the lead on this one and others will follow your example!
I received this message regarding an item I am selling, they must think I was born yesterday!
Sender: hawkinssharn@yahoo.com
Hi there, thanks for your quick response, i really want to buy this item off you but i want it for my friend who has just been posted to West Africa on a training course, i want to send it as a Birthday Present, i would have loved to come for the collection and post it myself but I’m not in the UK presently, I’m in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really be happy if you can help me out. I will be offering you £40 for the postage cost….
kindly reply me with a PayPal money request for the total cost of the item plus the postage cost that I’m offering and I’ll make the payment asap. I hope to read from you soon.
Cheers,
hawkins.
Name: Big Timi
Address:Block A Room 3b Akerele Street,
City:Surulere
State:Lagos
Country:Nigeria
Zip Code:23401
Where do you host this blog?
Be aware of someone going by the name of John Gold. I recently got this email which came across as dodgy which lead me to this page.
“Hello Seller,
Thanks for the mail, I’m seriously interested in buying this for my son and am okay with your selling price, I’m a Contractor Engineer and currently offshore i really want this as a surprise gift for my son so i won’t let him know anything about this until it get delivered to him. You can mail me back with your PayPal email address so i can make the payment to you right now and if you don’t have an account with paypal you can set up an account today as it’s secured and reliable visit their website on http://www.paypal.co.uk... i will be responsible for the payment fees/charges on this transaction. Do not worry about shipping or picking up as my pick up agent will come and pick it up from you once have made the payment to you and i will also need your full Name,address and phone number “
Just to give another email add britney.willy9@yahoo.co.uk looks like a genuine emaill address but when u reply to the rmail u then get a response from a scammer if u reply!!! Total waist of time!! Hate scammers!!! An am so sick of them!!!! Told them to f**k off an was sick of their c*ap!!! Xx
The same scam from jamessmith011973@hotmail.com
This guy started with the normal weird stuff like “Hello seller, I am interested in the item you are selling, do you still have it” He didn’t start to refer to the “item” as an ipad until the last couple e-mails. I thought it sounded a little weird from the start, but we needed the money, so I e-mailed him back. He offered to pay for shipping to send it to his son overseas for his birthday. I gavehinm my paypal e-mail when we had finished talking back and forth about price. I checked my paypa and my bank and didn’t see the money. So, I e-mail him back and told him it wasn’t there yet and I would let him know when it was and then I would ship it. He tried to tell me “don’t worry, the money is pending, All you have to do is ship it out then contact (manager_pays@accountant.com) with the tracking number and the money will be put in your account” I called paypals customer service and asked them about it, they said they only ask for the tracking info on some ebay items, and even when they do the money would be showing on your acount as pending or something. So I told him what they said and he tried to assure me again that the money had already been dedusted from his acount. I couldn’ check my email for a few hours, when i got back on I had about fice different emails from him demanding that I sent out his item at once and the money had already been sent and yada yada. He actually told me (and this is coppied directly from my email)
“I sell the ring that my grand ma gave to me on Ebey yesterday that is where I got the money that I use to pay for your item. My money has been deducted here and ready to credited into your account, GO AND GET MY ITEM SHIP NOW.”
If I had no doubts before them, this email would have put them there. Anyway, here is all the info he gave me, so watch out for him
steven jones
shipping information
NAME ADEDEJI JOSEPH NAS
ADDRESS 13 SALAWU STREET OLD BODIJA U.I
CITY IBADAN
STATE OYO
COUNTRY NIGERIA.
ZIP CODE 23402
Johnson Smith paypal scammer!!! WATCH OUT!!!
First email:
Hi, i’m interested in your car so I will need you to send me your last price and the picture if you have any with you
My answer:
Hi! My last price of the car is 1400€. Not 1350€! I’m sorry but I can’t sell it any lower price. Pictures are attached.
Second email:
Hello i just got your mail now…how i wish to come and view this item but am out of state now….am a marine engineer busy sailing,am in a ship right now at Bermuda……I will also like you to know that i will be paying via PayPal…due to the distance as i am in Bermuda presently…I will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the Payment…
Your (PayPal email)…
Price is ok
Your Mobile Phone Number……
I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping i will have my shipping agent come over as soon as you have the Payment.
Have a nice day.
Scam or what??? WTF u do whit old piece of shit in bermuda….????? (i have old subaru ym -92…)
watch out for this scammer jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com jamessmith011972@yahoo.com
look out for this scam email address …… word2mitchel@gmail.com …
also this name Mitchel Salgado ……
this email address … mitchelsalgado1@gmail.com
and this so called address to send goods
Engr. Osarodion. A
11 Akharia street off mela motel road,
Off osakpamwan street,
Uselu Benin city, Edo State,
23452, Nigeria.
(+234)81-39-09-55-15
I was very Nearly scammed out of my xbox360 and £170…. I had the Xbox for sale on here and then i got an email asking if i was still selling it. Told them yes for £150 for the Xbox and etras they said would pay that and £100 postage…. I was like god where is it going they sent me a email address to request money via my paypal which i did, got an email saying the money was being held. I was a bit suspisious so emailed the paypal email back and they said everything was there waiting for a tracking number. I even took it to the post office to see how much it would cost to post to Nigeria….£177 plus…. so i emailed them back saying they were paying enough postage and the said they would pay more i said forget it and i thought it was a scam so they said they want me to refund their money… then i got an email which again looked like paypal for a dispute…. wasnt until i emailed paypal and got a email back with a green tick saying trusted next to it that it all feel into place …. be careful
contacted me thru http://www.muu.ee , i wonder how they got thru absolutely foreign language , site even does not support english translation.
it but looks like scam mentioned above, address is same with 2 cases mentioned above
E-mail used: soniya.kate789@gmail.com
Theme was a rare bike for sale.
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hello thanks for the mail my name is Mrs Soniya and i am from uk so i will like the bike to be picked up by my shipping company to my home in
Name: Soniya Kate
Address: 38 Manger Road
County: Islington
City: London
Post Code: N7 9TQ
Country: United Kingdom
so i will be offering you the sum of €750euro for it due to my interest of the bike.without any delay the bike will be picked up from your home by my shipping company so i will like to wire the money into your account first so you are to provide your full home address like this
NAME
ADDRESS
STATE
CITY
COUNTRY
POST CODE/ZIP CODE
and you are to provide to me your full bank information like this so that i can make the payment into your account
Account Holder Name;
Account Number;
Bank Name:
IBAN:
Swift Code:
or your paypal account like this
Name:
PayPal Email address
Cell Phone No.:
so i will be waiting for your response
Thanks $ Regards
Beware Buyer Elisabetta Canalis Stacy path London
Con requested payment via Paypal payment status says Pending
Sent item via Royal Mail Special delivery
New email Apparently from Paypal requesting proof of delivery before releasing funds FALSE!!! contacted Paypal and police.
PAYPAL DONT REQUEST PROOF OF POSTAGE BIG CON!!!!!
Hi guys,
Posted my car on gumtree and received an immediate response/offer the same afternoon. The email was from roberts.susan81@gmail.com (direct to my mobile phone number) requesting the firm price and condition. I later received the following email (to my gmail):
thanks for mailing back,am ok with the price and the condition,am
buying it for my vacation,because i’ll be coming soon from our rig as
am a petroleum engineer on a rig offshore,i won’t be able to come for
the inspection due to the nature of my work,i would have love to call
in person but our satellite server has been down which restrict our
calls.i will be paying you through PayPal,pls get back to me with your
PayPal details so i can proceed with the payment and contact the
courier agent who will come to pick it up and deliver it in my place.
Await your reply.
I replied saying no PayPal – only bank cheque or cash. Haven’t heard anything further!
Beware of roberts.susan81@gmail.com
the other week I posted something on gumtree… a buyer contacted me by text message and registered interest. On my phone his number came up with a name instead of a number!! ‘DATO’
…that was the first weird thing… he then asked me to email him (again weird as he could have just emailed me in the first place) – hopeful that he was a real buyer, I contacted him by email with further information on the product. he then replied saying that he would purchase the item…. next weird thing and the real stinger was that he wanted to offer $800 MORE than the asking price!!! lol
i deleted his email and haven’t heard from him since… essentially it was the same speel… i do not live in the country and am buying these turntables for my dad in korea where these are needed (there are much needed daddy DJs in korea??? – lol!!)
Yesterday I was contacted about another item… Chris Robey…
This is it..
I am very keen. How i wish i could come and view what am buying from you.but am currently overseas at the moment and i want it picked up before i get back, though i will be back in couple of weeks. Due to my inability to make a bank deposit, I would be paying via PayPal which is safer for me. Kindly send me a paypal payment invoice or create an account at http://www.paypal.com.au if you dont have one. I will make a concrete pick up arrangement with my transport agent who will be coming over for pick up once you receive full payment into your PayPal account.
Have a nice day. P.S Few more photos will be appreciated as well.
I am sick of these scammers so replied with “F*** You SCAMMER!!!!”
LOL… how I make myself laugh…
lets just hope he doesn’t have a way of hacking me =S
scam!
Anuoluwa Lekan
112,Akerele Street
Surulere Lagos
23401 Nigeria.
SCAM
HENRY IDEHEN
No 21 osakpanwan street off mela motel road uselu benin city Edo state Nigeria
+2348052467264
Don’t deal with these guys! Scam!
gabstoks1975@yahoo.co.uk
davidforsyth57@yahoo.com
chrs.co.uk@gmail.com to me
had another one to day off kennedyj40@gmail.com kennedy john
by the way guys, who ever is in charge of this forum/blog, there are 759 responses and it is ridiculous to go through. i think it will be helpful to everyone in the future if you guys compiled all of this in a readable format. and of course, to those people who have posted, i didnt get scammed so i would like to say thanks.
hello i got the following from a guy named jay cool. Yes. that doesnt sound suspicious at all.
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Thanks for the response,i will take it for $600 including PayPal surcharges since i am interested in the immediate
purchase.I just moved to the Turkey,where this is needed and i will be making use of a shipping company to have this picked up from you and have it delivered to me.Further arrangements will be made with you in regards to the pick up once i have paid you.
I would appreciate if you email me with more pictures (if available)too since i won’t be be able to see this in person,what’s the PayPal email to send funds to in order for me to pay you ASAP.
—
so mike changed his name to Jay.
i am just going to continue corresponding with him until he realises i am being stupid on purpose
Hi just letting all aware of this scam although I was onto this in a instant and then after some further investigation I came across these pists and the same email popped up……. have a car on Gumtree with my mobile number,, I just recieved a message from a international number which I beleive is middle east +971508779887 offering me $2499.00 for car, then to email @ anthony.huang1979@gmail.com aka Tony for a faster response…oh then followed by another message saying go check him out girl! what a looser what makes u pressume Im a girl!
coffellchantel05@gmail.com and malcolmkanna@gmail.com have both contacted my within an hour about 2 mobile phones both suggesting paypal. sorry but no one but ebay gets near my paypal account lol
same with me it was a kathy smith saying she was a sailor and WANTED ME TO PAY £500 via western union to a pickup agent i hate these stupid scammers
I have received the same kind of emails…I have removed my bank details from paypal…is that enough or is it too late??!!!
Another scammer, wanted to pay more than the car was advertised. First sends an sms with email jaycool@y7mail.com, and his mail name lists Jay Cool. Claims to have moved to Turkey recently.
i have recieved several email rep[lies from a collins.pamela43@yahoo.com i am a new user to this service but thought what she wrote just didnt add up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! saying she was sending it to someone in nigeria as a birthday gift! it and i have checked the postage cost which is 1oo pounds. i will be paying through pay pal on line auction or via bank transfer, send me a paypal money request and bank detail of the whole cost of th item plus th postage cost to my pay pal. i will make th payment immediately when i get the request. i actaully have saw the advert for gumtree.com n read what its abut really n knew straight away it was a scam! beware the emailer collins.pamela43@yahoo.com she is still sending me the same emailk over n over i threatened to report her n havnt heard from her since not yet anyway !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow thank god I checked out this website before sending my camera to a buyer with an email gloriaplouis@gmail.com, which is listed above…. I put my camera for sale on craigslist in BC, Canada. Although I put it up for fairly high price, i got this person’s email after one day saying that she wants to buy my dSLR for her daughter who is in Malaysia while she is currently in Australia. I was sketched out a bit at this point.
I googled gloriaplouis@gmail.com last minute before sending it to Malaysia, which again says on the previous comment. It looks like this person’s scamming patterns are always the same, saying god bless, living in Malaysia, and paying over PayPal.
I was contact by Lewis Rose (sweetyankeey@gmail.com) on an item I have on craigslist. First of all she/he asks how long I’ve been using the item – which was specified in my listing. Secondly they ask for current pictures – which are shown on the listing … and then she/he says, “Thank you very much for the response. Considered this as sold kindly remove the items from the site, i am okay with the condition and I will be happy to buy it. Note that you will not be responsible for shipping and handling. My shipping company will come to your location for pick up. Kindly provide me your name and full address so i can forward it to the shipping company to calculate the cost of pick up for me.Do get back to me as soon as possible.”
I today received two emails from someone claiming to be in Nigeria wanting to buy goods for his re-sale shop. The addresses are:
word2mitchel@gmail.com and mitchelsalgado1@gmail.com
He wanted me to send him a money request but sent me a link to Paypal in his email. I didn’t open the link but I am guessing it is a fake like the others reported. I have just notified Paypal of the correspondence and passed on the email addresses. Hope this helps stop these people!
This is not on Gumtree but Trading Post.
I have a bike for sale and was contacted by two people by txt both requiring reply’s by email.
The first one from calmelarry@hotmail.com Larry Frazer this is his mail so you know what it looks like: “Am buying this goods and will want the shipment handled by my shipping agent, but am going to be responsible for the shipping bills.The item is going to be picked up by the agent after i have made the full payment via pay pal.I just need you to send me a money request from your payment pay pal account.so that i can make the payment for the goods and we can arrange for pick up after this is done.
PS: You will be getting your cleared funds before you release your bike to the shipping company so there’s no need to be curious.Just set up a paypal account on paypal’s official website at http://www.paypal.com”
The second on from georgebrown3310@gmail.com George Brown same sort of thing but has an address:
“Thanks for mailing back, am ok with the condition and the price,i won’t be able to come for the inspection due to my work basis. I am a business man that importing and exporting. I will be paying you through PayPal business account, please do get back to me with your PayPal email so i can proceed with payment and contact the courier agent that will come to pick it up and deliver to my location., Again i can make the payment through my paypal direct into you account also.I dont want to loose the car to another person. ,australia that where i live. Await your reply…..”
I mailed this George back say my brother lived there and would come and get the cash… no reply so far… supprise supprise
I was contacted tonight after advertising my car. The buyer told me he lived in Kuwait and wanted to use PayPal and ship the car over there. I told him I wanted cash and he sent me a link to open a PayPal account.
I then told him my brother lived in Kuwait and would be happy to meet him and collect cash (untrue but amusing).
He mailled me back to say he was not in Kuwait but in South Africa?!
My response:-
You have lost me a little bit now, if you are in South Africa how are you going to drive the car in Kuwait? I have just spoken to the car and she said she doesn’t really want to move to South Africa. Can you please give me further information on your plans for the car if you wish to proceed with this purchase.
I have not had a response to that e-mail but have reported the scam to both Gumtree and PayPal.
I am also wondering whether to report these e-mails to the authorities as this guy has obviously got some amazing form of transport to have travelled from Kuwait to South Africa in less than two hours!!!
I tried to get scammed by Annabela too!
here below the lie she wrote me:
Hello E,
Thanks for the response.I have read the details of the item and I am satisfied with the price and condition.Actually,I live in Oldham,but I wouldnt be able to meet you for collection due to the nature of My Job and moreover I am buying this item for My god son who lives abroad as an Easter gift .Due to this,I have made enquiry from Royal Mail the postage cost of this item abroad and I was told £20.I would appreciate if you can help Me send the item directly to him.
I have set up a PayPal account so I can pay you with.Kindly Request the payment to:annabelaandrew@gmail.com
As soon as I receive the request I will get payment done.
Thanks.
Annabela.
another scammer : jamessmith011974@hotmail.com
he offered me to pay £180 for something I listed at £109
Thank you for the respond.
i am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you 180 which
include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the request
money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage and send
the money request directly to my paypal
account id which is jamessmith011973@hotmail.com so that i can submit
payment to you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to
send and receive money online.
If you dont have a paypal account just logon to http://www.paypal.com and set
up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you
locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal
account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal
account which is jamessmith011973@hotmail.com once I receive your money
request from paypal, I will submit payment to you immediately via
paypal and you can also call me on 07024014711 for better transaction
thanks.
Get back asap.
— On Tue, 4/19/11, E wrote:
From: E
Subject: Re: Reply to your ad: xxx
To: jamessmith011974@hotmail.com
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 4:51 AM
Hi James it is on sale and it can go for £109
On 19/04/11 12:31, jamessmith011974@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> Hi there E, you have received a reply to your Gumtree posting “xxx” (ad# xxx) from james :
>
> Its this item still available for sale and what was the final offer ?
fredkyle018@gmail.com is another dodgy one. The guy gave me the whole ‘I’m a petroleum engineer’ story. You think they all work on the same rig? lol. Anyway, whoever he is, he’s out of luck this time.
More for craigslist:
medilacoe@gmail.com
“I so much appreciate your response to my earlier mail.Am Ok with the price
for the item i wish to let you know that I’m satisfied with the
condition.Like I said there’s no doubt I’m going to purchase it if you are
ready to sale it for me.Therefore I want you to consider it sold by
withdrawing the advert.Note that you will not be responsible for shipping
and handling.My pick up agent will come to your location for pick up.Kindly
provide me your name and full address,so i can forward it to pick up agent
to calculate the cost of pick up for me.I would like you to know that the
payment will be made via PayPal because is fast and secured to send and
received money online, All you have to send me now is your full address
where the item we be pick-up and your PayPal email address so that i can
proceed with the payment immediately.Hope to hear from you soon.”
And
lindslycute@yahoo.com but actually sent from scarywilly5@gmail.com
“I will be buying this for the price you have listed it for.Payment will be sent using PayPal and i will handle the PayPal surcharge as well.I will arrange with someone to have this picked up for your location once i have paid as i am out of town at the moment.In the meantime,can you send me more pictures (if available)?
Regards”
Annabela Andrew is here again the same story I read here before. Careful.
“Thanks for the response.I have read the details of the item and I am satisfied with the price and condition.Actually,I live in Oldham,but I wouldnt be able to meet you for collection due to the nature of My Job and moreover I am buying this item for My god son who lives abroad as an Easter gift .Due to this,I have made enquiry from Royal Mail the postage cost of this item abroad and I was told £125.I would appreciate if you can help Me send the item directly to him.
I have set up a PayPal account so I can pay you with.Kindly Request the payment to:annabelaandrew@gmail.com
As soon as I receive the request I will get payment done.
Thanks.
Annabela.”
The fake statement what she sent was forwarded to paypal the result:
“Thanks for forwarding that suspicious-looking email. You’re right – it
was a phishing attempt, and we’re working on stopping the fraud. By
reporting the problem, you’ve made a difference!
Identity thieves try to trick you into revealing your password or other
personal information through phishing emails and fake websites. To learn
more about online safety, click “Security Center” on any PayPal webpage.”
Janos
Annabela Andrew is a busy little bee. Clearly a scammer, stay away.
“Hello Johan,
Thanks for the response.I have read the details of the item and I am satisfied with the price and condition.Actually,I live in Oldham,but I wouldnt be able to meet you for collection due to the nature of My Job and moreover I am buying this item for My god son who lives abroad as an Easter gift .Due to this,I have made enquiry from Royal Mail the postage cost of this item abroad and I was told £135.I would appreciate if you can help Me send the item directly to him.
I have set up a PayPal account so I can pay you with.Kindly Request the payment to:annabelaandrew@gmail.com
As soon as I receive the request I will get payment done.
Thanks.
Annabela.”
Watch out for stacy.smile00@gmail.com
She tried to buy my car. I received an e-mail from her within 1 hour of advert going live. She was willing to pay full price without inspection but wanted photos.
BEWARE !!!!
E-mail from her below
am okay with the price and
Thanks for getting back to me about this car and i can only make the
transaction Via PayPal been a secure way and my agent will handle the
title transfer and the pickup because i won’t be available for the
inspecting and picking up of this item due to my Tight schedule as i
am a marine engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls
making are restricted,so you can send me your PayPal email account so
that i can send the payment at once.. i will be responsible for the
pick up charges
so kindly Get back to me with your PayPal email account so i can
proceed with the payment asap..
Thanks
Oh, also:
His fake Paypal email address is: gregoryabel99@yahoo.co.uk
I’ve forwarded his fake emails to: spoof@paypal.com
I would suggest you all do the same for your fake Paypal emails!
(I looked into reporting him to the Nigerian police or the poloice here but it is too long-winded & time-consuming, so have left it with Paypal to deal with!)
Just through today!! Beware of Annabela Andrew annabelaandrew@gmail.com
Hello Jay,
Thanks for the response.I have read the details of the item and I am satisfied with the price and condition.Actually,I live in Oldham,but I wouldnt be able to meet you for collection due to the nature of My Job and moreover I am buying this item for My Parents who lives abroad as an Easter gift .Due to this,I have made enquiry from Royal Mail the postage cost of this item abroad and I was told £145.I would appreciate if you can help Me send the item directly to them.
I have set up a PayPal account so I can pay you with.Kindly Request the payment to:annabelaandrew@gmail.com
As soon as I receive the request I will get payment done.
Thanks.
Annabela.
My response:
Hi again
I have decided not to go with this transaction as I believe it to be a scam.
If I am wrong then except my apologies however after going to paypal scam alert on gumtree I am sure my instincts are correct. I suggest you go there yourself, you will find examples of emails similar to the one you have sent me.
Your email has been forwarded to gumtree and paypal as being a scam.
Have not heard a response, I wonder why!!!
I got a tonne of Paypal scam offers in less than an hour of posting my DSLR camera product; if I didn’t find this page I probably would’ve fallen for the first one; it’s not until they all wanted me to ship the item to Nigeria I grew weary – funny thing is I’m half Nigerian lol; so I’m not really surprised – it’s sad though. Anywho beware of these email addresses:
pave.me05@gmail.com
lstoneclaire@yahoo.co.uk
nelsonyoung02@gmail.com
davetemmar@yahoo.co.uk
SCAMMER CALLED GREGORY ABEL TRYING TO GET ME TO SEND MY FLIP-CAM TO BROTHER ABEL ROLLAND IN NIGERIA!!
gregoryabel97@yahoo.co.uk or gregory.abel37@yahoo.com
After initial contact and fake Paypal emails, he has sent these:
1)
Hi Mate,
i have made the payment and you must have been notify with payment confirmation from paypal…..I want you to proceed with the shipment of the item asap….. i want you to delete the ad from gumtree asap………
Here is my Younger Brother Shipping Address
Name: Abel Rolland
Address: No 11 Lanfewa Street
City : Abeokuta
State: Ogun State
Zip Code: 23403
Country: Nigeria
I want you to send the item out via ROYALMAIL……………..get back to me with the shipment tracking number as soon as you send the item to him………….You can reach me on this number 07024093672.Hope to hear from you and it is my pleasure doing business with you…..
Thanks
Gregory
2) When I told him he was a scammer:
Why?……….I had paid for the item already and the total sum of £80 was deducted from my paypal account but presently the money is pending in your paypal account ,once you get the item ship out and produce a valid postage tracking number then your account will be credited immediately so proceed with the shipment of the item.It is my pleasure doing business with you.Thanks
3)
Hi,
Why shipment is delay for this item and why are you still holding this item in your hand after payment has been made for the item and your money has been deducted from my account immediately payment was made for the item…………….I don’t expect you to delay the shipment of this item up to this time. I want you to proceed with the shipment of this item asap and quickly get back to me with the shipment tracking number.
Name: Abel Rolland
Address: No 11 Lafenwa Street
City : Abeokuta
State: Ogun State
Zip Code: 23403
Country: Nigeria
Get this item ship out now because my younger brother has been disturbing me about the shipment of the item and i told him that you will get it ship out today and i didn’t want you to delay the shipment any longer.. So take the item to Post Office now for shipment and get back to me asap……Hope to hear from you now and it is my pleasure doing business with you………..You can reach me on 07024093672
Thanks
Gregory
I can’t believe people actually fall for these scams… They must do though, otherwise why would they bother!? I wonder if you can report to the Nigerian police? I will investigate…
Similar scam after posting a motorhome for sale. Doesnt want to see it just wants details of paypal id etc:
Thanks for your mail. i would be glad to pay for it as soon as
possible though i will not be available to come for an inspection due
to my flexible schedule.Kindly get back to me with the following
questions below:
1) What is the condition?
2) Your Pick up Location?
3) Your full name and your PayPal email id for the payment
I would be glad to make the payment asap through PayPal so
kindly get back to me with your PayPal ID. You need not to worry yourself
about the pick up,i will instruct the shipping company
to handle that..
my number +447024071257
Thanks and hope to read from you soon.
Same scam…. BEWARE lindajones065@yahoo.com
Just received from Austin White (lakesyde@att.net) as I am trying to sell a car
Hello,
Thanks for the reply and i am okay with the vehicle,i am buying it for my uncle whom i promised a vehicle but i want it to be a surprise, so i wont let him know about it until it has been delivered to him,i would have come to your location for the viewing but presently i am posted to Japan with the British Red Cross Responding to Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Victims.
I would be responsible for the delivery of the vehicle to him ,i do have a pick up agent that will pickup the vehicle and deliver it to him after payment has been settled and i will be responsible for the delivery and insurance expenses of the vehicle.
I tried to figure out how i can make the payment for the vehicle due to my present job situation which is keeping me out state for Japan as Red Cross official,i thought of making an online bank transfer but realized i don’t have an online banking service so i suggested PayPal because it is a safe and secure means of sending money,just a click to get a PayPal account if you don’t have one,www.paypal.co.uk, get back to me as soon as possible so i can make the payment effectively to your account.I know when the vehicle gets delivered to him i know he would be so much happy with it.
this Craig Seagal is a scam. don’t sell or buy from this person. This person just sends out the same email trying to scam you. not sure what the scam is but I’m not giving any info out to him.
This is the email address: careysea@gmail.com
FIRST EMAIL FROM THIS PERSON
” Greetings,
I’m interested in your add you posted on CL. So I want to know if it’s
still available for sale and will like to know more details about it?”
SECOND EMAIL FROM PERSON
“Thanks for the prompt response..I fully understand the condition of
what i am buying. I’m ready to buy it now for my personal use but am
not local and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and
visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check
this advert and send you an email regarding it.Note that you will not
be responsible for shipping and handling. My shipping company will
come to your location for the pick up. Kindly provide me your name
and full address so i can forward it to the shipping company to
calculate the cost of pick up for me. And concerning the payment, i
will prefer PayPal because i don’t have access to my bank account
online as i don’t have internet banking but i can pay from my PayPal
account because i have my bank account attached to it. I will also
need you to give me your PayPal email address so i can make the
payments immediately and if you don’t have an account with PayPal yet,
it is very easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.com and get it set
up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you
use for registration with PayPal so as to deposit the fund. So get
back to me with the following details:
Your Full Name:
The Pick Up Address including Zip Code:
Your PayPal email address for the payment.
Thanks and in anticipation of your response.
Best Regards.”
Got this from stevenmark951@gmail.com.
Told him to FO.
——————
Thanks for your mail i will like to tell you this item is urgently
needed i will offer you £135 and i will be paying you through
PayPal,so i want you to send me your email PayPal email address so
that i can send your money for the item or send me money request and i
will pay £80 extra for shipping cause i want this for my pastor in
Abroad as a convocation gift,So i wait to hear from you Asap.
My PayPal name and email is Steven Mark (stevenmark951@gmail.com)
You can also call me on +447024096043
Waiting to read back from you
Steven.
Before doing any purchase or sale its best to check http://cbfraud.com to see if the email who you are selling/buying from has committed fraud before.
If unfortunately you already got scammed you can help us by adding his/her email to our database here: http://cbfraud.com/report
By generating a database of fraudulent users we can hopefully archive less scams.
Gumtree members, please beware of paulkingston19@yahoo.co.uk and irisshm19@gmail.com. Here are the scam emails they sent me to try to con me into accepting bogus paypal payments:
“thanks for the fast response,i am actually buying the item for someone abroad as a present and i will add you 80GBP to the sale price of the item for the cost of the shipment abroad through Royal Mail International Delivery Signed For,so kindly send me a request from paypal for the total cost of the item and including postage so that i could be able to complete the payment and also do get the item off the site and if you don’t have a paypal account to receive payment for the item..pls kindly get register on http://www.paypal.co.uk because of safety and security purpose as i have already made a very good offer for this item,pls act fast and get back to me as soon as you done so..i await your fast response….thanks”
“> Thank you so much for getting back to me on time, i would like to have
> your paypal email address, so that i can be able to send you the
> payment for the item right away.and if you do not have a paypal
> account, i would be glad if you can setup a paypal account through
> there website http://www.paypal.co.uk, so that i can make the payment right
> now through paypal as soon as the paypal account is ready, so let me
> know your decision.maybe you can do that as soon as possible. and
> setting up a paypal wont take you more than 5miuntes and it is free,
> it doesn’t attract any charges, also send me your final cost of the
> item?”
Scam from A to Z!
got two different email like these today…
from:anthony.huang1979@gmail.com (note this guy finish his email with name: TONY)
first one like these…
Hi again
Thanks for the sufficient details in regards to the Vehicle. well am very much interested in it and you don’t have to look around for any other buyer. Its for my parents at home that need a Car to move around but i have to make sure the Car is in a good condition before i send it to them . I hope you understand my eagerness to complete this purchase a.s.a.p. There is no way i will be coming there to inspect the car as i said earlier Besides the car will be picked up and transported to Tasmania where my Parent resides,So whatever you tell me about the good and the bad aspect of the car is what i will believe and inform the Pick-up agent that will come over and pick the car
Immediately i make the payment the pick-up agent will contact you on where and when the pick up will take place and he will also be of assistance concerning the change of ownership. This transaction is based on huge amount of trust. The only thing I’ll like to ask now is that if there is any problem which you’re yet to mention, please let me know now then we can proceed, but meanwhile can you please please REMOVE the add from gumtree now till we complete the transaction because i want to be the only one who is purchasing it from you
Can you please send me your PayPal email now and i will proceed with the Payment asap
Regards
Tony
and an other one:mohdkhanazman101231@gmail.com
Yes, i am still interested .What is the body condition?? i will take care of all shipment preparations and think $3300 is a good price and payment will be sent through PayPal.Do you have a PayPal account already?,and i will be needing your email with PayPal for payment or you could send me an invoice(ill handle the PayPal surcharge) and if you don’t have an account, you can easily create an account fast and easy at http://www.paypal.com.au
PayPal is the fastest and easiest way for me to make the payment.And also i will arrange the pickup of the vehicle at your place and transport to my home and also don’t know forget to get back to me with your mobile number.
Awaiting your response.
BE AWARE!!
Hi same here
BE AWARE OF:
Dave Fredick
email:aypomping2660@gmail.com
Thank you for getting back to me.Can you assure me that it’s in
good state and that i will not be disappointed with it.I’m ready to
pay your asking price and to be honest, i wanted to buy this for my
son, but the issue is i am an oceanographer and i do have a contract
to go for which starts tomorrow and am leaving any moment from now.The
contract is strictly no call due to the lack of reception on the sea
area. But I’m able to access email anytime as we will make use of
laptop so my only quickest payment option is PayPal as i can send
money via PayPal anytime.Since I’m requesting this transaction to be
done via PayPal, i will be responsible for all the paypal fee/charges
on this transaction and if you don’t have an account with paypal, its
pretty easy, safe and secured to open one. Just log on to
http://www.paypal.com. I hope we can make the purchase as fast as possible? I
have a mover that will come for it once payment clears and they will
be handling the title for me. So i look forward to hear from you soon.
A few more of these PayPal scammers for you. They are all doing the same thing:
mariekafee@gmail.com
collinmorgan002@gmail.com
airstone33@yahoo.co.uk
leehardings008@gmail.com
micah.richards199@gmail.com
patrick.s240@gmail.com
jamppy13@gmail.com
kojo.kojo112@gmail.com
ive just been offered £40 and £50 above asking price paid through paypal for a laptop, one wanted shipment to northampton and the other was for his nephew abroad…. why would you buy a PINK laptop for your nephew ??? watch out for
Shaun smith – smith_david9098@yahoo.co.uk
Thomas Elber – thomas.elber01@gmail.com
He just sent this now after I told him my mate plays football for Northampton town, which he does and that we’d be visits him.
Hello Mate,
I have just sent the payment of £350 to you right now and the
money has been deducted from my account immediately, while i have also
received the receipt of payment from PayPal. I hope you must have
received the payment Confirmation mail from PayPal by now. So please
do get back to me as soon as you received the payment confirmation
mail from PayPal. Kindly get the item shipped STRICTLY via Royal Mail
(Next Day Delivery)Service.
NOTE: I WILL LIKE THIS ITEM TO BE SHIPPED TO THIS NEW ADDRESS WHICH I
HAVE ALSO PROVIDED FOR PAYPAL DURING PAYMENT AND ALSO INSIST YOU WANT
TO GET THE ITEM SHIPPED Royal Mail (NEXT DAY DELIVERY).
Name: Jack Michaels
Address: 22 Hensley Point,
Bradsock Road,
Hackney,
London,
E9 5BE
United Kingdom.
Please check your inbox/junk of your PayPal e-mail to see the Paypal
payment confirmation mail from PayPal, provided, if you have not
received it yet and get back to me asap.
Anticipate A Favorable Response From You Soon.
Nice doing business with you.
Best Regards.
Look at this rubbish from phillip.coke010@gmail.com AKA Jack Michaels, if anyone lives in Northampton or near if they fancy going to give the scammer a slap or put his windows through that would be cool, another thing I’ve noticed, they all insist items to be sent by royal mail special delivery and no ther service, are royal mail in on it with them also? lol
Hello Mate,
I have just sent the payment of £350 to you right now and the
money has been deducted from my account immediately, while i have also
received the receipt of payment from PayPal. I hope you must have
received the payment Confirmation mail from PayPal by now. So please
do get back to me as soon as you received the payment confirmation
mail from PayPal. Kindly get the item shipped STRICTLY via Royal Mail
(Next Day Delivery)Service.
NOTE: INSIST YOU WANT TO GET THE ITEM SHIPPED Royal Mail (NEXT DAY DELIVERY).
Name: Jack Michaels
Address: 17 Weedon Road,
NN5 5BE
Northampton,
United Kingdom
Please check your inbox/junk of your PayPal e-mail to see the Paypal
payment confirmation mail from PayPal, provided, if you have not
received it yet and get back to me asap.
Anticipate A Favorable Response From You Soon.
Nice doing business with you.
Best Regards.
That is another SCAM email queenethhead1@yahoo.com. Stay away from it.
Offered me 150E more for the laptop if I can post it to his soon. He would pay by pay pal. After sending PayPal payment request two spoof PayPal e-mails came
“This payment from “Queeneth Head” has been APPROVED but the funds can only be credited into your account immediately we confirm that you have ship the Item to the Buyers confirmed address.”
SCAM
And again, I’m starting to think all three email addresses were used by the same person.
pedrowilson211@yahoo.co.uk
Got another one by someone else, beware of the email address: tuffmike230@gmail.com
davidforsyth67@yahoo.com
Hello, I was just browsing through gumtree to see if i can get a very good and nice new year gift for a very good friend and a colleague of mine who has just been posted abroad on a training course on Environmental pollution while i have being posted to Asia on a training course on Population so we are into exchange of gifts with each other, and i came across your lovely item.
I want to know if the item is in its top condition,I will like you to help me send the item down to my friend in Lagos Nigeria on my behalf as i am due to leave for Asia soon so won’t be able to receive the item here in the state..I will be offering you 50 pounds for the postage via Royal Mail International Signed For,with p&p, so i will quickly want you to get back to me with the total cost including your pay pal e-mail address or if i can make payment via bank transfer also get back to me with your item number on gumtree and your full name for me to make the payment.
Hope to read from you soon…
God bless.
Pamela Collins
Hi Thanks for getting back to me i will want to know the recent
condition of this item and its total amount.I ‘m sending it to someone
as a Birthday Gift in West Africa(Nigeria), to me and i have check
the postage cost which is 100pounds .. I will be paying via pay pal or bank detail i can pay
you online and So I’ll really appreciate your help.
each other through PayPal Online Auction or Via Bank Transfer and
gumtree ad number.
Send me a PayPal money request and bank detail of the total cost of the item plus the
postage cost to my pay pal (pamelacollins92@yahoo.com)
I will make the payment immediately i get the request.
Lewis Rose (sweetyankeey@gmail.com) and lucasbuyer.2010@gmail.com just tried to contact me and scam over an item i put on craig list. Just becareful from any online paymnet.. U will just end up losing.. just ignore them
In an attempt to sell my car I have recieved three separate replies, all along the same content of emails. they agree the price, wont come for a viewing because they work abroad, that they will arrange a shipping agent who will also handle the paperwork. the email addresses are:
1)jefferycole2@gmail.com
2)erin.watts47@gmail.com; and
3)davbut1@googlemail.com
beware of this scam
Someone just tried to scam me, I sent them on their way. Beware of ‘gregoryabel97@yahoo.co.uk’ Gregory Abel.
His message:
‘Thanks for your quick response,I will Pay £360 for the item and the shipping cost abroad…….Reply asap with your paypal email address so that I can pay for the item on time..’
He offered £30 more than asking and wanted me to ship abroad…no thanks.
jenny.batty17@yahoo.co.uk
Got a response through gumtree asking for paypal details right away, asked if they wanted to see the item first got a reply saying they want it shipped to nigeria will pay for postage. Aye right!!!
phillip.coke010@gmail.com – tried to scam me out of my laptop, Nigerian paypal scam and paulkingston19@yahoo.co.uk did the same, he offered me £80 more to post this item to a ‘friend’, I knew his game and played along, I received scam paypal emails saying they’d release the money into my account once I proved the item had been posted out to them.
BEWARE MIKE IRISH SCAM, recievied this tonight after posting the add today. Looks like mike is still going, buyers beware
Thanks for the response,i will take it for $6000 including PayPal surcharges since i am interested in the immediate purchase.I just moved to the United Kingdom,where this is needed and i will be making use of a shipping company to have this picked up from you and have it delivered to me.Further arrangements will be made with you in regards to the pick up once i have paid you.I would appreciate if you email me with more pictures (if available) too since i won’t be be able to see this in person,what’s the PayPal email to send funds to in order for me to pay you ASAP.
Thanks
Mike
I had TWO different parties offer to buy my cell phone at inflated prices if I would ship. They promised to pay via Paypal. The names were Eunice Rose [eunicerose9000@gmail.com] in Nigeria and Gloria Pierrelouis [gloriaplouis@gmail.com] in Malaysia. Funny thing, both ended their emails exactly the same way:
NIGERIA: … so if you accept paypal kindly get back to me as soon as possible..Thanks and God bless.
MALAYSIA: … so kindly get back to me with your paypal acct email so i may make the payment right away…. Thanks and God bless
Something that sounds too good to be true, probably is.
SELLER BEWARE !!!!! phillip.coke123@gmail is offering me 50 pound more than my asking price if he can pay via paypal and have the goods sent on !
its the second time this name has cropped up on this page ….
BEWARE = PHILLIP.COKE123@GMAIL IS USING THE PAYPAL SCAM !
DO NOT EVER EXCEPT PAY PAL FOR YOUR ITEMS ON GUMTREE !!!! NEVER EVER , FACE 2 FACE OR DONT SELL !!!!!!!
do you need a loan in my company email back
judith1marino@g.mail.com
This is the latest as of 11/04/11 6am. I am selling my car and she is offering full price and agent collection. She just needs my paypal email. I love these games, spin them around for weeks and then just laugh at them in the end. Gotta go do some planning now.
HOHO , i JUST HAD AN EMAIL FORM DUCK MORGAN @HOTMAIL.COM .
The reason why i realised it s a scammer was ::: When i emailed paypal tp check if the email called helpcenter@accountant.com is the offical email !
After i sent it , one minute later i got a reply !!!Then i was thinking paypal has never gotten me back so quickly !! After a while i was pretty sure that was a fking scam email !!!
Guys , be ware for that !!!!
Someone called Lee Hardings just tried scamming me using the email address leehardings008@googlemail.com leehardings008@gmail.com – used fake PayPal emails from service_pay_pal@in.com DO NOT SEND ITEMS.
I wish I’d read this!
Do not deal with ‘dorajohnson2010@gmail.com’ it’s a scam. Not sure how it works but it’s linked to Paypal. She reckons she works at an airport. The email is now not working – perhaps someone else has reported it too!
been trying to sell my Macbook and keep getting inondated with these offers of more than the asking price, can i ship to nigeria etc, u need to verify tracking to get funds into the account!
watch out for
philip.coke01@gmail.com
lippert234@gmail.com
nickkytom12@gmail.com
trace.hudson11@gmail.com
i too have just been in touch with a trace.hudson23@gmail.com. She wanted to buy my blackberry and asked me to request the money plus £30 for shipping. address was 7 logudu road, elere area , ibandan, oyo, nigeria. i have checked my paypal account and the money shows as pending but paypal have said they do not hold the money till goods received.
Was scammed out of an iPod. I had a bad feeling about this and should have never went with it. They offered on the asking price and shipping. Sent emails from Paypal (fraud ones) saying I have funds then to ship item then email Paypal with tracking number, then they emailed me next day from Paypal saying there was somthing wrong with the funds and I had to send £50 back to get my own money through. this is when I knew for definite it was a scam. I contacted royal mail and the Nigerian post before the item arrived in Nigeria.
They went with the name marry machur@gmail.com
And postal address – kenny okeke 89 sapon street abeokuta ogun nigeria
WATCH OUT SCAMMING THEVES
I have had a close call from 2 separate people for the sale of my Blackberry mobile phone.
1. BRENDA LUCAS ( Possibility a nigerian scam artist)
2. IEREMIYA LENKA (A Nottingham based nigerian scam artist)
(Ieremiya Lenka )
Thanks for your response,I live in NOTTINGHAM and work as an engineerfor a private company called Tomlinson,i would have preferred to conductthis transaction in person but apparently I’m on a site and i can’t leave,I really want to buy this item from you and thus I’ll be paying viaPayPal online payment.
I approximate the postage cost to be around 20pound(s) via Royal Mailinternational registered post .I’ll really appreciate your help. Send me a PayPal payment request ofthe total cost of the aforementioned item plus the postage cost to myPayPal registered email account….(miyaka55@blumail.org) and I’llmake the payment as soon as possible.
If in doubt,call me on this number 07024034405,and here is my home address,
4 Lamorna Court, Wollaton Road,
Beeston, NOTTINGHAM,
NG9 2N
(Brenda Lucas)
Hi,Thanks for the swift reply.
Your price is ok for me, I cannot do cashon collection due to my job engagement, I can only do paypal. Please send me paypal money request to my email at drwnhdsn2@gmail.com
with additional £30 to cover the postage & paypal fees . I’ll transferthe funds immediately i receive the money request.If you don’t have apaypal account just login to http://www.paypal.co.uk and set up your paypalaccount, after setting up your paypal account you locate the requestmoney button located at the top of your paypal account home page, useit to request money directly from my paypal account which is trace.drwnhdsn2@gmail.com once I receive your money request from paypal,I will submit payment to you via paypal asap.Vivian
BOTH OF THESE SCAM ARTISTS HAVE RECEIVED A PEACE OF MY MIND AND WILL NOT BE CONTACTING ME EVER AGAIN.
SCAM: I have was just about to sell my sofa to someone called Lindsly Morris, i was told that they would pay the asking price and would transfer the funds ASAP into my paypal account as “she” is abroad – see email that follows:
I will be sending funds ASAP but before i make the payment,there is something i need you to be aware of,i just received an email from the shipping company that will be in charge of the pick up.They are saying i need to pay them their fees which is £600 before they proceed with coming for it and the only form of payment that they accept is Western Union Money Transfer.Where i am,the nearest union office is 8hrs from me and i could also send it online using their website,but they are not accepting any of my Credit cards.I don’t know if it will be ok,if i include this agent’s fees in the payment i will be sending you now,so on receipt of the total funds,you will remove the additional funds of £600 and help me send it at your local Western Union office which can be found at the post office or you could send it online at http://www.westernunion.com . Let me know if this is ok and i will proceed with the payment.
BEWARE of emails:
Lewis Rose”
“Eunice Rose”
Tried to scam me today, thanks to this site I was saved!!!!
i to was scammed for 2 phones for 2 seperate adresses in abeokuta. what i dont understand is that the names and addresses are well known to be scams i actually clicked that i was being scammed before the items had reached there destination and informed royalmail that i was been scammed yet yet the royalmail and the postel service in nigeria are still prepared to assist these thieves in their crimes.
i too have had a request for flavor jossy i have been playing games for over a week now saying iv sent the item and even offering them a iphone too i didnt give them a real paypal address either , i was thinking of saying that i have contacts in nigeria and have been working closely with other scammed people for a wile now and that we have all the info we need and will be paying vist to all the address and people i have found to be doing this sacmming . they mite not give a shit but they mite be a bit concerned if i mention these are people wanting revenge
I have been getting emails from tracey hundson who was used several address already listed here. PLEASE BE AWARE –
Hi,
What is going on with the postage of my item i paid you for?, I have ever since made payment and you are yet to post the item. I will be giving 24hrs to post my item and get back to me with the postage tracking number, if i don’t hear from you within the next 24hrs, i will be reporting you to the police and paypal for scamming me. If you think you can junk me of my money, you will have paypal and police to contend with.
Tracey
PAID MORE THAN WAS SUPPOSE TO THE ADDRESS IS
Name :Engr. Osagie Dennis / TRACEY HUNDSON
Address: 7 Logudu Road 15, Elere Area
City :Ibadan
State :Oyo
Zip code :23402
Country :Nigeria.
Watch out for this one wanting to buy a big sofa to be collected all the way from Slovakia to England. This is what “she”wants:
Hello, thanks for the mail, my name is Mrs Kate Jenny, and i am from UK so i will like the Furniture to be picked up by my Transport company to my home in United Kingdom….Bellow here are my details.
Name: Kate Jenny
Address: 38 Manger Road
County: Islington
City: London
Post Code: N7 9TQ
Country: United Kingdom
So get back,and now i want you to send me your full bank information so i can carefully send it to my bank to transfer into you account or your PayPal Account,and then i can arrange on how the payment will be made soon ok, The details needed from you should be like this for better understanding, Your full Bank Details this way….
Account Holder Name;
Account Number;
Bank Name:
IBAN:
Swift Code:
or your paypal account like this
Name:
PayPal Email address
And finally your Full Home Address for the picking of the Goods by the Company..
NAME
ADDRESS
STATE
CITY
COUNTRY
POST CODE/ZIP CODE
Cell Phone No
so i will be waiting for your response.Once again Thanks and God Bless!!!
Mrs Kate..
DO NOT REPLY!!! SCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!!!
dammit! wish id have read this before
for goodness sake
iv just sent a paypal request to a dorafreds at bluemail . org
shes saying she works at an airport, cannot collect and will pay 20 extra for posting
oh these things shouldnt be allowed
can she get hold of my bank account now iv sent a paypal request to her?
someone pls help
be warned for NICKY WARNE asks for items to be sent to “Name: Bobby Robsson
Address:Block B flat31 b Akerele Street,
City:Surulere
State:Lagos
Country:Nigeria
Zip Code:23401″
SCAMMER!!!!
add another one to the books. lindslycute@yahoo.com Gave me the shpiel of an international company will pick up the items and send money via paypal. then went onto say that they only accept a transfer of funds from western union of £500 prior to collection and wanted to add this onto the bill. Glad I checked on here first.
just thought id add that paypal can and do hold funds until the item is sent
ive had it before on ebay,you need to get proof of delivery or good feedback until the release the funds or after 21 days with no complaint
if you have a new paypal account this is common practice
also they make interest off the funds whilst there being held
go figure
I advertised a bathroom suite & received an e-mail again in broken English which referred to ‘the item’ which would be collected by courier. It offered over the asking price and said the person worked off shore & it was a gift for their son. The person who e-mailed was Rose Weingart. I have forwarded to paypal
WATCH OUT FOR THIS ONE, DON’T FALL FOR IT:
Hi thanks for the reply,my name is Colonel John Stephen a Marine supreme commander over the pacific,i am at sea right now at 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. I am buying this for my son as a surprise gift. l will offer you the amount required and l can only pay you through PayPal at the moment as i don’t have access to my bank account online(i don’t have internet banking with it), but i have it attached to my PayPal account, and this is why i insisted on using PayPal to pay,all i will need is your PayPal money request or paypal email address to(stephenjoo001@gmail.com) to make the payments, and if you don’t have a PayPal account yet, you can set one up at http://www.paypal.com it cant take you less than 3mins to do that, i will be expecting your PayPal email so l can pay.I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payments has been sorted,and also do get back to me with your best offer,i will be waiting for your reply asap
Two more to keep an eye on:
Jennifer Berge (jnnferb@gmail.com)
Charles Wilson (cwilson2luv@gmail.com)
Both emailed me about my camera within an hour and offered to pay via Paypal with £100 over the asking price without even looking at it, haha! I then found this forum and realised, though I could tell they appeared dodgy anyway (poor English, paying over the odds etc). Thanks!
BEWARE another one — after getting this email from Mike Irish, i googled it and found this page re scams…
Mike Irish mcky192@live.com DODGY!
“Thanks for the response,i will take it for $200 including PayPal surcharges since i am interested in the immediate purchase.I just moved to the United Kingdom,where this is needed and i will be making use of a shipping company to have this picked up from you and have it delivered to me.Further arrangements will be made with you in regards to the pick up once i have paid you.I would appreciate if you email me with more pictures (if available) too since i won’t be be able to see this in person,what’s the PayPal email to send funds to in order for me to pay you ASAP.
Thanks
Mike
I have also been approached by a very persistent ‘Jack Willy’, who would like the item posted to:Name:Peter Nelson
Address:2,Adeniran Ogunsanya street
City:Surulere
State:Lagos
Country:West Africa(Nigeria)
Zip Code:23401
Even though I’ve repeatadly said it is for pick up only and told him to go away. I see this Nigerian address has been used by others. I will be removing this post from Gumtree!
All of these are scammers who have been trying to buy my item and who wouldnt let go when I said no Paypal:
terry.jack35@yahoo.co.uk
jennymcc01@gmail.com
markcossman12@gmail.com
Here is an example of one of the emails I got when I refused paypal and insisted on cash on collection only:
Hello Mate,
Thanks for your message..Since i’n currently out of the
State,i will suggest i use PayPal because its safe and secured for online
transactions,
kindly go to http://www.paypal.com and sign up an account with them asap get
back to
me with your paypal email .ASAP. Am sorry for but i will not be able to
call you due to my job , i
work on the sea and i am always buys due to my job , i am not
allowed to call nor receive a call on the sea , so do get back to me
with ur paypal email for the instant payment .
Thanks. I really hope to hear from you soon. Thank you and have a nice day.
–
am still much interested in your item and if it available.
Sent from my Iph
Becareful of Ipad buyers under the following email add:
lewisfritzie@gmail.com
scottdembrey31@gmail.com
nelsonyoung01@gmail.com
nelsonyoung02@gmail.com
Yeah I got the dodgy broken english email requesting me to send my item to a guys cousin called ‘Carl Smith’. He said he’ll send over the money via paypal and add an extra £50 as he needed it urgently! This guy uses the email address ‘nelsonyoung01@gmail.com’ So beware!!! Dont send him anything!
Also he wanted me to deliver the item to the following address:
Carl Smith
13 brookdene road
Plumstead
se181en.
London,United Kingdom
I got emails from nelsonyoung01@gmail.com
asking to buy my camera but suspicious paypal email as all links look dodgy just by hovering over them, and the email address it came from is: trackingteam@post.com
Avoid this person email and dodgy paypal scams
Another one to add to the list:
Mike Irish (mcky192@live.com)
Tony Lewis
Add:60 craydon road ,
City:London,
Post code: W1F 7BR.
Country: United Kingdom
Just had lots of them, all asking for me to send them money.. I received emails that look genuine, however the name says service@paypal.co.uk however the actual email address isppcustomerhelps@officee.mail.net.
CHECK the grammer, the English is awful..
Thay state funds will not be released until you have a tracking number.. At this point you have been done… Be careful be very careful…!
the following names tried this..:
Lewis Fritzie (lewisfritzie@gmail.com)
Nelson Young (nelsonyoung1@gmail.com)
Cynthia Houston (cynthia_houston@operamail.com)
Its always a story for a friend or relative and that they need it asap, offering you more to post it etc.. Be careful thats all I am saying..
Nelson Young
hEY sam,
i too just got contacted by “Flavour jossy” and i must say he is the most incompitent person i ever had a conversation with.
i mean who offers to pay you money without viewing the car i’m trying to sell them???Here is a link to my advertisement. http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/bmw-320-ci-with-extras-reduced/76889095
anyways i decided to play along cuz nothing downs a man’s spirit better than demolishing hes pride.
i ended up making him look stupid by unfolding hes intentions. I never heard from him again !!!
Name : Arojojoye Joseph.
Address: No 89 sapon road,,
City: Abeokuta
State: Ogun-State
Country: Nigeria
Zip code: 110001.
Phone number;23481529690
HE SCAMMED ME OUT MY LAPTOP THEN HE TRYED AGAIN FOR MY IPAD!!!!’
Hi,
Be careful with anything which seems to good to be true.
1.we were offered more than tha sking price
2.advised that payment could only be done via paypal
3. received an email “from paypal” asking us to make a transfer into an account in the UK (via western union) to pay for shipment of our items
4. once the payment had gone thorugh the funds for payment of our items would be deposited into our paypal account.
5. Spelling and english language are “poor”
6. Paypal does not send out emails requesting you to pay for anything
7. Paypal does not request your personla emails via email.
watch out if you receive any emails from
Samantha-Jones (samantha_jones0834@yahoo.com.au)
BRANDY
SMITH
38 Manger Road, Islington
London, N7 9TQ
United Kingdom
i recieved this off some one from
hayaabey@gmail.com the next email then came through from joy. I am selling a womens diamond ring, so got suspisous when they said it was for the nephew. also i only wanted £100ono for it was never expecting offers more than that.
The email i recieved was:
Thanks for your reply, I’m really interested in this item and i willbe buying this for my nephew as a Birthday Gift, I will offer you£120.00 for the item and offer you £20.00 for the shipment throughRoyal Mail and I’m okay with condition of the item .So kindly get backto me with your paypal e- mail address if you have one and if youdon’t you can simply log on to WWW dot PAYPAL dot com and register forone. Get back to me if my approval is granted.I would like to see thepictures please
i was only suspisous as i got scammed a couple of year ago and had a funny feeling as soon as i was reading the email it was the same kind of thing.
Yes, lots of these too – petroleum engineers.
Chris.Roering@Gmail.com was the email address.
I have just received an email from favour_jossy@yahoo.co.uk (Favour Jossy). Thanks to Jason above, this message board came up immediately on a google search with this name.
also dont fall for the apartment ones either, sadly i got caught with that, it all looked official , they say they dont live over here but can arrange key collection through money bookers, although money bookers area an actual company the scammer has ripped off there logos, so be careful
i just got one from flavour jossy, the bad english in it was the first thing that tipped me, also the fact they said they’ll give me 30 extra if i gave them my pay pal right now
i just got one from flavour jossy, the bad english in it was the first thing that tipped me, also the face they said they’ll give me 30 extra if i gave them my pay pal right now
I too have had emails from a SIMON GIBBON, offering more for postage, just like the hustle teams says ‘IF SOMETHING SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT PROBERLY ISN’T’
I too have been approached by a Simon Gibbons offering over the odds.
Ive had two ‘marine engineers’ offering me more for my car then i advertised and wanting to pay through paypal…robbie mccartney and robyn smith
YES, I got few today, wanted to send me money by paypal in Nigeria but of course didn’t want to share any name and address.
BE AWARE!
Just got this…scam
Thanks for your reply and that`s fine with me ,i like to buy it for my Pastor wife as a gift as i have promised him,i would like to see you face to face and get the item but due to my busy schedule,i work in Bristol airport so i can`t come ,i want to trust you and i’ll be paying via PayPal with additional £100 for postage which will be via DHL international register post.So send me a PayPal payment request to make payment available to you asap this my PayPal account:ken_harris711@yahoo.com
Thanks
have a look for this one!!!
Hi Linda
here is my paypal email address bielins@o2.pl
regards,
Joanna
Dnia 22 marca 2011 15:13 Linda Huisman Blonn
napisał(a):
Thanks for the mail, i agreed with the condition, i will love to but it.
I would have come to pick it up but i am always busy at work all
day’s, so i will offer you £200 including the shipping amount to
London Address.
So please kindly send me a PayPal money request now or you can send me
your PayPal email address so as to make the payment right now.
Hope to read from you soon.
On 3/22/11, asiek93 wrote:
Hi Linda, I can’t change these prices I think that this collection
is
stunning and is worth it to buy these items for current price… shoes
£35,
00 and trousers £30.00 each.
3 pairs of trousers £90.00
2 pairs of shoes £70.00
Total £160.00
I will have new shoes and clothes in May; if you want cheaper staff you
can
visit me in 2 months time.
Regards,
Joanna
Dnia 22 marca 2011 12:35 Linda Huisman Blonn
<lindahuismanblonn@gmail.com> napisał(a):
okay, so how much do you want to sell 3 trouser and two pairs,black
shoe.
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:29 AM, asiek93 <asiek93@o2.pl> wrote:
Hi Linda
I will give you all sizes which I got at the moment available forsell
ok.
Trousers- 3 pairs left (8,10,12)
Shoes-pink and black colour-snake skin 2 pairs left -size (black
41–pink 40)
Black shoes- 2 pairs left size (39 and 40)
Long grey shoes one pair left- size (41)
Beige short shoes one pair left- size (37)
I have attached some pictures
Regards,
Joanna
today i received a sms from a number (07579692354)asking to email the details of the product for sale, so i did i then received this email..
“Hello,
Thanks for your quick response, I will pay $650 for the 17inch rims..I am currently on the ship due to the nature of my work, I’ll be paying you with my credit card via my PayPal, If my offer is accepted.. The payment will be made through PayPal, But you will have to get back to me with the following information so that my pick up agent will come and pick up as soon as possible…However, I’m ready to pay now into your account…
Your Name and address:
And your PayPal email:
In case you don’t have a PayPal account..Its reliable and easy to use PayPal it is the best way to transfer money,all you need to do is visit http://www.paypal.com.au and register with them. When you are done with the registration send me the email used for the registration with PayPal so i can pay make your payment.
Make sure you get back to me so that we can arrange for pick up as i will like the item to be picked,so no shipping..
Await for your swift response.
Katia.”
i personally think its a scam, what do you think?
Received instant offer from this guy “Joe Johnson”, joe.johnson085@gmail.com literally within seconds of listing a £3000 ring.
After asking if the item is available, and me stupidly confirming via email (so he can now sell my email address, doh!), he sends this wacky message offering £4710 for a £3000 item.
“I’ll be so glad to purchase this item for my client who just travel to
SE14 5DS London Last week as a new season gift and payment through paypal which i believe is fast and secure.i will pay you £4,710.00 for the item including shipment via Royal Mail Next Day Delivery .Pls Let me know if we can still complete the deal today..
Regards”
Too bad they don’t learn english so well.
HA! what a joke!!!! Got emails like this from an “Elaine Chong”…
Hello There,
I have remitted payment to you via paypal and I also paid paypal charges to ensure you get full payment. the shipping address is registered with paypal and they should send it to you in the payment notification. please check your paypal account email address for the payment confirmation notice as i have been debited.
Kindly post the item to my shop keeper as soon as possible and let me know when that is done.
My shop keeper’s Address is
Engr. O. James.
43 Bembo Road, Elere Area,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, NIGERIA
Tel: 2347055195623
He is my shop keeper selling the goods for me overthere.
Kindly post the Item directly to him via PARCEL FORCE PRIORITY RETAIL.
Thanks and nice buying from you.
Elaine
… And from what I’ve read from here this shop keeper is also someone’s son?!!!
Lots of things didn’t add up:
1) offered higher price than what i asked for
2) Replied via several different e-mail addresses
3) Paypal pending seemed wrong.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Don’t fall for any of these scams!!!
I’m only going to send to UK and it will only be pick up from now on!!!
we have had emails from sandra wilson sandrawil90@aol.com trying to buy a wedding dress via gumtree offered over the odds asks for paypal request sent to her as she is a marine engineer then drops in she wants money sent to nigeria for shipping cost when we didnt fall for it she has now threatened to report us as committing fraud and trying to scam her lol
after putting afew diffent adds on gumtree i got a email today saying this…
Thanks for the swift response and do as well advise on the least amount you will like to give it away as i am buying this for Dad and due to the nature of my job and location…i will not be able to come for inspection,am a very busy type as i work long hours everyday,i have gone through your advertisement and i am satisfied with it.
As for the payment..i can only pay via the fastest and secure way to pay online(PayPal) here.
I have a private courier agent that will come for the pick up after the payment have been made …so no shipping included and With the issue of my details,transferring the name of ownership and signing of all paperwork will be done by the courier services company agent so you don’t have to worry about that.
You can now send me your PayPal email so i can pay in right away and also include your address in your reply.If you don’t have a paypal account, you can easily set up one…log on to http://www.paypal.com.au and sign up its very easy… i would have loved to talk to you on phone but i work mainly offshore, our phone is down on the rig right now due to bad weather, that was why i sent you a text, i even wonder how my message deliver to your phone but for now we can only communicate through the same mailing channel.await your reply asap.
thank you for the advise – i know believe my gut and it is a scam… they never specified what they even wanted !!
Trying to sell my I-phone 3GS. Had 3 e-mails on the first day.
My attention was drawn to the poor use of English in the first instance. I replied to the first e-mail with “Collection only I’m afraid” and received the reply “Why are you afraiding?”
Awesome use of the English language. Would never fall for it in a million years, I will only trade face to face and suggest we all do the same!
Hi Guys,
I received the same email after having the add up for only a few hours. So just be careful if you get something similar
This is what they sent:
“I would have love to speak with you in person but our satellite server has been down here which restrick our calls,just using our base to send mails.please bear with me
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Theo wrote:
Can you call me or I’ll you to go through everything you wanna know. Thanks
On Mar 17, 2011, at 7:09 AM, peta Dillon wrote:
> Thanks for mailing back,what is your lowest price and the
> condition,am buying it for my holiday,because i’ll be coming soon from
> our rig as am a petroleum engineer and am on a rig offshore,i won’t be
> able to come for the inspection due to the nature of my work .i will
> be paying you through PayPal,please get back to me with your PayPal
> details so I can proceed with the payment and contact the courier
> agent who will come to pick it up and deliver it in my place. Await
> your reply
>
> On 16/03/2011, Theo wrote:
>> I still have the car and if your serious about the car come have a look at
>> it and will come to an agreement, you want be disappointed.
Within minutes of posting, I had many replies from paypal scammers: Here are their emails (all gmail, interestingly…)
jenisparker@gmail.com
trace.hudson01@gmail.com
elaine.chong01@gmail.com
I’m sure there is data mining going on here, which Gumtree MUST do more to prevent. This will be my final ad on gumtree.com
I put up a ad to sell my phone, and since then i have had around 10 responces ALL SCAMS. I almost went through with the first one as it was so genuine and they sent me emails through a fake paypal which looked no different from the normal one. when i cancelled it all and the man still told me to send my phone as did the paypal i freaked out and phoned paypal who told me it was a scam and i was lucky to have realised.. here are the email address’s ive had scams from…
jamppy13@gmail.com this one sent me an address for london… when i put the post code in google maps it came up with asia ha !!!!
christopherabel20@att.net
ab.chris18@yahoo.co.uk
alex.0909266@gmail.com
james.brandl009@gmail.com
chrisjess2000@gmail.com
patrick.jerry240@gmail.com
gaab55@yahoo.co.uk
alexlutur03@hotmail.com
think thats all of them for now!!!
hannah
Another one:
Hi there, I am currently on duty inside a ship at the sea in UK as a naval officer.
My son’s Address is
Osagie Monday
43 Bembo Road, Elere Area,
Ibadan, Oyo State,
23402, Nigeria.
(234)706-963-6514
He is my shop keeper selling the goods for me overther.
Kindly ship the Item directly to him via dhl mail international signed for. I look forward to receive your money request through paypal soon so that I can deposit funds to your account.
Thanks and nice buying from you..
Simon Gibbons………..
Im lucky i went on goggle and goggle paypal scams because i got a email from this simon.gibbons@yahoo.com offering me £220 for my xbox and its only up for £120 lol and he saying that its for resale i was thinking that y would some 1 pay £100 more for an xbox wen there £150 new lol so fuk this scamers lol
I cannot believe that there are soo many scammers on gumtree! soo glad I found this page. I have an advert on here to sell my car, all the details and price is on there. I recieved an email from BRANDYDORA10@YAHOO.CO.UK asking me if the item was still available and the price, i got back to them and advised them yes and the price. I was suspicious when they messaged me back offering well over the asking price and advising that they would pay now via paypal, and that I should log into my account and request it from them. they gave me a very long email about their job and who and why they were buying the car.because I was weary i emailed them back trying to get more details (their location and why didnt they want to view the car)- they never got back to me- instead i recieve an email from Gumtree telling me that MY AD has been flagged for fraud!! im disgusted that I am bing mad into the villian when clearly the suposedly “interested buyer” is clearly the suspicious one! i would rather take my ad off here then re-confirm or re-post anything on Gumtree if this is what I will be subjected to. I have emailed Gumtree but from the looks of everyones comments I doubt i’ll be hearing from them or anything done about it. SO BEWARE IF YOU RECIEVE AN EMAIL FROM AN INTERESTED BUYER WITH THE EMAIL ADDY brandydora10@yahoo.co.uk
Not sure if its any help but here are a few email addresses that I have had offers on a ring from.. all insist of paying with paypal:
stonewhite84@gmail.com
Greeting do you still have it for? £850
Hi ,
thanks for the mail and sincerely i am so sorry for being so late to
your response, have been out of connections and will like to purchase
it out rightly,i will like to buy this item for my nephew i know he
will love it,am offering you £850 for the item and £45 for the
shipping Via Royal Mail,am offering you this to keep other buyers
off,i will be paying you via my PayPal account since is the secure way
and easier to send and receive money online,I will also like you to
send me your(PayPal e-mail address)if my approval is granted so the
payment can be made soon
..Why do you want to sell it
..Are you with the original box
Looking Forward to read from you soon
Cool Regard
SIMILAR From alex.0909266@gmail.com and bradjoe001@gmail.com
All want to buy this for their nephew.. who buys and engagement ring for their nephew?!
Some to look out for :
David robinson – daveyrob00@gmail.com
Sandra Wilson using this email – zilcaone@yahoo.co.uk
and this paypal account – SANDRAWILL43@YAHOO.CO.UK
thanks guys so glad i read this i was nearly selling my wedding dress to the famous SANDRA WILSON as everyone has figured out is a scam!!!
would really put you off using gumtree and paypal.
Hi am being scammed PLEASE HELP!!!!!
I was selling a mobile phone and was asked if the item was still for sale and I replied yes and the following was the response.
hiThanks for the correspondence i’m willing to effect payment of £350for the item including postage and packaging, i am buying for resale,i have a shop where i sell new and fairly used goods. i can onlyeffect payment through paypal, kindly login to your paypal account andselect the request money button located at the top of your paypalaccount homepage and send the paypal money request invoice directly tomy paypal account id which is elainechong01@yahoo.co.uk so that i cansubmit payment to you via paypal right now because paypal is safe,fast and easy to send and receive money online.If you don’t have apaypal account just logon to http://www.paypal.com and set up your paypalaccount, after setting up your paypal account you will see the requestmoney button at the top of your paypal account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal account which iselainechong01@yahoo.co.uk once I receive your money request invoicefrom paypal, I will submit payment to you via paypal asap.please respond to me asap.regards Elaine.
I have also received the posting details!!!!!!!!!!!!
Address: Engr. O. James.
43 Bembo Road, Elere Area,
Ibadan, Oyo State,
23402, Nigeria.
(234)705-519-5623
I have told the buyer???? that this is cancelled but they say that the money has been debited from their account and holding in mine until I post item.
Please advise what I should do.
Thank you all for reading
Doesn’t gumtree need to do something about this?!
Here’s another dodgy address:
Name:David Williams
Address:12,Adebola Street Off Adeniran Ogunsanya
City:Surulere
State:Lagos
Country:West Africa(Nigeria)
Zip Code:23401
Another one (in Australia this time)
From: jjeff75@gmail.com
Thanks for the swift response and do as well advise on the least amount you will like to give it away as i am buying this for Dad and due to the nature of my job and location…i will not be able to come for inspection,am a very busy type as i work long hours everyday,i have gone through your advertisement and i am satisfied with it.
As for the payment..i can only pay via the fastest and secure way to pay online(PayPal) here.
I have a private courier agent that will come for the pick up after the payment have been made …so no shipping included and With the issue of my details,transferring the name of ownership and signing of all paperwork will be done by the courier services company agent so you don’t have to worry about that.
You can now send me your PayPal email so i can pay in right away and also include your address in your reply.If you don’t have a paypal account, you can easily set up one…log on to http://www.paypal.com.au and sign up its very easy… i would have loved to talk to you on phone but i work mainly offshore, our phone is down on the rig right now due to bad weather, that was why i sent you a text, i even wonder how my message deliver to your phone but for now we can only communicate through the same mailing channel.await your reply asap.
Thanks
Jeff
Looks very similar to some other posts and is from SAVVA MIHAILOV
I found a forum separately where the exact same email had gone out to other Gumtree sellers!
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=3100812
“Thanks for your response,I live in Nottingham and work as an engineer
for a private company called Tomlinson,i’m okay with your price would have
preferred to conductthis transaction in person but apparently I’m on a site
and i can’t leave,
I really want to buy this item from you and thus I’ll be paying via
PayPal online payment.
I approximate the postage cost to be around 20pound(s) via Royal Mail
international registered post .
I’ll really appreciate your help. Send me a PayPal payment request of
the total cost of the aforementioned item plus the postage cost to my
PayPal registered email account….(mihailovsavva@gmail.com) and I’ll
make the payment as soon as possible.
If in doubt,call me on this number 07024023844 ,and here is my home address
4 Lamorna Court, Wollaton Road,
Beeston, NOTTINGHAM, NG9 2N”
Had someone send me emails with everything through PayPal, I agreed but the fact they wanted the item shipping number before the money went through didn’t bother me. I’ve now been told I’ve been credited £250 but it won’t go in until I pay a Nigerian “lawyer” £250 which is, apparently, to be credited to my PayPal account, I am expected to pay through “Western Union”. I’ve lost the item now, I expect, luckily my item wasn’t of much value but I should get it back.
We had email via Friday ad from SANDRA WISON – Marine Engineer too. Offering more than we advertised item for with a long well written reason for wanting to buy and only through paypal. We weren’t sure. Advice at top of this blog is good. I am amazed that doing a simple search on name called this page. Using the web to catch the cyber criminals. Seems the natural way to combat it.
I’m trying to sell my old iphone.
I’ve listed it twice, each time I get only paypal offers even tho ad states cash only.
What also concerns me, is these people at first ask if it is still available, you reply, then they have your email address to sell to anyone. Its just bad.
These are two email addresses I have received that I suspect are scammers.
They claim they are petroleum engineers on an oil rig and want to pay via PayPal.
hamlitonlawras@gmail.com
craigpeter98@yahoo.com
I am a seller on Ebay & Gumtree and i had 2 requests from different people interested in the ring for any price but required me to send to Nigeria.
Following email address for your notice
juliebrown015@yahoo.co.uk
hotandsexynicolai@gmail.com
I felt strange that they seemed to not care how much the jewellery cost and when i told them i wasn’t comfortable sending such a precious item so far and told them i would send to them in the UK and they could send to their desired address Nicolai replied he required it sending and its safe. Quite abruptly. Then Julie who i thought must be English with a name like Julie Brown said she was very interested in the ring and her emails seemed much more genuine so i sent the Paypal request for money for item plus postage and within minutes had a payment notice from Paypal saying £34 more than i required for postage had been credited to my Paypal account and the postal address was in Nigeria! The email also said that i was required to ship the item to the shipping address and send the shipping number to an email address before the funds would be cleared in my account? I checked my Paypal account and the amount was only what i originally asked for. Alarm bells were definitely ringing at this point so i contacted the customer care email on the Paypal confirmation of payment. This was my reply which totally gave the game away for me…….caught in the act scammers! ADVICE….learn how to speak english before you try to scam people!!!
Thank you for contacting PayPal and my name FeAnn. I apologize for the delay in responding to your service request due to a large volume of emails. We do not intend on any customer waiting this long for a response. I will do my best to assist you further.
I understand that you are enquiring with regards to the payment notification that you have received pertaining to be from PayPal. I have carefully reviewed your PayPal account (…………) and there is payment posted on your transaction history.
PayPal do send the payment notification in question. We are suggesting that you do dispatch the product as this individual is attempting to buy your goods to Nigeria. PayPal is given you 100% guarantee that, it is safe to send item there to Nigeria.
Please forward the Shipment Reference Number to PayPal at customer_alert@accountant.com.
Fortunately, since there is transaction actually took place within the PayPal system, PayPal can reimburse you for any loss, and you will be protected under the Seller Protection Policy. PayPal will assist you in any way that we can.
We appreciate your patience and understanding regarding this matter, and wish you continued success on PayPal.
I would like to let you know that you are valuable to us and should you have other questions, please feel free to let me know.
It is my pleasure to assist you. Thank you for choosing PayPal.
Sincerely,
Fe Ann
PayPal European Services
PayPal, an eBay Company
The Email looked genuine with most of the right font etc but they made a few big mistakes……the grammar and the email address!
So please be careful guys caz i nearly fell for it!!
Look out for people asking you to send your items to Nigeria. I advise you to ask straight away where they require the item to be posted to if it is not a pick up and also look out for emails from this address
PayPal Service
&
customer_alert@accountant.com
Get a real job guys caz you ain”t much good at this scamming thing!!!!!!
I am selling a tv for 150 on gumtree and just recieved this email
I smell a RAT!!!!!! How about you!!!!smell it!!!!
hi
Thanks for the correspondence i’m willing to effect payment of £290 for the item including postage and packaging, i am buying for resale,i have a shop where i sell new and fairly used goods. i can only effect payment through paypal, kindly login to your paypal account and select the request money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage and send the paypal money request invoice directly to my paypal account id which is jennifer.foley64@yahoo.co.uk so that i can submit payment to you via paypal right now because paypal is safe,fast and easy to send and receive money online.If you don’t have a paypal account just logon to http://www.paypal.com and set up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you will see the request money button at the top of your paypal account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal account which is jennifer.foley64@yahoo.co.uk once I receive your money request invoice from paypal, I will submit payment to you via paypal asap.please respond to me asap.
regards
Jennifer.
The spammers are very busy it seems… I’m selling my playstation 2 and got suspicious as 2 different people wanted to buy it and send it (at any cost) to Nigeria.
Eden Henry
108 Akerele Street,
Surulere
Lagos
Nigeria
23401
West Africa.
To be precise… They said they’d Paypal me the money which is where I guess things will start to go wrong!
So long suckers…
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Dealing with paypal more often than most, I’m familiar with their email format and found it rather odd the close of their email advised me not to call their offices.. Alongside this, there were no added funds to my account on the official site.
Go with your gut don’t trust trmur16@yahoo.co.uk
She/he/they/it almost had me!
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here is another one;
prestonhill2010@att.net>
Thanks so much guys, I was saved by this page and posts as I began to suspect an ad on Gumtree.
- I saw a great add for two monitors at an amazing price
- Emailed and ‘Jessica’ (jessica.dgner@gmail.com) saying she wants a fast sale and if I can pick up from a postcode. Postcode was somewhere up north, but she was in ‘London’. She said she could deliver. So very convincing (but still very generous of her).
- Postcode failed to locate on map (got a little more suspicious) and so I asked if I can meet half way or if she can drop off, will pay in cash.
- After a late response she says she’s too busy and handed item to FedEx and they will deliver.
- Annoyed by thought it was genuine and she implied it would cash on delivery.
- I get two genuine looking emails from ‘FedEx’ requesting Ukash numbers – this is when I got suspicious. I began to think this can’t be right and she can easily cash the Ukash numbers any time. She didnt provide any address of hers or any numbers.
- She emails surprised at the FedEx Ukash request but said she’s ‘new to this’ – which was supposed to comfort me and make it seem normal. But it didn’t.
- I began to look at this page and learnt a bit more.
- I told her she’s running a scam
- She didn’t respond.
The email correspondents are friendly and very genuine-sounding. So be very careful folks, I was luck to sniff this one out early.
My personal rule: if its pick-up distance, go get it yourself, otherwise don’t bother.
Gumtree could start a feedback system similar to Ebay but presumably it’s all too much trouble so the scams will probably go on forever. So much for trading nationally when in effect you have to meet face to face to avoid being ripped off.
Fewer people seem to be using the site, fed up with scams, the awful advertising and the feeling that Gumtree only wants your money. On top of that the site is no fun anymore as it was in the old days, political correctness having taken over big time. Fewer browsers due to end of Friends and Dating. Not surprisingly, it’s devotees are getting fewer and fewer.
Hi, i have had one from a Jossy.favour also, this time wanting to a bank transfer. Can anyone take money out of your account with just your account number and sort code.
Thanks
thanks for the info deffinatly wont be using gumtree anymore it is a joke these ppl can get away with it glad i can say i spot the scam a mile away.
i can understand about scammers. but even i would be prepared to pay by paypal. but even im concerend of me not getting my item and if so it is not what i wanted. but i would not hold the funds as i am true. im new to gumtree but because i really want the products i offer to collect when ever is convenient because i do not want t time waste and wouldnt pass up on a good deal.
MAJOR THANK YOU TO THIS POST THAT I FOUND WHEN SMELLING A RAT, AND HAD GOOGLED THE DETAILS OF AN OFFER FROM A SEEMINGLY GENUINE BUYER.
EVERYONE BE WARNED../…./…. HAD I NOT HAVE READ THIS POST I WOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER VICTIM. 150% SURE OF THAT.
*********************************************
Within minutes of placing my add I received the following;
On 27 February 2011 08:19, wrote:
Hi there Ally, you have received a reply to your Gumtree posting “Laptop
Acer 3694 wlmi with charger – absolute bargain” (ad# 74751637) from :
is this item still available, what’s ur price?
*********************************************
I thought, blimey that was quick,, and erm….. why didnt they notice the price tag? benefit of the doubt given, i replied with;
On 2/27/11, HESPENAL wrote:
Good morning to you.
If you should be looking to collect in person, I will be looking for
£190.00
to be posted out to you, this would be an additional £22.00 (next day
service with royal mail, guarunteed before 1300hrs delivery).
hope this helps.
********************************************************
my amazment when the following arrive, well words cant describe the elated feeling i had;
Elaine Chong to me
show details 17:57 (1 hour ago)
hi
Thanks for the correspondence i’m willing to effect payment of £320
for the item including postage and packaging, i am buying for resale,
i have a shop where i sell new and fairly used goods. i can only
effect payment through paypal, kindly login to your paypal account and
select the request money button located at the top of your paypal
account homepage and send the paypal money request invoice directly to
my paypal account id which is elainechong01@yahoo.co.uk so that i can
submit payment to you via paypal right now because paypal is safe,
fast and easy to send and receive money online.If you don’t have a
paypal account just logon to http://www.paypal.com and set up your paypal
account, after setting up your paypal account you will see the request
money button at the top of your paypal account home page, use it to
request money directly from my paypal account which is
elainechong01@yahoo.co.uk once I receive your money request invoice
from paypal, I will submit payment to you via paypal asap.
please respond to me asap.
regards
Elaine.
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i nearly followed the instructions but instead, my otherhalf pointed out, why would someone pay nearly double the price for something….if anything they haggle you down. so being a good boy like i am, i did what i was told, google a search string and discovered that i was becoming a victim of a god dam scam!
Why isnt gumtree stopping this?
Hi all
to get to the point, i wont advertise on gumtree anymore mainly due to the fact that gumtree really cant be bothered to do anything about these scammers !!!!! ive complained approx 15 times due to one scammer in two months which tells me that gumtree really does not care, otherwise something would have been done about it !!!!!
my wife did advertise a few days ago and in total she had 22 scammers, where will this END !!!… she has also had 5 telephone her up ????
I honestly think that slowly ppl are just too scared to advertise on here as each month ive noticed less and less ppl advertising, which is a shame, i think that gumtree should bring in a system like ebay has got so ppl can tell who is who and how genuine they really are
sorry to bore any1 that took the time to read this, but please remember the golden rules……. meet ppl face to face, take only cash, and take your time in trying the item out that you are buying (as they hold NO guarantees after purchase if things go wrong or are dangerous )
Hi All, It Seems that enogeorge06@gmail.com is still operating, i posted my car on gumtree and withing a couple of hours had an email from Eno! he wanted to pay the full asking price for the car, without seeing it, and had an agent to collect it for him, he also wanted to pay via paypal.
i responded that i only took cash and he went quiet.
My gut feel was that it was odd to buy a car without seeing it, and pay for it via paypal £2300!! so i found these posts and checked out the position on paypal.
we should expose these conmen as much as possible.
Regards Ian
And another one! This one was stupid enough to email from one address (s.peter.1020@gmail.com) and reply via another (jamppy13@gmail.com):
“Thanks for your quick response.I’m really satisfied with the condition of the item am buying it for my Son in UK.i will be offering you £1,300 for the item including parking/postage Via Royal Mail/Parcelforce.Payment will be made Via PayPal for safety measure.Do get back to me with your full name and your PayPal email address for the instant payment.
Thanks Alot.”
Have had an email from a ‘Favour Jossy’ (favour.jossy@yahoo.co.uk) saying the following about my MBP for sale:
“Thanks for your mail….i can’t pay you cash or collect the item from because am not in your town…so i willing to offer you £1300 so i need your paypal email to send the money into your paypal account right now.”
Guessing this one’s a scam…
Word or warning again
take note of any email from lara.davis3653@yahoo.co.uk – Some one attempted to scam me (pretty obvious though) in how they wanted to buy my car advertised and pay by Paypal, because she is at sea and her bank account does not have electronic access, what a load of bull and to put the icing on the cake she would have someone come and pick it up and take it away so that her son would get a surprise for his birthday.
I recieved this email and had a prompt response back advising me to “convenitently open a PayPal account at http://www.Paypal.com and then provide her the details”
FYI I have noticed that the email address lara.davis3653@yahoo.co.uk is not on this posting.
Hi there,
I posted an ad for my car on Gumtree last night, I received two emails this morning people wanting to know if it was still for sale. I did reply saying yes it was. After that I received and email back from both saying they are interested in buying it, sight unseen as work committment would not permit.
See emails below.
From: Ronald Cheeseman
Date: 26/02/2011 10:32:34 AM
To:
Subject: Re: Fw: Car enquiry
Thanks for mailing back,am ok with the condition and the price,i won’t be able to come for the inspection due to my work basis.
I have a private courier agent that will come for the pick up after the payment have been made …so no shipping included.
I will be paying you through PayPal acct,you can send me your PayPal email so i can pay in right away.If you don’t have a paypal account, you can easily set up one…log on to http://www.paypal.com.au and sign up. its very easy.please do get back to me with your PayPal email so i can proceed with the payment and contact the courier agent that will come to pick it up and deliver to my location.
Await your reply…..
Ronald.
and
From: Shirley Wilson
Date: 26/02/2011 3:42:03 PM
To: Tammy Davis
Subject: Re: Fw: Car enquiry
Hello,
Thanks for the swift reply, I am pleased with your price but I want you to get back to me with more pictures of the (interior,engine and the exterior) of this vehicle because i am presently in Malaysia on business and could not come over to check it out,but no worries as i am willing to handle the pick up of this vehicle through a legitimate shipping agent that has their headquarter situated in Malaysia, it will be picked up after payment, so i really need to know the mode of payment because i need this vehicle urgently. Hope to read from you asap
AS you can see, they are very similar. Thankfully, the most information they have is my email (looks, like it’s time to change to a new one)
As I was a little bit cautious about them wanting to make this purchase etc over the net, sight unseen. I told them, I am happy to go along with courier picking it up, but I wanted copies of QLD drivers licence, letter of authorisation to pick up and I wanted cash deposited directly into my bank account and that the car could only be picked up after the money was cleared in my account. I figured if they pay into my account they could do what they want witht the car from there, as long as the money is in my account.
Unfortunately, it seems, it’s too good to be true. Oh well, I’ll wait for someone legit to come along.
Keep watch people.
Hi all,
The scam artist emailing from this address: john.benson527@gmail.com is ever present. He even owns a facebook profile which I found by simply putting the email address in to the search bar.
Thanks for the input from other users regarding this jackass.
Mark
LES FIELD TRYED TO SCAM ME , THANKS TO YYOU GUYS FOR HELPING ME
HE WORKS AS A MARINE ENGINEER HE TELLS ME ,AND OFFERS MORE THAN YOU AUTCALLY WANT.
VIA EBAY !!!!!!!!
OMFG!! all thanks to you guys i was not scammed today. thankyou all!!! i was targetted by the Fedx and ukash scammers. They were convining but hell yh, thank god i looked up what ukash was, even though they miight be genuine but luckly i came to this thread. =)
I just had a response to an advert i put on a car sales site saying this person would get their courier to come and collect the car, they did not want to see it, nor did they argue the price at all. Luckily I googled this persons email address enogeorge06@gmail.com and came accross these messages that it was a scam! so thank you to all who have put records on here to say of their experiences… I could have nearly been carless and 6 grand in debt!!
S
im selling my htc desire for £210 (right now) and almost 10 mins after i had 2 offers one from “Brandy Dora offering £320″ and one from “Abel Christian offering £250″ BOTH WERE SCAMMERS ( i didn’t fall for them BTW ) BUT NEVER BELIEVE SOMETHING IF ITS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE OR ASK FOR SHIPPING ABROAD.
BE CAREFUL FRIENDS
Cant Beleive I actually begun to belive this crock of SH$T
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 40 pounds for the postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as a surprise present…I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m presently in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really appreciate your help. I will want us to sincerely deal with each other through PayPal Online Auction or Via Bank Transfer get back to me with the total cost of the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards.
I am so sick of this crap. Within minutes of posting an ad for a Sony Ericsson p990i, i got TWELVE yes TWELVE responses. ALL FROM SCAMMERS. Here is the funniest one though……….bloody tools,
from elaine chong
to Spike
date 22 February 2011 17:17
subject Re: Reply to your ad: Awesome P990i For Sale
mailed-by gmail.com
Signed by gmail.com
hide details 17:17 (2 hours ago)
hi
Thanks for the correspondence i’m willing to effect payment of £100
for the item including postage and packaging, i am buying for resale,
i have a shop where i sell new and fairly used goods. i can only
effect payment through paypal, kindly login to your paypal account and
select the request money button located at the top of your paypal
account homepage and send the paypal money request invoice directly to
my paypal account id which is elainechong01@yahoo.co.uk so that i can
submit payment to you via paypal right now because paypal is safe,
fast and easy to send and receive money online.If you don’t have a
paypal account just logon to http://www.paypal.com and set up your paypal
account, after setting up your paypal account you will see the request
money button at the top of your paypal account home page, use it to
request money directly from my paypal account which is
elainechong01@yahoo.co.uk once I receive your money request invoice
from paypal, I will submit payment to you via paypal asap.
please respond to me asap.
regards
Elaine.
On 2/22/11, Spike wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yes it’s till available, price as stated in the ad is £60.
>
> On 21 February 2011 09:11, wrote:
>
>> Hi there Spike, you have received a reply to your Gumtree posting “Awesome
>> P990i For Sale” (ad# 74333156) from :
>>
>> Is this item still available, what’s ur price?
Let’s just say, my reply to this would have made Gordon Ramsey blush!!!!!
Resist the Scammers, Send them nasty replies hahahahahahahahaha!
Hi, I just had a Lexxidoo Lexxi offer me over £300 for a £90 buggy ….. lol …. again to be posted out to 23401 Nigeria this is one of the emails we were sent
Thanks For your Response… How Much is your Last asking price? and
moreover, I am not in country now and i won’t be available for pick up
as am in the Spain with my Boss. I will like you to help me post it
to my sister’s son in 23401 Nigeria. He was posted there on a
programmer and i will like you to help me post it there Via Mail as a
gift from me. Let me know the cost of postage including the overall
costs as i will be paying Via PayPal just to be easy and safe.
Once I said no paypal and send me a postal order recorded I never heard back!!!
Glad I wasnt sucked into the scam as I dont work and the money is needed for the baby …. I woulda been sooo annoyed not to mention how pissed my husband woulda been … Anyway no damage done – JUST BE AWARE SCAMMERS ARE OUT THERE!!!!
As if i’m gunna post my wedding dress to South Africa!!!!
Check out this email!!!!
“Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 150 pounds for the postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as a Perfect Gift…I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m presently in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really appreciate your help. I will want us to sincerely deal with each other through PayPal Online Auction or Via Bank Transfer get back to me with the total cost of the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards”
SCAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMERS!!!!!!
Heres a new one.
nickwhite16@yahoo.co.uk
Please send first thing tomorrow to Lags, Nigeria. yeh ok… lol.
Got the fake paypal email and all.
Really glad I checked the internet first before doing anything. Got an email from “Richard hook ”
Hello thanks for your response,get back with the total cost for the
postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who
is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as surprise present…I
would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m presently in
Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really appreciate your
help. Send me a PayPal request of the total cost of the item plus the
postage cost and I’ll make the payment as soon as possible.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards
Good i live in uk as well but am buying it for my Nephew
How do i trust you but i wish to hear your voice by calling you
but right now i have a problem with my self cause am deaf i can not
call and receive that why i brought up this idea so about the PayPal
all you have to do now is to get back to me with your PayPal email id
to transfer the money immediately
Here is the Nephew Destination
Name : Adodo Jacob
Address:No 5 Agbowo UI
City : Ibadan
State : Oyo State
Country : Nigeria
Zip Code : 23402
Hi,
I just got the below message from Dr Anna Fanabaci:
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 50 pounds for the postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my boyfriend who is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as surprise present…I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m presently in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really appreciate your help. I will want us to sincerely deal with each other through PayPal Online Auction or Via Bank Transfer get back to me with the total cost of the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the payment asap.
As well as all the other hints that this is a scam I am selling a red swarovski heart shaped pendant that she apparently wants to buy for her boyfriend??? He must have strange tastes!
Scam Scam Scam!
I just got tried by this person, people BEWARE:
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 50 pounds for the postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as surprise present…I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m presently in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really appreciate your help. I will want us to sincerely deal with each other through PayPal Online Auction or Via Bank Transfer get back to me with the total cost of the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards.
God Bless you.
ROLAND BUSH SCAMMER!!
hi
i yesterday recived an email from a person called SANDRA WILSON again claiming she was a marine enginerr wanting to pay by paypal and so i thought it genuine until i was sent the suspicious emai, wanting me to send £200 through western union and the address was for nigera so i called paypal and they confirmed that it was fraud so i told her to get lost and shut of all contact with her .
i was selling 2 guitars for £250 and she offered me £300
i was so close to being scammed and it really scared me as i am new to paypal and only 18 but thnkfully i caught on just in time and didnt send any money through w/u
these scammers are really convincing so be warned
be careful
take care
gerard
I have just recieved a scam email from a Eno George (enogeorge06@gmail.com)
i very nearly fell for it as i really want my car sold but i stopped and thought about it. i am soooo glad i looked on the internet for paypal scams or i would have lost several grand
they were very persistant on paying paypal and kept asking for my paypal account
I had the same problem with “debbie” and “simon”, regarding a pitbike for my 14 year old son. Almost new, late 2010, great looking picture, but only £135.00. The minute we had registered our interest, it was taken off gumtree, which rang an alarm bell. Asked for UKash as well, but I rang FEDEX uk (01782 563322) and they confirmed a scam. I left an unprintable response on their email address’s and “debbies” mobile. One unhappy 14 year old. Peter.
I Email the seller of a macbook pro laptop asking if it was still available . Debbie the seller replied yes, I suggest we meet so I can view the laptop, she replied that she was very busy and was going out of town on business but she can send me the laptop via Fedex, I can pay COD. Suspecting a problem I agree just to see where this was going, I then received a call from a Simon claiming to work for Fedex. He suggest a delivery date and said he would confirm with an Email, I then received a genuine looking email from fedex stating laptop had been deposited, seconds later another email from Simon asking i send payment by UKash to Fedex ( email the 19 digit on the vouchers) before he can release the laptop. To confirm my suspicion I contacted Fedex (got their no online), and was informed it was a fraud.
I emailed Simon saying I did not know where to get UKash but can I send western union, he replied it must be UKash, I replied how about paypal , again he refused saying that the data protection act stops him accepting personal information from me, I then emailed Debbie saying that Simon was being unreasonable , she replied that I should pay for the laptop as she had already paid the shipping cost . I then emailed Simon asking to be put in touch with his manager, The email stopped after that. The price of the laptop was too good to be true and I can see how someone can be drawn in with this con, so beware there is some new ads which appear similar to the one I replied too on gumtree.
I’ve just had this done to me the guy wanted the camera i was selling to be sent to Nigeria. Im so furious this is the second time someone has tried to scam me
Same here with nigerian scam….goes like this…..
Hi there KAREN, you have received a reply to your Gumtree posting “ROYAL SALUTE LADIES WATCH” (ad# 54771630) from sarahmcmurray12@gmail.com
Here’s your message:
Is your item available?
I replied
Hi Sarah
I have still got the watch if you are still interested.
Cheers
Karen
Scammer replied
> Hiya thanks for your quick response, i really want to buy this item
> off you but i want it for my friend who has just been posted to West
> Africa on a training course, i want to send it as a Birthday Present,
> i would have loved to come for the collection and post it myself but
> I’m not in the UK presently, I’m in Finland with my boss on a business
> trip, so I’ll really be happy if you can help me out. I will be
> offering you £30 for the postage cost…. kindly reply me with a
> PayPal money request for the total cost of the item plus the postage
> cost that I’m offering and I’ll make the payment asap. I hope to read
> from you soon.
>
> Regards,
So, I replied with this with no answer back(surprise surprise!)…
Dont think so…Do you think I’m daft??????????????
So watch out for the dirty bassas
hi, i was stupid and gul;lible and realised just after i sent the item that it was a scam! just managed to stop the parcel before it went out of the country thank god! just got to try and claim my money back now
Hi All
Good to see everyone exposing the scammers, but I have a query. How does telling someone YOUR paypal payment details lead to a scam? All anyone can do with the address is send money to it, you cant withdraw from it without apassword. Can you? Or have I missed something??
Genuine question!
Spender
ps Keep up the good fight people
I received this email from someone trying to buy an item off me which I was selling for £40, she was offering me £70 which made me suspicious straight away especially as on the ad I was only allowing local pick-up, no delivery. Avoid these email address’ if you come across them:
Hi,
I am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £70 which
include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the request
money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage and
send the money request directly to my paypal account id which is
daisyhooper01@yahoo.co.uk so that i can submit payment to you via
paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and receive
money online. If you don’t have a paypal account just login to
http://www.paypal.com and set up your paypal account, after setting up your
paypal account you locate the request money button located at the top
of your paypal account home page, use it to request money directly
from my paypal account which is daisyhooper01@yahoo.co.uk once I
receive your money request from paypal, I will submit payment to you
via paypal asap.
Get back asap.
Daisy
She sent it via this email address daisyhooper02@gmail.com
Be aware people!
Yep, similar tale. Went through the whole rigmarole until I received an obviously fake paypal email telling me to ship the item. I googled the actual email address (helpcenter@accountant.com) and the first three hits mentioned Nigerian scammers.
Even before that I was suspicious – I was offered €170 for an item I was selling for €120 – remember, if it looks too good to be true it generally is…
I sold a HTC on facebook and thought when i sent it i would get money, i phoned pay pal and they told me i had been scammed..
I sent it to Nigeria, i now have £130 less in my pocket and feel like an idiot.
I have just received 2 Gumtree scam e-mails today, one from angela.williams30@yahoo.com and the other from kingsleymark9@gmail.com. Both were insistant that they wanted to buy my Gucci watch and pay by Paypal/bank transfer. Never, ever let anyone pay, by any other means than face to face cash! The scam e-mail reads
Hello, I was just browsing through gumtree to see if i can get a very good and nice new year gift for a very good friend and a colleague of mine who has just been posted abroad on a training course on Environmental pollution while i have being posted to Asia on a training course on Population so we are into exchange of gifts with each other, and i came across your lovely item.
I want to know if the item is in its top condition,I will like you to help me send the item down to my friend in Lagos Nigeria on my behalf as i am due to leave for Asia soon so won’t be able to receive the item here in the state..I will be offering you 50 pounds for the postage via Royal Mail International Signed For,with p&p, so i will quickly want you to get back to me with the total cost including your pay pal e-mail address or if i can make payment via bank transfer also get back to me with your item number on gumtree and your full name for me to make the payment.
Hope to read from you soon…
God bless.
SCAMMED
WAS TOLD TO SEND TO THE BELOW
SCAM WAS FOR MY IPHONE
SO ANGRY
Anuoluwa Lekan
112,Akerele Street
Surulere Lagos
23401 Nigeria.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Regards.
Hello, I was just browsing through gumtree to see if i can get a very good and nice new year gift for a very good friend and a colleague of mine who has just been posted abroad on a training course on Environmental pollution while i have being posted to Asia on a training course on Population so we are into exchange of gifts with each other, and i came across your lovely item.
Here is another one:
I want to know if the item is in its top condition,I will like you to help me send the item down to my friend in Lagos Nigeria on my behalf as i am due to leave for Asia soon so won’t be able to receive the item here in the state..I will be offering you 50 pounds for the postage via Royal Mail International Signed For,with p&p, so i will quickly want you to get back to me with the total cost including your pay pal e-mail address or if i can make payment via bank transfer also get back to me with your item number on gumtree and your full name for me to make the payment.
Hope to read from you soon…
God bless.
Here’s one I received today from “mariakarey54@gmail.com then the response from “Maria Karey [mariakarey54@yahoo.co.uk]” in response to me add in Aitutrader for my BMW X5 = Thanks for the prompt response I will like to buy the car for my Son
as a birthday gift and I am currently at an industry exhibition as a
engineer I really want the goods to be a surprise for my Son so i
wont let him know anything about the goods until it gets delivered to
him, i am sure he will be more than happy with the Product.i will
need you to give me your PayPal email address and the price so i can
make the payments asap for the goods and pls if you don’t have PayPal
account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.co.uk and get
it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail
address you use for registration with PayPal so as to put the money
through.
Thanks Steve
Hello everybody
I have received this suspecious email. First thing I did, I copied and pasted their email address on google, and hey presto, I found this wonderful Alert message from gumtree. Thank you for this. Here is the message that I have received.
Hello Sebastian,
Thanks for the reply.Thanks for the pictures,I want the pictures 34 and 36 but unfortunately,I cant be able to meet you.Having gone through the item,I want you to know that,I am satisfy with condition and the price of the items.I live in Oldham,but I wouldnt be able to meet you for collection due to the nature of My Job and moreover I am buying this item for My boy friend as a Valentine gift abroad.Due to this,I have made inquiry from Royal Mail the postage cost of the item abroad and I was told £20.I will appreciate if you can help Me send the item directly to him.I have set up a PayPal account so I can pay you with.Kindly Request thepayment to:joleenjakey@gmail.com
As soon as I receive the request I will get payment done.
Thanks.
Joleen.
I was selling a sofa. Got e-mail very quick saying “Thank you very much for the response. Considered this as sold kindly remove the items from the site, i am okay with the condition and I will be happy to buy it. Note that you will not be responsible for shipping and handling. My shipping company will come to your location for pick up. Kindly provide me your name and full address so i can forward it to the shipping company to calculate the cost of pick up for me.Do get back to me as soon as possible” from Meries Laurence. It is a scam! Beware!
[...] is a boys name btw too. edit: just searched fo rthe satisfied of condition etc line and came with this from gumtree. Pull up pull [...]
Hey everyone,
PLEASE don’t go forward with any PayPal transactions. You will regret it.
If you are ever going to do business on Gumtree, make sure you do it face to face, that they are preferably local and you have spoken to them on a number which isn’t foreign. Believe me, I know Im saying nothing new but there are tons of scammers around and I was about to fall for it and would have lost out on several hundred pounds.
Don’t deal via PayPal! It’s just another NIGERIAN scam. Hope these scammers die a horrible, slow, painful and undignified death.
i put a ps2 on gumtree for £30- had email from Daisy Hooper asking what the price was to which i replied £30.
I then got an email from her saying she would pay £100 (incl postage) and i should log into paypal and send a moey request to her. i was instantly suspicious as she was willing to pay such an inflated price. so i came googled scams and found this- send an email back to her with the link to this page.
if it looks too good to be true…it is!
n
sharronbidwell@gmail.com :Sharron Bidwell
coldboldgold@gmail.com: Kelvin Brown
perkjulian@gmail.com: Julian Perkins
All of them use the same method. Do not accept any deal with them…
Thomas.
Hi I also received an email by this lady ‘Daisy Hooper’ for my Camera advert and when i googled the address it led me to this page. I also received a similar email from Falkland for my used printer and the postage the lady was willing to pay was more than the price of it. Everyone beware of such scams!
……………………………………………………………
Hi there,
The extra money is to cover the postage and packaging as I am
currently on duty inside a ship at the sea in UK as a naval officer.
I am actually buying the item a gift for my son as who is currently
working with a company abroad
My son’s Address is
Engr. O James.
43 Bembo Road, Elere Area,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, NIGERIA
Tel: 2347055195623
He is presently an Electrical Engineer in one Telecommunication
Company overthere.
Kindly post the Item directly to him via royal mail international
signed for. Mark the package as a gift item with the note “A GIFT FROM
YOUR MUM” boldly written on the body of the package. I look forward to
receive your money request through paypal soon so that I can deposit
funds to your account.
Thanks and nice buying from you.
……………………………………………………….
Good day
Thanks for the correspondence i will like to make payment for the item, my son is having his birthday soon so i intend to get it for him, how do i pay i am currently offshore in falkland island as a civil engineer i have a project there. i will not be able to come pick it in person, i have a PAYPAL account, i will make payment to you through paypal account, i am ready to make an extra £10 payment for shipment. if you dont have a paypal account you can go to http://www.paypal.com to get an account and send me your paypal account payment details where you want me to make the payment. please respond to me asap.
regards
mercy johnson
………………………………………………………………..
Another scam – wow these guys are try-hards!!! Danny Koplen is another name to watch out for!!
Email from the scammer:
Thanks For Getting back to me I am buying this item for my cousin as
a Birthday Gift and i am at sea at the moment as i am a Ship Officer
and due to the nature of my work,phone calls making and visiting of
website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert
and send you an email regarding it.i will like to purchase this
car/truck and i will not want him to know i am getting it for him so i
just want it to be a surprise gift,so due to the nature of my work i
will not be able to come show up,I insisted on paypal because i don’t
have access to my bank account online as i don’t have internet
banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c
attached to it, i will need you to give me your paypal email address
and the price so i can make the payments asap for it and pls if you
don’t have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to
http://www.paypal.com and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only
need the e-mail address you use for registration with paypal so as to
put the money through and once the money has been confirmed,i have a
shipping agent for the pickup.
Similar to the above, someone saying they were in Finland and needed my posted to their girlfriend in West Africa in time for valentines day. Requested PayPal details and shipping to the following address:
Joseph Bonapate
108 Akerele Street,
Surulere Lagos
23401 Nigeria.
email address was smithanderson793@yahoo.com
My first time selling through Gumtree but was suspicious and googled the address – which brought me to this page as the address had been used before
This was my first email using the name David Brown
Hello
i will like to know the condition of this item?
And this is my second email
Hello
Am Interested ,How i wish to come and view what am buying from you.but am currently out of state….i’m a marine engineer who’s on a ship right now at Bermuda……I would want you to know that i will be paying via PayPal and i would pay the paypal transfer charges too…due to the distance as i’m in Bermuda presently…I want you to provide me with the following information for me to proceed with the Payment…
Name
Your PayPal e-Mail Address :
Amount
Cell Phone
I would like you to know that after i make the payment i would tell my Private Courier Service to come and pick it up at your address once you receive the payment into your PayPal account.
Have a nice day.
If I wasn’t selling a car I might have fell for this scam!
Yeh I dragged out one conversation with one of these scammers for a while. Here is the end of the chat session in which ‘Kelvin’ asked me to transfer 2100 quids through WU to some guy in Heathrow.
me: 1900 or 2100?
Kelvin: 2100
me: ok thanks
do you know what cloaca is?
Kelvin: lol
me: find out what else your mother used it for other than spawning you and your tadpole brothers and sisters
Nearly got scam but thankfully, realised my mistake as another ‘buyer’ (Jaffer Baloch) sent me an almost identical email to the one below only hours after this ones:
Hello Drine,
Thanks for the reply.Unfortunately,I cant be able to meet you.Having gone through the item,I want you to know that,I am satisfy with condition and the price of the item.I live in Oldham,but I wouldnt be able to meet you for collection due to the nature of My Job and moreover I am buying this item for My boy friend as a Valentine gift abroad.Due to this,I have made inquiry from Royal Mail the postage cost of the item abroad and I was told £25.I will appreciate if you can help Me send the item directly to him.I have set up a PayPal account so I can pay you with.Kindly Request thepayment to:joleenjakey@gmail.com
As soon as I receive the request I will get payment done.
Thanks.
Joleen.
ok and i will like you to know that i am shipping itb to my sister and
i will pay for the ship[ping cost ok an i will pay via paypal ok so i
will pay 100 pounds including shipping cost ok so i will like you to
send me your paypal money request so that i can proceed with the
payment.
ok i have receive your paypal money request ok and i will proceed with
the payment ok and i will mail you once the payment is made..
This scammer sent his request from lanasmith1010@gmail.com & thelmabuches@gmail.com
But he never gave his contact details
Beware this two emails address are scammers
There’s a scammer around, calling himself Walter Bullock, waltbullock@gmail.com
wanted to get my car posted on Gumtree Melbourne and pay by PayPal, when I told him, I’ll only take cash, he refused to make the deal.. all very fishy.
Thanks for your response,
I will want to know the recent condition of this item and its total
amount.I ‘m sending it to someone as a Birthday Gift in West
Africa(Nigeria),via Royal Mail International Signed For,but
unfortunately I’m not opportune to come get the item myself,so i will
really appreciate if you can kindly post the item for me which i will
offer you the sum of £50 for postage and packaging of the items
Abroad.
I will want us to sincerely deal with each other through PayPal Online
Auction or Via Bank Transfer,cause i believe its safe for both of
us..I will love you to get back to me with all the answers and also
PayPal money request or your bank details and the overall cost of the
total amount plus p&p and your gumtree ad number,so payment can be
made asap and i can get back to you with the postage address.
I await your quick response
Regards..
Look people! It’s simple……Anybody asking you to pay via PayPal and wants it done urgently is obviously trying to scam you….their broken English screams SCAMMER! from the hills. Setup filters in your email with phrases from the emails you receive, they all have very similar wording
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I don’t know why they bother with these warnings. Anyone who deals with anyone from Nigeria, or indeed any of the African countries, deserves all they get. Period.
I just posted my Blackberry.
7 minuites later i recived this:
Hello, I’ve just seen your ad on Gumtree get back to me if you accept Paypal
> as your secure payment.
I REPLED:
I would possibly accept it. Or a straight to bank transfer.
> Where do you live.
> I prefer face to face over gumtree as there’s a lot of strange replys coming
> back. I don’t feel it’s safe at the moment.
HE REPLIED:
Thanks very much for your quick respond actually i will love
to buy them for my daughter who is currently studying @ British
International School In West Africa i will be much happy if you can
mail it for her honestly i don’t really know the shipping cost so may be it
will be lest than £59.69 Royal mail. kindly get
Back with your Paypal invoice for the payment..
SO I REPLIED
hahahahahahahahahahahahah YOUR HILARIOUS
We all know what your up to idiot – try again !!
check out this link http://blog.gumtree.com/paypal-scam-alert/ all warnings about scams people claiming to have relatives in west africa now go take a run and jump before i hunt you down chop you into a million tiny pieces and ship u to west africa!!!! DONT MESS WITH GLASGOW GUMTREE
I too received this from Carey Seagal… thankfully I googled his name prior to agreeing to sale and came across this site.
——
Thanks for the prompt response..I fully understand the condition of what i am buying. I’m ready to buy it now for my personal use but am not local and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it.Note that you will not be responsible for shipping and handling. My shipping company will come to your location for the pick up. Kindly provide me your name and full address so i can forward it to the shipping company to calculate the cost of pick up for me. And concerning the payment, i will prefer PayPal because i don’t have access to my bank account online as i don’t have internet banking but i can pay from my PayPal account because i have my bank account attached to it. I will also need you to give me your PayPal email address so i can make the payments immediately and if you don’t have an account with PayPal yet, it is very easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.com and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with PayPal so as to deposit the fund. So get back to me with the following details:
Your Full Name:
The Pick Up Address including Zip Code:
Your PayPal email address for the payment.
Thanks and in anticipation of your response.
Best Regards,
Carey..
please dont be fooled i nearly was but had a gut feeling and googled paypal scam , thanks for the info , this was from a scammer who called himself martin emery :
I need this for my girl friend.My girlfriend has moved with her father>> and they are currently living In West Africa. the father has a company>> there and this am buying for her as a birthday present.>> My friend told me it will cost about 100pounds for its postage. I will>> really appreciate your effort if you can help me send it to her on my>> behalf as her birthday comes up just next weekend.>> Send me your Bank name, Account name, account number and sort code.>> i will make the payment to include 100 pounds for its postage via>> Royal mail International.>> I await your response.
I THEN REPLIED WITH :
> im sorry but i cant do that , if you want the xbox you can pick it up from me or i can deliver it to you and exchange for cash.
I THEN RECIEVED:
hello mate there is no problem due to the scam going on with PayPalthat is why am afraid of using PayPal you can get back to me with yourPayPal email address so that i can make the payment asap.
PLEASE DONT BE FOOLED PEOPLE
hi i posted add to sell my car… beware of this add n lady is a lady I call this scum!!
Hi
Thanks for the prompt response.. i am willing to proceed with the transaction now, i am buying the vehicle for my son upon his request, i work in royal navy, phone calls making and visiting of websites are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really want to buy the vehicle for my son, i am sure he will be more than happy with the vehichle because its exactly what he told me he wanted. I insist on paypal as a method of payment because i don’t have access to my bank account online as i don’t have internet banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it already, i will need you to give me your paypal account name and email address of your paypal account so that i can proceed with the payment or you could just login to your paypal account if you already have one and use the request money button at the top of your paypal account home page and send the paypal money request invoice to my paypal account which is amypratt001@yahoo.co.uk so that i can send payment to your account as soon as possible for the vehicle and pls if you don’t have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, just go to http://www.paypal.co.com and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the name on the paypal account and e-mail address you use for registration with paypal so as to get the money transferred to your paypal account asap or you could just use the request money button at the top of your paypal account home page and send the paypal money request invoice to my paypal account which is amypratt001@yahoo.co.uk so that i can send payment to your account asap. I have a pick up agent that will come and pick up the vehicle after i have made the payment and you have it cleared in your account.
Thanks
Amy.
this is another scam!!! so beware!! xx
I am trying to sell my car on Autotrader and got the same response as Bob (31st january) from Linda Megan. Within the same day I also got a similar response from a “Micheal John”. Both told me that they are oceanists and would be away and out of phone contact but could pay via PayPal and have the car collected. When I said I would be happy to sell but required a deposit before I agreed to remove the ad, I got no response.
Just got scammed by “Kerri Lippert”. Email addresses are nickkytomi122@gmail.com and gbengaeba@hotmail.com. This is my 1st time using paypal and so when I got a lot of offical looking emails from paypal, I thought they were genuine. The “paypal” email address used was sellersverificationlinks@accountant.com. I thought it was a reasonable precaution of paypal not to release money until proof that item was sent. It’s not, I just spoke to customer services and they say they never hold money, unless there’s a despute.
Very angry at myself, as have sent item which can’t be recalled unless 1st delivery attempt fails.
Also, obviously not content with getting the item free, and having me out of the postage amount, they then contacted me to say that paypal had overdebited their account by £200 and I had to refund that to them via western union before paypal would release the funds to me. Thats adding insult to injury!
I put my bed up for sale and by the next morning I had 5 scam artists sitting in my inbox. You would think they would at least learn how to string a proper sentence together. Here are their email addresses:
Meries Laurence
Merry Laureneces
chris jean
Fing Scott
tHERESA Modupeore B
Hope these fraudulent jerks get what they deserve, which is nothing!
Got this respoonse to add from “Kathleen Brown “. Beware.
Thanks for your prompt response. I would have love to come in person
for the item. but right now am out for a business trip so i will like
you to help me post the item to West Africa. Am presenting
it for my son for his upcoming birthday.
I will be offering you additional 200 pounds for the post via(ROYAL MAIL). Just
get back to me with your PayPal email address or Bank details so i can
make the payment and send you the shipping address.
Thanks.
Why is my comment still awaiting moderation when there are newer comments? Does Gumtree want to hide the scamming? Are you involved in scamming?
i got one and i thought its suspicious as i got a so called paypal email which i knew was fake. i always check my account for legitimated payments, that how i knew
I got caught out by this scam as well selling my car on gumtree, the email went as follows:
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 $550 for pick up and delivery, and payments for pick up made through them is made to their corporate international headquarters which is in the united kingdom and the payments is made through western union money transfer, i will add the $550 to the money i will send through PayPal as soon as i have made the payments, i will email you and let you know and please i will need you to help me send the money to my pick up agent Hq in the UK through western union money transfer, this can be done from any post office ,there is always western union money transfer section in most post offices(you can do it online as well at http://www.westernunion.com),i would have done it myself but as i am at sea and didn’t bring my credit card aboard, i am a little incapacitated.I will appreciate your help here.
WARNING EVERYONE BE CAREFUL, THESE PEOPLE ARE SCUM!!!!!!!!
I put my mothers car in autotrader to sell as she passed away in december,within a day i got some lady called LINDA MEGAN who was going away on business as she was a oceanographer and wanted to buy it for her son,she was prepared to buy the car without seeing it and have someone collect it,she would pay full price via paypal,luckily i read gumtree and told her to get lost and i was reporting her to interpol,as of yet i have had no reply,funny that lol,so it isnt just ebay and gumtree these scammers operate so be careful
Posted a laptop and received already 2 scams:
1.
Hello xxxx,
Thanks for the reply.Having gone through the item,I want you to know that,I am satisfy with condition and the price of the item.I live in Oldham,but I wouldnt be able to meet you for collection due to the nature of My Job and moreover I am buying this item for My boy friend as a gift abroad.Due to this,I have made inquiry from Royal Mail the postage cost of the item abroad and I was told £95.I will appreciate if you can help Me send the item directly to him.I have set up a PayPal account so I can pay you with.Kindly Request the payment to:rhinozaraributhy@gmail.com
As soon as I receive the request I will get payment done.
Thanks.
Rhinozara.
2.
Thanks getting back to me Alfonso i agree with all your desire and the total cost,am going to send you
£1800 which include the cost of the item and shipping,the item is going to ship to my store keeper as a
gift,so i await your PayPal id so i can send you the money now and you can still make the shipment possible
as soon as you confirm the payment made by me from PayPal transfer,friend i will not be able to send you
the money via another payment method due to scam practice have pass through before so i want you to keep
your trust in me as we proceed with the transaction.Am into a serious business
Hope to read from you
Hope this help to someone else.
posted iphone today had 3 of these scammers straight away first one had my spider sences tingling second one confirmed what my spider sences were telling me third one …….well
ive read some of these comments and the people are up there (on comments) people plz be AWARE
THEY SEEM REAL BUT ARE NOT
Just got this today tried threatening me with interpol because I cancelled the money request
From: Dickson Badmus
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 12:34 PM
To: Lisa
Subject: Re: Reply to your ad: sony ericsson w995 unlocked
Hello Seller,
Thanks for the mail,i want you know that am ready for to buy this item for my best friend that went for a special duty in abroad and am going to offer you £220 cos i have promised him that the item will be send before Tuesday,so kindly help me out of this,I will be paying you via Bank Transfer or Western Union,i want you to know that am going to add extra £70 the amount for the postage so that you will not have problem with the postage,How i wish to view the item,but due to my job i cant make it cos am a sailor,busy sealing and presently now am in Bermuda coast for a business proposal,so i promise and going to make the payment fast and that’s only Bank Transfer or Western Union payment since is the payment method that is fast and safe…so kindly get back to me with your Details so that i can remit the fund in to your account ASAP.
Thanks
heres what i do, i wait untill they tell me that they have sent the money via paypal, some stupidly offer to pay 3 ties as much if you can send to Nigeria, then when i get the address of where to send I write an official looking email stating i am from theBritish Embassy in Nigeria and Head of the Fraud squad and that in the next few days British police officers will visit the address that they provided me with!! they never reply, plus as they give away their address I was so tempted to send a parcel full of my own excriment to them, and would love to see the look on their faces when they open it!! Foriegn swines!!
Dear Customer,
Thank you for using Pay Pal for your on line auctions. We at Pay Pal are ensuring that all our customers and auction site are fraud free.
In our efforts to secure our merchants, We are now receiving payments for items that are to be shipped internationally through our secure server. This is to ensure that the seller and buyer do their responsibility in every transaction we handle.
We have now received and confirmed payment from the buyer of your Gumtree Item. This payment is currently ***PENDING*** to be credited into your account due to the security measures we have taken. You are now required to ship out the item and send us the shipment reference number for verification of shipment. As soon as we have verified the shipment which normally takes about 5 minutes, your account will be credited with the full payment. This security methods have been taken due to fraudulent sellers on Gumtree , if you click the links below you will see an example of these sellers:
If you have any question about your payment contact us our representative on: ship.postmenn@representative.com or +44 702-401-0914
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4386952.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4385956.stm
We await the shipment reference number for verification so we can credit your account immediately. Note that you are advised not to send out the shipment reference number to the buyer until we have verified the shipment and credited your account.
Thank you for using Pay Pal!
The Pay Pal Team.
The scammers are working again
I am selling a car and I did post the info on regional sites. One of the sites published in several places also in UK. And so:
1) First e-mail from the scammer (Wanda Cross, wandacross6@gmail.com):
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Hello,Is it still for sale?
2) My answer
Hi,
Yes, my Cougar is for sale.
I do not know if you know my location. I am from xxxxxxxx near Warszawa (Poland) http://maps.google.com/maps?rest of the url]
There are more pictures (including original size ones) here [URL removed]. The page is in Polish but you may use Google Translate to read its contents See http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=pl&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=pl&tl=en&u=URL removed]
3) Again e-mail from wandacross6@gmail.com
Hello.
Good….When last was it serviced, how long have you owned it?? What is the last price for the car,I would love to be to know more about the Present condition of the Car and the Car Service History..I will be paying you through PayPal,which is a fast, safe and reliable method of payment.. ..And i will take care of all Transportation Preparations for the vehicle to my home in London,Uk.
Please Advice.
4) E-mail from me (from this moment I had strange feeling that sth is not OK)
Hi Wanda,
The car was lat serviced in July 2010. It was standard service (oil, oil filter, air and cabin filters). [the cut part of the e-mail]
I own it since October 2008. I did 30 000 km. The last price is 15000 PLN which is somewhere around 3260 Pounds.
But Wanda, I wonder if you really want to purchase a car not seeing it. I would prefer to sell it to someone that I could present the car personally, show its great sides and that not so good. General present condition is really good: interior/exterior is excellent, engine is good. I think that there are some Ford Cougars in UK also in general very good condition and comparable price. You would also have to cover transportation costs and probably some taxes. Also the car has a steering wheel on the left which makes it pretty hard to use in UK.
If the above is OK with you I may translate all service history into English I have (my service history plus major upgrades by previous owner, whom I knew personally for years).
5) Next e-mail from Wanda Cross
Thanks so much for the mail,,I am willing to offer you £3,200 for it,please let me know if you accept my offer, i will be paying you through PayPal because its fast and secure and the only method for me to make the payment to you and i will be arranging for the pick up of the auto at your house door step,hope you have a PayPal Account kindly send me your PayPal Email and Your Full Name so the payment can be made right away,Or you can open one at http://www.PayPal.com
6) Knowing now for sure that this is a scam I suggested to sell it via ebay. In case it was not a scam – almost impossible
Hi,
The best way for me would to sell you through ebay. This will allow you to pay via PayPay and be secure for both sides. Then of course we may arrange the pickup.
7) Still not received e-mail from Wanda… But it does not matter. Will inform if this is not a scam – which is unlikely
Latest one:
I want you to know that payment have been made for your Item and it as been deducted from my account and hope to hear from you when you get the payment confirmation from pay pal please you can also check your junk or spam email for payment confirmation and here is the address to send the item to below:
Anuoluwa Lekan
112,Akerele Street
Surulere Lagos
23401 Nigeria.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Regards.
Very grateful for all the posts here. My first time selling on Gumtree and the first response was offering double the price to send abroad – promptly told her to sling her hook!
Hello, I was just browsing through gumtree to see if i can get a very good and nice new year gift for a very good friend and a colleague of mine who has just been posted abroad on a training course on Environmental pollution while i have being posted to Asia on a training course on Population so we are into exchange of gifts with each other, and i came across your lovely item.
Here is another one:
I want to know if the item is in its top condition,I will like you to help me send the item down to my friend in Lagos Nigeria on my behalf as i am due to leave for Asia soon so won’t be able to receive the item here in the state..I will be offering you 50 pounds for the postage via Royal Mail International Signed For,with p&p, so i will quickly want you to get back to me with the total cost including your pay pal e-mail address or if i can make payment via bank transfer also get back to me with your item number on gumtree and your full name for me to make the payment.
Hope to read from you soon…
God bless.
Usual Nigerian scam – seem that some people over there just can’t resist the idea of something stealing something bright and shiny and a bit expensive from gullible people over here. Mr Abel Christian wanted my new iPod 3G 64GB sending to his brother in Ogun State, Zip 23403, Nigeria. I was sent emails ‘from PayPal’ with an address at onlinecontactmail at mail2consultant dot com telling me he’d paid and the funds would be released when they had a shipment/tracking number… I think not! After stringing him along a bit, Mr. Christians last mail to me includes: “I promise you that you will die for delaying the shipment of the item because i have paid for the item and your money has been deducted from my account and i want you to proceed with the shipment of the item now because my lawyer has been involved in this transaction and he is ready to do and undo in other for you to die in jail and i promise you that you will die in jail and go to hell because you are very stupid……you are a son of a b”"ch and big a***ole…….” Why is there no way for Gumtree to filter out these idiotic time-wasters?
can’t
i have a similar story but thanks to everyone on here i never sent the goods. I had emails from a anita walter wanting my email address. they said same old story about paypal and to send it to this address I want to inform you that i have made the payment and paypal had
deducted the money from my account including postage fee through royal
mail first class delivery…..i want you to proceed with posting of
the item and get back to me with the postage tracking number as soon
as you back from post
Here is the posting address
Name:Matthew Fadeyi
Address:06.bp.946 pttpk3,5 Akpakpa
State/City:Cotonou
Country:Benin Republic
Thanxx
if i were selling again i would never send anything to AFRICA again just report it straight away. things need to be done about this scamming
Template anyone?
Got a pair of headphones on sale, got an email within minutes of the add going up. Sound familiar?
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Hello Mate,
Having gone through the item, am satisfy with condition and the price.I live in Tayside Region,Manchester,but I wouldn’t be able to meet you for collection for the moment i’m out of country due to the nature of my Job and moreover I am buying this item for my nephew studying abroad as a Birth day gift. Due to this, I have made inquiry from Royal Mail and the postage cost of the item abroad and I was told £10. I will appreciate if you can help me send the item directly to him. I have set up a PayPal account so I can pay you with. Kindly Request the payment via:amandadreasson@gmail.com as soon as I receive the request, I will get payment done.
Thanks
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yes the old paypal scam. i have had more than 6 in the last 3 days alone. its a bit suspicious when they offer you£100 over the asking price. and its always its a gift for a friend abroad
Just got this, he was offering £50 more than I was asking so I replied asking where he was located
On 26 Jan 2011, at 14:29, May Kil wrote:
thanks for your quick response,i want to
purchase the item for my kid for birthday
will be offering you £450 including postage
and package abroad ,so kindly get back to
me with your paypal email ,so that i can
make the payment asap here is my mobile in
case you need to call me 0702 403 8822
so he sent this:
i live in wales ,work in island with united nation but want it posted to nigeria to my son there.thanks
Be aware of daisyhopper01@yahoo.co.uk and daisyhopper02@gmail.com i put an advert in Cardiff gumtree for my laptop and she enquired stupid me thinking she lived in the uk.Anyway she asked for my paypal address and i gave her it she put the money in my paypal account and that’s when i relised she lived i Nigeria same old story she was away at the moment on a ship and it was for her son has a gift.I cancelled paypal and told her i was not willing to post to Nigeria keep getting these emails now saying i have got her money and i am a theif and from paypal saying they are going to close my account in 48 hours if i do not send proof that i have posted the item.I have told her i have blocked her and if i do owe her money to go through paypal only.
Her son’s address looks very familiar to other people’s dealings
Engr. O James.
> 43 Bembo Road, Elere Area,
> Ibadan, Oyo state
> 234002, NIGERIA
> Tel: 2347055195623
“Robyn” from an email address “globalmail.com” offering more than my husband wanted for his LCD telly and offering to pay him via pay pal if he submits his email address. Again English not good, same old story.
I’m advertising to sell my car and received this messages. Definitely appears to be a scam to me. exact same as Ron posted on 11.01.2011
Dont use thomasclay10@live.com
Thanks For Getting back to me.I have seen the pictures you have sent to me and i like what i saw.I would be expecting the pictures of the engine as soon as you have them.As for the price,£6995 is a good price for me.However,I am buying this car for my darling mum as a Birthday Gift and i am working offshore at the moment as i am a petro-chemical engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really want it to be a surprise for my mum so i wont let her know anything about it until it gets delivered to her, i am sure she will be more than happy with it. I insisted on pay-pal because i don’t have access to my bank account online as i don’t have internet banking, but i can pay from my pay-pal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your pay-pal email address and the price so i can make the payments asap for it and please if you don’t have pay-pal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.com and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with pay-pal so as to put the money through. I have a pick up agent that will come and pick it up after i have made the payment.
Hi
More Paypal buyer scammers to be aware of … This guy has contacted three times on three different email address, insists I use Paypal when I have stated cash only, apparently abroad at the moment….stinks of scam scam scam !! Read his story, similar to others I guess ….. You have to read between the lines… The warning sign was that the first email came within minutes of the ad being placed.
Watch out for Bobby Gerrard!!
email address used by same person so far..
bgerrard400@yahoo.co.uk
ACOOLSCOT@YAHOO.CO.UK
amanged2000@yahoo.co.uk
The last email… (after this I pointed out that this is a scam, he has not replied since)
HI,
Thanks for the prompt response………i am willing to proceed with the transaction now, i am buying the Item as a gift for my son new apartment, i will like to offered you £550 and i am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really want the Item to be a surprise gift for my son so i wont let him know anything about the Item until it gets delivered to him, i am sure he will be more than happy with the Item . I insisted on paypal because i don’t have access to my bank account online as i don’t have internet banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your paypal account name, email address and your final asking price so i know how much i am transferring in order for me to proceed with the payment or you could just login to your paypal account if you already have one and use the request money button at the top of your paypal account home page and send the payment money request invoice to my paypal account which is ACOOLSCOT@YAHOO.CO.UK so that i can send payment to your account asap for the Item and pls if you don’t have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.co.uk and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the name on the paypal account and e-mail address you use for registration with paypal so as to get the money transfer into your paypal account or you could just use the request money button at the top of your paypal account home page and send the payment money request invoice to my paypal account which is ACOOLSCOT@YAHOO.CO.UK so that i can send payment to your account asap. I have a pick up agent that will come and pickup the Item after i have transfer the funds into your account…
I will also appreciate it if you could email me some pictures of the Item.
You can ring me on +447045761187 if i am chanced to receive your call, i will do.
Thanks
Bobby Gerrard
I have been talking to a woman all morning and only twiged on once i received the same kind of email from a different person…such as im buying for a friend/ family member over seas please use paypal i will pay you more of the asking price and 20£ post and packagin. i was only askin for 50 and ended up after a few emails getttig 90 £.
I got emails from ” PAYPAL ” saying that i had o show proof of shipment then money would be put into my account. this is when i kind of became aware but thought it was still ok.
Send email
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From: Kerri Lippert (nickkytom12@gmail.com)
Sent: 24 January 2011 09:42:40
To: kirsty lapworth (kirstyl89@hotmail.co.uk)
Thanks for your reply i am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you 70 so ifyou accept my offer.kindly login to your paypal account and select therequest money button located at the top of your paypal accounthomepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account idwhich is gbengaeba@hotmail.com so that i can submit payment to you viapaypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and receivemoney online. If you don’t have a paypal account just logon to http://www.paypal.com andsetup your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account youlocate the request money button located at the top of your paypalaccount home page, use it to request money directly from my paypalaccount which is gbengaeba@hotmail.com once I receive your moneyrequest from paypal, I will submit payment to you immediately viapaypal asap. ThanksKerri Lippert
then got this email later on in the day when i was sayin i was not goin to send without payment.
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From: Amanda Mulcahi (sweetsalter0@gmail.com)
Sent: 24 January 2011 14:53:25
To: kirsty lapworth (kirstyl89@hotmail.co.uk)
Thanks for your reply, I’m really interested in this item and i willbe buying this for my nephew as a Birthday Gift “”"EVEN THO IT WAS A PINK AND WHITE DIGITAL CAMERA”"”, I will offer you£80.00 for the item and offer you £20.00 for the shipment throughRoyal Mail and I’m okay with condition of the item .So kindly get backto me with your paypal e- mail address if you have one and if youdon’t you can simply log on to WWW dot PAYPAL dot com and register forone. Get back to me if my approval is granted.I would like to see thepictures please. I need u send to nigera as thats were he lives i work here and due to work commitments i am unable to send to him thats why i pay you more post and packaging.
Thanks
I was seriously falling for this so watch out! some sick people out there like. Dont send outside europe i dont think. they are all liers.
Watch out for “daviddatusani05@gmail.com”
I’m selling a car and got a very fast response from daviddatusani05@gmail.com
Thanks for the prompt response.. I am ready to buy it now for my dadand i am not in town at the moment for a Church Conference for sometime and due to the nature of my work as a Pastor, It hard to make aphone calls and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed outtime to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. . Iinsisted on paypal because i don’t have access to my bank accountonline as i don’t have internet banking, but i can pay from my paypalaccount, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to giveme your paypal email address and the price so i can make the paymentsasap for it and please if you don’t have paypal account yet, it isvery easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.com and get it set up, afteryou have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use forregistration with paypal so as to put the money through. I have a pickup agent that will come and pick it after i have made the payments…You can easily reach me on this 009447024036776 or +447024036776 Thanks.David
I alo received an email for a watch on gumtree i was selling!
claiming he sent a payment to my paypal, but it was pending until they received tracking number, scam? yes i never part with anything unless i have cleared payment.
from an andrewjoy@globomail.com
funny his name is diff on the address
anthony kayode
89 sapon road city
ogun state
nigeria
23437
100111
also received fake paypal emails so i forwarded them to paypal.
Are people really this stupid!
Be aware of those emails:
I got those two emails in few minutes after I’ve posted my laptop:
1.Thanks for your quick response.I’m really satisfied with the condition of the item am buying it for my Son who schooled in United Kingdom i will be offering you £320 for the item including parking/postage Via Royal Mail/Parcelforce.Payment will be made Via PayPal for safety measure.Do get back to me with your full name and your PayPal email address for the instant payment.
Note: I want you to clarify to the rest bidders that the item is no more available for sale, since I’m paying for it as soon as you get back to me with your full name and your PayPal email address for the instant payment.
2. Hello Slawek,
I am happy you got back on time.I have read the details of the item and I am satisfied with the price and condition.Actually,I live in Oldham,but I wouldnt be able to meet you for collection due to the nature of My Job and moreover I am buying this item for My grand son as a gift abroad.Due to this,I have made enquiry from Royal Mail the postage cost of this item abroad and I was told £95.I would appreciate if you can help Me send the item directly to him.
I have set up a PayPal account so I can pay you with.Kindly Request the payment to:harinahimmord@gmail.com
As soon as I receive the request I will get payment done.
Thanks.
Smelled like a scam from a mile
I’ve written about the scam that “Carey Seagal” was trying on me. Sounds like this name has been used around. Check out http://imaginingbetter.com/?p=1894
Thank goodness I didn’t do anything stupid. Now, I’m sending cheerful emails to “Carey” every day or so asking about the status of our deal and trying to sell more stuff.
Currently dealing with a Cartier Moore, who is quite irrate that I won’t use Paypal.
Don’t know if this person really is a scammer, as I will not be selling to them.
But they mentioned the Paypal scam to me otherwise I would never have looked here.
Posted an ad for a HTC HD Desire am selling, got a number of emails within minutes with these types of messages:
I am happy you got back on time.I have read the details of the item and I am satisfied with the price and condition.Actually,I live in Oldham,but I wouldnt be able to meet you for collection due to the nature of My Job and moreover I am buying this item for My grand son as a gift abroad.Due to this,I have made enquiry from Royal Mail the postage cost of this item abroad and I was told £20.I would appreciate if you can help Me send the item directly to him.
I have set up a PayPal account so I can pay you with.Kindly Request the payment to:harinahimmord@gmail.com
As soon as I receive the request I will get payment done.
Thanks.
Harinah.
This greedy so and so wanted not 1 not 2 but 4 phones hahaha
From: timothy alexsander
To: Tita Macauley
Sent: Tue, 18 January, 2011 4:15:01
Subject: PAYMENT SENT GET ITEM SHIP OUT====== Reply to your ad: BRAND NEW iphone 4 32g
i’m glad to inform you that I am through with the payment, and I have
Send you the sum of £1,7000 to your paypal account.. .PayPal have sent me the
confirmation that the money have been deducted from my account..I hope
you would have been received the confirmation mail from PayPal if that
is the case, kindly made the shipment immediately Via **Royal Mail**
3-5 days to my company agent located oversea of the confirm address
giving to you by PayPal and
send the tracking number to the customer care for more
verification……so please get back to me with the shipment details.
Here is the shipping address below:
NAME : Adeolu Seyi
ADDRESS: # 37 Agbiowo U.I
CITY : Ibadan
STATE: Oyo State
ZIP CODE: 23402
COUNTRY:Nigeria
Thanks
God Bless…
Best Regards
Note : I want you to ship the item Via Royal Mail 3-5 days Only !!!!
because is very fast,secure and cheap.
–
Is this item still available for sale?
Everyday i get targeted by scammers it is so sad, the first time they got me but never ever again!! that was a expensive lesson that cost me a brand new iphone 4 plus postage and packing
since then i have been naming and shaming them here is another
Hello Dear,
The payment has been made and PayPal has deducted the funds of the
item from my account. I’d like you to check your PayPal account email
id cheboymacauley@yahoo.co.uk to see if PayPal has notified you with
the confirmation of my payment. Once PayPal notifies you with the
confirmation of my payment, I will want you to get the item shipped
out via Royal Mail first class delivery (7-10 days) as I wouldn’t want
any delay in shipment.. Try to get back to me as soon as you have done
that..
This is the shipping address…….
Name: Mr David Chinedu M
Address: # 7 Adeoyo,State
Hospital Road, Ring-Road, Ibadan.
State: Oyo State
City: Ibadan
Zip Code: 23402
Country: Nigeria.
Phone #: +2348038849751
Thanks and await your swift response as soon as you ship out the item..
Regards.
and another hahaha it seems like they really like the i phone 4
Hello There,
I have remitted payment to you via paypal and I also paid paypal charges to ensure you get full payment.
Kindly post the item to my son as soon as possible and write on the package…
“XMAS GIFT FROM YOUR DAD”.
My son’s Address is
Engr. O. James.
7 Logudu Road 15, Elere Area,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, NIGERIA
Tel: 2347055195623
He is presently an Electrical Engineer in one Telecommunication Company overthere.
Kindly post the Item directly to him via ROYAL MAIL INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR, it will only cost about 15pounds for postage and packaging and please do write the note “XMAS GIFT FROM YOUR DAD” boldly on the body of the package.
Thanks and nice buying from you.
Emma
another name and adress to look out for
GoodDay,
Here is the shippin information as the payment has been made.
Name:Mark John
Address:33,Adebola Street,
Surulere Lagos Nigeria
23401
get back to me with the shipment tracking number,i want it shipped via royal mail registered.
Thesearethe emails i have received in responseto my iphone 4 advert
hello there,
thanks for getting back to me asap….the payment has been made and the payment has been deducted from my account and having contacted paypal about this,i was told that the payment wouldn’t be remitted into your account until the postage tracking number has been received for the item posted..so kindly get the item posted out as soon as possible and send the tracking number to paypal at helpcenter@accountant.com so that they could verify the tracking number and they will remit the payment into your account as soon as …i look forward to your fast response….thanks
Hello there,
The payment has been made and the money has been deducted from my account and also i believe you got the payment confirmation from PayPal..so Pls kindly get the item shipped to the address below…
Name: Dayo Korede
Address:N0 5,Adatan Road
City:Abeokuta
State:Ogun State
Country:Nigeria
Zip-Code:234039
Pls kindly get the item shipped using Royal Mail International Delievery Signed for and make sure you include all the accessories that come with the item including the original box of the item also let me know as soon as the item has been shipped off..i look forward to your fast response..thanks
They always ask you to send items via ROYAL MAIL as royal mail will not stop the package even if you call them and say you got scammed due to a legal contract
Just got asked to sell via paypal to a Colonel James. Said he was buying the item on behalf of someone in the united kingdom. I called scam and said i wished not to hear from him again.
I think someone just tried to scam me. I put up an ad for a camcorder and got some VERY quick responses from a Kate Edmondson (katdson@yahoo.com). She wanted to buy it with paypal and have me send it today via ‘Royal Mail International register post’. The thing that struck me was her very English name in contrast to her general poor use of English i.e. “good to read from you…”, and “as i have told you i would have love to post to him my self but due to the kind of work i do i will not be able to, so kindly send me a paypal request now and take the camera off gumtree…get back to me”
Maybe I’ve jumped the gun, but my gut says no… so it’s been a no. Be careful and aware out there
I have also had daisyhooper@yahoo.co.uk trying to buy my ipod nano for more than the RRP, thought it was a bit strange and was glad I googled it to find this page here!
AMEND TO BELOW:THAT SHOULD READ L. MILLAR 9TH JANUARY NOT SEPTEMBER, SORRY
Same email as L Millar on 9th September word for word. Anyone offering money upfront for anything has to be treated with due sceptisism. DO NOT RELEASE GOODS WITHOUT PAYMENT IN YOUR ACCOUNT!!!
Got two messages from a sara bloggs and an abel christian about the phone i was selling. Both wanted to pay via paypal and have me ship to west africa.
I just thanked them for the interest but i didnt feel safe proceeding.
WATCH OUT FOR mariakarey54@gmail.com
I’m trying to sell my call, and I’ve received this one!
Thanks for the prompt response i will like to buy the car for my Sonas a birthday gift and I am currently at an industry exhibition as aengineer I really want the goods to be a surprise for my Son so iwont let him know anything about the goods until it gets delivered tohim, i am sure he will be more than happy with the Product.i willneed you to give me your PayPal email address and the price so i canmake the payments asap for the goods and pls if you don’t have PayPalaccount yet, it is very easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.co.uk and getit set up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mailaddress you use for registration with PayPal so as to put the moneythrough.
I have had two people that were interested in buying my phone that i advertised saying that they would pay me via paypal and for me to send it to nigeria for there sons. Beware of Praise Jossy (pmerillli@yahoo.co.uk) and Daisy Hooper (daisyhooper01@yahoo.co.uk). Also the following addresses:
Engr. O. James.
43 Bembo Road, Elere Area,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, NIGERIA
Tel: 2347055195623
Name:Solomon Ojay
Address:No 11 Lanfewa Road
State:Ogun
City:Abeokuta
Country:Nigeria
Zip Code:23403
I was curious as to where in the world i was sending my phone so googled it and brought me to this page, so glad i am a curious one as i almost fell for this.
Thank you to everyone who has posted to warn people.
I posted an ad for camcorder and in the last 2 days day there are about 8 people emailed me saying that he/she is buying is as a present for someone abroad, demand paypal payment and send by royal mail. So obvious…one guy called Praise Jossy tried really hard to convince me with fake paypal mails and capital letter spams to demand a tracking number… lame
Hello,
I had same people from Nigeria asking to send my goods there….they “made” paypal payment and so on… I understood that it was scam…..I am not from UK, so I have more exp…..I see here many people lost theyr goods and money…. WHY NOBODY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS?????????? I WILL SEND “NICE PRESENT” TO NIGERIAN ADDRESS SO THEY WILL REMEMBER ME FOR EVER….I RECOMEND DO THE SAME……sorry for my spelling.. GOOD LUCK…
everythingwoman8@gmail.com
Tried to scam into sending my iPad and wanted to pay via pay pal…beware of this email address. Uses the name Howard
Just another one to add to the long list of people who’d tried in the past. His e-mail address is: kool2002-smith@yahoo.co.uk
—
Thanks for the response,where this is needed and i
will be making use of a shipping company to have this picked up from
you and have it delivered to me.Further arrangements will be made with
you in regards to the pick up once i have paid you.
I would appreciate if you email me with more pictures (if available)
too since i won’t be be able to see this in person,what’s the PayPal
email to send funds to in order for me to pay you ASAP.
—
Poorly constructed sentences (if that) are the give away. Also, try reading it out in a Nigerian accent! Fun and informative I find.
Just to repeat, avoid anything from: kool2002-smith@yahoo.co.uk
Seems that jossybilling@yahoo.co.uk and Praise Jossy are the same person offering me more money that I am selling a camera for.
I’m advertising to sell my car and received this messages. Definitely appears to be a scam to me.
Thanks For Getting back to me.I have seen the pictures you have sent to me and i like what i saw.I would be expecting the pictures of the engine as soon as you have them.As for the price,£3,500 is a good price for me.However,I am buying this car for my darling mum as a Birthday Gift and i am working offshore at the moment as i am a petro-chemical engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really want it to be a surprise for my mum so i wont let her know anything about it until it gets delivered to her, i am sure she will be more than happy with it. I insisted on pay-pal because i don’t have access to my bank account online as i don’t have internet banking, but i can pay from my pay-pal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your pay-pal email address and the price so i can make the payments asap for it and please if you don’t have pay-pal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.com and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with pay-pal so as to put the money through. I have a pick up agent that will come and pick it up after i have made the payment.
Beware of the following names:
Email Scam wanting to buy my car for sale above the price through paypal… all work on an Off Shore “Oil Rig” as petroleum Engineers BEWARE!!!:
Timothy Elson [timothyelson84@gmail.com]
Kilby D John [dirtiefin1@hotmail.com]
Alina Shepherd [alinashepherd@hotmail.co.uk]
BEWARE!!!!
Fake offer given for my ebay sale, where this person tries to get me to ship goods before a payment clears.
I have made the payment into your PayPal account now so you will received the confirmation from PayPal…am urge you to get the item ship out Via USPS (EMS) this morning and get back to me with your shipment tracking number for verification ..Here is the shipping address below:
Name:Solomon Ojay
Address:No 11 Lanfewa Road
State:Ogun
City:Abeokuta
Country:Nigeria
Zip Code:23403
So i need your response immediately you get the item ship out and get back to me with your shipment tracking number to verify it.
Hi, Had an email today re a van I have for sale on Gumtree. Luckily I realised immediately this was a scam.
PLEASE SEE COPY OF EMAILS RECECEIVED
first email
DEAR
MY TWIN BROTHER CALL ME ATTENTION ON YOUR ITEM ON GUMTREE,I WANT TO KNOW IF
YOUR ITEM IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR SALE?
second email
Thanks for getting back to me about this item and i can only make the
transaction Via PayPal been a secure way and my agent will handle the
title transfer and the pickup because i won’t be available for the
inspecting and picking up of this item due to my Tight schedule as i
am a marine engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls
making are restricted,so you can send me your PayPal email account so
that i can send the payment at once.. i will be responsible for the
pick up charges
Note: i’ll also include the Shipping company’s fee
so kindly Get back to me with your PayPal email account so i can
proceed with the payment asap..
Thanks
SCAMMER ALERT!!!!! IF YOU RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM andersonwillams83@yahoo.com – ANDERSON WILLIAMS THEY ARE A SCAM!!! They will ask you to post items to the below address:
Joseph Bonapate
108 Akerele Street,
Surulere Lagos
23401 Nigeria.
!!!!!BEWARE!!!!!
Hi, just received two very suspicious emails that you should be aware of – obvious scammers!
I advertised my iPod Touch and one guy got back to me offering me more money than Id advertised and for me to give over my paypal information – see email thread below!
Great…Am really interested to buy your item for my company agent and
i will offer you £130 for the item and i will be paying £30 for the
shipping via ROYAL MAIL, because am not in the state right now am on
the business trip to another country,the total will be £160 and i will
be paying via PayPal course PayPal is secure safety and fast to send
money online so get back to me with the prize and and your PayPal
email account or you can send me a money request to this mail as to
make the payment and get back with the total price asap.
Hope to read from you pretty soon
Best Regard
The above goy called himself Cody Wilson!
The second guy who I received email from was – icescreem@gmail.com
He called himself – Babatunde Adeogun – suspicious!!!
Email below:
Thank you for the reply .I am satisfied with the condition and price
of the item,I live in Tayside Region, Broughty Ferry,Manchester,but
due to the nature of My job-because I work with the Old People’s
Rehabilitation Center,I cant be able to meet you for collection and
more over,I am buying this item for My god-son who is studying abroad
as a gift.I want you to please help me send the item to him.I have
inquired from Royal Mail for Recorded delivery and I was told £30.I
have set up a PayPal account so I can pay you with.You can send Me a
Money Request through PayPal to: icescreem@gmail.com
Avoid these people – they are obvious scammers!!
Fiona
BEWARE OF SCAMMER:
NAME: SANDIE HILTON
APPARENT ADDRESS:
Name: Young MakindeAdresse:3rd Floor Helpline Building, Apata, Abeokuta RoadCity: IbadanState: Oyo StateCode postal: 23402Country:Nigeria
USING WHAT LOOK TO BE REAL PAYPAL RECEIPTS ETC, BUT ARE NOT.
GUMTREE AND PAYPAL MADE AWARE. DO NOT BE THE NEXT VICTIM!
another one:
I am interested in this item and i want to buy it out rightly, For a
quick sale. I will pay you the £500 for the item and £120 to ship it
to my son. I was planning going on shopping physically but could not,
due to my work engagement. I am a sailor and I work with an
International shipping company. I will be paying with my paypal
account.reply asap with your name and your paypal account or send me a
paypal payment request directly from your paypal account so i can effect
payment to you right away…my paypal email is: willjennet@gmail.com
I await your reply.
NB:Honestly, I do not know the actual worth of this item because,I’m
always busy sailing. If my offer is not ok, Let me know so i can shoot
up abit. Hope to hear from you soon.
Regards,
Jennet
email address: willjennet@gmail.com
BEWARE PEOPLE
Thanks for your reply and that`s fine with me ,i like to buy it for my friend as a new year gift as i have promised him,i would like to see you face to face and get the item but due to my busy schedule,i work in Bristol airport so i can`t come ,i want to trust you and i’ll be paying via PayPal with additional 20pounds for postage which will be via Royal Mail international register post.So send me a PayPal payment request to make payment available to you asap so that you can post it tomorrow morning as soon as you confirm payment in you account.you can call me on 07024021691 my PayPal mail account: abnereggleston@yahoo.co.uk
Thanks
Abner Eggleston
jean781-APPLEGATE@yahoo.co.uk
Jessica Parker
and
jean781-cso@yahoo.co.uk
and by the looks of the format jean781-*@yahoo.co.uk
Scammer wanting you to use an alternative to Paypal to pay and then they “post”
From: jossyryan@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:jossyryan@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: 03 January 2011 09:57
To: **********
Subject: Reply to your ad: JVC Camcorder for sale with charger and powerful battery
Hi there Andy, you have received a reply to your Gumtree posting “JVC Camcorder for sale with charger and powerful battery” (ad# 71162296) from :
Is still available for sale?Can you send your total price
and replied and got this back
praise.jossy@yahoo.co.uk
From: Praise Jossy [mailto:praise.jossy@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: 03 January 2011 12:45
To: ***********
Subject: RE: Reply to your ad: JVC Camcorder for sale with charger and powerful battery
Thanks for your mail Happy New Year….i can’t pay you cash or collect the item from because am not in your town…so i willing to offer you £100 so i can pay you through bank transfer or paypal payment so i need your option right now with your payment details………
im going with me gut feelin it aint legit..
AE
exact same e-mail content received from Anna Anderson – SCAMMER.
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 50 pounds for the
postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who is on
a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as New Year gift…I
would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m presently in
Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really appreciate your
help. I will want us to sincerely deal with each other through PayPal
Online Auction or Via Bank Transfer get back to me with the total cost of
the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the payment asap.
after I gave her my details she said this:
Hello,Thanks for your mail, well i have just make the payment now which am
sure you must have receive a confirmation from nochex if yes i will like
you to let me know and also get the item shipped as soon as you have gotten
the payment confirmation to the below address…………..
Joseph Bonapate
108 Akerele Street,
Surulere Lagos
23401 Nigeria.
Hope to read from you soon.
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But the money did not arrive.
How do we get even with these bloody scammers?!
I found so lots of interestingstuff on your website above all its debate. I am going to register your RSS feed. Carry on the excellent work.
WARNING Nigeria scammers are using *FAKE PAYPAL EMAILS*! See details of one of them trying to buy my camera below.
Paypal never hold money like it states in their fake email!
Richard Obi
2,Mechanic village census,
Surulere
Lagos
23401
Nigeria
**DO NOT SEND YOUR ITEMS TO THIS CHEATER**
In order to get a loan, you must first prove you don’t need it.
omg i just got the scam done on me and if it wasnt for you the one about g. collet i would have just lost all my xmas money .. so she wanted the money and just before i just double check and came across here . so then i sent this scammer an email saying . cant you do something better with your life you fucking **** . your getting arrested. just to make him scared. what a rolarcoaster , looks like i am just going to have to buy an ipad of viking direct. great deals atm
Yep – solexnooy@gmail.com first contacted me via SMS.
Next email asked for price of item, but didn’t list which one (I have three separate ads listed) so asked which item he wanted.
He got back quickly and just asked for total price..
Well, I listed the items and prices for him including links thinking the guy was jerking me around or he was a sandwich short of a picnic. Well then he just got back to me offering well above the total of all items. Yep, the ’scam’ alarm went off, I googled ’solexnooy’ and found this blog.
Stay safe. Merry Xmas..
i have been offered £220 for something i only wanted £120. the person wants to pay through paypal and wants me to send to Nigeria.Is this a scam?
you are all muppets
for gods sake dont you people hear the saying
if its to good to be true
then ITS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE
this has been going on for 8 years that i know of
sort your heads out peeps
yep les field is still at it. he has tried to scam me this week. be aware he will try and offer you more than what you want for the vehicle. SCAM SCAM
give away word’s. would you kindly. ASAP. Recorded deliverly. Nigeria. different spelling for name on email adress, eg my name is steave pauls
@ { estavepauls@gamail.com }
this one is funny because i advertised my xbox for 120, here is the email.
Thanks for your quick response,i am willing to proceed with the
transaction now and pay you £600 which include p&p.kindly login to your
PayPal account and select the request money button located at the top
of your PayPal account homepage and send the money request directly to
my PayPal account id which is dammakkun@gmail.com so that i can
submit
payment to you via PayPal right now as PayPal is safe, fast and easy
to send and receive money online.
If you don’t have a PayPal account just login to http://www.PayPal.com and
set up your PayPal account, after setting up your PayPal account you
locate the request money button located at the top of your PayPal
account home page, use it to request money directly from my PayPal
account which is dammakkun@gmail.com once I receive your money
request from paypal, I will submit payment to you immediately via
paypal asap.
Get back asap.
Regard
The David Cole (coledavid22@yahoo.com, I suppose there are tons of scamming coledavids@yahoo.com) “I’m in Asia, ship to Africa” scam is so obvious it made me suspicious straight away. I have little sympathy for those falling for it.
First, he is so keen and the price does not seem to matter. Second, he calls everything item since he sends out standard emails.
I wanted to know what happens and said I did not have Pay Pal and he sent me just what I expected. A request for my bank account.
Gumtree is a magnet for scammers and time wasters, I am afraid.
they love camera gear. scammer:
Michael Croydon croydon.michael@yahoo.com
delivery address:
Name:David Williams
Address:12,Adebola Street Off Adeniran Ogunsanya
City:Surulere
State:Lagos
Country:West Africa
Zip Code:23401
He even provided a tel number when prompted, not rang it:
07024032331
The pitch is good finds local business and address for which he claims to work and live at.
The pitch
I approximate the postage cost to be around 50pound(s) via Royal Mail
international registered post .
I’ll really appreciate your help. Send me a PayPal payment request of
the total cost of the aforementioned item plus the postage cost to my
PayPal registered email account….(croydon.michael@yahoo.com) and I’ll
make the payment as soon as possible.
You will probably receive email that looks like you have been paid from paypal you have not its a fake email.
iwas thrilled to buy ipad 64 3g wifi only 180 pound they said have to of them 340
Iwas so stupid to transfer 179.99 online banking also why not buy second so theyre refuse to send ipad unless both i buy already phoned my bank hteyre said cant help with refund .Beside the seller say we are deaf only can read and write .i ended up paying 340 for 2 ipad got nothing no package no answwer just tookk your money here is the account name and numbers be aware::scamers busterds
Mr G Collett Lloyds custumer
Account number 16496268
Sort code 30-64-44
Tel 44 7896342599 Be AWARE !!!!!
Do not pay cash to them as theyre steal your money
Two more scammmers out there using jwildmore@gmail.com and marcus.olivier@yahoo both claiming to be a marine engineer and sailor respectively
the basics of the patter to this scam seem to be
1. work away for some reason i.e. at see no internet banking
2. buying gift for relative
3. fast/immediate purchase
4. obsession with getting your paypal details
5 only willing to pay by paypal
99% of people should see these morons coming a mile off
Thank you for the fast reply.
I am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £600
which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the
request money button located at the top of your paypal account
homepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account id
which is cheryl.klebs@yahoo.co.uk so that i can submit payment to you
via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and
receive money online. If you don’t have a paypal account just login to
http://www.paypal.com and set up your paypal account, after setting up your
paypal account you locate the request money button located at the top
of your paypal account home page, use it to request money directly
from my paypal account which is cheryl.klebs@yahoo.co.uk once I
receive your money request from paypal, I will submit payment to you
via paypal asap.
Get back asap.
Cheryl
Thanks for the response,i will take it for $600 including PayPalsurcharges since i am interested in the immediatepurchase.I just moved to the United Kingdom,where this is needed and iwill be making use of a shipping company to have this picked up fromyou and have it delivered to me.Further arrangements will be made withyou in regards to the pick up once i have paid you. I would appreciate if you email me with more pictures (if available)too since i won’t be be able to see this in person,what’s the PayPalemail to send funds to in order for me to pay you ASAP.
Lol i got the exact same message as Lisa up the top!!! Word for word…
I was advertising for $350.00 but he wants to pay $600.00….lol
One guy tried to scam me off a camera this morning.
Details including address:
Hi,
I have send your money via paypal and i want the item send to Richard
is in Lagos below is the address:
Richard Obi
2,Mechanic village census,
Surulere
Lagos
23401
Nigeria
Use royal mail recorded delivery and get me the postage barcode number and if any
extra postage charges go ahead and post the item then let me know the
amount so i will refund you the money ok.
Thanks
Pelton
received about 2 mins ago !!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the response,i will take it for $800 including PayPal surcharges since i am interested in the immediate purchase.I just moved to the United Kingdom,where this is needed and i will be making use of a shipping company to have this picked up from you and have it delivered to me.Further arrangements will be made with you in regards to the pick up once i have paid you.
I would appreciate if you email me with more pictures (if available) too since i won’t be be able to see this in person,what’s the PayPal email to send funds to in order for me to pay you ASAP.
from
Fred Mic [mailto:solexnooy1@gmail.com]
Hi there,
I have today received an email from a ‘prospective buyer’ offering $600 for my lounge suite which is advertised at $500… it sounds a lot like many of the stories listed here so I thought I would share too.
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:23:40 +1030
> Subject: Re: Lounge suites on Gumtree
> From: solexnooy1@gmail.com
>
> Thanks for the response,i will take it for $600 including PayPal
> surcharges since i am interested in the immediate
> purchase.I just moved to the United Kingdom,where this is needed and i
> will be making use of a shipping company to have this picked up from
> you and have it delivered to me.Further arrangements will be made with
> you in regards to the pick up once i have paid you.
>
> I would appreciate if you email me with more pictures (if available)
> too since i won’t be be able to see this in person,what’s the PayPal
> email to send funds to in order for me to pay you ASAP.
Hi Guys,
I have found a few advertisement (car) posted by a person named Kurt Gupta his email address is guptaq@msn.com so beware he is a scammer. He would want to transfer the money to his account via eBay Vehicle Protection Plan which actually doesn’t exist. So what he would do is get the money (through the so called eBay VPP) and disappear. Be careful with him. I have reported this to Gumtree and eBay.
The theme is interesting, I will take part in discussion. Together we can come to a right answer.
Got this dodgy reply from someone claiming to be Tony Scott. Got suspicious because they were offering more than I asked. So I googled “paypal request money scam”, and got to this page – where I notice the telephone number was contained in a previous SCAM attempt…
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hello there,
thank you for the fast reply.
i am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £550 which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the request money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account id which is tjscot6@yahoo.co.uk so that i can submit payment to you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and receive money online.
If you dont have a paypal account just logon to http://www.paypal.com and set up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal account which is tjscot6@yahoo.co.uk once I receive your money request from paypal, I will submit payment to you immediately via paypal asap.
You can also call me on +447045753989
Get back asap.
Tony Scott…..
On posting a diamond\engagement ring on Gumtree have had these two fraudsters trying to “buy” my ring only through Paypal-:
First was Jessica – jessica19moore@yahoo.co.uk
The 2nd didn’t give a name – davidmike6230@gmail.com
When requesting a delivery name & address 1st was given
Name : Ogwu Michael Chuks
Address : No 15 Michael owutoro
City : Abeokuta,
State : Ogun,
Country : Nigeria.
Zip Code : 110001.
Then I told him not willing to post outside the UK & was given
Micheal Smith
28 FLEMMING ROAD,
LONDON SE17 3QR
United Kingdom
That’s when I got suspicious & asked another person who was selling jewellery on Gumtree but had said something about not dealing with Paypal due to scammers. Put his name on Google & on the 1st page there was somebody stating he’d tried to scam them out of a laptop & somebody else with jewellery. Have reported him to both Paypal & Gumtree. These people should be punished & hopefully karma will catch up with them sometime soon!
The ad reference: 69435566 on GUmtree is a scam. The guy (Mr Kurt Gupta or whatever his name is. email address is: Kurt Gupta ) wanted to use eBay Vehicle Protection Programme which would keep my money for 5 days in which time I’ll use the car and if I am satisfied I’ll notify the eBay VPP to transfer the money to the seller account. On my enquiry the eBay confirmed that there is no such programme operated by them. The eBay VPP programme use the email address: ebay-motors@vehicle-purchase-protection.co.uk and ebay@reply3-ebay.com. The bank account detail eBay provided to me for the deposit of the money is:
Bank Name: Barclays Bank
Account #: 53566943
Sort Code: 20-98-21
Beneficiary Name: I. F. Mihailescu
Bank Address: 62 High Road
Wood Green, London N22 6DH, United Kingdom
So guys please be careful with this ad and the person. Its a scam, you will not see the money and the car if you transfer the money to their account.
just received offer to ship my shoes to West Africa !! And pay via PayPal to boot !! Integral text below:
I’ll be offering you 50 pounds for the
postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who
is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as Christmas
gift…I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m
presently in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really
appreciate your help. I will want us to sincerely deal with each
other through PayPal Online Auction or Via Bank Transfer get back to
me with the total cost of the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make
the payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards.
God Bless you.
WE GOT SO MUCH SCAMS SINCE WE PUT THE AD ON GUMTREE… NOW PUBLISHING THEM TO MAKE EVERYBODY AN AWARENESS. REMEMBER THESE EMAIL ADDRESSES.
1,govols1223@googlemail.com
Thanks for your reply, I’m really interested in this item and i will
be buying this for my friend son, I offer £120.00 for the item
and £30.00 for it shipment through Royal Mail and I’m okay
with condition of the item kindly get back to me with your PayPal
e-mail address for me to make the payment now.
2,davidwalter10@gmail.com
Hello seller,
I will like to purchase this item for my business partner as
birthday gift and i will offer you £150.00 for the item including the
shipping cost Via ROYAL MAIL OR PARCEL FORCE to ABROAD. aso i want you
to get back to me with your paypal full name and email address or send
me paypal money request ASAP because i will be paying for this item
immediately. Here is my paypal id you will send the money request to.
(davidwalter10@gmail.com)
Thanks.
3,john.benson527@gmail.com
Thanks for the mail..i will like to know the total cost of the item
including the shipping cost because am shipping the item to my Son
in School okay so all you need is to get back to me with your total
cost and your paypal email account okay and if you dont have an
account you can set up with them at http://www.paypal.com okay and get back
to me asap okay.and i will like you to know that am shipping it Abroad
okay.you can call me on that number okay.
Thanks
John
4,mykcarolina2@gmail.com
Thanks for the mail, i agreed with the price and condition of the item
so, i will like to buy it urgently. I would have come and check it and
pick it up but i’am presently out of town till Xmas period. So i will
offer you £130 including the shipping of the item to my address in
London and i will like to get you paid via PayPal. Kindly get back to
me with your full name and PayPal account or you should send me PayPal
money request so as to make the payment right away.
Much Regards.
+447024082147
One more:
Raymond Weil (weil_r@yahoo.com).
Similar story as the other ones. This time for a co-worker who got relocated to West Africa ….
Just received this for my laptop sell.
His names: Adam Smith
Thanks for your swift reply,i am very interested in purchasing your
item for my daughter who got married last month and have traveled to
West Africa with the husband to spend their honey moon since the
husband is from Africa,i promised to send her a gift this Xmas but am
not in the state now i just traveled with my boss for a conference in
Ukraine and will be back after Xmas cos i will be spending my Xmas
there,i want you to send the item to her and i will be paying you for
the cost of the postage,i will be offering 100 for the cost of sending
the item and payment will be made through PayPal since i will not be
available to pay you in cash,get back to me with your PayPal email
address or you send a request to me and i will make the payment to
you,or you send your bank details to me and i will transfer the money
to your account kindly get back to me only if you are interested.
Regards.
Adam Smith
another one for the list : Lawrence Peter (Lawpet1@gmail.com)
Another scammer willing to pay £120 above asking price to cover postage
Jenifer Bergeman
here is the reply to my ad:
Hi Ya,
I am interested in this item and i want to buy it out rightly, For a
quick sale. I will pay you the £xxx for the item and £120 to cover
postage to my son. I was planning going on shopping physically but
could not, due to my work engagement. I am a sailor and I work with an
International shipping company.
I will be paying with my paypal account.reply asap with your name and
your paypal account or send me a paypal payment request directly from
your paypal account so i can effect payment to you right away… my
paypal email is niferberge@gmail.com
I await your reply.
Honestly, I do not know the actual worth of this item because,I’m
always busy sailing. If my offer is not ok, Let me know so i can shoot
up abit.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Regards,
Jenifer
Other scammers to be aware of:
Dr frank Petrasy
Rose Ebenezer
This is another one amandacores@hotmail.com
BEWARE!!!
THIS ANOTHER ONE amandacores@hotmail.com beware!!!
Another Crook… cynthia.mariah106@gmail.com. Asking for PayPal payment instead of Cash and Collection, even though I very clearly stated COLLECTION and CASH ONLY!
Had this standard reply from him yesterday:
Hello Dear,
Sorry, I am presently on duty in the ship on sea working on a vessle, I work with mearsk shipping company as a naval captain, otherwise, i would have actually gone to the store to get the Item myself and send it off to him, unfortunately, my work will not permit due to my engagement, so this is actually the reason why i bought the Item from you and included extra to cover the postage and packing to my son and i will also paid paypal charges to make sure you receive full funds. kindly logging to your paypal account and select on create invoice to send me paypal money money request to ASTEVKELLY@YAHOO.CO.UK for instant payment into your account right now choose (Good and other) my paypal name and email is Steven Kelly (ASTEVKELLY@YAHOO.CO.UK).
If you don’t have a paypal account just log on to http://www.paypal.co.uk and set up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage, use it to request money directly from my paypal account which is ASTEVKELLY@YAHOO.CO.UK once I receive your money request from paypal, I will submit the funds into your account immediately via paypal.
my paypal name and email is Steven Kelly (ASTEVKELLY@YAHOO.CO.UK)
I hope to hear back from you soon.
Thanks
Steven
So, I replied:
Steve,
The item is advertised on ebay. I would feel better if you bought it from there so we’re both protected as you say. There seems to be a problem accessing my Paypal account directly but there is no problem accessing it through ebay. Here is the link to the item:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Maurice-Lacroix-Masterpiece-Double-Retrograde-RRP-9600-/250735173229?pt=UK_Jewelery_Watches_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item3a60fb1e6d
I await your bid.
Lee
His reply:
Hi,
sorry,i can’t open eBay account,i will like you to send me your paypal money request so i can deposit all the funds into your account right now
Hope to read back from you
Capt. Steve
My latest reply – here’s where the fun starts:
Ahoy there Capt. Steve,
How is the job at sea going? Who are you working alongside there? I might know them! I worked for Maersk for a number of years, they used to be a good company to work for!
Like I said, I can’t access my Paypal account directly. So, if you can’t pay by ebay and I can’t do Paypal, what can we do? I’ve been in touch with Paypal to get this matter sorted and they are telling me to go suck a lemon.
I may have to put the price of the item up to £5600 for the inconveniece this is causing. Would you still be willing to purchase the item for £6500?
Lee
Hi,
Good to read back from you i will like to offer you £550 for this item including shipping i offer you the amount because of the postage and paypal fees. send me Paypal money request from paypal to ASTEVKELLY@YAHOO.CO.UK, if you don’t have paypal account you simply register your paypal account at http://www.paypal.co.uk for instant payment because paypal protect both buyer and seller and its easy to transfer funds into seller account and I will make the payment immediately (including shipping Via Royalmail) Because i want it as a gift for my son.
my paypal name and email is Steven Kelly (ASTEVKELLY@YAHOO.CO.UK)
You can also call me on +447045753989
Waiting to read back from you
Capt. Steven GOOD JOB I HAVE A SUSPICIOUS MIND!!
I have just had a steven kelly (ASTEVKELLY@YAHOO.CO.UK) who calls himself a captain from liverpool who works away, Offering to pay more then I’m asking, for an item I am selling as he wants this item for his son, this extra money covers post and packaging apparently,He also asked me to request through paypal and even left a mobile phone number to contact him on…When I asked him for his address to send the item to He said I would recieve it when I requested payment from his paypal. I told him he was a Scammer to which I have had no reply…People can be easily fooled which is why I am posting my comment and It looks like it happens pretty regular….Seller BEWARE!
I almost fell for this one! Just about to sell a watch advertised on gumtree for £4999 when I thought I’d google the name of the buyer. Turns out he our friend astevkelly@yahoo.co.uk (or Capt. Steve as he’s referred to himself)! Anyway the last email received was as follows:
Hi,
Good to read back from you i will like to offer you £5,300 for this item including shipping i offer you the amount because of the postage and paypal fees. send me Paypal money request from paypal to ASTEVKELLY@YAHOO.CO.UK, if you don’t have paypal account you simply register your paypal account at http://www.paypal.co.uk for instant payment because paypal protect both buyer and seller and its easy to transfer funds into seller account and I will make the payment immediately (including shipping Via Royalmail) Because i want it as a gift for my first son.
my paypal name and email is Steven Kelly (ASTEVKELLY@YAHOO.CO.UK)
You can also call me on +447045753989
Waiting to read back from you
Capt. Steven
I’m thinking of giving him a run for his money now. See how far I can push him. I’ll keep you updated!
just had this one, if its to good to be true it is a scam
HI,
Thanks for the prompt response………i am willing to proceed with the transaction now, i am buying the Vehicle as a gift for my son , i will like to offered you 3,700 and i am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really want the Vehicle to be a surprise gift for my son so i wont let him know anything about the Item until it gets delivered to him, i am sure he will be more than happy with the Vehicle . I insisted on paypal because i don’t have access to my bank account online as i don’t have internet banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your paypal account name, email address and your final asking price so i know how much i am transferring in order for me to proceed with the payment or you could just login to your paypal account if you already have one and use the request money button at the top of your paypal account home page and send the payment money request invoice to my paypal account which is ASTEVKELLY@YAHOO.CO.UK so that i can send payment to your account asap for the Vehicle and pls if you don’t have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.co.uk and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the name on the paypal account and e-mail address you use for registration with paypal so as to get the money transfer into your paypal account or you could just use the request money button at the top of your paypal account home page and send the payment money request invoice to my paypal account which is ASTEVKELLY@YAHOO.CO.UK so that i can send payment to your account asap. I have a pick up agent that will come and pickup the Vehicle after i have transfer the funds into your account…
I will also appreciate it if you could email me some pictures of the Vehicle .
You can ring me on +447045753989 if i am chanced to receive your call, i will do.
Thanks
Capt. Steven
Hmmmm, I think I got the same guy.
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Hi Jonathan,
Thanks for your swift reply, but I think I need to disappoint you when it comes to Paypal. Besides that it is not really safe in my opinion, I had some bad experiences with them and prefer to never use them ever again. I hope you understand that in that case cash is our only option.
Just a suggestion, but wouldn’t it be a option for you to transfer the money to your “private pick-up agent” so I can handle the financial details with him?
Hope to hear from you,
Michael
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Great reading from you. I believe you must have buyer’s
interested in the purchase and I thought the best way to outbid them is by
offering additional sum to the asking price. I am an oceanographer and am
currently in the middle of the ocean in Tasmania. Am buying this as a
surprise gift for my Dad in NZ.
To start with, I can only make the payment via paypal because it’s very safe
and secure for both of us. In case you don’t have a paypal account I’ll
advice you to register for one at http://www.paypal.com.au. I won’t be available to
come for inspection due to my present location because I’ll still be on the
ship for the next 1 Month. I have a private pick-up agent that will contact
you in-order to handle the pick-up at any location of your choice once the
payment is completed.
I’ll like you to tell me more about the present mechanical condition of the
Vehicle, how often do you service it and the history? Send me your paypal
email address and your name so that I can make the payment.
If you will like to speak to me over the phone, please call me on 0352 940
457 and tell whoever picks up the phone that you want to speak to Jonathan.
I’ll be the one to handle the payment via paypal because the agent doesn’t
make payment on behalf of customers. Your quick response is greatly
appreciated so that we can proceed with this transaction a.s.a.p.
Les Field just tried to pay me 7800 for my car that I advertised for 7500!! My reply back to him: ‘bwahahahahahahahahaha’
Watch out for this guy and any gmail accounts. Do not take pay pal payments unless 100% sure
just had another from – hillsjames40@gmail.com
from les field, even though i already told him the car was £950!!!!
Thanks for the mail, I will pay 1,100pounds for the 2001 SUZUKI IGNIS
GL. 1.I fully understand the condition of what i am buying..i would
have meet you in person but…………..I am currently on the ship as
i am a marine engineer and i want it before i get back into town…So
i’ll be paying you with my PayPal account,if my offer is
accepted..Before i can make your payment through PayPal you will have
to get back to me with the following information so that my pick up
agent will come and pick up as soon as possible.Your Name and
address,And your PayPal email ID You can also send me a money request
through PayPal as well, Make sure you get back to me so that we can
arrange for pick up as i will like the item to be picked,so NO
SHIPPING.
yep people please be aware of this scam , well they done me over hard
im so pissed off! i feel flyin over to that country ringing the door bell and punching the dude that lives there in the face
and here is another!!!
Hi
thanks for mailing, i am a marine engineer, i am at sea right now.I am buying this for my son so am willing to offer you the amount you required. I can only pay through PayPal at the moment as i don’t have access to my bank account online(i don’t have internet banking with it), but i have it attached to my PayPal account, and this is why i insisted on using PayPal to pay,all i will need is your PayPal email address to make the payments, and if you don’t have a PayPal account yet, you can set one up at http://www.paypal.com it cant take you less than 3mins to do that, i will be expecting your PayPal email so l can pay and also get back to me with your best price on this. I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payments has been sorted.l will be waiting for your reply asap
And looks like his friend left this reply to an add I have on adtrader website so not just gumtree they are targeting:
hanks for your response, I am quite okay with your price, I need you
to understand that I am willing and ready to purchase it right away,
put it off the AD site, consider me as your favorite buyer, and Please
note that I have a shipper/mover who handles my shipping arrangement
anywhere in the world,he would be coming for the pickup, after you
have received payment, which would be through paypal, If this is
acceptable, advice soon as I am an hydrographer and I am buying this
for my son,I am at work right now .I can only pay through pay pal at
the moment as I do not have access to my bank account online,but I
have it attached to my pay pal account, and this is why I insisted on
using pay pal to pay,all I will need is your pay pal email address to
make the payments,and if you do not have a pay pal account yet,its
pretty easy to set one up at http://www.paypal.com ,i will be expecting your
email.I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after
payments has been sorted.
I want you to provide me with the following information for me to proceed
with the Payment…
Your PayPal e-Mail Address :
Full name:
Your Full Contact address:
I have a pick up agent that will come and pick it up after i have made
the payments..
Looking forward to read from you.
God Bless.
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I will like to know if this item is still for sell and how much do you want
for it?
i recieved this highly suspicious add….anyone think it is genuine?
Thanks for your response, I am quite okay with your price, I need you
to understand that I am willing and ready to purchase it right away,
put it off the AD site, consider me as your favorite buyer, and Please
note that I have a shipper/mover who handles my shipping arrangement
anywhere in the world,he would be coming for the pickup, after you
have received payment, which would be through paypal, If this is
acceptable, advice soon as I am an hydrographer and I am buying this
for my son,I am at work right now .I can only pay through pay pal at
the moment as I do not have access to my bank account online,but I
have it attached to my pay pal account, and this is why I insisted on
using pay pal to pay,all I will need is your pay pal email address to
make the payments,and if you do not have a pay pal account yet,its
pretty easy to set one up at http://www.paypal.com ,i will be expecting your
email.I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after
payments has been sorted.
I want you to provide me with the following information for me to proceed
with the Payment…
Your PayPal e-Mail Address :
Full name:
Your Full Contact address:
I have a pick up agent that will come and pick it up after i have made
the payments..
Looking forward to read from you.
God Bless.
–
I will like to know if this item is still for sell and how much do you want
for it?
LOL LOOK AT WHAT THIS BITCH SENT ME, EXACT SAME THING ALL OF YOU’S ARE GETTING, SNEAKY LITTLE FECKER HE IS:
Hi there,
The extra money is to cover the postage and packaging as I am
currently on duty inside a ship at the sea in UK as a naval officer.
I am actually buying the item for my son who is currently working with
a company abroad
My son’s Address is
Engr.Osagie James
16 Oluyole estate,ring road,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, Nigeria.
He is presently an Electrical Engineer in one Telecommunication
Company overthere.
Kindly ship the Item directly to him via AN POST REGISTERED MAIL. Mark
the package as a gift item with the note “A GIFT FROM YOUR MUM” boldly
written on the body of the package. I look forward to receive your
money request through paypal soon so that I can deposit funds to your
account.
Thanks and nice buying from you.
I got this from a fionahales_1977@yahoo.co.uk.
Hi there,
Payment has been made.
I just double check my paypal account now, It shows that the money has been deducted from my account to yours but the payment might show pending in your account now because the payment is been held by paypal so it will only fully become available in your account when you ship the package and email the shipment tracking number or any form of proof of shipment to
paypal, once paypal receive proof of shipment from you,they will release the money to your account. I would suggest you login to the email address of your paypal account to check for the payment confirmation notice from
paypal to prove that I have sincerely paid.
Do not hesitate to email back if you need any assistance.
Thanks and nice buying from you.
Fiona Hales.
also
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Dear sam
It has come to our understanding that you have no intention to complete the transaction between you and Fiona Hales with Transaction ID:0CP35036HW153811J.
PayPal authority sincerely advise you to complete the transaction on or before the next 48 hours, failure to do so would result to the suspension of your PayPal account for violating PayPal Policy and users agreement in an act of the 1999 PayPal law in collaboration with the Law Enforcement Agencies and LEGAL action will be taken against you accordingly.
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obviously i havent bothered but i have reported them to paypal and hotmail/yahoo and now gumtree
Before anyone gets scammed, I received a similar email from warrenfaith50@yahoo.com
I got another one trying it on. He sent me this (bear in mind that I’m in the UK, so how it is supposed to work is quite interesting):
Thanks for the reply,I am buying your item for my friend who serve in oversea,so you will be shipping the item to him,I will add $30 for the shipment,I am a member of the united states marine corps(USMC) i would have preferred to make this cash payment but i am out of the town presently,so you will have get back to me with your PayPal email account so i can pay into your account,hope to hear from you soon. This is my contact number 0712661278 but you can’t get to me through the phone because I am at work now and i have switched off my phone.please kindly get back to me through the mail.
It came from this email address, so beware: frankjam4@yahoo.com
Hope this helps someone.
Hello There,
I have remitted payment to you via paypal and I also paid paypal charges to ensure you get full payment.
Kindly ship the item to my son as soon as possible and write on the package…
“A GIFT FROM YOUR MUM”.
My son’s Address is
Engr.Osagie James.
16 Oluyole estate,ring road,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, NIGERIA
He is presently an Electrical Engineer in one Telecommunication Company overthere.
Kindly ship the Item directly to him via ROYAL MAIL INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR, it will only cost about 15pounds for postage and packaging and please do write the note “A GIFT FROM YOUR MUM” boldly on the body of the package.
Thanks and nice buying from you.
Fiona Hales.
Les Field just tried to scam me. Extra money for postage, paypal only. Poor grammar equals a scammer
Had a number of these scumbags trying it on with me. One of the easy ways to spot is not only the poor English (doesn’t quite make sense as if been poorly translated) is the fact they always refer to whatever you’re selling as “the item”.
Also there’s the obvious one where on hotmail, the little trusted sheild isn’t next to the paypal email address.
Here’s a list of people who tried it on with me:
lesfield1@gmail.com
hobojo812@hotmail.com
lameyhelen@yahoo.co.uk
andyprince92@gmail.com
jessica17moore@yahoo.co.uk
rolland_christian@ymail.com
stevenphilip020@hotmail.com
tallstevef@gmail.com
And some addresses I was told to ship to was:
Carolina Cole
5, Nightingale court. Fleming Road.
Chafford hundred. grays
RM16 6DD
United Kingdom
Name:Segun Abiodun
Address:N0 11 Lafenwa Street
State:Ogun
City:Abeokuta
Zip Code:23403
Country:Nigeria
They always try to get you to click on the paypal link in their false emails too. Just make sure you type in http://www.paypal.com then log in and trust that, ignore the emails, and you’ll be safe.
Hope this helps and stops someone getting done-over by these people.
This is what i recieved, just knew straight away it was a scam, i hate these people !!!
Thanks for the prompt response.. I am ready to buy it now for my DAD and i am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really want the goods to be a surprise for my DAD so i wont let him know anything about the merchandice until it gets delivered to him, i am sure he will be more than happy with the Product. I insisted on paypal because i don’t have access to my bank account online as i don’t have internet banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your paypal email address and the price so i can make the payments asap for the mechandice and pls if you don’t have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.co.uk and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you used for registration with paypal so as to put the money through. I have a pick up agent that will come and pick the goods up after i have made the payments…
I have recently advertised an item on gumtree and was contacted by a ‘buyer’ who was interested in this item and wanted to buy it ASAP. The person was aparantly a woman working in an airport in the UK and said she could not come to meet me to collect this item and pay for it and so requested for me to send this item by post. (her email is emmamurray2000@gmail.com)
As this item is rather expensive it seemed suspicious that ’she’ did not want to see it in person before purchasing it.
Shortly I received an email from this address “consultant.pp1525@email.com” with all the pay pal logos stating that i received this sum of money a few hours later i received another email from this account ‘paycashhpp1525@live.com’ ..ofcourse this arised my suspicions even further.
the ‘lady’ in question sent me an email asking me to urgently post the item to her by post the next day as she had promised the item as a gift to someone. the address she provided is :
Name:John Emeka
Address:30,Yesufu sanusi
City:Surulere
State:Lagos
Country:Nigeria
Zip Code:23401
I reported this incident to paypal and to gumtree, I hope this information will help you guys, perhaps some of you already use gumtree or simillar websites so be careful, never give out your information, always ask questions and do a little research and always trust your gut instincts, if it seems too good to be true then it most likely is!!
i received this email from a Madison Jones, i had no idea it was a scam untill today, i went with my gut feeling because i knew that something wasn’t right, and good old google put me right when i googled the name, SCAM SCAM SCAM.
Hi Thanks for getting back to me i will want to know the recent condition of this item and its total amount.I ‘m sending it to someone as a Xmas Gift in West Africa(Nigeria),via Royal Mail International Signed For,but unfortunately I’m not opportune to come get the item myself,so i will really appreciate if you can kindly post the item for me which i will offer you the sum of £150 for postage and packaging of the items Abroad.I will want us to sincerely deal with each other through PayPal Online Auction or Via Bank Transfer,cause i believe its safe for both of us..I will love you to get back to me with all the answers and also PayPal money request or your bank details and the overall cost of the total amount plus p&p and your gumtree ad number,so payment can be made asap and i can get back to you with the postage address.
I await your quick response
Madison Jones
Lols I got the same mail from Jessica Moore, she kept saying that she could only pay paypal. I asked her if she could pay with blow jobs. I’ve yet to receive an answer.
ichelsea21st@yahoo.co.uk
name CHez at first then change to chelsea. beware!!
Hello everyone. I’ve been conned. How can I take back my parcel? I had already delivered it. Can somebody help me please.
JUST RECEIVED THIS LOL SCAM SACM SCAM
Hello Dear,
Sorry, I am presently on duty in the ship on sea working on a vessle, I work with mearsk shipping company as a Marine Enginner, otherwise, i would have actually come to get the Items myself, unfortunately, my work will not permit due to my engagement, so this is actually the reason why i want to bought the items from you and included extra to cover the shipping Duties and Taxes charges to make sure you receive full funds. kindly send me your paypal details for instant payment into your account right now once I receive your Paypal details, I will deposit the funds into your account immediately.
my name and email is Steven Kelly (ASTEVKELLY@YAHOO.CO.UK)
Waiting to hear back from you soon.
You can also call me on +447045753989
Thanks
Steven
HI all, this one contacted my partner via text message asking to email him regarding the ad we have on gumtree currently selling his motorbike.
‘Just vieved your bike on gumtree Do you still have the car up for sale? please reply to me direct to mr.ralpf65@hotmail.com. thanks ralph’
se we decided to email him incase it was a genuine buyer with bad english…. see the below email trail that made us wonder if it was a scam or not.
also – we just received another text message:
‘I want to know if you bike on gumtree is still for sale as i am intending to buy it right away. email me on glower.glower@gmail.com pz email only.
From: mr.ralph65@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: yz205f for sale
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:51:57 +0000
Can you please resend me your number ?
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To: mr.ralph65@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: yz205f for sale
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:02:29 +1100
$5000AUD
I will not organise the sale via email.
please ring the number you sent a text msg to to discuss the details.
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From: mr.ralph65@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: yz205f for sale
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 03:52:12 +0000
Email me with the actual price you are willing to sell the item.
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To: mr.ralph65@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: yz205f for sale
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:54:24 +1100
Hi Darrin,
I have done a lot of work on this bike but would be best for you to call me and have a chat about those details.
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From: mr.ralph65@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: yz205f for sale
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:33:03 +0000
How neat is the body condition ? Is there any additional information you will like to tell me ? I will be paying you through PayPal(www.paypal.co.uk) which is a fast, safe and reliable method of payment.. And i will take care of all Shipment Preparations for the item to my home in UK: Email me with the actual price you are willing to sell the item.
Please Advice.
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To: mr.ralph65@hotmail.com
Subject: yz205f for sale
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:27:28 +1100
Hi Ralph,
I received a text message from you asking if i still have the bike for sale.
Yes i do. Do you want more info about it or to come and have a look?
Monkey tried to scam me off a camera this morning.
Details including address:
Hi,
I have send your money via paypal and i want the item send to Richard
is in Lagos below is the address:
Richard Obi
2,Mechanic village census,
Surulere
Lagos
23401
Nigeria
Use royal mail recorded delivery and get me the postage barcode number and if any
extra postage charges go ahead and post the item then let me know the
amount so i will refund you the money ok.
Thanks
Chelsea
oThis is a wonderful opinion. The things mentioned are unanimous and needs to be appreciated by everyone.
**********
jamessamuel111
Cash For Gold Price Per Gram
Hi is this a scam?
Im sure this is a scam but its hard as she is saying she will wait for the funds to clear, can some one help ??
I just got your message.
I will be paying £4200 for the Jeep.Umm..I will like to know the present condition likewise i would appreciate if you can send me more pictures of it..I will be paying you through as i wont be opportuned to pay for it in cash so if you are interested in selling this to me please get back with the following..Your name and PayPal email address so i can make the payment as soon as i know the present condition.My private courier agent will come over and pick it up after payment clears as i have been dealing with them for years especially when i am on tours.so don’t bother about shipping. no shipping.And please I’m dealing with trust..so as soon as you get payment you should give a specific convenient time for you for the pick up to take place without hassles,as i wont want that..
Thanks.
advise please and if its a scam to I go to the police
Got 2:
1) Thanks for getting back to me.I really appreciate your reply. I’m a missionary leader and right now we are in a church camp for evangelical purpose.I will have loved to come and pick it up my self and pay cash in hand, but I have just been transfer to Norway for a Missionary Assignment. kindly get back to me with your confirm correct PayPal email for immediate payment, because they are fast and reliable and secure with no stress of all payments.I’m offering you £100 for the item and £50 for the shipping and handling cost via Royal Mail post 3-5 working days.
I wait to hear back from you.
Regards and God bless.
2) hello there,
thank you for the fast reply.
i am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £120
which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the
request money button located at the top of your paypal account
homepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account id
which is smith.sarah037@gmail.com so that i can submit payment to you
via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and
receive money online.
If you dont have a paypal account just logon to http://www.paypal.com and set
up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you
locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal
account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal
account which is smith.sarah037@gmail.com once I receive your money
request from paypal, I will submit payment to you immediately via
paypal asap.
Get back asap.
Sarah Smith…..
hello there,thank you for the fast reply.i am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £900which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select therequest money button located at the top of your paypal accounthomepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account idwhich is smith.sarah037@gmail.com so that i can submit payment to youvia paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send andreceive money online. If you dont have a paypal account just logon to http://www.paypal.com and setup your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account youlocate the request money button located at the top of your paypalaccount home page, use it to request money directly from my paypalaccount which is smith.sarah037@gmail.com once I receive your moneyrequest from paypal, I will submit payment to you immediately viapaypal asap. Get back asap.Sarah Smith…..
10 Minutes Later….
Hello There,I have just remitted payment to you via paypal and I also paid paypalcharges to ensure you get full payment.Kindly ship the item to my son as soon as possible and write on the package…”A GIFT FROM YOUR MUM”. My son’s Address isMonday Osagie .10 Alaafin Avenue, Ring Road,Ibadan, Oyo State,23402, Nigeria.MOBILE PHONE: 2347069636514 He is presently an Electrical Engineer in one TelecommunicationCompany overthere.Kindly ship the Item directly to him via PARCEL FORCE PRIORITY MAILINTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR with the note “A GIFT FROM YOUR MUM” boldlywritten on the body of the package. Thanks and nice buying from you.Mrs Sarah Smith ..
Now remember the scammer email has a dot in the end….
PayPal: service@paypal.co.uk
Scammer: service@paypal.co.uk. If you can see the “dot”….
!!!!!!BEWARE!!!!! !!!!!!BEWARE!!!!! !!!!!!BEWARE!!!!! !!!!!!BEWARE!!!!!
Hi, Just got an offer from Grace Jones for my camera – she emailed to ask if it was scratched anywhere and sounded sincere so I sent her some photos and got the email quoted below… thank God I found this page.. Thanks all posters.. saved me much hassle and disappointment.
“Thanks for your response. I am satisfied with the condition and price
of the item . I am buying this item for my nephew studying abroad as
Xmas gift. I live in Tayside Region, Broughty Ferry,Manchester, I would
have loved to meet you for a cash on collection, but am in a business
trip with my company.I have enquirer the postage cost to send the
item abroad through Royal Mail Recorded delivery as their insurance
and tracking is guaranteed and i was informed £20 therefore, I humbly
suggest you an electronic transfer from my pay-pal account which i
feel is secure and safe. I will be expecting a Money Request sent to
my verified Pay-pal account via gracej740@gmail.com.com As
soon as i receive, I will get payment done to you.
Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience this might cause you. God bless.
Grace Jones”
Hi All,
Answered my own question. Contacted the address this lady gave me!
Scam, Scam, Scum!
Hi guys,
Just got an email froma Rose MacBernard who will only pay via paypal for a Dress i’ve advertised. Has anyone heard of this person before? I’m very wary?
Thank you
Sorry, let me make more sense of the situation. Praise Jossey has just sent a reply to my advert as i am selling a sony A1 HDV camera. He wants my paypal details and is willing to pay over the odds for postal, he says that he cannot meet to look at the camera or pay cash as he does not live in London.
Praise jossey is on the case this very moment, i am selling a video camera and using gumtree for the first time.
I was selling an expensive item online when I got an email from a yahoo.co.uk asking about the item and what my price was which seemed odd as the price was listed. He didn’t want to haggle and didnt have any questions about the item. He insisted that he pay as soon as possible by paypal and that I send him a money request. So after a little bit of detective work I found out he was actually emailing from Lagos, Nigeria. Say no more. It works like this. You send him a money request, you then get a fake email from “paypal” saying that the funds have been debited from his account and for security purposes you must provide proof of shipment before the funds are placed into your paypal account. No doubt some innocents have sent off valuable high priced items this way only to receive nothing.
HOW TO TELL IF IT’S A SCAMMER.
Firstly, view the headers of the email. Different mail, programmes do it in different ways just check it out this link. http://hdc.tamu.edu/reference/documentation/index.php?section_id=589
When you see the headers, look for the last “received from” line which should be followed by an ip address. Professional scammers can disguise this but most don’t. Go to this link and paste in the ip address and hey presto, this is where the email is actually originating from. http://www.ip2location.com/free.asp
They are obviously upping the stakes!!! Am selling my MR2 and this is one of the responses I had….
I will pay 2,500.00 GBP for the item. My job doesn’t give much time for me to come for the test driving and buying physically and that is why i have contacted online advertisement and in that case I’ll be
paying you with my PayPal account because my bank account is attached with my bank account and can transfer as much as possible from it. Before I
can make the payment through PayPal you will have to get back to me
with the following information so that my pick up agent will come and
pick up as soon as possible.
1) Your Name
2) Present Address of the item
3) Contact Phone number for my agent to locate you
4) PayPal email address for payment to be made
I will be responsible for the pick up of the item and that is why I have got a reliable agent company that does that for me when ever I’m not in the right position. Get back to me asap with the following information required so that i can contact my agent to know how much the pick up fee would cost.
Await your response.
paul012002@hotmail.com
Very glad I smelled a rat and decided to do some research. From what I understand they are getting the payment they made to you back from paypal via the ‘chargeback’ system which can happen weeks or even months later!! So I would advise anyone to check and double check and warn anyone you can.
I fell for this 2 days ago but the difference was is I sent the laptop to Essex?! But now I an getting asked to send money over western union to Nigeria! I can’t stand these scams and they should be stopped and paypal not allow email addresses like theirs to exist. Does anyone know if there is anyway I can get my laptop back?? Email maxrose1991@hotmail.co.uk. I’m all ears for ANY help
Watch out for
praise.jossy@yahoo.co.uk!
He tried to buy my camera stating that he’d sent the money through PayPal, but we can only get the money once we sent him the tracking number.
The weird thing is that he paid double the price and sent an e-mail as from PayPal that had grammar errors. So stupid!
Beware though!
Yep, I just got a couple of interested buyers for my HD projector and Screen..
When I offered to knock £50 off for cash, I got an e-mail offering me the full price for “the item”, other little things gave it away too, “I know you are only shipping in (Whatever Country). The use of words like, the item, rather than “The projector” for example.. and no use of your name even if you sign off with it. These are all common errors from mailmerge and bot type software. If you are at all worried, a good thing to try is to write back with a load of garbage, random letters etc.. dsfkhlfubleivuelfvulkdfjvhnlk and so on.
Chances are if it’s a scam you will get an e-mail back as though nothing had happened and you had simply sent a normal reply.
for information, my scammers named themselves Robert Moore (but when providing postage details, he called himself Mr S O robert) from Nigeria (With a yahoo.co.uk account).
And the second, just minutes after I’d busted the first, is a Mr Mike Morgan sending it to a friend of his as a present. Both want it sending to Ogun State in Nigeria.
Interesting note.. first e-mail uses zip code 23403 in Nigeria, second one uses 234039.. simple rule people.. if it SOUNDS a little funny.. then it probably is.. Africans who struggle with basic english, but then use common shortcuts such as b’cos etc.. just use common sense.
Hi, just doing some research for my Ray Ban website. Can’t believe the amount of information out there. Looking for something else, but good site. Cya later.
I believe I have been targeted today, using the name Marie Suzette to post to the following:
Name: Femi Johnson
Address: 7, Onitana Street, Adeniran Ogunsanya,Surulere,Lagos, 23401
I was very nearly caught, be careful folks!
another one:
tracy fanabachi
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 50 pounds for the
postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who
is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as Birthday
gift…I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m
presently in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really
appreciate your help. Send me a PayPal request or your Bank Details so
i can make a Banks Transfer to you get back to me with the total cost
of the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards.
God Bless you.
FROM kevinjames419@gmail.com ——— i will make payment for you now. please i am buying this for my Daughter/. My Daughter Helen has relocated to live with her African Husband in his country Nigeria. Please you will have to help me post it across to her as this is a birthday present. I will be responsible for its postage to where they are currently. i will offer you 60 pounds for its postage. i will like you to get back to me with your PayPal money request or your bank detail with the total cost including the postage so that i can proceed with the payment Hope this will be okay. please as soon as you get my payment, kindly get it post out to her.
I REPLIED ——-
Hi “Kevin”,
Ha ha, very good. Can I have three magic beans to go with that order as well?
I’m not open to the quite common scam that’s commited against sellers on gumtree with the story that’s so unnerringly similar to the one you’ve given me – http://www.bournefx.com/penniesforthought/index.php/gumtree-paypal-scam/ + http://blog.gumtree.com/paypal-scam-alert/.
You, sir, are a moron. And your spelling is atrocious.
this was from a rose web
Thanks for your mail………..I will pay you £130.00 for this item including the postage charges and get back to me with your PayPal account email address or your Bank Transfer Details for the payment of the item.
Thx.
so i replied
dont get why you would want to pay so much when i only put it on for 70 pound ,
she replied
Thanks for your mail………..I want to buy the item to my cousin in abroad and i want you to get back to me with your paypal email address or your Bank Transfer Details for the payment of the item.
so i replied
even if i was sending it to jamaica it would not cost an extra £60 a friend of mine was done over on ebay not long ago so im very cautious plus dont have paypal account
she replied
Dear Seller.
i want you to consider me for the shipping of this item cos i want to buy it for my cousin so that is why i contact you for your item and if you did not have paypal account and i want you to go and setup with http://www.paypal.co.uk so that the transaction can be done and if you finish with paypal you can get back to me with your paypal invoice for the payment
ASAP…
Thanks.
so i replied
no sorry not willing to do that i think your trying to scam me why else would you want to pay so much over the odds ,i wasnt born yesterday
Beware of astevenkelly@yahoo.co.uk replying to gumtree ads – claims to be ‘ a Captain at sea’ and is buying the goods for his son as a ’surprise’. Have now also received the relevant bogus paypal emails asking me to send money to a dodgy address in Nigeria and then the funds will be released…Well that’s not going to happen!!
Hah, Jessica Moore is also trying it on with me.
“Hello Seller,
Do you accept paypal? because that is the only way I can pay for the item. And I will pay the postage and packing cost for the item. I will be expecting your reply. You can send me paypal payment request so that I can make the payment as soon as possible.
Regards
Jessica”
I replied:
“I would accept paypal if I listed the item on ebay and you bought it from me on there. I’m not sure I would be covered by Paypals seller protection policy otherwise.
Many thanks,
Lee”
Got an almost instant reply:
“Hello Lee,
It is the same thing here on gumtree, just send me your paypal payment request now and I will make the payment now because paypal is very safe and secured for both of us it is because i dont have ebay account i would have purchase it on ebay. Hope to hear from you very soon”.
Glad i’m smart enough to avoid these scams!
Another scam by jessica
you have received a reply to your Gumtree posting (ad# 67748913) from :
Hello Seller,
Do you accept paypal? because that is the only way I can pay for the item. And I will pay the postage and packing cost for the item. I will be expecting your reply. You can send me paypal payment request so that I can make the payment as soon as possible.
Regards
Jessica
COMPUTER RAYDE0
C0NTACT RAYDE0 94 P0INT 5n
Jessica Moore hit again!
He/She wanted to buy my PC to be sent to his/her business partner daughter abroad and of course he/she would pay £150 for the postage fees!
These people are irritating!!!
Heres another to be aware of, I didnt fall for it but still mailing demanding the item. My ACTUAL PayPal has no transactions pending.
thompsonj112@gmail.com
Ibitoye kayode
112, akerele street
Surulere Lagos
Nigeria
23401.
watch out for
Lilian Kelvin wanting to buy something and send it to:
Africa below
Ola Marquez
31 Ola Str,
Itire-Surulere
Ijeshatedo
Lagos
23401
Nigeria.
postal code does not exist. and she also tried suing paypal but nothing was ever deposited.
another paypal scam address
lesly marcus
to me
show details 19:56 (8 minutes ago)
Thanks for the quick response but i cannot pay cash because am not local at the moment ,However am buying this item for my store in abroad.. i would appreciate if you allow me to pay through paypal and i will add £100 as shipping cost..However if you dont have paypal account you can just log on to paypal.com and set up an account it is free easy and secure to pay and receive money through paypal..ITS GUARANTEES TRANSACTION AND SAFETY
2 days ago i posted a 32gb ipad off to a mr james luis recieving fake paypal emails saying to give the trackin code for money to clear. the an email saying they had over paid and money would not clear until i sent them £300 to a nigerian bank account this was the only warning sign for me. i have contactd police and post offices to try and stop the delivery but NOTHING will/can be done. So i am now down a 32gb ipad. mr.jamesluis@gmail.com is the email address so be aware. please contact me with legal advice if you have any connorburke.121@hotmail.com thank you.
Richard Bernard
John James
Two more suspected scammers to add to the list. Watch out for them.
Thank god I came accross this today, iv had a Rose Web trying to purchase my handset. Email addresses used are pleasenoscammerhere@yahoo.com and w.was23@yahoo.co.uk. She claimed she was going to pay £50.00 more than the orignal price which I found fishy to start with I have also recieved mail from johnj4650@gmail.com
add Tomson Spedawis tomsonspedawis@gmail.com
stupid dumbass nigerian prat , why would i want to sell a 3 grand zafira via paypal anyway lol
Hi,Thanks for the mail..i can read and understand the condition of thisitem,and i want to pay you for this item using PayPal fast servicedelivery so that my agent could be available for the pickup at yourlocation.so you can send me your PayPal email address so that i canemail the payment and been verified by PayPal at once.. I’mPurchasing the item for a Family.I will be expecting your email tell me what is yourName..PayPal Email address..Item amount ….Item Name……Your Address….Your mobile number….thanks get back thanks … Thanks Regards
[...] Here is what I have gotten so far, just to let everyone know, do NOT fall for this. I read about this here. [...]
hey all i nearly got scammed to till i showed my partner the emails which he said straight away its fraud n a scam i was selling my phone on here after a day got a email from a-fionahales_1977@yahoo.co.uk
saying shed have the phone what price etc then got this email-Hi there,The extra money is to cover the postage and packaging as I amcurrently on duty inside a ship at the sea in UK as a naval officer.I am actually buying the item for my son who is currently working witha company abroad My son’s Address isEngr.Osagie James16 Oluyole estate,ring road,Ibadan, Oyo state23402, Nigeria. He is presently an Electrical Engineer in one TelecommunicationCompany overthere.Kindly ship the Item directly to him via royal mail internationalsigned for. Mark the package as a gift item with the note “A GIFT FROMYOUR MUM” boldly written on the body of the package. I look forward toreceive your money request through paypal soon so that I can depositfunds to your account. Thanks and nice buying from you.Fiona Hales.
and then i got load of these fHello chantelle wood, You sent a money request for £50.00 GBP to fionahales_1977@yahoo.co.uk. —————————————————————-Money Request details—————————————————————- Amount: £50.00 GBPSubject: PayPal money request from chantelle wood You will receive a confirmation email when this Money Request is paid. To modify or cancel this Money Request, log in to your PayPal account, then:1. Click the My Account tab.2. Click the History subtab.3. Find the Money Request in your History.4. Click Cancel. Sincerely,PayPal Your monthly account statement is available anytime; just log in to your account at https://www.paypal.com/ie/HISTORY. For questions about your account, contact our Help Center at:https://www.paypal.com/ie/HELP. Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and click the Help link in the top right corner of any PayPal page. —————————————————————-Copyright © 1999-2010 PayPal. All rights reserved. PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. & Cie, S.C.A.Société en Commandite par ActionsRegistered Office: 5th Floor 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, LuxembourgRCS Luxembourg B 118 349 PPID PP117
ake paypal emails from her which at time didnt realise was fake-
also had this one-Hello There,
I have remitted payment to you via paypal and I also paid paypal charges to ensure you get full payment.
Kindly ship the item to my son as soon as possible and write on the package…
“A GIFT FROM YOUR MUM”.
My son’s Address is
Engr.Osagie James.
16 Oluyole estate,ring road,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, NIGERIA
He is presently an Electrical Engineer in one Telecommunication Company overthere.
Kindly ship the Item directly to him via ROYAL MAIL INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR with the note “A GIFT FROM YOUR MUM” boldly written on the body of the package.
Thanks and nice buying from you.
Fiona Hales.
then she or he had cheek to send me this-
Now I demand you get back to me with what is going on with the postage of my purchase.
I just double check my account again and it still shows that the money has been deducted completely from my account to yours, kindly post my goods and email paypal the tracking number or postage receipt so that paypal can confirm the postage and complete the transaction asap by releasing the money to your account. I hope you are not trying to rip me off my money, otherwise i will be going to report this issue to all authorities. I am so angry and feel very upset right now because this transaction has taken much time than i ever expected.
I hope to hear back from you soon with the shipment tracking number.
Thanks
Fiona
Hi there,
Payment has been made.
I just double check my paypal account now, It shows that the money has been deducted from my account to yours but the payment might show pending in your account now because the payment is been held by paypal so it will only fully become available in your account when you ship the package and email the shipment tracking number or any form of proof of shipment to paypal, once paypal receive proof of shipment from you,they will release the money to your account. I would suggest you login to the email address of your paypal account to check for the payment confirmation notice from
paypal to prove that I have sincerely paid.
Do not hesitate to email back if you need any assistance.
Thanks and nice buying from you.
Fiona Hales
makes me sick people like this well hope they all get caught stupid twats that they are never going to be selling anything online now or in future waste of time
I have just had an email regarding a listing i have up now, i thought it was suspicious as i had only JUST listed my item, i had an email saying they could send me paypment through paypal with shipping costs aswell if i sent out a payment request. i told them i knew they were trying to scam me and i haven’t heard from them since…..we’re onto you! you saddo’s!!! keep posting these messages ppl, we can beat those losers! mine was from ‘Zaman Robyn – zamanrobyn@yahoo.co.uk‘
Thank goodness I came across this! I thought it was slightly dodgy that I got three offers from people wanting me to ship my old laptop to their son/nephew/friend in nigeria….
OMG!!! i posted an add for my i-phone and nearly got scammed, they offered the amount and also £20 shipping as they cant meet face 2 face due to work, i had 4 emails off 4 diffo people in seconds of putting my add on, they end in gmail.com, i wrote back sayin i dont have paypal and i’ll ask my friend, i did ask as i was unaware it was a scam but luckily he diddnt no his details( THANK GOD)…
HARRY BRYAN
LUKE JEAN
IVAN JACKSON
LUCKY CHOWDHURY
KIRSTY WHITE
STONELLY JACK
KWHITE474
IT MAKES ME SICK THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE RIPPING US OFF AND MOST OF ALL I NEARLY GOT FOOLED…NEVER AGAIN,JUST SHOWS U HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL…
To Ian says:
I have exactly the same email from “Kisrty White” saying that:
“I works in airport at Prestwick and I have made promise about this item”.
He/She sent false email from Pay Pal (very good scam email – done professionally!) and sent the phone price + £20 for postage. The false email from Pay Pal say that I have this money in my account and they will be accredited soon after I provide the registered postage tracking number.
The address to send was:
Name:Emeka James
Address:33,Adebola street
City:Surulere
State:Lagos
Country:Nigeria
Zip Code:23401
So, Please be carefuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuul…SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM
Such time wasting idiots, look for the broken language its very obvious, i had a few:
shandymoore@gmail.com
bestdealer_009@yahoo.com
sammyjone1@gmail.com
donovansimon007@gmail.com
notice they are all also from gmail!!
hope this helps some people
I have advertised my handset, but obviously Gumtree is NOT safe
I had one from a BRIAN HARWOOD within seconds of my ad going live
Hello
i’m sorry the problem there is that i am out of town for a business with my company,and i want to buy this item as a birthday gift to my cousin and for the reason i can only get the money to you through paypal and also paypal is safe,fast and secure to use for the both of us and i have check the postage cost which is 20pound via Royal Mail international register post . so I’ll really appreciate your help. Send me a PayPal payment request of the total cost of the item plus the postage cost to my PayPal register email (brian_harwood@yahoo.co.uk) and I’ll make the payment as soon as possible.or if you want to call me my number is +44702 408 2213
30 seconds later, I had one from KIRSTY WHITE
Hello
thanks for your response, i am ok with the price, i may not come over because of my job I work in airport at Prestwick and I have made promise about this item. please let me know your payment method because i can only pay you with pay-pal now and I will add additional
£20 for postage fee via royal-mail registered .
Thanks
Kirsty White
you can send me paypal money request to:kwhite474@gmail.com
or you let me have your paypal email address and name so i can send
the money now
SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM
BTW HERE IS THE EMAIL THEY USED romary001@gmail.com
Not only scammers from africa i was selling shoes on gumtree got an email with regards to someone interested in buying them. sent me an amount of money more than what would have been necessary to post them. Said that when there was tracking number and confirm that they had been shipped that paypal would release the fund to my account. Well i sent shoes by freepost to the usa with a tracking no made up of any random key strokes the box was so well packaged it was invisible. Meaning it didn’t exist. Paypal’s official site state they don’t with hold money on receipt that you send the item first and then receive your money afterwards. But the only thing they will get would be an email saying it on it’s way but they will wait and wait and nothing will come except the expectation of dissipation.
Got very fast replies to a mobile phone ad. I’m sure they are paypal scammers. Offering to pay an extra £20 for postage, insisting on paypal and two of them are both airport workers! The lack of originality really makes these morons easy to spot…
Emails used:
jessica08moore@yahoo.co.uk
kwhite474@gmail.com
runakocoates@yahoo.co.uk
rolandhunte@yahoo.co.uk
Hey guys, watch out for this guy… here’s the email he sent to me after asking about my product and after I replied asking him if he was gonna make an offer..
“Thank you for getting back to me. Am an Italian Business Merchant residing in Provo, Utah…Your price is okay by me and i’m willing to pay you for the Item…It is for my Pastor’s birthday Who has gone for further study in West African…I want to purchase the item as a birthday gift to him…I can afford to pay you £340.00 for cost price and shipping fee to my Pastor in West Africa….I would have come around your area and pick it up myself and also see the condition of the item but due to distance and my tight schedule, my days are always busy. I can’t make it…I will make the payment via PayPal online money transfer, these secure and protect two parties in a transaction…Let me hear from You as soon as possible and send me your PayPal invoice or your PayPal identification email for payment so that i can proceed with the payment fast through PayPal. Or your full contact address if you wish to receive the money through money order. This information should be provided correctly to avoid wrong payment…I will forward my Pastor’s residential address to you for shipping as soon as the payment is done. I will be very grateful to hear from you ASAP.
Thanks for your Anticipated co-operation..Remain bless,
DR. Mira.
Sent from my Iphone 3gs”
So he’s a doctor and an Itallien Buisness merchant (who can’t spell)…’Really??’ Watch out for this guy and never agree to send to Nigeria or West Africa or something like that, as it is most probally a scam!! Note that the add was for a product for £200 and he’s offering £340… Yeah right… Its a real shame that “his days were too busy” so we could never meet up in person…
Also, this joker has about fifty different phones… “sent from my iphone3GS”, “sent from my Blackberry Verizon”, and so on… what a fool
Here’s the link for the add, its an xbox360 bundle http://www.gumtree.com/london/06/67054006.html
Please note that I don’t send to Nigeria or West Africa!
I have sold a phone to someone in the north of the country, sight unseen.
I have received a credit to my bank account ( so paypal are not involved ) and it shows as a faster payment, which seems fine.
My bank advise that the funds are cleared. The problem weas the sale was just too easy and the buyer even volunteered to pay me an extra postage contribution.
Am I safe to post the phone?
Hello i got question about the scam. I done transaction with one guy because i was selling the ipod touch and i sended the ipod on that adress:
Engr. Otsemeuo Mathew.
Lane 6 No3 Oluyole,
Ibadan, Oyo State,
23402, Nigeria.
And I got question do any one know if he is a scammer and if i sended can i some how get my ipod back or get to paypal and ask them to get money from that man. Or did any one get his money back or the item that he send it? please get back to me thank you
Hi, thanks for the advice. Will not contact him again. Debs
Deborah – just ignore him. There will be no face to face contact, so the police can’t physically intercept. His way of working is to make it look as though funds are waiting to be cleared into your paypal account, and then request a money transfer to him before they are cleared.
Scammer!
Hi, I am responding to the Solex nooy scammer . He has arranged to pay me for a scooter over the asking price on Gumtree. Should i go ahead with the transaction and then call the police to intercept him. Advise from anyone please.
I received an email from Soolex Nooy email: solexcraig@gmail.com and solexplay-7@yahoo.co.uk used for the same scam Oct 10th and 11th. Asked what my price I was asking (even though it says clearly in the ad) and then offered more.
Was too good to be true so Googled the name… glad I did.
The name solex Nooy is still around and tried to scam me at the weekend. Be very aware!
I am selling a fridge. The ‘buyer’ offered almost double the price, as he stated he really wanted it. He stated that he would also pay for the transportation, and offered £350 to transport from South London to east London!
The scam is that a fake paypal email was sent my way, stating that the inflated cost of the fridge, and the £350 transport money was in my paypal account. The funds hadn’t been cleared, but to do this, I would have to send £350 via Western Union to cover the transport cost. The paypal funds wouldn’t be cleared to my account.
Mmm…
That name again: solex Nooy.
Only deal in hard cash, folks!
Please be aware of FRANK ATKINSON or email address ninisdance017@gmail.com another front for a frequently recurring address in Lagos, Nigeria.
i am being scammed by these people right now and i am furious… they dont know that i am onto them yet.. i was ready to go ahead with giving my paypal details.. i did not have a paypal account so was waiting to set it up… luckily i was talking about it with my uncle and he saw it on the news not long ago so i quickly googled it to see this… i am asking a million questions now and they are replying with all the same replys as each of you have mentioned on this site already!! ridiculous email i got is a different one to these debbiekent112@gmail.com
watch out
there are other scams going on facebook. i was scammed 170.00 for an iphone i purchased by bank transfer.; i never recived the iphone
just been scammed, absolutely guuuttteed. wtch out for at stevenson and emails from pp.wordwide@consultant.com i cant believe the trouble im in coz of this! is there ANYTHING that i can do to sort this out. i only
sen tthe item 4pm today and realised 6 hours later iv been scammed! iv tracked it it hsnt left yet L:(
Wanted to let you all know to be on the lookout for FRANK BARACK. I had posted a treadmill on craigslist, he contacted me stating her was an ‘oceanist’, was out @ sea & was buying for his dad. He would pay via paypal, deposit extra monies so I could pay the moving company for him as he was “at sea’ & had no way of doing so. This has been going on since tuesday. I started receiving all kinds of e-mails from “paypal” stating theat the funds have beed deposited & I need to wire money to the buyers pick up agent via Western Union. In the span of 6 hours, I received 6-7 e-mails. The red flag for me, other than wanting me to wire my own cash, was the verbiage in the text of the e-mail. Some of the verbage was incorrect, the inproper tenses, etc. I can understand not using spellcheck from an individual, but a form letter from a company like PayPal sounded too fishy to me. I ended up calling Paypal & was confirmed it was a scam. I mean I wasn’t going to take money out of my pocket to wire to the UK on the promise that I would get it back in my PayPal acct. I was born in the morning, just not this morning
I, too, have received a response from Carey Seagal about something I am selling on Craigslist. Same thing as Brian’s story – wants to put money in my PayPal account and have a shipping company pick up the item. I am so glad I googled the name Carey Seagal and this site came up. I could have have lost my Mom and Dad’s dining room suite except my gut kept telling me something was wrong with this whole thing. Now I know what.
Please find details below of email scammers who wanted to buy a £600 ring from me at full price + postage without even seeing it!!!
All wanted paid by Paypal urgently of course!
Please beware of
andyforlan777@gmail.com
Bill Varner using inkmn98@hotmail.com
Kerri Lippert using nickkytom12@gmail.com
kerrime.opomulero@mailnull.com
It’s quite simple – Nigeria is not a Paypal country and they cannot use it. If they claim to be in another country and want it posting to Nigeria, they are lying.
Well thanks all for having saved me some money and time! I was selling tires on Craigslist, and this Carey Seagal was interested in buying them! It went on for days, back and forth, telling me he was interested and he just wanted my paypal and would have a courrier come pick up the item, without negotiating nor seeing the product. I called my daughter as I aint too computer savy, to find out from her, that this was too good to be true. She googled his name, to find all of this information. Thanks guys! You saved me time and money! People watch out, if you dont speak personaly with them, it aint good!! Cheers!!
Same thing happened here. But I said I don’t accept paypal and would like to have bank transfer. Then her relatives claimed that they had done payment through BANK OF AMERICA. The payment is being held unless I send the shipping receipt to the bank. However, the email address for the shipping receipt is a spam! I checked it on google and there are loads of website talking about that email domain name! –> xxxxxx@accountant.com
Lucky me that I found out that before shipping the items!
Be Aware!
Hi All
I’ve had this email below from someone looking to buy my Audi for £3800. I almost fell for it but then my husband asked me to look on Google for any PayPal scams.. and came across these posts. I was a little suspicious especially being told that the buyer is purchasing the vehicle for a family member and the vehicle will need to be shipped… Check the email below:
Hi there Michelle, you have received a reply to your Gumtree posting “Audi A4 1.8 Multitronic” (ad# 66284294) from Rolland :
please get back to me if you still have !!!
And…best of all….
Thanks for the prompt response.. I am quite okay with your price and I am ready to buy it urgently for birthday gift for my brother in-law an. I am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer, i would have come to check and see it myself and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really want it to be a surprise for brother in-law so i wont let him know anything about it until it gets delivered to him, i am sure he will be more than happy with it. I insisted on paying you via PayPal because i don’t have access to my bank account online as i don’t have internet banking, but i can pay from my PayPal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your paypal email address so i can make the payments asap. Pls if you don’t have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.co.uk and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with paypal so as to put the money through. I have a pick up agent that will come and pick it up after i have made the payments…
All you have to give me is Your
1)Full Name
2)PayPal e-mail Account
NOTE: Please note that I have a shipper/mover who handles my shipping arrangement anywhere in the world, the shipping agent would be coming for the pickup, after you have received payment, which would be through paypal, If this is acceptable, get back to me
Thanks.
one way to check if you are being scammed with a fake paypal email is to hover over any link they have given on the page, down by the start button on the bottom of the page is a java script service that shows you the web address of the link. If it doesnt match that of the original link then its a scam.
I was selling a new camera he asked me to post to london, i received fake paypal payment thinking it was real and sent the item. No money.
scammers update, on face book their names are: paul smith, amanda perkins, boddy long, sarah barah. they will try to scam you….
i put a laptop up for £150 and one offered £370 the rest were only slightly lower, i sent one a request and surprise, surprise…. no reply or transfer, so i searched it and found this thread so i emailed all of them saying this….
http://blog.gumtree.com/paypal-scam-alert/ YOU HAVE BEEN BUSTED!!!!!!!!!
and no reply… thought it was weird one said they lived in turkey yet he choose to use high school in NY which is an troubled youths school. and an prestigus college in NY, thought it was weird when their occupation was working for facebook…. and the college is a law college. lol
Hi,
Recently listed a Nikon D300s on the London Gumtree site. Had multiple (5)responses with similar styles to them.
1/ Short first reply asking a seemingly genuine question about the item.
2/ Upon replying receiving a very fast reply stating they would pay over the amount to have the item shipped to son/nephew/friend. They would use paypal and I should sign up for an account if I didn’t have one already.
That it was fast and secure.
Some had a little sob story, some not.
The following names/email addresses have been reported to PayPal for Scamming Phishing or General bad sportsmanship… ;-]
Please excuse me, I am missing one name and 2 email addresses because I had reported them already and couldn’t recover the Info.
Jennifer Foley – jennifer.foley828@gmail.com
Marie James – mariejames1012@yahoo.co.uk
Steve Mandding – stevemandding01@fastmail.co.uk
Drey Drummond
They, whoever they are in the world can go f*ck *ff and d**… fill in the vowels as appropriate.
Thank you…. now, anyone want to buy a Nikon D300s? haha
I’m so glad that I did my research and thank you guys for this forum. I learned and thankfully, I read all these first before everything went through.
Here’s the email I got from Jennifer Mike (jennifermk0@live.com).
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Thanks for the mail..I was just about to make the payment when i had this little problem with the picking up,I got an email from my agent..i thought i included that in my previous email.he said he won’t come and pick up the item unless i pay him the agent commission fee first in order to be able to schedule a pick up time ,and my pick up agent headquarters is in the United Kingdom and all commission payments made for pick up, from anywhere in the world is sent to their head quarters in United Kingdom and the only form of payments they accept is western union money transfer and i tried to pay online but i will need a credit card which i didn’t bring along, and there is no post office(there is usually a western-union section in most post offices) or any western union agent offshore! so i have to ask you to help me with the pick up fees, i will include the $650 they charged to pick it up and take it my home(1st class treatment), to the payments i will send through PayPal. After i have made the payments and it has been confirmed by PayPal, i will need you to help me send the $550 to my pick up agent through western union money transfer, i added extra $100 to cover the western union charges..The western union money transfer can be made at a anywhere near to you,there is always a western union agent in most area or you can send the money online at http://www.westernunion.com .I will be making the payments shortly and will email you as soon as it has been done..
So what going to happen now,i have make the payment…when are you sending the pick up fee,cos in the mail PayPal sent to me,i got to know that PayPal will not release the money not on until you send the pick up fee and email them the western union MTCN Number…before they can credit your account with the whole money…so i will like to know when you will send the money…cos PayPal has hold the payment…i dont want any time to waste let get this done asap…hope to hear from you soon…
Just got this e-Mail in from somebody who hasn’t even had the good grace to supply me with their real name, or contact details, and yet expects me to do business with them, claiming that they are sending the item I’m selling to Nigeria as a birthday present (419 Alarm Bells chime right away, as the item for sale is not the type of thing you give to somebody as a birthday present, it’s a commercial software item.) – Anyway, what I’m selling can easily be downloaded and tried as a demo and then purchased directly off the website. I just thought I’d post their e-Mail here with address, as I don’t want anyone to fall foul of their schemes – their e-Mail address doesn’t appear on any of the search engines as yet.
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Hiya, thanks for your response, I will want to know the recent condition of
this item and its total amount.I ‘m sending it to someone as a Birthday Gift
in West Africa (Nigeria),Via Royal Mail International Signed For,but
unfortunately I’m not opportune to come get the item myself,so i will really
appreciate if you can kindly post the item for me which i will offer you the
sum of £70 for postage and packaging of the items Abroad.
I will want us to sincerely deal with each other through PayPal Online
Auction or Via Bank Transfer,cause i believe its safe for both of us..I will
love you to get back to me with all the answers and also PayPal money
request or your bank details and the overall cost of the total amount plus
p&p and your gumtree ad number,so payment can be made asap and i can get
back to you with the postage address.
I await your quick response
This is what I received from another top quality thick headed Nigerian, scum of the world that they are, just see District 9 for confirmation Nigerians.
Dear XXXX XXXX
This is to confirm to you that we have received your payment of £390.00 GBP from Jessica Moore for a Gumtree item: Google Nexus one Htc. The money has now been deducted from the buyer’s account and is ready to be deposited into your account. It will be debited into your PayPal account (XXXXXXXX.com) as soon as we receive the shipping reference/tracking number from you. The number is to be sent to (securepaid@financier.com). PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PAYMENT WILL NOT APPEAR IN THE “PENDING” TAB IN YOUR ACCOUNT UNTIL YOU SEND THE SHIPPING REFERENCE NUMBER TO US. This is due to new policies at PayPal to protect both the buyer and the seller in the face of the growing number of fraudulent activities perpetrated via the internet. Your payment is intact. You are encouraged to complete this transaction. Here at PayPal you can be assured that your security and safety is our topmost concern.
If you have questions about this payment for your sold item or service, please contact PayPal directly by replying to this email. Your query will be answered promptly.
We hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you for using PayPal!
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Hi i am selling my mobile phone on gumtree and ebay and have had a reply from someone in surulere nigeria saying they will pay well over the asking price for it, i wondered if anyone had dealings with him his name is patrick doyle > address…………..block b flat 3 akerele extension, surulere lagos 23401 nigeria
Thanks for the response, i have gone through the add and i can say
that its what i am really looking for, I will be making payment
through paypal, i don’t have access to my bank account online as i
don’t have internet banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as
i have my bank a/c attached to it,i will be doing this cus i work on a
ship, i am a marine engineer, i will need you to give me your paypal
email address and the price so i can make the payments asap for it an
pls if you don’t have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up,
go to http://www.paypal.co.uk and get it set up, after you have set it up i
will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with paypal
so as to put the money through. I have a pick up agent that will come
and pick it up after i have made the payments,So kindly send me your
full home address so that i can have it forwarded to the agent who is
coming for the pick-up and inspection and am ready to make payment for
it immediately you e-mail me back with the information requested
for…i look forward to your fast response..thanks
This is a
Thanks for the response, i have gone through the add and i can say
that its what i am really looking for, I will be making payment
through paypal, i don’t have access to my bank account online as i
don’t have internet banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as
i have my bank a/c attached to it,i will be doing this cus i work on a
ship, i am a marine engineer, i will need you to give me your paypal
email address and the price so i can make the payments asap for it and
pls if you don’t have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up,
go to http://www.paypal.co.uk and get it set up, after you have set it up i
will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with paypal
so as to put the money through. I have a pick up agent that will come
and pick it up after i have made the payments,So kindly send me your
full home address so that i can have it forwarded to the agent who is
coming for the pick-up and inspection and am ready to make payment for
it immediately you e-mail me back with the information requested
for…i look forward to your fast response..thanks
This is a
Yes, you are very much right, you cannot open a PayPal account for Charity, if your charity is registered in India, same thing happened with me also, I applied a Charity account for my client and after completing all the formalities they just denied for the account.
I have a suggestion for you, apply for a normal account with some other website and then use it for your Charity website, I have list of websites who are doing the same thing.
You can also try some other Payment Gateways like CCavenue, but in case you are using Vbulletin script, I don’t think so that it may help you. The first suggestion may work for you.
Just got one from ryderkate19@gmail.com
tried to make me send my laptop to nigeria..
>> >> Name:Sunday Akinola
>> >> Address:N0 5,Oke Ilewo.
>> >> City:Abeokuta
>> >> State:Ogun State
>> >> Country:Nigeria
>> >> Zip-Code:234039.
face-to-face is the only way!
I had the following message come through via facebook from “Amy Jossy” regarding some items I have for sale on facebook market place. DO NOT ship anything to this buyer.
Didnt fall for scam but some might..
This facebook account may have been hijacked or just might be bogus..
“Alright Thanks for the mail,i will offer you a sum of $500.00 including the shipping cost Through FedEX to west Africa since you can assure me that the condition,and hope this is not a scam cause have been ripped so will want to know,if not scam get back to me with your PayPal money request invoice of $500.00 to my PayPal I.D (insurance89@live.co.uk)so that i can transfer the money into your account asap..”
Litchfiled scammer
as thats where they usually say they are
on gumtree every day selling macbook pro iphone 4 and dj equipment
usually in wrong section at a daft price
they use money mules for you to transfer the mony to by bank transfer
so dont accept online jobs transferring money kiddies
names used have been
google them to see layout
Victoria.Richardson@gmx.co.uk
mrs.smithies1960@insurer.com.
marie.suller@gmx.co.uk
SUSANNE.LOMAX1960@GMX.CO.UK
mrs.faulke1955@graphic-designer.com
sarah.marew@gmail.com
amber.delaney@optician.com
annabel@insurer.com
JULIE.MEAKIN@GMX.CO.UK
sandra.faulke@myself.com
diane.hayden1984@yahoo.co.uk
natalie.harris15@gmail.com 07815557531
HANNAH.DOUGLAS20@GMAIL.COM
JANINE.MEAKIN@GMAIL.COM
louise.bradley02@yahoo.co.uk
Karen.Crimmett@gmx.co.uk
meakin_jennifer@yahoo.co.uk
theresa.grey@contractor.net
KERRY.SUMMERS@GMX.CO.UK
samantha.meakin47@yahoo.co.uk
mrs.smithies_1964@yahoo.co.uk
LindaLowe48@gmx.com
LINDALOWE1962@GMAIL.COM
LindaLowe@blumail.org
samantha_hunter1966@yahoo.co.uk
ADELEMARKLEW@YAHOO.CO.UK
Jennifer.Meakin@gmx.co.uk
caroline.smithers@gmx.com
mrs.hunter70@gmail.com
Emma.Manson1987@powdermail.com
Emma.Manson@powdermail.com
Lorraine.Davis@mustbuy.com
Lorrainedavis@mailbolt.com
lorraine.davis@gmx.com
helenelewis@bigstring.com
eliza.lawson@bartender.net
here another one, tried to buy using the paypal scam, these are the emails i’ve received:
1. “hello seller..i will like to know if this item is still up for sale…”
then after i replied
2.”Thanks for the response, i have gone through the add and i can say that its what i am really looking for, I will be making payment through paypal, i don’t have access to my bank account online as i don’t have internet banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it,i will be doing this cus i work on a ship, i am a marine engineer, i will need you to give me your paypal email address and the price so i can make the payments asap for it and pls if you don’t have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.co.uk and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with paypal so as to put the money through. I have a pick up agent that will come and pick it up after i have made the payments,So kindly send me your full home address so that i can have it forwarded to the agent who is coming for the pick-up and inspection and am ready to make payment for it immediately you e-mail me back with the information requested for…i look forward to your fast response..thanks”
Here is another one, she is supposed to be someone called Amy Jossy and wanted me to send something to Nigeria
Amy Jossy September 21 at 9:45pm “i will offer you a sum of €65.00including the shipping cost to west Africa since you can assure me that the condition,and hope this is not a scam cause have been ripped so will want to know,if not scam get back to me with your PayPal money request invoice of €65.00to my PayPal I.D (insurance89@live.co.uk)so that i can transfer the money into your account asap..”
12,oshogbo street ijeshatedo
surulere
Lagos
Nigeria
23401
Another one
andreamiller001@yahoo.co.uk
Hi,
Sorry for not replying earlier. I’ll like us to get this underway as soon as possible. Pls, be advised that I’ll be making out a money order payment to you, as the only option available to me right now. I’ll handle the shipping myself via FedEx or UPS, and at no cost to you. Let me know if this works for you, by getting back to me with your full name and address for me to send the money order to you.
Thanks.
Ahoy all
Well dealing with the same punks you all are. Have had a bit or doubtfullness as in truth I can’t remember the last time a “real” deal actually happend for me on gumtree or other sites in fact asides E-Bay. This is not a promotion, it’s simple free scamming is better than paying and registering scamming as a guess.
Anyway, tricks time. To help establish legit mails from scammer ones, try the following, next to the name of the person mailing there should be a show details button, click on it and all this mumbo jumbo comes down, now what you want to do is look for the SIGNED BY: part normally last one down. it’ll either show from the said service ie:- paypal.co.uk or gmail.com/ yahoo.com / whatever. This means that if it IS NOT SIGNED by the said website it’s pure BULLSH1T!!! and delte mail. Another way is (not sure about other mails) but in gmail, go into settings click on to Łabs button, then look for Authentication icon for verified senders and enable this. What this then does will put a little icon normally a key next to the mail indicating wether it’s safe or not. I hope this will help you all and spread it around, also I have posted to these addresses as I have 3 on the go at the mo, and I ENCOURAGE you all to post a little something ( use all of your god given imaginations ) to send these tossers a little slice of whatever you can conjur up that by the time it gets to Nigeria or where ever it’s going, it’ll be the best present “A GIFT FROM YOUR MUM” could ever be. I’ve got two more to send so please post suggestions as I really really really HATE these people and think it’s the least I or we can do to them. It may cost a little but for me its the picturing thier face when they open said “present” that frankly is worth it for me, i’m not sinister, I just have time on my hands to play games too. PS- generally have noticed when emails have loads of numbers and horrendous spelling and grammer generally alarm bells go off in my head and so far based on this criteria I have been correct everytime. So, another if not already mentioned tip is always pursue for a face to face arrangement even if in scotland as if people are reluctant to do this it also should be telling you something.
Hope it helps.
You can add me to the list of people who almost got scammed. This came from tomjery000@gmail.com. Funny thing was, I am selling a size 10 white wedding dress so couldnt quite work out why he was buying it for his son.
Dont deal with this email address. In fact I had 3-4 emails with the same format francopaul000@gmail.com and a couple of others.
Example of email below:
hello mate,
thanks for the reply,am will be very glad if you could assit me..i
will like to handle this myself but am presently out of the country so
i will like you to help me ship the item to Nigeria(West Africa)…to
my son who’s birthday is comming up very soon.so i will be offering
you £30 for the postage and delivery to Nigeria….i can be able to
make the payment via PayPal which i belive to be safe and secure for
online payment.and also be oppotuned to make the payment via bank
draft..you can get back to me with either of the two so that i can
proceed with the payment asap….
hope to read from you soon…..
best regards……….!
THEY ARE ALL THE SIMILAR MESSAGE OF CHEATING ,SUCH AS SEND ITEM TO A SON,OR A DAUGHTER, OR A GIRLFRIEND TO SOMEONE IN NIGERIA. NOW I ADDING THE EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR PEOPLE TO AVOID THOSE .
keishajack63@gmail.com
ashtonwestmoreland7@gmail.com
lauraclarke102@gmail.com
janet960@gmail.comjanet960@gmail.com
rsglvr728@gmail.com
Thanks guys, I almost sold my laptop to Marie James . Looks like he/she has the same Nigerian address as mentioned below. Small world eh?
Trading face to face is the best advice!
Hi here is my email from scammer MICHEAL JONES. It looked like a scam so i googled gumtree payoal scam and found this site. Thankfully i have not giving him my item or paypal details.
HI,
Thanks for the prompt response………i am willing to proceed with the transaction now, i am buying the Item as a gift for my son and i am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really want the Item to be a surprise gift for my son so i wont let him know anything about the Item until it gets delivered to him, i am sure he will be more than happy with the Item . I insisted on paypal because i don’t have access to my bank account online as i don’t have internet banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your paypal account name, email address and your final asking price so i know how much i am transferring in order for me to proceed with the payment or you could just login to your paypal account if you already have one and use the request money button at the top of your paypal account home page and send the payment money request invoice to my paypal account which is COOLAGE57@YAHOO.CO.UK so that i can send payment to your account asap for the Item and pls if you don’t have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.co.uk and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the name on the paypal account and e-mail address you use for registration with paypal so as to get the money transfer into your paypal account or you could just use the request money button at the top of your paypal account home page and send the payment money request invoice to my paypal account which is COOLAGE57@YAHOO.CO.UK so that i can send payment to your account asap. I have a pick up agent that will come and pickup the Item after i have transfer the funds into your account…
I will also appreciate it if you could email me some pictures of the Item.
You can ring me on +447045753989 if i am chanced to receive your call, i will do.
Thanks
Capt. Michael
— On Sat, 18/9/10, Rachel wrote:
From: Rachel
Subject: RE: Reply to your ad: 3/4 Cello
To: coolage57@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Saturday, 18 September, 2010, 19:07
Hi as i said e370 is final price and cello is in very good condition, photo can be seen in the add on gumetree.
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Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:41:08 +0000
From: coolage57@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: RE: Reply to your ad: 3/4 Cello
To: rachel852@msn.com
Hi,
what condition and how much is your final asking price for this items?
How many items do you have forsale again ?
I will like you to send me Picture of this item with your reply to my email
Hope to read back from you
Capt.Michael
— On Sat, 18/9/10, Rachel wrote:
From: Rachel
Subject: RE: Reply to your ad: 3/4 Cello
To: ajocmicc@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Saturday, 18 September, 2010, 8:00
hi
yes its still for sale best price i can sell for if your really interested would be e370
Thanks Rachel
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Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 08:55:17 +0100
From: ajocmicc@yahoo.co.uk
To: rachel852@msn.com
Subject: Reply to your ad: 3/4 Cello
Hi there Rachel, you have received a reply to your Gumtree posting “3/4 Cello” (ad# 65525250) from :
Is this item still available?
Want more responses? Click here to Feature your ad and go to the top of listings.
I’ve got a John Robyn – or Robin Bolaji in another email – writing from multiple gmail accounts, trying to get me to part with my camcorder for more than I was asking – he promises to send me £40 to cover postage initially. He claims to be currently at sea as a marine engineer, so has to use Paypal.
His email rang my bells straight away, so I’m currently stringing him along and having a bit of fun with him.
Scammer emails: johnrobyn05@gmail.com and bolaji4bolu00@gmail.com
I also have a “Charles Sharon” trying to buy a musical instrument off me without having seen it. After giving him an address I immediately received an email from one “Lisa Xavier” asking if the address was correct. I replied saying it was, then decided to do some searching around and found this site. I have since emailed “Lisa Xavier” back and told her the address was incorrect and then emailed “Charles Sharon” essentially telling him I found other people being scammed out of things and that he could, in different words, forget about the deal and I wished him good luck scamming other people.
I hope this helps save other people!!!
You can add michelcoolchap@gmail.com – Michel Douglas (lol) to your Nigerian spammers. Wanted to pay me £20.00 international tracked postage from Glasgow to NOTTINGHAM! :0)
Just had a CHARLES SHARON attempt to buy my piano site unsween and offered immediate payment via paypal. Wants my address so I gave him a nearby number and right away got an email from a so-called shipping company. None of it tracable except when I did a google search on ‘CHarles Sharon Scam.’ This site came up. Beware!!!!
Hi another warning story to add to this long list! Also was almost taken in by this scam. Got an e-mail asking if item was still for sale. Answered Yes, then it was all quite cautious.. some story about sorry he couldn’t be there to make the transaction in person. (ok, I thought. Not a big problem) Then it like can you post it? I am sure where does it want to go? Reply of West Africa. Now these are rugby boots I am selling and I would genuinely be happy to have someone in the 3rd world use them and play the game I love. So then its like don’t worry about the postage cost. I will send £50 to cover it. So then there is a bit of a discussion about what would he like to use in the way of mail carrier etc. Finally it comes to the payment. So you get an e-mail through apparently from Paypal saying that you have your money. The e-mail looks terrible. Apparently a transaction number…. where that came from I don’t know! I checked with my actual paypal account and its not been transfered. Its a scam! I have notified Paypal of this and want to warn everyone here not to even reply to e-mails from this guy calling himself TBoy Millan with an e-mail address of tboymillan01@gmail.com BEWARE OF THE SCAM. Thank goodness for this forum and the warnings. Thankfully because I read this I knew about it but don’t become a vicitim of these scammers!
I had someone trying to scam me with this method this morning. Tried to pay by paypal and offered £30 more than I’d asked for an item.
Email me from this address nickkytom12@gmail.com
Beware!!!!!
Hey – does anyone know if you can recover this money via paypal?????
Just got scammed out of a brand new camera!!!!!
OMG I know now if it is too good to be true it probably is! I was scammed outa wedding dress, which i sent to Nigeria because I thought the funds had been transfered into my paypal account.
Iv’e reported it to the police but there is nothing they can do, i cannot believe people awould do something like this. All i wanted was to make a bit of cash for my studies.
He used the email address – sisolilo.bomer456@gmail.com
another new one that came to me last night is lauraclarke2468@gmail.com wanting to buy my car off one of the forums (its a show car) asked loads of details (sounded genuine as had many similar questions from pisstonheads users)
even negotiated a price – which again seemed normal as even i do that before i go to see a car – allows for a double negotiation once before and once when you see the car..
today asked for a few more pics of the car and then agreed a price with me..
person then said they will send the payment via paypal and will cover the fees, when i said cash deal only even gave me instructions on how to sign up to paypal!
i declined and said i would only accept a cash deal on collection
as with many others i have been “done over” before with the western union scam many years ago and the paypal reversal trick some prat pulled on my for £900 worth of car audio system that i sold via ebay… the lying scum claimed back through the ebay system.. i threw a massive fit and got the claimback reversed! so bottom line is… avoid accepting car payments through paypal.. its stupid and noone does it, double negotiating the price – once over the phone/email and then on SEEING THE CAR is a legitimate way of buying (personally i wouldnt buy a car any other way and have picked up great deals over the years) but the buyer will not pay for a car unseen! and finally if ebay reverse a deal without legitimate reason – this person claimed back and refused to send the “damaged” item back – throw a hissy fit and regardless of what they say the DO have the power to correct the mistake!
OLA BENSON IS AH BATTY BWOY
Trying to sell my camera – I have had 3 responses, all of them asking me to accept payment via paypal to send it to Africa
Are there any genuine buyers on this site or is it just a hang out for fraudsters?
emails from:
jessicadason@yahoo.co.uk
ryan.zawaski111111111111111@gmail.com
crai1949@hotmail.com
i have just falling for the same scam. i have lost my ps3 and 10 games £124 postage fee and £100 custom charges. this was the only money i had. i feel so stupid
I too recieved an email from aishatcollins@gmail.com insisting she wanted to buy my wedding dress as a gift for a friend in Nigeria, i got an email from the Bank of America saying the funds had been transferred and once they recieved confirmation of shipment it would be in my bank immediately! Fortunately i am not stupid and knew it was a scam immediately, i emailed ‘Aishat’ back and said once the funds had cleared into my bank account i would ship the item! Needless to say i have never had a reply!!!
The David Cole (coledavid22@yahoo.com, I suppose there are tons of scamming coledavids@yahoo.com) “I’m in Asia, ship to Africa” scam is so obvious it made me suspicious straight away. I have little sympathy for those falling for it.
First, he is so keen and the price does not seem to matter. Second, he calls everything item since he sends out standard emails.
I wanted to know what happens and said I did not have Pay Pal and he sent me just what I expected. A request for my bank account.
Gumtree is a magnet for scammers and time wasters, I am afraid.
This seems to be getting worse…
Can paypal be trusted anymore as a proper payment method??
I am raging. I posted an ad on Gumtree for a pair of shoes that I’m trying to sell, and got a prompt reply from an Elizabeth Lohan Mathew – I knew it sounded dodgy, so when I typed her Sons name onto Facebook, it led me to this site. I wondered why she hadn’t put the money into my Paypal account! What a scam. This is the e-mail she sent me:
Hello Alison,
I have remitted payment to you via paypal and I also paid paypal
charges to ensure you get full payment.
My son’s Address is
Engr. Otsemeuo Mathew.
Lane 6 No3 Oluyole,
Ibadan, Oyo State,
23402, Nigeria.
He is presently an Electrical Engineer in one company called British America Tobacco
Company (B.A.T) over there.
hope to read from you soon with the shipment tracking number.
regards,
Eliza.
Can I add this, I very nearly fell for the same scam this morning. I thought it sounded dodgy so I pasted the address into Google and it lead me to this forum. The email address used was Jennifer.Foley118@gmail.com
Hi there,
The extra money is to cover the postage and packaging as I am
currently on duty inside a ship at the sea in UK as a naval officer.
I am actually buying the item for my son who is currently working with
a company abroad
My son’s Address is
Osagie Monday
#10 Alaafin avenue,ring road,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, NIGERIA
MOBILE PHONE: 2347069636514
He is presently an Electrical Engineer in one Telecommunication
Company over there.
Kindly ship the Item directly to him via royal mail international
signed for. Mark the package as a gift item with the note “A GIFT FROM
YOUR MOM” boldly written on the body of the package. I look forward to
receive your money request through paypal soon so that I can deposit
funds to your account.
Thanks and nice buying from you..
Jennifer Foley …..
I received at least two of these.
waynechris11111@gmail.com
mrsmorganwestmoreland@gmail.com
Postage to post to Africa was way too high.
All I want to do is sell item to clear some debts is that too much to ask?
Just had a couple of emails regarding the same. Someone called Mr John Ade wants me to ship an item to Africa. He sent across genuine looking emails from PayPal confirming funds using an ID that shows up as “service@paypal.co.uk’ but the actual account used to send it is ‘onlinecustomerhelp@consultant.com’. Beware!
please dont get caught new emails to watch out for praise.jossy@yahoo.co.uk
tikonekenny@yahoo.co.uk
david.marks84@yahoo.co.uk
rbc support.pay@accountant,com western union
i almost got caught hope no one else will and i know that they are trying it with a seller that is selling a car as they email me about the car and im not selling a car stay lucky
watch out for lwlenawillis@hotmail.com and lenawillis:hotmail.com. I m selling my car and she said she wanted to buy the car without seeing it and said yes straight away to the asking price. This Lena Willis also said she wanted it shipped to Malaysia which i found strange as this car is just a corsa, the shipping would cost more than the car. She also wanted to pay through paypal. when i googled it thre was another scam with the emails sounding 99% the same as mine.
Oh yeah the address on mine was.
Ayola Davies
16 Badaru street
Off Adegoke
Masha Surulere
Lagos 23401
Nigeria
You can add tanjaphilips@yahoo.com to this list too. I got the ‘I’m in Finland, could you send this to my friend in west africa, I’ll give you £30 for postage?’ I almost fell for it too! Good thing I googled the email address of the fake paypal threat similar to the ones above. I was going to send it tomorrow morning. Phew
another one willing to pay £120 xtra for shipping abroad…
nicksmith00191@yahoo.com
I just had 2 of these too. for a Nintendo Wii & a Canon SLR camera.
Actually quite funny if you think how these guys have the stones to actually ask us to send stuff before having their cash in our hands.
Nigerian scammers are particularly rife at the moment and the scary thing is… you send your items and over there it gets sold and used for? Are you inadvertently funding gun-crime or worse.
£150 postage – there was my first clue. IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS!!!
so glad i found this was going to send a very rare once off design right to nigeria i even called the guy as he gave me his number.so i thought it was all real an no joke/scam i was wrong…he now keeps telling me he has paid and needs the item..
his emial adress’s are…
zedd_mark23@yahoo.com
breedbob11@yahoo.co.uk
be aware and dont send anything abroad.
very scary as i was going to wake up early to send the ring tomorrow morning but somthing didnt feel right so i looked up his email address and found this i was shocked to see how long its been going on for and how little has been doen about it.
be carefull everyone.
Hi
I just had someone try to do it to me on Gumtree I have a wii console & 6games for sale someone by the name of Lisa Cole asked me to ship the item to Africa and would pay upto £100 shipment I had an email off paypal advising me of a pending payment for £250 once I sent the item. Because I am not stupid I contacted Paypal as paypal do not have my new email so I throught it was strange them emailing me there and when I checked my paypal account there was no pending fees and they told me it was a scam and to forward the email to them which I have done. I think it is disgusting people can do this kind of thing to people and sleep at night.
PLEASE BE WARNED I WOULD HATE THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE. Lucky enough I did not send item
Very similar situation. mrs morgan westmoreland <mrsmorganwestmoreland@gmail.com offered to buy an item without seeing it as she wanted to ship it to her husband in Africa. She also used the name
jennifer.foley111@gmail.com when she requested we set up a Paypal account.
Really nasty as you want to think the best of people!
i had the same here, just piss them off by asking for more and more
ello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 120 pounds for the
postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who
is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as surprise
present…I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m
presently in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really
appreciate your help. I will want us to sincerely deal with each other
through PayPal Online Auction or Via Bank Transfer get back to me with
the total cost of the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the
payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards.
Some joker tried it with me too.
“Elizabeth Lohan Mathew”
“Hello ,
I will like to know if you accept Paypal payment because i will like to be paying you
through PayPal, if you accept then i will like you to send me a paypal money request of
670. for the item,which also cover postage ..let me know If you are okay with the
price.you can send me your paypal email address or you requset money directly to my paypal
which is elizalohan@gmail.com so that i can made the payment as soon as possible….
Hope to read back from you soon.
Elizabeth.”
Shipping Information
Address: Engr. Otsemeuo Mathew.
Lane 6 No3 Oluyole,
Ibadan, Oyo State,
23402, Nigeria.
Received 2 spoof paypal e-mails from: verified.acc@accountant.com
What a waste of time!!!! Hope this can help someone!
Be carefull of emails from mrsmorganwestmoreland.gmail.com
She emailed wanting to pay way over the odds for some shirts and wanted them posted to Africa while she was in Finland, I checked google and found posts on here with exactly the same email only different email addresses for the same sirname. The email is below…..
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 50 pounds for the
postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who
is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as surprise
present…I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m
presently in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really
appreciate your help. I will want us to sincerely deal with each other
through PayPal Online Auction or Via Bank Transfer get back to me with
the total cost of the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the
payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards.
God Bless you.
I received emails offering me money for items i’m selling which seemed suspicious, from a Kelly Johnson (breedbob11@yahoo.co.uk). When i searched the email address i found it here. I won’t be contacting this person further as it’s obviously a scam.
I also received emails about another one of my items for sale, and went as far as to send a paypal invoice. Although i have no heard back, i don’t assume i will because the person is obviously the same as this ‘Kelly Johnson’, as i found the name and email here in the same post. That person is Mrs Morgan Westmoreland (mrsmorganwestmoreland@gmail.com)
Once again the people and emails in question, obviously scammers:
Kelly Johnson – breedbob11@yahoo.co.uk
Mrs Morgan Westmoreland – mrsmorganwestmoreland@gmail.com
Had a ‘Charles Sharon’ trying to buy a guitar from me. The fact that they wanted to buy it without trying to negotiate the price. Then dropped spontaneously that the item would be shipped but i would ‘not be responsible for Shipping and Handling’. Asked numerous times who the shipping company would be to no avail. After a bunch of requests for my address to get a shipping price and insisting that I would be paid by paypal before anyone came to pick the item up, I passed it along then received an email quickly from a ‘Lisa Xavier’ of World Wide Speed Post. Of course, that company is a Singapore company. Looked up that name and found some warning emails, so I’m not going to let it get any further. I definitely don’t need the trouble!
jennifermk0@gmail.com keep an eye out for this address, we believe it to be a scam.
As some people have written here we got a similar e-mail saying immediate payment through PayPal but we must send some money through western union to a pick-up agent first etc!
and this one
asleepk@yahoo.co.uk
Hi,
breedbob11@yahoo.co.uk
Scam email. I got some patter about being at sea and it being a present for her son and an agent picking it up. I offered to deliver it.
Have a item for sale online on gumtree. Got this email from Dradydora000@yahoo.co.uk….
Thanks for your reply
i am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you 250 which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the request money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account id which is brandydora111@hotmail.com so that i can submit payment to you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and
receive money online.
Thanks If you don’t have a paypal account just logon to http://www.paypal.com and set
up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal account which is brandydora111@hotmail.com once I receive your money request from paypal, I will submit payment to you immediately via
paypal asap.
Get Back To Me Asap
Brandy.
It is only that i googled the hotmail account that i reaised it was a scam.
Thanks to all who posted forums about these scammers.
Hi, I’ve received the following which I believe to be a scam and so have not pursued this. I have noticed that this persons name appears on several of the comments above.
Hi there,
The extra money is to cover the postage and packaging as I am
currently on duty inside a ship at the sea in UK as a naval officer.
I am actually buying the item for my son who is currently working with
a company abroad
My son’s Address is
Engr.Osagie James
Plot 16 Oluyole estate,ring road,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, NIGERIA
He is presently an Electrical Engineer in one Telecommunication
Company overthere.
Kindly ship the Item directly to him via royal mail international
signed for. Mark the package as a gift item with the note “A GIFT FROM
YOUR DAD” boldly written on the body of the package. I look forward to
receive your money request through paypal soon so that I can deposit
funds to your account.
If you need anything else, just give me a call on +447045710933 I will
answer the call if i am chanced because calls are restricted here in
my office.
Thanks and nice buying from you.
Lindsey James.
Another address to watch our for, same scam
kerrysmith1122@gmail.com
Luckily I smelt a rat and replied to their email with a link to this site.
I am selling my laptop and have loads of scam emails. Not just buyers from africa!! be careful as I had a buyer who gave me a uk postage address. So angry!
Here is the fake paypal email address:
pay-pal.accountverified@officeemail.net
Here are some of the email addresses that have messaged me ALL attempting the paypal scam;
jonathan.luck181@gmail.com
johnmor110@gmail.com
jannyscooffy114@yahoo.com
willison.rose@yahoo.co.uk
bmbeanjoy558@gmail.com
ola2benson@yahoo.com
and just a few of the messages:
Hello how are you doing today, i saw the item you posted on gumtree and
i think i like it,my name is ola benson,Im a student studying in
africa,i will be paying you via western union so you can have the money
as soon as possible because i need the Item very urgent please get back
to me with the details i will use to send you the money and let me know
how much it will cost for you to ship it from Uk to lagos Nigeria by
royalmail express.i will be paying 500 for the laptop.please get back to me asap
ok thats fine with me….im at work at the minute.kindly get to me with your
paypal email account so i can progress with payment as i want the item sent
out asap..tnx
Add mikewooodwood@aol.com to the list, tried to scam me with the usual fake Paypal emails, tried to get me to send my laptop for free to
Mike Wood
138 Talbot Road, Southsea
PO4 0HF
Portsmouth
Beware.
here is another scammer tnich1900-beachmoves@yahoo.com, in michigan, same deal, buying the car for someone in Melbourne, wants to pay with paypal….. blah blah, even called me a street jerk after i replied with the facts about scammers. losers!!!!
Its simply dont post anything to africa. and for uk transactions paypal will not hold money unless you are new to paypal. gumtree is best selling locally face to face. if you have to use paypal set a listing up on ebay and that way you will be 100% covered.
Hi, ive currently got a dodgy customer saying they wont pay for the item in cash when they collect it, its in broken english and they are insisting on paying thru paypal only and keep askin for my paypal details … its pretty suspicious. As with most of the dodgy email addresses it a name + number @gmail.com
Keep your eye out for Ruth Ballock – ruth.ballock88@gmail.com
Chris
I also got some e-mail from “paulsmth090@gmail.com” Paul smith asking me to send the item to Malaysia and was paying $200 USD more than i initially asked for..Beware of this e-mail id
Hello!
Had one of these too, just adding the case and email address to the list, in case anyone else hears from ‘Jack Willams’ …
Hiya, thanks for your quick response, i really want to buy this item off you but i want it for my friend who has just been posted to West Africa on a training course, i want to send it as a Birthday Present, i would have loved to come for the collection and post it myself but
I’m not in the UK presently, I’m in Asia with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really be happy if you can help me out. I will be offering you £50 for the postage cost…. kindly reply me with a PayPal money request for the total cost of the item plus the postage cost that I’m offering and I’ll make the payment asap. I hope to read from you soon.
Greetings..
Jack…
Very happy I googled this rather odd email before wasting any of my time, thanks all for sharing and helping spread the word!
I have had ‘offers’ from these two fake accounts. I was actually very close to selling the item as I’ve not used PayPal before.
-lindseyjames0000@gmail.com
“Hi there,
The extra money is to cover the postage and packaging as I am
currently on duty inside a ship at the sea in UK as a naval officer.
I am actually buying the item for my son who is currently working with
a company abroad
My son’s Address is
Engr.Osagie James
Plot 16 Oluyole estate,ring road,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, NIGERIA”
-sarahsmxx@gmail.com
“thank for the fast mail… to my son who is working in Electrical Engineer in one Telecommunication Company over there in Africa.”
-rebecaumah@gmail.com
“Hello Mate,
Thank you for your prompt response to my email, and am sorry for the late
reply,now I’m out of county for a business trip, I will buying this product
outside the county for my beautiful daughter as a gift to Africa. the price
is fine by me.
then i will be offering you 80pound for courier packages of Royal Mail
Register, please return to me with your PayPal money request or if you
want bank transfer let me know so i can
proceed the payment on Monday morning .immediately i have that i
will send you the shipping address
where the package will be deliver to.Looking forward to your response below.
Regards”
-jennifer.foley10@gmail.com
“hello there,
thank you for the fast reply.
i am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you 640€
which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the
request money button located at the top of your paypal account
homepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account id
which is jenniferfoley8@gmail.com so that i can submit payment to you
via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and
receive money online.”
PLEASE PEOPLE, DON’T BE FOOLED BY THESE SCAMMERS. I WOULD OF FREAKED IF I HAD OF GONE THROUGH WITHOUT A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH.
Received the following scam e-mail from aaron.nath81@live.com for a car we are selling on Gumtree.
Hello TRACEY,
Thanks for the prompt response, it is greatly appreciated. I find the pictures and condition okay. So I see no further delay. Here is how we are going to proceed so there wont be any mix up. Would try to explain as best as I can. The vehicle is going to be shipped to Dublin, Ireland as that is where I am currently. That is why we would be needing the services of a shipping agent to take charge of that from the location of the vehicle. I have a reliable shipper whom can do that , I will let you know the details after we both agree of the car.Please what is your last asking price for this car.
You would be receiving payment via a Cheque which will include money for the vehicle and that of the shipping agent. Upon receipt of the payment all you need do is have it banked and deduct your full funds for the vehicle and remit the remaining balance on top to the shipping agent for the shipment of the car. Upon confirmation of the money he would arrange all necessary documentations and come for the pick up of the vehicle with a carriage and also sign all necessary change of ownership papers. In light of this to have the cheque issued and sent out to your address, i would be requesting you send me the following contact details:
**Full Name
**Full Address
**Telephone Number
**Last asking Price
Upon receipt of this details we would proceed immediately.
Thanks very much once again.
Aaron
aaron.nath81@live.com
I too have been a victim of Christian Rolland
he used various email addresses, runs your phone bill alarmingly high and cons you out of your possessions and hundreds of pounds. Anybody have an idea how to have fraudsters truly delt with..?
rollchristy@yahoo.co.uk
crolland56@yahoo.com
here are his possible email addresses.
asked to pay with paypal.
taoreed25@gmail.com
brojohn97@yahoo.com
today same person send payment to me
) NEVER trust… money must be on paypal account first !!!!!!!!!
Okay so im trying to sell my VGC nokia n97 32gb and i was amazed at the amout of replys i got. Until,, they all demanded i sell them through papypal! and at the moment gumtree is full of scammers. Here is an example of what i got: Thanks for your reply
I am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £230 which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the request money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account id which is mrslinda1982@gmail.com so that i can submit payment to you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and receive money online.
If you dont have a paypal account just logon to http://www.paypal.com and setup your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal account which is mrslinda1982@gmail.com once I receive your money request from paypal or your paypal email address, I will submit the payment to you immediately via paypal asap.
Thanks
I wait for your quick response..
Mrs Linda
Now i never mentioned paypal! and as soon as i said i only do face to face sales they stopped contacting me. I’ve had 11 emails like this so far. I’ve had 3 asking to post to Africa. One to do a trade VIA POSTING! i also got another one: Hello Rebecca
thanks for your response, i am ok with the price, i may not come over because of my job I work in airport at Prestwick and I have made promise about this item. please let me know your payment method because i can onlypay you with pay-pal now and I will add additional £20 for postage fee via royal-mail registered .
Thanks
Vicky Jackson
Now i’ve seen this before,, on this exact posting site to be infact! This was my response: Hi yes that would be fine if i was thick. I know your a scammer! And now so do gumtree and the police!
Next time dont use the same im okay with the price BULL!
All i want is to sell my phone! But gumtree is now to risky to do so.
I got an email from a Carey Seagal, sounded fishy, so decided to do a search on it, and looks like I was right to doubt this buyer. The email is below. Nothing transpired from this, since the email sound too stupid to be true.
*************************************************************
Greetings,
I’m interested in your add you posted on CL. So I want to know if it’s still available for sale and will like to know more details about it?
*********************************************************************
Thanks for the prompt response..I fully understand the condition of what i am buying. I’m ready to buy it now for my personal use but am not local and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it.Note that you will not be responsible for shipping and handling. My shipping company will come to your location for the pick up. Kindly provide me your name and full address so i can forward it to the shipping company to calculate the cost of pick up for me. And concerning the payment, i will prefer PayPal because i don’t have access to my bank account online as i don’t have internet banking but i can pay from my PayPal account because i have my bank account attached to it. I will also need you to give me your PayPal email address so i can make the payments immediately and if you don’t have an account with PayPal yet, it is very easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.com and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with PayPal so as to deposit the fund. So get back to me with the following
details:
Your Full Name:
The Pick Up Address including Zip Code:
Your PayPal email address for the payment.
Thanks and in anticipation of your response.
Best Regards,
Carey…
nickkytom12@gmail.com dont be fool by this person from nigeria!!! hes a scam!!!!!!! paypal well never hold money it was to gostraight to ur paypal!!
Had someone try to scam me out of the item I was selling. His email address is:
lindseyjames0001@gmail.com This is the scammer’s message below.
Hi there,
The extra money is to cover the postage and packaging as I am
currently on duty inside a ship at the sea in UK as a naval officer.
I am actually buying the item for my son who is currently working with
a company abroad
My son’s Address is
Engr.Osagie James
Plot 16 Oluyole estate,ring road,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, NIGERIA
He is presently an Electrical Engineer in one Telecommunication
Company overthere.
Kindly ship the Item directly to him via royal mail international
signed for. Mark the package as a gift item with the note “A GIFT FROM
YOUR DAD” boldly written on the body of the package. I look forward to
receive your money request through paypal soon so that I can deposit
funds to your account.
If you need anything else, just give me a call on +447045710933 I will
answer the call if i am chanced because calls are restricted here in
my office.
Thanks and nice buying from you.
More scammers to steer clear of:
lindseyjames_1977@yahoo.com / lindseyjames0001@gmail.com
bernardflint@gmail.com
bjdoman2003@gmail.com
Hi, am interested in this item and want to buy it if you can ship it to my Clerk in West Africa, i will be paying for the item and shipping cost. Please get back to me.
Juliet.
[markregan80@gmail.com]
Hi,
thanks for the fast reply,i have gone through the advert and i am
interested in buying the item for someone abroad and i will not be
able to come for the pick-up because am a very busy man and i will
give you extra 10GBP and also will add you 90GBP to the amount you are
selling the item to cover the postage cost through royal mail
international delivery signed for and i insisted on paying through
paypal for the item because of safety and security purpose,so kindly
send me money request from your paypal account.,so kindly act fast on
sending the money request for the total amount so that i can send you
payment for the item now…i look forward to your fast
response…..thanks
——————————————————-
That is to me on my recent ad.
NOCHEX SCAM PART 4 (for Google to index): “We regret to inform you that your bank account might be suspended due to concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the community. “Abusing gumtree” of the gumtree User Agreement states, in part: “…we may limit, suspend, or terminate our service and user accounts, prohibit access to our website, remove hosted content, and take technical and legal steps to keep users off the Site if we think that they are creating problems, possible legal liabilities, or acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit of our policies.” This email is to inform you that the buyer have made the payment for your item and we have received it but will be pending till you have send out the item and send us the shipment reference via our Representatives email for verification then your funds will be released to your bank account. Failure to send out the item today or tomorrow will lead to suspension of your account and will have to contact your solicitor because our solicitor is fully aware of your transaction and your details in our database will be forwarded to Interpol squad. Make sure you send out the item and details send to representative: (nochexpostmenconsultancy@representative.com) for confirmation. We await your swift response which should include the details of the shipment. We thank you for using Nochex Bank Transfer™. We look forward to serving your Online Auction Payment needs in the future.”
NOCHEX SCAM PART 3 (for Google to index): “Thank you for using Nochex Bank Transfer™ for your online auctions. We at Nochex Bank Transfer™ are ensuring that all our customers and auction site are fraud free. In respect of how previous e-mails on the steps you are to take.You have a ***PENDING*** payment with us due to the security measures we have taken. You are required to ship out the item and send us the shipment reference number for verification of shipment. As soon as we have verified the shipment, your account will be credited immediately. This security methods have been taken due to fraudulent sellers on Gumtree. We will require you to send the details to our representative address via e-mail on (nochexpostmenconsultancy@representative.com). We await your swift response including the Shipment Reference Number. Please notify us if those Information provided by the Gumtree Buyer are correct and after which you are to proceed with the given guidelines below. Above are the Account Details we received for the transfer and we need you to verify that the provided Information are correct. Please Note: The two conjuncts Gumtree and Nochex Bank Transfer™ have set certain guidelines/policies that must be abide with by any Gumtree users.This has arisen due to reports filed in by numerous unfortunate customers on the issue that some Gumtree Sellers have taken the advantage of the old-fashioned way of making payment where cars paid for by Gumtree Buyers are only shipped after payment has been made and cleared. This interception means Gumtree Sellers will ship Gumtree Items as payment been held up by us remains until Shipment has been verified. This places none under any unnecessary disadvantage(s). Under no circumstances will this guidelines/policies be defied by any Gumtree users.And we advise that,you the Gumtree Seller should not give the Gumtree. We are sorry for any inconveniences that this guidelines/policies might bring about; We have a responsibility of trying our best to make sure that Gumtree remains the best Auction site. To find out more about these fraudulent Gumtree Sellers, please click the link below for details. If you have any question(s) regarding your payment, please send mail to us on (nochexpostmenconsultancy@representative.com). You will be issued a transfer code which would indicate that the transfer of money into your Bank Account was successful.”
NOCHEX SCAM (for Google to index): “We want you to know that the payment is PENDING until you have get back to us with the Bar code number in the receipt from the post office with the scanned receipts of the item posted out via our email and get back to us so that we can verify the details and release your pending funds into your Bank account because the funds have been deducted out of the buyer’s Bank account. So we urge you to do that and get back to us because the buyer have made the payment for the item and failure to do that immediately we shall invite the Interpol and Custom to investigate on this transaction. Make sure you send out the item and details send to Nochex representative immediately: (nochexpostmenconsultancy@representative.com). We await your swift response which should include the details. We thank you for using Nochex Bank Transfer™. We look forward to serving your Online Auction Payment needs in the future.”
NOCHEX SCAM PART 1 (just so that Google will index it): “This is an automated generated email from Nochex Bank Transfer™ to inform you that an online transfer was made on your behalf today from our bank for your Gumtree Item #####. This payment online was made today at about 10:39 GMT. This amount, GBP £####, was paid in today by Charles N.Howd and some Banking Details were retrieved from the payer that needs to be verified. Please notify us if those Information provided by the Gumtree Buyer are correct and after which you are to proceed with the given guidelines below. Above are the Account Details we received for the transfer and we need you to verify that the provided Information are correct after which you MUST proceed with the given guideline below. Accept online payment with a Nochex complete payment solution. The two conjuncts Gumtree and Nochex Bank Transfer™ have set certain guidelines/policies that must be abide with by any Gumtree users.This has arisen due to reports filed in by numerous unfortunate customers on the issue that some Gumtree Sellers have taken the advantage of the old-fashioned way of making payment where Items paid for by Gumtree Buyers are only shipped after payment has been made and cleared. This interception means Gumtree Sellers will ship Gumtree Items as payment been held up by us remains until Shipment has been verified. This places none under any unnecessary disadvantage(s). Under no circumstances will this guidelines/policies be defied by any Gumtree users.And we advise that,you the Gumtree Seller should not give the Gumtree. We are sorry for any inconveniences that this guidelines/policies might bring about; We have a responsibility of trying our best to make sure that Gumtree remains the best Auction site.If you have any question(s) regarding your payment, or for sending Shipment Information, please send mail to us on nochexpostmenconsultancy@representative.com. When Shipment Details are received and verified, you will be issued a transfer code which would indicate that the transfer of money into your Bank Account was successful. We thank you for using Nochex Bank Transfer™. We look forward to serving your Online Auction Payment needs in the future.”
Scam!!
“I want you to know that I have made the payment and I want you to ship
out the item as soon as you receive notification from paypal that
payment has been made and I want the item to ship out. through royal
mail Delivery which I have included the money into the payment I
sent.
Here is the shipping address:
Name:Matthew Fadeyi
Address:06.bp.946 akpakpa ptt pk3,5
City/State:Cotonou
Country: Benin Republic
I want you to get back to me with the shipping tracking number as soon
as you ship out the item.”
This was in Response to my ad on gumtree. Something seemed fishy and on further investigating I came across this to be a scam. PLEASE BE AWARE OF SUCH CASES
Hi there,
The extra money is to cover the postage and packaging as I am
currently on duty inside a ship at the sea in UK as a naval officer.
I am actually buying the item for my son who is currently working with
a company abroad
My son’s Address is
Engr.Osagie James
Plot 16 Oluyole estate,ring road,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, NIGERIA
He is presently an Electrical Engineer in one Telecommunication
Company overthere.
Kindly ship the Item directly to him via royal mail international
signed for. Mark the package as a gift item with the note “A GIFT FROM
YOUR DAD” boldly written on the body of the package. I look forward to
receive your money request through paypal soon so that I can deposit
funds to your account.
If you need anything else, just give me a call on +447045710933 I will
answer the call if i am chanced because calls are restricted here in
my office.
Thanks and nice buying from you.
Lindsey James.
CHARLES: hi there, is this item still available..i stay in Manchester…it will have to be sent to me.
ME: Hi, it’s still still available. No problem posting.
CHARLES: hello, that is good to hear….i hope the ### is in a perfect condiition…how do i pay for the item and how much do i pay including shipping to Manchester.
ME: It is in perfect condition, I’ve treated it with great care. Let me suggest these options: 1) eBay; I can create an eBay listing for this, but will need to increase the price, because of eBay fees – something like £780 including shipping. 2) Shipping to Manchester; I would use ParcelForce. However I can only accept an upfront payment of full amount (preferrably a bank transfer) – £750 including shipping. 3) Collection; If you can find a way to collect in Bristol, I could reduce the price – something like £700.
CHARLES: i guess i will prefer shipping to Manchester using Parcel force..meaning i will pay £750..i will be expecting your bank details so i can pay tomorrow or next.
ME: Thanks for getting back to me. Before I give my bank details, I want to check – you are happy with making an upfront payment? I will wait for the payment to clear (for security reasons). Then I will ship the ###.
CHARLES: Well, £780 is actually a lot of money but i really need an Imac right now..i hope you are a man of your words….Anywayz it is ok by me as long as you send me the Imac..i will make the payment tomorrow.
ME: It’s £750 including shipping – option number 2) My bank account details are: ########### The payment will take 3 days to clear. So if you pay tomorrow, the iMac will be shipped on Friday morning. What are the shipping details?
Note: Yes I was stupid enough to give my bank details.
CHARLES: this is the shipping details..14 chelford close, Manchester m13 0db
Note: This address is in Longsight, one of the most violent areas of Manchester.
ME: Thank you, I will let you know as soon as the payment goes through.
ME: I have received an email from Nochex that says: You are required to ship out the item and send us the shipment reference number for verification of shipment. As soon as we have verified the shipment, your account will be credited immediately. How long is it going to take for the payment to go through and clear so that I can send the iMac?
ME: Also, I read on http://blog.gumtree.com/paypal-scam-alert a post by user Katrina that says: “i got a email from nochex saying payment was pending and postal order would be sent as soon as i had sent them shipping number like an idiot i sent item but of course never recieved payment. I think that’s enough. I am not interested in this sell anymore.
There is so many of them. Another one: “Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 50 pounds for the postage cost via Air Mail International Signed for to someone close to me who is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as Birthday present…I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m presently in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really appreciate your help. Send me a PayPal request of the total cost of the item plus the postage cost so that i can make the payment to you asap. Hope to read from you soon. Regards. God Bless you.”
These two addresses are linked and are attempting the paypal scam:
breedbob11@yahoo.co.uk
askeepbaby@yahoo.co.uk
“Thanks for mailing back,i am an Oceania and i am buying this for church, i am at sea right now, I can only pay through paypal at the moment as i dont have access to my bank account online,but i have it attached to my paypal account, and this is why i insisted on using paypal to pay,all i will need is your paypal email address to make the payments,and if you dont have a paypal account yet,its pretty easy to set one up at http://www.paypal.co.uk,i wil be expecting your email.I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payments.I will like to have communicate and discuss this via Phone but i am 95% Deaf and i do use hearing piece so that was why i have prefer to communicate more through Mail …So kindly get back to asap…i need to see more photos also and i will like to know the last asking price. Stay Blessed.”
“I appreciate your response, actually this item is meant to be sent to my wife for resale. She is on her business trip abroad(somewhere in africa) as usual, I will make the payment through paypal. I will pay £20.00 GBP for the shipping fee through ROYALMAIL. Pls get back to me quickly with your paypal email address to make the payment fast. This will make me send the payment to your paypal account as soon as posssible. I am waiting for your kind reply. Regards!!!”
hello there, thanks for the fast response,i am actually buying the item for someone abroad as a present and i will add you 100GBP to the sale price of the item for the cost of the shipment abroad through Royal Mail International Delivery Signed For,so kindly send me a request from paypal for the total cost of the item and including postage so that i could be able to complete the payment and also do get the item off the site and if you don’t have a paypal account to receive payment for the item..pls kindly get register on http://www.paypal.co.uk because of safety and security purpose as i have already made a very good offer for this item,pls kindly act fast and get back to me as soon as you done so..i await your fast response, you can also call me 07024077585 if there is any question….thanks
“Hello, Am Daniela by my Name.Am interested in your (…) and i will like to know the present condition of it and the last price with pics and i will be paying you by Cashier’’s cheque or Bank draft and i will like to know how many days it takes to clear a draft in UK. Mind you,I will be responsible for the shipping of it ok.Hope to read from you soon. Regards…. Daniela” “Hello, Thanks for the mail.Am okay with the price of the (Mark Bass 102HF (2×10&horn) bass cabinet ).So am not in UK presently and am in Holland.So i will want you to send me your details so that you can receive the Bank Draft asap.So as soon as the Bank Draft is gotten you bank it in your Bank when it’s cleared in your bank,i will now instruct my shipping company to come to your location for the pick-up,because i have a reliable shipper that will do that pick-up for me and you don’t need to bother yourself about the shipping of it anymore and i will want to know when the check payment will take to clear in your bank ok.It’s my pleasure doing business with you..Hope to read from you soon with your details below: … N:B I will waits for the Bank Draft to clear before my shipper can come for the pick-up at your location”
ok. Regards…..Daniela” “Hello, Thanks for the mail.I could have love to pay you by cash but am not in UK presently as i have said in my previous email and is my associate that will issue out the cheque payment on my behalf ok.So i will want you to send me your details so that you can receive the payment asap and as soon as the cheque payment is gotten you bank it in your bank and get back to me so that will can proceed on ok.It’s my pleasure doing business with you.Hope to read from you soon with your details. Regards….. Daniela”
is funny i just almost got scammed the same way thats why i wanted to do face to face the dude even went as far as sending me a threatinng email after and a counter fit emal his email name is robert wakefield and email address denisfranklin@hotmail.com so glad i read up on this befor anything
WOW, saved by the forum, I had like 10 emails within seconds of posting my mobile and they all willing to pay more, via paypal and sounding so genuine…..no point in adding emails here i think as they probably have millions of them….but a lesson in time….thanks guys.
Just had a highly suspected scam email from this address – laurasmith01@hotmail.com. Anyone wanting to buy what I’m selling would definitely want to check it out first…this person just wanted my Paypal email address ‘right away’.
Started off with ‘can u ship to N7 9TQ in London???’ and then got shadier from there on in…
Oh my god i am so glad i googled the address from someone wanting to purchase something from me on gumtree, i thought it look suspicious
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 50 pounds forthe postage cost via Air Mail International Signed for to someone close to mewho is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it asBirthday present…I would have loved to handle it myself butunfortunately I’m presently in Finland with my boss on a businesstrip, so I’ll really appreciate your help. Send me a PayPal request ofthe total cost of the item plus the postage cost so that i can make thepayment to you asap. Hope to read from you soon Regards.
god bless you.
thanks to this site, i made a lucky escape x
Hi
I’m not sure how they would trick me with this one. That’s why I checked here.
First I got an e-mail asking if my car was still available and what my price was.
I answered that it was available as I just first posted that day.
Then I got this one:
hello there,
thank you for the fast reply.
i am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you €4200.kindly login to your paypal account and select the request money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account id which is jenniferfoley8@gmail.com so that i can submit payment to you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and receive money online.
If you dont have a paypal account just logon to http://www.paypal.com and set up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal account which is jenniferfoley8@gmail.com once I receive your money request from paypal, I will submit payment to you immediately via paypal asap.
Get back asap.
Jennifer Foley…..
I didn’t find out yet how they would set me up. Would they try and send a fake paypal e-mail confirming the payment and then try to pick up the car?
In that case maybe I should send the request as I 100% spot any fake mails/kinda my job/ and then would invite the cops for the meeting too, would be good to get rid of some of these scum…
The only thing that I don’t think that’s the method/as it would be really risky for them/ and I don’t even want to risk the sending of the money request.
If someone using this email jeanmean33@yahoo.com will try to buy from you any items you selling, be careful, as it is one of those clever African scamers… This person is saying that he is purchasing items for his boutique in South Africa. Whoever it is, offered me almost £100 on top of asking price, and even send me paypal payment confirmation emails, even though I never gave my paypal or bank details. I have to admit that them emails from paypal do look almost real. Just have to read them more carefully and you will notice the differences. Here is the address of the person as well:
NAME OF RECEIVER:taiwo olayisah
Delivery Information
Address:
Block 3 FLAT14 Rabiatu Thompson
Crescent Surulere
Lagos
23401, Nigeria
Just got an email from this scammer – good name though!!
—–
Thanks for your response on time.I have read the condition of the item and I am okay with the price of it as well.I am buying this item for My nephew who is studying abroad as a gift present.I live in Oldham,I would have love to meet you for collection,but presently I am in a business project with My company,so meeting you for collection wont be possible.Due to this,I have made inquiry from Royal Mail the postage cost of the item abroad and I was told £20.I will appreciate if you can help Me send the item directly to My nephew.I have set up a PayPal account so I can pay you with.Kindly Request the payment to:deanemcgreen@hotmail.com
As soon as I receive the request I will get payment done.
Thanks.
Deane Mcgreen.
I also got a spam Paypal Email from ” Roseline Mathew “, as below:
his payment from ” Roseline Mathew ” has been APPROVED but the funds can only be credited into your account immediately we confirm that you have ship the Item to the Buyers confirmed address.
The address is
Address: Engr. Otsemeuo Mathew.
Zone5 No16 Oluyole extension,
Ibadan, Oyo State,
23402, Nigeria.
Same thing just happened to me. It wasn’t until they were saying the money had been paid and my account showed zero I realised I had been scammed. I had a feeling from the start but kept telling myself not to be so cynical and think every one is out to screw you over!
Here’s one of the e.mails they sent
Hello ,
How are you doing today? I live in Bristol and very much interested
in buying from you as your price is very okay with me. I want you to
know i am buying it as a present to a friend of mine who went on a
course, I want you to kindly help me ship it. i would have loved to
meet face to face but cant make it cos i am currently working on a
project for my company
in east Anglia.
Payment will be made via PayPal including the shipping cost £20 via
Royal Mail registered, kindly send money request to my PayPal
registered email address at: coolgirlada@gmail.com so i can make
payment now.
Awaiting money request.
Ada
Got a request on my Craigslist-posted bed similar to the ones mentioned below.
Circumspect emails from a Carey Seagal who wanted to buy it through Paypal, only needed my address and Paypal email address. Shortly thereafter, I get an email from a purported shipping company, World Wide Speed Post (with another bogus email address for a Lisa Xavier) — a company which doesn’t exist anywhere on the web other than in scam reference blogs like these. A shipping company with an OfficeEmail.net address? With a “Paypal” name in the username, pretending to be affiliated with Paypal? Don’t think so.
Carey Seagal kept insisting I respond to the email confirming my address, but after I asked her if she wasn’t concerned her so-called shipping agent was bogus, I never heard anything again.
Hundred percent sure it was a scam. Only issue is, I don’t know what the point of the scam was. All that trouble to get a used bed? Or an address?
Email address of the scammer: rmrose53@gmail.com
One more thing, the address of the scammer is Roseline Mathew
Hope this helps someone.
Tried to get scammed today out of the TV i was selling. Details of the person scamming are Roseline Mathew . Buyers beware, they will send you fake paypal confirmations and an address similar to the following:
Engr. Otsemeuo Mathew.
Zone5 No16 Oluyole extension,
Ibadan, Oyo State,
23402, Nigeria.
(234)803-369-8273
Was selling my xbox on gumtree lancs, got an email sayin that he would pay via paypal and i had to send to nigeria to her nephew that is studying there, i told her it would cost £200 to send a £100 xbox over to nigeria, she said yes, i immediatly knew she was fake, no one is gonna pay £300 for an xbox which you could buy for £100. Her Name was Karen Manion.
P.S. If any one in the lancashire area is after an Xbox 360 Arcade with 60gb hard drive, wireless controller, play and charge kit, all the manuals and boxed i’m your guy go to this website
http://lancs.gumtree.com/lancs/93/62864193.html
(Please Note I Do Not Ship To Nigeria)
hi
i near got done by this scam the address is
saiami taofeek
no5 nawairudeen road oke ijeun
abeokuta
ogun state
nigeria
110001
the e mail address i got was from cluberome@hotmail.com aka david walter
so please watch out for this
Scammer info
email addresses : mark.rowland70@gmail.com / mark.rowland89@gmail.com
the ‘PayPal’ email appears as
“service@paypal.com”
copy of the final email before this guy got blocked from my email
this is after I told him that I would not continue with the sale as he offered £100 pounds over the asking price and told me to request the payment from a similar but different email address.
Hello There,
I have just remitted payment to you via paypal and I also paid paypal
charges to ensure you get full payment.
Kindly ship the item to my son as soon as possible and write on the package…
“A GIFT FROM YOUR DAD”.
My son’s Address is
Monday Osagie .
10 Alaafin Avenue, Ring Road,
Ibadan, Oyo State,
23402, Nigeria.
MOBILE PHONE: 2347069636514
He is presently an Electrical Engineer in one Telecommunication
Company overthere.
Kindly ship the Item directly to him via ROYAL MAIL INTERNATIONAL
SIGNED FOR with the note “A GIFT FROM YOUR DAD” boldly written on the
body of the package.
Thanks and nice buying from you.
Mark Rowland ..
I am selling a 3GS Iphone, and i recieved an email from sales.m1@gmail.com and the guys name is Matthew Fadeyi. THIS IS A SCAM. luckily i inserted the address into Google as i thought it all seemed a little dodgy and i came across this blog.
Had guy try to pay via paypal, and sent me an email that to many would look ligit. Even the images and links were directly form the paypal site.
However it was saying that the funds are behing held by Paypal due to all the recent high fraud in placs auch as Gumtree. And will be released once I have provided the shipping details. Very crafty.
But from my experience Paypal never hodls funds on payment like that.
Anyway here is the jokers details:
Jim Price
paypal service
Jim Price
Bristol,BS5 6NE
guys this is serious they should not africa go in europe thy will hack any system becase this is what they live from and we have to admit it … the have no social life…in them countrys.. economy down …they have great capabilityes
I had a close call too. I also got emails from ship.payserv@accountant.com saying money had been paid into my paypal account. Ive contacted paypal to notify them…anything else i should do to safe guard? Thanks.
email:
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 60 pounds for the
postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who
is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as Birthday
present…I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m
presently in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really
appreciate your help. Send me a PayPal request of the total cost of
the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards.
Tiffany Brown (t.brown7777777@gmail.com)
God Bless you.
Tried selling an item and got the following scam response from a ‘Jennifer Scott’ using email address jenniferscott555@gmail.com. It’s very similar to some of the other scam emails reported:
thanks for your response, i am ok with the price, i may not come
over because of my job I work in airport at Prestwick and I have made promise about
this item. please let me know your payment method because i can only
pay you with pay-pal now and I will add additional £50 for postage fee
via royal-mail registered .
Thanks
Jennifer Scott
Looks like ive nearly been done by the same one…
hello there,
thanks for the fast response,i am actually buying the item for my
husband who is on a
diplomatic mission abroad and i will add you 100GBP to the sale price
of the item for the
cost of the shipment abroad through Royal Mail International Delivery
Signed For,so kindly
send me a request from paypal for the total cost of the item and
including postage so that
i could be able to complete the payment and also do get the item off
the site and if you
don’t have a paypal account to receive payment for the item..pls
kindly get register on
http://www.paypal.co.uk because of safety and security purpose as i have
already made a very good offer for this item,pls kindly act fast and
get back to me as soon as you done so..i await
your fast response….thanks
Seems too good to be true
i am really very sorry for the delay in the payment for this item,i have been really busy with work today..anyway i have just made the payment for your item and it has just been completed and confirmed because the fund has just been deducted from my account and i believe that you must have been notified by paypal..i will want you to get back to me as soon as you get the item posted to the delivery address below..
Kayode Ibitoye
112 Akerele Street
Surulere Lagos
Nigeria
23401.
i will want you to get back to me as soon as you get the item posted..
Regards…
I received this email in response to an ad I put up for trainers. I won’t be sending anything as I’ve already seen the exact same text posted here.
Here is the email I recieved from “sarah.millsxoxo@gmail.com”
Hiya,
thanks for your quick response, i really want to buy this item off you
but i want it for my friend who is in West Africa on a training
course, i want to send it as a surprise birthday present and i would
have loved to come for the collection of the item and post it myself
but unfortunately i’m not in the UK presently, i’m in Finland with my boss on a
business trip, so i’ll really be happy if you can help me out. I will
be offering you £30 for the postage cost….
kindly reply me with a PayPal money request for the total cost of the
item plus the postage cost that i’m offering and i’ll make the payment
asap. I hope to read from you soon.
Kind Regards,
Sarah
lol.. i get the same fraud email everyday and i still enter bum as my password.
i ALMOST got scammed by that one:
sandra betty
and another story about africa, that it’s birthday present so i wrote
)
“I have a friend there, he could pick it up, he’s going back to Aberdeen”
didn’t say a word then.
when you hear a story about africa just tell them to pick the item themselfs
she/he wrote
“please i will give u any amount for the shipping cost”
look out for the fraud
received this scam when selling 2 x bridesmaid dresses vian Gumtree Belfast:
from: anita will
from: anita will
to:
dateWed, Jul 14, 2010 at 4:07 AM
subject : payment has been made……ship out
mailed-bygmail.com
signed-bygmail.com
I want you to know that I have made the payment and I want you to ship
out the item as soon as you receive notification from paypal that
payment has been made and I want the item to ship out. through royal
mail Delivery which I have included the money into the payment I sent.
Here is the shipping address:
Name:Matthew Fadeyi
Address:06.bp.946 akpakpa ptt pk3,5
City/State:Cotonun
Country: Benin Republic
I want you to get back to me with the shipping tracking number as soon
as you ship out the item.
Thanks
I was looking £120 for both dresses & this person was paying £170??????????????
I was in the process of contacting Royal Mail to arrange delivery, but though I’d google Matthew Fadeyi. thank god i did & thanks to all who have reported this scam.
can googlemail(gmail) not get involved in this scam as it is there email address they’re using??????
Nearly got done
Hello there,
lindseyjames212@gmail.com is the email she is using,only had the ipod up for £100, beware
Thank you for the fast reply.
I am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £130 which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the request money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account id which is lindseyjames_1977@yahoo.com so that i can submit payment to you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and receive money online.
If you don’t have a paypal account just login to http://www.paypal.com and set up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal account which is lindseyjames_1977@yahoo.com once I receive your money request from paypal, I will submit payment to you via paypal asap.
Get back asap.
Lindsey James.
I too have just been (nearly) duped by the scammer going by the aliases of (deep breath) Sally Faulke, Mike Ford, ‘Lance’, ‘Peter’, Jane/Mike Pollard, and in his current guise ‘Corey’. He even had the cheek to ring me on my home phone to try and ’seal’ the deal. I’ve been trying to purchase a macbook pro from gumtree and was alarmed when, despite advertising in the London section, he said he was in Glasgow. So I spoke to him on the phone. And he has a brummy accent. Living in Glasgow. From the London area. Obviously alarm bells were ringing… After googling his mobile number I discovered his many aliases, each with the same mobile number of 07815557531. He’s on gumtree all the time by the looks of things, so beware. I’ve asked him to send me a photo of himself with said Macbook Pro and email it to me, so we’ll see what the thicko comes up with. He’s due to ring me again in 10 minutes so will keep all posted! In the mean time I feel pretty helpless other than warning other potential victims on blogs, as the police can only govern within their district…
Lee
i’ve had a few people interested in my sale item but want it sent abroad. i just facebooked and googled the names and there is no one on there with that email address. i realised anyway that it was a scam and wouldn’t send the items.
here are some of the email address:-
mrsjanewestmoreland@yahoo.com mrs jane Westmoreland
breedbob11@yahoo.co.uk Kelly Johnson
AaroonJone_20000@yahoo.co.uk
rollchristy@yahoo.co.uk Rolland Christian
Got the same scam trick. Even went as far as sending a paypal email to say I need shipping number before funds can be released.
I want you to know that I have made the payment and I want you to ship
out the item as soon as you receive notification from paypal that
payment has been made and I want the item to ship out. through royal
mail Delivery which I have included the money into the payment I sent.
Here is the shipping address:
Name:Oluwatosin Fadeyi
Address:06.bp.936 akpakpa ptt pk3,5
City/State:Cotonou
Country: Benin Republic
I want you to get back to me with the shipping tracking number as soon
as you ship out the item.
Thanks
Never send anything to Africa
Was apparently buying my 800 pound wedding dress off me. sent the request through paypal, email back to say paypal was holding the funds till i sent the item, alarm bells rang, also the fact that the address was….
Name:Oluwatosin Fadeyi
Address:06.bp.946 pttpk3,5 Akpakpa
State/City: Cotonou
Country: Benin Republic
email address was anita.will11@gmail.com
also email looks like its from paypal but it is actually from customers.helplink@accountant.com… not paypal!!
Payment Information:
The payment for your Item has been verified and confirmed. Due to security reasons on both sides of the buyer and the seller, the status of the payment is pending. Most sellers do not ship out the exact items as they have listed and we are keen on securing all our clients.
You will be required to post out the item and email us its shipment reference number. We will then verify the status and contents of the shipment within 5 minutes with the courier service its been shipped through. Once we have completed verification, your account will be credited instantly.
Quickly contact the PayPal representative to provide the shipment reference number or for any questions contact us via E-mail: ship.postmen@consultant.com or call +44702-4066-654 immediately with the shipment reference number so we can credit your account immediately without any delay.
Note: Do not send the shipment reference number to the buyer until we have confirmed the status of the shipment and credited your PayPal Account.Delivery Information
Address:
Williams Joseph
10, Oshogbo street
Amukoko Lagos
Nigeria
23401.
Address Status: Confirmed
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
Scammed for an Apple Macbook Pro 17″ for £320. Sent bank transfer to mike.ford@socialworker.net. He disappeared…
Now he’s had a sex change and back again as sally.faulke@socialworker.net for same laptop. Says he lives in Glasgow, he’s a social worker…you can trust him (sic) and when I did the transfer he said in the meantime he had a higher offer for £500, and would I match it?
Despite this experience, I shall continue to give others the benefit of the doubt…
Thought I would mention my story, since I was able to prevent myself from getting scammed due to stories from other posters here. I am selling a washer and dryer on Craigslist. Someone named sweetyankeey@gmail.com (Yinka Sweety) contacted me. First she wanted to know how long I have been using the machines, although I clearly stated it in my post. (First red flag.) Then she writes again on another account sarahwealth@gmail.com but she forwarded the first email from Yinka. She wanted me to send more pictures. I sent two additional and then she writes back: “Just to let you know that I’m satisfied with the condition of the item and i am interested in immediate purchase of it for my family , i will have love to come for the pick up my self but am currently in MD state in a military base,getting ready for Afghanistan, my shipping agent will be picking it up on my behave and signed all the necessary document for me.kindly get back to me if you agree with this before i processed. Thanks very much and have a nice day.”
So frankly, this email seems a bit scammy to me. Really, you are in Maryland and you have a shipping agent in Montreal fetching washers and dryers???? (2nd red flag.) I write her back that she can call me or I can call her to arrange pickup and payment. Then she sends me another email asking for pictures. I write her back and ask her if she is still interested because she sent the email stating as much earlier. She then writes again and says – sorry, I got the pic already. (3rd flag.)
So I write her again and ask if she is still interested. She writes back:
“Thank you so much. I have forwarded the address to the shipping company so they can calculate the pick up and delivery cost for me to make the payment. I’m sure they will contact you soon. I would like you to know that the payment will be made via PayPal because is fast and secured to send and received money online, All you have to send me is your paypal email address so I can make the payment immediately. Hope to hear back from you asap.”
So the Paypal issue was the final flag. I Googled her email address and found someone else had, had scam dealings with this same person. I couldn’t resist writing her back and telling her to get a life and a job and quit wasting people’s time.
Im just a newbie on selling goods in ebay and I was so happy and excited when i received an email from a buyer saying that he wanted so badly my item and he will buy my item for $650 and $80 for the shipping. I freaked out and I really cant believe what i read because my item is just $65 and the shipping is $20… Yeah I want the money and I am really planning to ship the item to the buyer but it came into my mind to search his address in google. the address lead me to a forum that the address that i was searching was a scam.
And again I reeceived two more email from different person and wants my item again. Their shipping address are all from NIGERIA.
Name:Taiwo Tosin
No 22 Owode-Estate Apata,
City:Ibadan
State:Oyo-State
Zip Code:+23402
Country: Nigeria
+2348053346215
Name:Taiwo Tosin
No 22 Owode-Estate Apata,
City:Ibadan
State:Oyo-State
Zip Code:+23402
Country: Nigeria
+2348053346215
The funds has been deposited and you must have gotten the payment
confirmation from PayPal… below is the delivery address… let me
know when you have posted the item.
Lanre Evans
10 Olukole Street
Off Ajao Road
Surulere Lagos,
23401 Nigeria.
>
dont send nothing to africa!!!!!!!!
>
> “Natalie frohwith” pisze:
>> Hiya, thanks for your quick response, i really want to buy this item
>
>> off you but i want it for my friend who has just been posted to West
>
>> Africa on a training course, i want to send it as a Birthday Present,i
>
>> would have loved to come for the collection and post it myself but
I’m
>
>> not in the UK presently, I’m in Asia with my boss on a business
>
>> trip,so I’ll really be happy if you can help me out. I will be
>
>> offering you £70 for the postage cost…. kindly reply me with a
PayPal
>
>> money request for the total cost of the item plus the postage cost
>
>> that I’m offering and I’ll make the payment asap. I hope to read
from
>
>> you soon.
i send this item and i lost total 140
heres another couple of scammers I even spoke to them on the mobile number didnt have a clue what I was selling but pretty much same format as everyone else.
xsxsmithxsx@yahoo.co.uk
joysmth87@gmail.com
and mob no 07024077585
Email address used was : buttmiller1@gmail.com – I googled it and buttmiller@gmail.com with no results, hopefully they’ll come up now!
1st email:
“is the item still for sale”
ME : Told them yeh, few other details about it (trying to be honest and straight forward).
2nd email:
“i will like to know that am sending this item to very good friend of
mine as a birthday present and he is away on a training course to west
Africa.i will have love to come for the item myself but am currently
in China for business purpose.I will want us to sincerely deal through
PayPal and i will offer you the sum of 160pounds for postage and
packaging abroad via royal mail international signed for.”
Haven’t replied now, firstly I’m in Ireland (so it’d be a local post company, not Royal Mail) and we also deal in €uro’s not Pounds! West africa says dodge all over it (no offence)! They offered £100 over my euro price, and THEY NEVER MENTION THE PRECISE ITEM THAT IS ACTUALLY FOR SALE!! They prolly just spam every address possible, and if you reply, they copy and paste the latest story (changed slightly). Can local police/postal workers not call to the address and shut them down?
Let me know if ya need a PS3 Blu-ray drive! ;P
I’m brand new to GT but still got these as my first 2 queries…
1) Linda has a new surname…
Hi there,
The extra money is to cover the postage and packaging as I am
currently on duty inside a ship at the sea in UK as a naval officer.
I am actually buying the item for my son who is currently working with
a company abroad
My son’s Address is
Engr.Osagie James
#10 Alaafin avenue,ring road,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, NIGERIA
MOBILE PHONE: 2348033697408
He is presently an Electrical Engineer in one Telecommunication
Company overthere.
Kindly ship the Item directly to him via royal mail international
signed for. Mark the package as a gift item with the note “A GIFT FROM
YOUR MUM” boldly written on the body of the package. I look forward to
receive your money request through paypal soon so that I can deposit
funds to your account.
Thanks and nice buying from you.
2) plus this, from a ‘doctor’ of BS…pressed by med on the details, the BS kept coming…
Hi,
My name is Doctor Smith Johnson in UK,I’m interested in buying this item for my little daughter in her
Citadel of study abroad,
I am a genuine buyer and i will be paying you the total sum of £550 GBP for item and postage.
Once i receive your name and address i will inform my secetary to write the check on the name you provided.
I would have love to send it my self but am presently out for an official duties.
Please note:Once the check and been receive and clear please contact me for shipping details.
I will await your swift response.
Regards.
Robby Borner – robbyborner@gmail.com tried to scam me as well. Sent an email saying he wanted to buy my item and then pretending he had submitted the payment harassing me to send the package.
ive been scammed and i cannot do anything about this what should i do i sent my phone which is worth 150.00 pound to him in royal mail post and the cannot do anything to stop it
i have done everything i cant believe it !!! plz reply bk asap i cant believe people do that they discriminate the human race
i dealt with wallace smith he said it int a scam when i no now damn right it is !
hi sorry but i have to say paypal do in deed hold funds untill an item has been sent to the buyer they want to keep both the seller and the buyer happy but this only happends if the seller does not have a full good ebay score but yes paypal do hold funds i no for a 100% fact as it happends to me they get relist once the buyer leaves you positive feed back or after 21 days
no sorry reported to paypal found out about you on google
good old google.
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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:08:07 -0700
From: nickkytom12@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: Reply to your ad: PROJECTOR InFocus LP335 DIGITAL PROJECTOR
To: ashleymjones
Alright here is the shipping address check the shipping price with royal mail global priority mail and let me know how much is it
No 22 Owode-Estate Apata,
City:Ibadan
State:Oyo-State
Zip Code:+23402
Country: Nigeria
— On Tue, 6/29/10, ashley jones wrote:
From: ashley jones
Subject: RE: Reply to your ad: PROJECTOR InFocus LP335 DIGITAL PROJECTOR
To: nickkytom12@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 3:55 AM
i do have paypal. but are you saying you want the items posted to you and willing to pay total of £230 ? if so could you please give me you postal address to see what the cost wil be. thanks
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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:40:10 -0700
From: nickkytom12@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: Reply to your ad: PROJECTOR InFocus LP335 DIGITAL PROJECTOR
hello there,
thank you for the fast reply.
i am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £230
which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the
request money button located at the top of your paypal account
homepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account id
which is gbengaeba@hotmail.com so that i can submit payment to
you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and
receive money online.
If you dont have a paypal account just logon to http://www.paypal.com and set
up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you
locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal
account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal
account which is gbengaeba@hotmail.com once I receive your money
request from paypal, I will submit payment to you immediately via
paypal asap.
I only put my item on gumtree yesterday morning and within 10mins of it goin live I got a reply message from anita walter askin if item was still for sale, I replied yes and then got another msg saying that she would make full payment and pay for P&P that same nite and I was to send it to,
Name: Matthew Fadeyi
Address:06.bp.3559 akpakpa ptt pk3,5
City/State:Cotonou
Country: Benin Republic
I am glad I checked up on the address etc and found this and seen that 2 other people were nearly scammed by this person. I’m really glad I never sent my item. Her email accounts are: anita.walter1@gmail.com & anitawill482@gmail.com
I’ve just got this sent to me – guessing its a scam:
Thanks for your prompt response,
I would like to know if it’s in a perfect condition because i am buying this item for my nephew studying abroad, West Africa Nigeria as a Birthday gift, I will paying via Paypal and you will have to ship the item to my Nephew on my behalf because i am currently out of the country and i wouldn’t be able to do that my self..
I want you to get back to me with the total amount including postage to West Africa Nigeria via Royal mail signed for, so i can immediately effect the payment via Paypal…
Best Regards
Jennifer
This is the email address to stop other people being done: Jennifer Denny (elipwolonik@live.com)
i got an email from an email : Robby Borner and believe it is a scam
***first email****
I am quite attracted and interested in purchasing your item,i want the item to be ship through Royalmail next day delivery to my home address in UK and additional money of £20 will be added to the payment for the shipping of the item via my paypal account,the shipping address will be sent to you after payment. Thanks.
Note please: kindly get back to me with the total amount including shipping charges so that i can pay you now or send me paypal money request to this is email address.Your urgent reply is needed.
****so i reply him with the total cost and ask him to confirm****
***second email***
this is my address below:
Name:Robby Borner
Address:59 Dart Green South
Town/City:Ockendon
Zip Code:RM15 5DH
Country:United-Kingdom.
kindly get back to me with the total amount including shipping charges and your paypal email so that i can pay you now.
***it is quite clear that this guy must be a scam***
Got another scam .. I suggest gumtree to use IP loggin. and ban these monkeys for good. IP logging does have its problems. but a 3 day ban will deter scammers as they want quick results. And i think IPs tells alot these days, including location. Its hard to believe that a person from Nigeria would buy an item from london.
heres another scammer,
Kerri Lippert (nickkytom12@yahoo.com)
I want you to know that am a marine eniginer and am at the sea port right now so i can not be able to have the item shipped myself due to my work and i want you to know that am buying the item for my friend and i will be the one to pay for the shipment fees so i will urge you to send me your paypal email and your paypal full name so that i can be able to remit the payment asap.
Thanks
On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Mrs. Linda Halbert wrote:
Hello there,
Thank you for the fast reply.
I am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £90 which
include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the request
money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage and
send the money request directly to my paypal account id which is
lindhalbert01@yahoo.com so that i can submit payment to you via paypal
right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and receive money
online.
If you don’t have a paypal account just login to http://www.paypal.com and
set up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you
locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal
account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal
account which is lindhalbert01@yahoo.com once I receive your money
request from paypal, I will submit payment to you via paypal asap.
Thanks
Mrs. Linda Halbert.
On 6/20/10, I wrote:
> Its a avilable – £65.
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 12:06 AM, wrote:
>
>> Hi there from > mrslindhalbert003@gmail.com>:
>>
>> Is this item still available, what’s ur price?
Thanks for the mail,i work as an air hostess and am currently on shift
so thats why i cant come in cash but i can send the money to you via
PayPal,kindly get back to me by sending money request from your PayPal
account Or get back to me with your PayPal email address so that
i can proceed with the payment immediately.
Thanks
On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 8:07 PM, I wrote> wrote:
Cash only
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 3:57 PM, wrote:
Hi there from anabela.valente01@gmail.com:
Do you still have this Camera for sale? can you sell via PayPal? What is the firm price? i will be offering you £75 for the item if you accept my offer Get back to me by sending money request from your PayPal account Or get back to me with your PayPal email address if you are interested.
Looks like Mrs Linda Halbert is up to it again – mrslindhalbert003@gmail.com
This person using Lindahalbert@gmail.com is still trying to scam people, tried me today for a video camera, but got a swift reply telling them what i thought…even though they probably get hundreds per day! Fuckers i don’t know how and why they are still getting away with this! Surely they should be locked up by now..
another hit on markregan83@gmail.com. these guys are jerks
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Mark Regan wrote:
Hi,
thanks for the reply,i have gone through the advert and i am
interested in buying the item for someone abroad and i will give you
extra 10GBP for buying commitment and also will add you 100GBP to the
amount you are selling the item to cover the postage cost through
royal mail international delivery signed for because i don’t actually
know amount the postage would cost,so kindly send me money request
from your paypal account.i insisted on paying through paypal because
of safety and security purpose,so kindly act fast on sending the money
request for the total amount …i look forward to your fast
response…..thanks
mattjane665@gmail.com
another one
And yet another…
Hello,
How are you today?hope cool! I live at Bristol. I am very much
interested in buying from you as your price is very okay with me, I
want you to know am sending it as a present.
Actually I would have loved to ship it myself but I am presently
working on a project for our company, please kindly help me ship it
yourself.
Payment will be made via PayPal including the shipping cost £100 via
Royal Mail registered, kindly send money request to my PayPal
registered email address at: helensha68@yahoo.com so i can make payment
now.
hope to read from you
Helen
helensha68@yahoo.com
disgraceful…
This a##hole is using 2 e mail addresses, original came from yahoo.co.au He must have then copped himself on seeing I’m hardly going to ship a car from Ireland to Oz and sent the next from yahoo.com
Told him I didn’t have a Paypal a/c and didn’t from him for 2 days. He then tried the same story again to get me to accept payment from Paypal so I told himn I get a better offer and asked would he like to increase his original offer! Might as well feck him about if he’s going to feck me about!!!
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Ronan Sharkey
Date: 16 June 2010 22:55
Subject: Re: Reply to your ad: 2002 Audi A4 1.9 TDi Black Diesel
To: Joe
any mechanical problem ?,just wanted to make sure all bases are covered,i will purchase at the listed price and payment will be sent using PayPal and i will be needing your email with PayPal for payment or you could send me an invoice(ill handle the PayPal surcharge,you just let me know).Make sure you get back to me so that we can arrange for pick up as i will like the item to be picked as i am out of town at the moment. I await your reply. Thanks
— On Tue, 15/6/10, Joe > wrote:
From: Joe >
Subject: Re: Reply to your ad: 2002 Audi A4 1.9 TDi Black Diesel
To: ronansharkey3@yahoo.com.au
Date: Tuesday, 15 June, 2010, 8:08
Ronan,
Car’s sound, no problems mechanically. Car running well. Unfortunately I don’t have a Paypal but if you could ask who’s picking it up to contact me to arrange a bankers draft or cash for the car. Just out of curiousity where are you at at the minute and where are you from originally?
Sorry for any inconvenience.
Joe
On 14 June 2010 10:00, wrote:
Hi there Joe, you have received a reply to your Gumtree posting “2002 Audi A4
from :
Any additional information ?
I almost got scammed my the name anita walter saying she would pay me fall price including pap and asking me to send it to west Africa. Well I didn’t send her the goods but did send her a letter saying ‘you scum’ I bet that was unexpected haha I’ve been made to look like a fool by these scammers so BE WARNDED they don’t give u the money through paypal they just pretend too when really all the take away is ur expiensive goods and ur dignity!!!!
I was so close, just about to write the address on the box, then I decided to google the address just incase. Thank God I found this! I’m so greatful for everyones warnings!
My scammer is by the name of: Anita Walter
Her email accounts are: anita.walter1@gmail.com & ntsmll4@gmail.com
Another email involved with the scam is: nikkybaabe1234@gmail.com
Fake paypal email is: customers.helplink@accountant.com
And finally the address is:
Name: Matthew Fadeyi
Address:06.bp.3559 akpakpa ptt pk3,5
City/State:Cotonou
Country: Benin Republic
Thank you so much. I would have been so stressed and angry if it was not for all you people giving me a warning. May God bless you all, hopefully these horrible people can be stopped. I’m now off to write an interesting email to Anita Walter. Goodbye.
DO NOT DEAL WITH GABRIELLA HAVARD (her email h1g_zzz@yahoo.co.uk) OR SEND ANYTHING TO RICHARD OBI.
Tried to “buy” my phone by asking for a PayPal request (using another email address: gabriella.here@yahoo.co.uk).
She then asked for shipping, with Royal Mail, to a Richard Obi in Nigeria, which is when alarm bells started ringing.
His address:
Richard Obi
2, Razaq Balogun Street
Surulere
Lagos
23401
Nigeria
I’ve reported the email “PayPal” generated as Spam and reported the emails to PayPal.
I’m tempted to send a turd, but I don’t want to pay for the shipping.
Deal carefully ppl.
Hello receieved another scam from the following, note he used another email address to correspond with me kkebojtu@gmail.com:
Hello Yee,
Good Afternoon,how are you?Thanks for your quick reply.I want you to know that am okay with the price and condition of the item.I live in Oldham but due to the nature of My job I cant be able to meet you for collection because I work in the Old people’s home,so meeting you will not be possible,so I will like you to help me by sending the item to My cousin abroad because I am buying it as a gift for him.I have inquired from Royal Mail for recorded delivery abroad and I was told 25.00Gbp.I have set up a PayPal account, so I can pay you with.Please get back with PayPal Money request to:kkebojtu@hotmail.com.As soon as I receive,I will get payment made to you immediately.
Thanks.
P:S- I am not here for time wasting.
Kevia.
http://www.data-wales.co.uk/nigerian_laundering.htm. This is a link to all the fraudsters email addresses, there are thousands!!! And new ones everyday!.Naming them dosent help because they just create new ones! Scum!
> On Jun 12, 2010, at 2:10 AM, morin philips wrote:
>
> I have just made payment for the phone kindly ship it out to this address:
> Name Adebola Careem
> Address 50 Adegoke Street
> Masha Surulere
> Lagos,23401
> Country Nigeria
just wanted to to let everyone know this person is still doing this!!
here is another one, what happened to me same west africa story and birthday gift.
form
jennyparkernew@gmail.com
Address:
Lanre Evans
10 Olukole Street
Off Ajao Road
Surulere Lagos
23401 Nigeria.
i got the same email saying the transaction is complete and my account will be credited after providing shipment reference.
i was about to bring it to the post office! but fortunatly i did some googling and found this blog.
any tips on what to do next?
they have my email address and full name.
I am selling wardrobes and a chest of drawers and I have recieved an email, which looks suspicious, will add it here, if its a scam. Got a scam email in the past saying amount added to paypal, but upon checking paypal there were no funds, so I did not send the item to NIGERIA again, where the scams are mostly happening. The simple method is check your paypal for the money,if you are using it, when you have transferred the money to your bank account and have got the money then send the item recorded delivery only in UK. DONT SEND TO NIGERIA OR ITALY, especially. BY the way, the safest bet is picking the item yourself from the sellers house and paying him/her when you are satisfied that you are not being scammed. If you are interested in my items then please get in touch, I have three wardrobes and a chest of drawers.
Many thanks
Hi all i’ve had dealings with this scammer are they having a laugh though?
Hello there,Thank you for the fast reply.I am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £230 which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select therequest money button located at the top of your paypal accounthomepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account idwhich is lindhalbert01@yahoo.com so that i can submit payment to youvia paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send andreceive money online. If you don’t have a paypal account just login to http://www.paypal.com andset up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account youlocate the request money button located at the top of your paypalaccount home page, use it to request money directly from my paypalaccount which is lindhalbert01@yahoo.com once I receive your moneyrequest from paypal, I will submit payment to you via paypal asap. ThanksMrs. Linda Halbert.
Hi there,Kindly process the money request from paypal, because I do not wantany situation whereby you tell me maybe I sent payment to a wrongaccount as this has happened in the past and when I contacted paypal,they advise me to always request for payment invoice from seller thenI will use the link on the money request to submit payment to seller’saccount directly. I can not proceed with the payment if I do notreceive paypal money request directly from your paypal account to minewhich is lindhalbert01@yahoo.comMany thanks Mrs. Linda Halbert.
Hello There,
I have remitted payment to you via paypal and I also paid paypal charges to ensure you get full payment.
Kindly ship the item to my son as soon as possible and write on the package…
“A GIFT FROM YOUR MUM”.
My son’s Address is
Engr.Osagie James.
#10 Alaafin avenue,ring road,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, NIGERIA
MOBILE PHONE: 2348033697408
He is presently an Electrical Engineer in one Telecommunication Company overthere.
Kindly ship the Item directly to him via ROYAL MAIL INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR with the note “A GIFT FROM YOUR MUM” boldly written on the body of the package.
Thanks and nice buying from you.
Mrs. Linda Halbert.
What i dont get is the payment is showing as pending in my paypal account. There no way i’ll be sending the item though.
I have been scammed like this only two days ago! ‘timothy johnson’ipodise@gmail.com saw my advert for a canon 30d and emailed me.I then sent a money request via pay pal (I am a verified pay pal user) then got an email that looked for all the world like it was from pay pal saying he had paid and as soon as I sent a tracking code for the parcel..which cost me 21.65 special next day delivery the money would be in my account.
After posting it obviously I found I was unable to send this code to pay pal and even phoned them twice at international rates and got nowhere.The next morning my camera was delivered to this scum bag and guess what…no money for me! he then sent another email saying he had paid too much by 100 and could I send it via western union to Nigeria!
The police have been informed and I now have a crime number but no camera…and pay pal couldn’t care less.I did have an email from pay pal this morning asking how they did!!!….poor service at my cost.
Had original email from lindhalbert0147@gmail.com, then a couple of days later from lindhalbert02@gmail.com but want me to put this address on paypal lindhalbert01@yahoo.com. The email received was very generic:
I am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £120
which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the
request money button located at the top of your paypal account
homepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account id
which is lindhalbert01@yahoo.com so that i can submit payment to you
via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and
receive money online.
If you don’t have a paypal account just login to http://www.paypal.com and
set up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you
locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal
account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal
account which is lindhalbert01@yahoo.com once I receive your money
request from paypal, I will submit payment to you via paypal asap.
Thanks
Mrs. Linda Halbert.
DONT FALL FOR IT!!!
another one is lilian graham…
Hi,Thanks for getting back to me,i contacted this ad on Gumtree justto show my interest in buying it,so i will want to know more about it. I will want to buy the item,which i will want you to get back to mewith the total amount I will want to know the recent condition of this item and its totalamount.I ‘m sending it to someone as a Birthday Gift in WestAfrica(Nigeria),via Royal Mail International Signed For,butunfortunately I’m not opportune to come get the item myself,so i willreally appreciate if you can kindly post the item for me which i willoffer you the sum of £50 for postage and packaging of the itemsAbroad. I will want us to sincerely deal with each other through PayPal OnlineAuction or Via Bank Transfer,cause i believe its safe for both ofus..I will love you to get back to me with all the answers and alsoPayPal money request or your bank details and the overall cost of thetotal amount plus p&p and your gumtree ad number,so payment can bemade asap and i can get back to you with the postage address. I await your quick response Lilian Graham
SCAM SCAM SCAM..!!!!
nearly fell for this aswell but something told me it wasnt right then found loads of info on gumtree..!!
thanks guys, almost send the item, but lucky me, found this blog
>> From: whitey lobress
>> To:
>> Sent: Tue, 8 June, 2010 16:58:28
>> Subject:
>>
>> This is the details:
>> Name: Adebola Careem
>> Address: 50 Adegoke Street
>> Masha Surulere
>> Lagos,23401
>> Country: Nigeria
>> I will prefer you use Royal Mail .
Here is a list of recent email addresses for some of these fraudsters who would like you to post your items abroad for a paypal payment;
kateangela95@gmail.com
sally.cole73@yahoo.com
whiteylobress@gmail.com
lindhalbert0147@gmail.com
smthlawson23@yahoo.com
markregan83@gmail.com
Lets keep naming and shaming these AR******S!!!!
Another email address- whiteylobress@gmail.com
Same West African scam.
hi luckily thanks to doing a google search on the address and this page popped up ive looked through the posts and the place ive been told to send to africa is already on this site with same explaination so im definatly not going ahead now heres the e-mail
> Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 10:22:05 -0700> Subject: RE: Reply to your ad: black and white summer leather motorcycle> jacket> From: jackdaniel00151@gmail.com>
Thanks for getting back to me..I would have loved to handle it myself> but unfortunately I’m presently in USA with my boss on a contract> pursuit>> As i think the safest way to make payment online is through PayPal Or> Bank Transfer…I want to send it to my Business Partner who is on a> training course in Africa,i want to send it as a Birthday Gift,>> I will like you to get back to me with the total cost of the item and> postage via any courier service nearby also with your Pay Pal money request> so that i can proceed with the payment asap.>> Hope to read from you soonest.>> Regards.
ive been told to send it to
Lexzy WilliamsBlk4 Flat 10 Alapafuja strSurulere LagosNigeria 23401
i nearly did it aswell so watch out
these are names I have had in last 3 days for a PSP…..Alison Queen,David Forsyth,Solex Nooy. They all wanted it posted to Asia/Africa to a Friend/Colleague/Business Partner and Paypal payment would be made. All offered about 3 times my asking price too including postage.
[...] to an address not registered in the buyer’s Paypal account. Even today, one has only to check Gumtree’s official blog to see the users comments on this [...]
I definitely condemn in no uncertain terms, these chronic nigerian fraudsters that have destroyed your notions of Nigerians. As genuine as your experiences have been with these scammers, please bear in mind that there are still genuine Nigerian users of gumtree (like myself), living here in the UK seeking to buy needed items on gumtree.
Below is an extremely offensive reply i got to my search for a guitar for our church usage. I have reported the email below to gumtree.
Tue, June 1, 2010 2:43:10 AMRE: Reply to your ad: Ovation elite
From: Owden White Add to Contacts
To: segeb98@yahoo.com
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Sorry it’s not for Nigerian people ….uck you!
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Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 15:44:17 +0100
From: segeb98@yahoo.com
To: owden@live.com
Subject: Reply to your ad: Ovation elite
Hi there Joe , you have received a reply to your Gumtree posting “Ovation elite” (ad# 59189831) from segeb98@yahoo.com
Want more responses? Click here to Feature your ad and go to the top of listings.
Here’s your message:
Kindly let me know if this ovation guitar is still for sale, and i can arrange payment and collection asap. Pls also confirm its accompanying accessories e.g hard case etc
is this a scam!
Hello, I was just browsing through gumtree to see if i can get a very
good and nice item for a very good friend and a colleague of mine who
has just been posted abroad on a training course on Environmental
pollution while i am being posted to Asia on a training course on
Population so we are into exchange of gifts with each other, and i
came across your lovely item.
I want to know if the item is in its top condition,I will like you to
help me send the item down to my friend in Abroad on my behalf as gift
as i am due to leave for Asia soon so won’t be able to receive the
item here in the state..I will be offering you 50 pounds for the
postage via Royal Mail International Signed For,with p&p, so i will
quickly want you to get back to me with the total cost including your
pay pal e-mail or if you want me to do bank transfer,full name and
bank details also with your bank name,and your gumtree item number and
your full name so that i can make the payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon…
God bless.
Here is another scammer to watch out for.
Name Monika Chowdhury
email address Monikachowdhury212@gmail.com
IP Address 74.125.82.195
Location CALIFORNIA, MOUNTAIN VIEW
Thanks for getting back to me. I am glad you have it but how do i go
about paying you as am not home right now. buying this for my son as
a birthday present and also want you to help me out with its postage
on my behalf. He is presently on a Special Training Course on Regional
Geographical Programmer in West Africa I will be responsible its
postage. I can pay online with PayPal which is safer, secure and more
convenient for me as well as you as we are both protected.I will offer
you 40 pounds for its postage to where my son is.I hope this should be
able to cover for its P&P.if that is okay, send me your PayPal email
address or PayPal Money Request for payment or your PayPal email
address, or bank details full name, and your total cost of the item
plus its postage.
waiting for your response.
Yours truly…
Younesa Fassi
I’m so pleased I found this forum – I very nearly got stung!
lindhalbertmc@gmail.com, lindhalbert01@yahoo.com and lindhalbert002@gmail.com are all the same person, and he/she has contacted me three times (for the same item!), using these addresses and the usual trick – offering to over-pay, if I send them my PayPal address immediately.
They refused to send me their telephone number (always a good way to checkout legit buyers and sellers!), and got arsey when I said they were scammers!
BEWARE!
This con-artist is starting to get on my nerves
“Dr jane Fanabachi” [Add]
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 150 pounds for the postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as surprise present…I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m presently in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really appreciate your help. Send me a PayPal request of the total cost of the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards.
God Bless you.
Here’s the address: Mate this is the address..
Paul Smith
112 Akerele Street
Surulere Lagos
23401 Nigeria.
Look familiar. What a d**k. I hope they do something about these scammer’s, if they can do anything.
lindahalbert01@yahoo.com is a scammer. everything was ok until she/he asked to send to nigeria as aGIFT FROM MUM…lol hope these people get a life and earn money like everyone else
got another email address for you guys, bsbenardfame90@gmail.com he had this to say when i asked if he was in the uk
hi thanks for the reply am in country right now am on a business trip to west Africa so send me your pay pal address so that payment will be made by tomorrow thanks
i hate these ASSHOLES
louisrebecca5@gmail.com this is one is a scam! i nearly sent her my mobile phone, but something has pushed me to check the address and this web came up! thank you guys! it also started with,. for sale? and then that she wants to send it to a friend who is in west africa trainingg!
I have also had the “West African” scam…same email address to (philips.james16@yahoo.com)
Here’s the last email he/she sent..
This is the details you need kindly get back to me with the shipping cost including total cost,PayPal E-mail money request, and your full Name
Name Olumide Philips
Address 50 Ilesanmi Street
Masha Surulere
Lagos,23401
Nigeria
She/he was louisrebbeca5@gmail.com
I wanted sell my Wii console.
1st email:For sale?
2nd:Hiya thanks for your quick response, i really want to buy this item
off you but i want it for my friend who has just been posted to West
Africa on a training course, i want to send it as a Birthday Present,
i would have loved to come for the collection and post it myself but
I’m not in the UK presently, I’m in Finland with my boss on a business
trip, so I’ll really be happy if you can help me out. I will be
offering you lb70 for the postage cost…. kindly reply me with a
PayPal money request for the total cost of the item plus the postage
cost that I’m offering and I’ll make the payment asap. I hope to read
from you soon.
3rd:Sorry for the late response, get back to me with the total amount
including the postage cost ans your PayPal full name..
4rd:The funds has been deposited and you must have gotten the payment
confirmation from PayPal below is the postal address… Let me know
when you have posted the item..
Olumide Philips
50 Ilesanmi Street
Masha Surulere
Lagos 23401
Nigeria..
5th:I sent it the email you gave me.. and you must have gotten the payment
confirmation.
And the last one was it today
Dear……!
We regret to inform you that your PayPal account might be suspended due to concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the PayPal community.
“Abusing PayPal” of the PayPal User Agreement states, in part:
“…we may limit, suspend, or terminate your service and user accounts, prohibit access to our website, remove hosted content, and take technical and legal steps to keep users off the Site if we think that they are creating problems, possible legal liabilities, or acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit of our policies.”
This email is to inform you that your buyer ”Louis Rebecca (louisrebecca5@gmail.com)” has made the payment for your item and we have received it but will be pending till you send out the item and send us the shipment reference number for verification then your funds will be released to your PayPal account.
Failure to send out the item as soon as possible will lead to suspension of your PayPal account and we will have to contact your solicitor because our solicitor is fully aware of your transaction and your details in our database will be forwarded to the Interpol squad.
Make sure you send out the item as soon as possible and get back to us with the details at (shipping_postman@representative.com) or you can speak to a PayPal agent on +44-702-4058-733 for verification.
We await your swift response which should include the details of the shipment.
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
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PayPal Email ID PP764
And this email after I looked it on google(shipping_postman@representative.com)and I saw a lot of comment…..
I hope I could help
heres another one guys.. his friend is training in Africa and wants to send him a gift email is philips.james16@yahoo.com… its really frustrating now.. cant even sell something without getting 30-40 emails from the scammers.. think i will be looking elsewhere
Hey, just to add, I have had dealings with lindhalbertmc@gmail.com and he is definitely a scam artist based in Nigeria. Very persistent too with faked paypal warning emails and legal threats.
aka lindhalbert01@yahoo.com
Hey everyone heres another email address that the scammer are using florencehopkins007@hotmail.com had a couple of iphone for sale and asked if i would send them abroad and pay an extra £80.. and they would send me the money via paypal… its becoming a joke the amount of complete idiots that are doing this.. You can even sell post something online without getting a pile of emails from these twats. be safe!
Scammer going by the name of James Roose. Tried to buy my camera using the same guise as previously used about sending a gift to a friend in West Africa, but he can’t do it because he is on a business trip in Finland. Wanted to pay by Paypal. Email address used is JAMESROOSE49@YAHOO.COM
Everyone, when dealing on Gumtree, PLEASE!!!!! ONLY DEAL IN PERSON.
Maybe we should Tweet all these bogus buyers details on Twitter so that these guys don’t get a chance to scam anyone else, and ppl are made aware of their tactics.
hello everyone, this is a warning to you as well I’d nearly fell for this scam.. first of all I thought it was legit but didn’t think properly about paypal don’t hold payment until the shipping is sent out.
This is what the person said to me in one of these emails which matches to some of your comments:
Hello There,
I have remitted payment to you via paypal and I also paid paypal charges to ensure you get full payment.
Kindly ship the item to my son as soon as possible and write on the package…
“A GIFT FROM YOUR MUM”.
My son’s Address is
Engr.Osagie James.
#10 Alaafin avenue,ring road,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, NIGERIA
MOBILE PHONE: 2348033697408
He is presently an Electrical Engineer in one Telecommunication Company overthere.
Kindly ship the Item directly to him via ROYAL MAIL INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR with the note “A GIFT FROM YOUR MUM” boldly written on the body of the package.
Thanks and nice buying from you.
Mrs. Linda Halbert.
This person was using this email address, lindhalbert01@yahoo.com and lindhalbert100@gmail.com.
Got many messages from paypal threating me to send the product but the emails are fake.
So don’t fall for this SCAM !!!! I reported this to the police but they said the police can’t do anything…typical.
Had scam emails from D. Forsyth also today. I am trying to sell a watch. Please ban this scammer who uses pseudonym D Forsyth.
D
Here is another scammer, watch out guys!
hello i just want to know that am the captain of the Royal Mail
Service so am very busy at the work then i want to shipped the item to
my cousin in England kindly if know have paypal visit http://www.paypal.com
and register it free and get back to me with your paypal address so
that i can make the payment immediately… paypal is best to pay
online if like me to sell the item for i like you to that..
thanks god bless..
Here’s how the scam works,
They put the money into your Paypal account, you post the items, they report to Paypal that they have not recieved the item, Paypal take the money back out of your account automatically and refund it to the buyer or scammer in this case, the item is already in the post and on the way to the scammer….
PAYPAL IS NO LONGER A SAFE METHOD OF PAYMENT AS THEY ALWAYS TAKE THE BUYERS SIDE!
I put a macbook on Gumtree and 5 people keep asking me for my paypal address so they can send payment immediately, cash only from now on!
PAYPAL NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN! NEVER USE IT NOT EVEN THROUGH EBAY!!!!!
Halbert Lind (lindhalbertmc@gmail.com), lindhalbert002@gmail.com.
His PAYPAL account: lindhalbert01@yahoo.com.
Same guy still trying,
i got hit by ericanderson135@yahoo.com and his/her friend zizoguy@gmail.com who was doing it so called by paypal.
lucky i haven’t lost my item yet, as i paid that little be extra to have it signed for, so if its not it will return to me.
got alittle strange when the email from zizoguy asked for the other persons details even tho he put it in the same e-mail.
Another scam from Jenny Lofter. jennylofter08@gmail.com
Watch out guys and happy trading with Gumtree!
hello there,
thanks for the fast response,i am actually buying the item for
someone abroad as a present and i will add you 110GBP to the sale
price of the item for the cost of the shipment abroad through Royal
Mail International Delivery Signed For,so kindly send me a request
from paypal for the total cost of the item and including postage so
that i could be able to complete the payment and also do get the item
off the site and if you don’t have a paypal account to receive
payment for the item..pls kindly get register on http://www.paypal.co.uk
because of safety and security purpose as i have already made a very
good offer for this item,pls kindly get the item off the site and
send me a paypal money request from your account…thanks
dis one lindhalbertmc@gmail.com and dis one lindhalbertmc@gmail.com kept askin me to buy my item thriugh paypal… told them to get stuffed … the idiots
Be ware of chrisdaniel94@gmail.com. He is a scam.
Here is the copy of our chat with this scammer.
me: hi Chris
If you tell me where you work I can bring the product
09:12 Chris: ok
09:13 but i want it posted
via royalmail nextday delivery
me: why?
09:16 Chris: just want it to mposted that is all
09:17 let me know if you still want to sell to me
??
09:18 me: I do not want to use paypal
Chris: but i can only pay you via paypal
me: banktransfer?
Chris: nope
if you dont have account with paypal you can sign up with them
09:19 me: tell me where you live?
Where do you want me to send the cam too?
09:20 Chris: manchester
i will notify you after payment with delivery address
09:21 me: can you tell me now where the delivery address is?
09:23 Chris: get your paypal set up 1st
me: i have my paypal
but I am a bit suspicious
Chris: ok
me: don’t you want to check the product first?
09:24 Chris: do get back to me with the total amount including shipping chargea and your paypal e mail so that i can pay you now
me: isn’t it normal that you pay the money later
Chris: and i will notify you with delivery address after payment
me: after you check the product
what if I am a scum
09:27 Chris: are you one?
09:28 scared
me: If I do not know the address i will not know the exact amount
yes I am scared
Chris: me am scraed
me: you have to tell me the shipping address
Chris: when u are talking of scam in early stage of our business
why that?
am scared now man
09:29 me: you should be talking about it before we even start our business
I will report you to gumtree i you do not tell me your shipping address
09:30 Chris: fuck off scammer
09:31 u are trying to rip me off
right
me: why should I?
Just tell me your shipping address
otherwise I will not know the exact postage
fee
09:32 Chris: then why are you saying that you will report me
for what
me: Because it sounds too dodgy
just tell me your shipping address
09:36 Chris: go away man
u are a scam
am not buying from you again
me: fine
I have been contacted by Vera Blair, who was interested in buying my mobile phone, She said that she will put the money into my PayPal account and requested that I send the phone to Nigeria.
Done a google search and guess what?? A big time scam. So be careful when you deal with her or him who knows.
This person uses different ids:
fly_vb1@yahoo.com
vera_blair@live.co.uk
Richard Obi
2, Razaq Balogun Street
Surulere
Lagos
23401
Nigeria
You’ve been warned.
I have had 3 Assholes in 2 days trying to scam me. kelly Johnston (breedbob11@yahoo.co.uk). Frank Philips,and stephen wallace. Pure wankers, I am soo angry to see how many people has actually been conned here, and obv they are getting away with it, as it is the same names. If i came face to face wif da pricks i wud slice and dice da motha fukas.
The reason every1 is getting conned is we were all told Paypal is safest payment method.
Not anymore
monicastone2@gmail.com
This fucker is a scammer, tried to swindle me out of a loptop. SCUMBAG
lovelydaddy002@yahoo.com watch out for this one…
I’ve had a similar email offering to pay over the odds for a PC I’m selling on Gumtree and can it be sent to Nigeria to his wife as he’s in a Military camp!
“Sorry for the late response,i want you to know that i will love to have your item but at the moment i am currently in a military camp and i will love to but this item for my wife’s birthday.I will want you to help me send it to her and i want it to reach her destination as a gift before the birthday comes up. My wife is currently studying in West Africa,but due to high cost of shipment via DHL to Lagos – Nigeria, I will offer you £580 to cover both item and shipping expenses.
Also want you to know that i have been screwed before and because of these i will prefer payment terms to go through PayPal so as to protect both buyer and seller.I will like to know if this is your pay pal address (~@~@~@~@#####) for immediate payment and if you are not PayPal user, you can set up one in few minute through PayPal website.Kindly consider the item sold to me and take off the advert from Gumtree.”
E-Mail from stev2crew@gmail.com I have told this ‘buyer’ that the PC will not leave my possession until cash is in my hand and I am aware of Nigerian scams and fake paypal emails about false payments recieved! If he’s legit then I’ll have cash in my hand after a legit paypal payment and transfer to my bank account and if he’s not ( as I suspect he’s a scammer) then he won’t get my PC. I have a feeling I won’t hear from him again! LOL. Paypal do not hold onto payments until the item has been delivered and I’d never click on a link in an email to a paypal site, I always use my bookmark to check my paypal status! It pays to be cautious at all times! If steve crew turns out to be legitimate I’ll post back but doesn’t sound in anyway Legit to me, just gonna play it out and see where this possible scammer takes it! LOL
I have been scammed by a Paula Reed who bought my wedding dress, and I had received an email from clone paypal saying I will received payment as soon as I’ll send them the tracking no.(new protection politics) from the Post Office receipt. After this I received this mail from PayPal clone (Here is the text from the e-mail): “Congratulation !!!!!Your Order has been dispatched for delivery into your PayPal Account address provided and this will be received in a couple of hours. But there is a problem about the payment sent to you. Our Accounting Department has made an error with your payment, which means a total of £345.00 GBP was sent to you instead of £225.00 GBP. The deduction of the extra £120.00 GBP has shown of the buyer’s account. You are advised to contact the buyer and settle this issue by refunding the sum of £120.00 GBP before the delivery of the payment into your PayPal account. We regret to inform you that the payment may not get into your PayPal account until you settle this possible issue with your buyer. We are very sorry for any inconvenience this might have caused you. Thanks for your understanding. Sincerely, PayPal Team.” I was thinking, too late…who can such a company to fail like this? Isn’t possible . It’s a SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They ask me to send this £120.00 through Western Union…So I lost my wedding dress…for nothing. Be careful of these paypal scams, ALWAYS check your real paypal accounts. Watch out for these email addresses: customers_careline@accountant.com from clone Pay Pal account– is a fake; reed.paula11@gmail.com from Benin Republic(Africa)
matte.john80@yahoo.co.uk
Another one asking about the same item. This is 3 people now, all using a similar IP range.
Scammers beware, I’m coming.
And another one from the same in ad within 10 minutes;
st.benson65@gmail.com
“Send the item abroad, i love you long time, send you cassssshhhhhh”
Cunts.
faithbella27@hotmail.com
Another scammer. “I want this sent overseas, I’ll pay £100 on top of the price for postage costs…” blah blah blah.
I’m onto a Vera Blair right now, who’s trying to buy a gps device from us. She is very keen that I sent her an invoice through PayPal, however I asked her to first send me her full name, address, landline number and mobile number, I’ve said that once details are confirmed, we’ll nvoice her for the item, but she just keep sending emails asking to be invoiced… Hahahaha… These people must think that everyone is a right mug.
Her email address by the way is vera_blair@live.co.uk and also iverab009@yahoo.com
I have nearly been scamed twice this week!
first guy was ’selling’ 2 puppies & was going to transport them from Scotland, I gave him all my details then realized it was a scam so told him where to go. he has today sent me a picture of myself (dont know where he got it from) and then said a white van will be on fox street (my next street) tomorrow!! so he knows what i look like & where i live!!! but when we did try 2 ring him it was a foreign ring town and he was african!!
i have today put my ipod up for sale and recieved this email:
From: Mr. Lindsey James (lindseyjames14@gmail.com)
Sent: 03 May 2010 17:26:37
To: nicolle mcdonald (nicollemac@msn.com)
Hello there,Thank you for the fast reply.I am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £250which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select therequest money button located at the top of your paypal accounthomepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account idwhich is lindseyjames_1977@yahoo.com so that i can submit payment toyou via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send andreceive money online. If you don’t have a paypal account just login to http://www.paypal.com andset up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account youlocate the request money button located at the top of your paypalaccount home page, use it to request money directly from my paypalaccount which is lindseyjames_1977@yahoo.com once I receive your moneyrequest from paypal, I will submit payment to you via paypal asap. Get back asap.Mr. Lindsey James.
Its awful we good normal people cant even look online or sell things without getting ripped off!! i am now searching every email address & phone number before i even contact anyone!!
I have a few names to add to the hat. Can’t believe these people are so insatable. I have received only scammers replies for my laptop I am selling. The are all of course, wanting to pay by paypal, cagey about tellng me where it would need to be delivered to (despite ad saying no postage), even asking me to put money request through paypal first then I will get delivery details! Here are the email addresses to look out for breedbob11@yahoo.com jo_kissme@yahoo.co.uk orangevblair@yahoo.com ericanderson@yahoo.com
Could it be a coincidence that all the email addresses of offers are yahoo??
Get a life and get a job you pathetic scam artists!
im sorry but are u lot all to dumb to send something to west africa? these people cant even afford enythink as it is tell them to go f**k themselfs and its very easy to spot the Bstards they all go under Gmail.com and come out with complete bull about exchanging gifts
HEY THIS PERSON HAS SENT EMAILS TO ME I FELL FOR IT NEARLY, HAVE NOT SENT THE ITEM TO THEM, BUT THEY RECKON THAT £310 IS IN A N INSTANT PAYMENT BUT MY PAYPAL IS £0.00 SO WHERE IS THE MONEY? IS THIS A SCAM GUYS PLEASE HELP ALSO THERE ENGLISH IS BAD AS IN SMALL LETTER I’s AND MISSING WORDS. thanks, please help in telling me if this is a scam or not
Dear —-
You have an Instant Payment of £310.00 GBP from Kate Graham (kategraham75@gmail.com)
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PAYMENT DETAILS: Transaction Date: 28-04-2010
Seller’s Account ID:
Buyer’s Account Number : 5643 2000 2927 XXXX
Sort Code: 07 00 30
Item Number Item Title
Quantity Price Subtotal
57697244
Xbox 360 Arcade with 20GB Hard Drive, Accessories and 12 top games MUST BUY 1
£310.00 .
GBP £310.00
GBP
Postage & Packing via Royal Mail Recorded Delivery :
(includes any seller packing fees) £00.00
GBP
Postage Insurance (not offered): –
Total: £310.00 GBP
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I got this one today from:
Manuel Dcosta (manueldcosta59@gmail.com)
Thanks for the prompt response.. i am willing to proceed with thetransaction now and am buying the car as a birthday gift for my sonand i am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer and due to thenature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website arerestricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send youan email regarding it. I really want the car to be a surprise gift forto my son so i wont let him know anything about the car until it getsdelivered to him, i am sure he will be more than happy with the car. Iinsisted on paypal because i don’t have access to my bank accountonline as i don’t have internet banking, but i can pay from my paypalaccount, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to giveme your paypal email address and the price so i can make the paymentsasap for the car and pls if you don’t have paypal account yet, it isvery easy to set up, go to http://www.paypal.com and get it set up, after youhave set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use forregistration with paypal so as to get the money transfer into yourpaypal account. I have a pick up agent that will come and pick the carup after i have made the payments… Thanks
Be careful!
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Quantity:
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DO NOT SEND ANYTHING TO AFRICA!!! This Nigerian guy has been pretty busy it seems…this guy tried to get me to send some shoes to his ‘partner’ as a surprise present but his erratic messages made me suspicious then he ‘paid’ me via Paypal but of course the funds were being held…like hell, I was pretty peeved and made it very clear that I would not co-operate with any unfamliar forms of payment. I then found a lot of info on Paypal fraud and sent this to him then I receieved an e-mail saying account would be suspended if i didn’t send it, this happen to anyone else? I have sent a copy of this to Paypal-the real one-and now I am on this…thankfully I didn’t send anything but I now I am worried about my account including my bank account, any need to worry you reckon? Deffo meet people face to face!!!
Transaction ID: 5NS50308X5606662C
Item Number Item Title Quantity Price Subtotal
57315585 brand new white wedding dress
1
£250.00 £250.00
Shipping and handling via Royal Mail International Signed-for:
(includes any seller packing fees) £50.00
Postage Compensation (not offered): —
Total: £300.00
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Can any one tell me do they get access to paypal account details or credit card when sendin money request. As i did it earlier then wondered why the emails went in to my junk so googled the phone number which lead me to this page.
So all i want to know is that as long as i have not posted item they can not get access to my paypal account? Also have contacted paypal with copies of emails in the hope that they can protect my account.
Same here, Andrew.Smith0022@gmail.com and Andrew.Smith0024@gmail.com offering full asking price for my Lexus but payment via paypal and he’ll arrange collection…
I was almost scammed. You can tell its all bullshit just do deals face to face
THESE ASSHOLES HAVE SOME NERVE
WE SHOULD SEND THEM SHIT TO THE ADDRESS
I really wish I’d seen this earlier
I got scammed by the Nigerian guy, was trying to sell a pair of shoes just to make ends meet to get enough money to travel to uni for the last week of term! Gutted, lost the shoes and had to pay £18 for postage where his alleged partner is on a business trip in West Africa. I can’t believe I fell for it, I mean the fact that they’re in Nigeria should have rung alarm bells 
I obviously reported it to the police and fraud department though they said they couldn’t stop my package. Does anyone know what will come of all of this, I mean they obviously didn’t want the shoes so badly, they wanted some sort of information. I’m only a student and don’t want some scammer ruining my credit history before I’ve even started out. The name of the people who kept contacting be were Debi Newman on behalf of Paypal and the person ‘purchasing’ was Sandra Paul. This person obviously has many aliases, please be aware everyone!
I have just had one of these emails. Please be careful when doing this.They wanted me to send a wedding dress to africa having not seen any pictures or asked for any information. they said it was a birthday present. the email was simpson evans from a gmail account!!!!!!!!
I’ve had quite a few e-mails too.
here’s one
Thanks for your quick response. I was guessing what i could buy for a friend of mine who was posted to West Africa on a training course as a Birthday Gift , and while browsing Gumtree, i saw what you have for sale and found it quite nice as a present. I’ll be needing your help with the postage abroad as i am presently in France on a business trip , so I’ll really be happy if you can help me out.
I will be offering you £50 for the postage cost via Royal Mail International signed for and I’ll paying through PayPal, because its the safest means of online payment. Kindly let me know your last asking price for the item and send your PayPal e-mail address to send the payment to and your full name on PayPal. Hope to hear from you as soon as possible.
I’ve had loads of thes, after this first one, i didn’t answer any more. told them to read my ad that is clearly states “collection only”
anyway.. i don’t have a paypal account lol
Also had an e-mail from ashtonbasley@gmail.com asking me to post to West Africa with an identical story as others on this blog about a best friend on a training course! Bastards!!
Hi there, got scammed by these people yesterday and can’t believe that Gumtree does not inform you of this obviously regular occurance when you sell something!
Mine was from an ANITA BROWNANT saying she wished to purchase my designer sunglasses for her daughter who was on a missionary trip in Nigeria…£120 for the item and postage, I received an e-mail looking identical to one from Paypal advising me that I needed to post the item before my pending amount would be released into my account, I posted the item and obviously never got my money!
I lost out on the postage cost and also phoned the helpline number on the fake Paypal e-mails about 5 times which I fear was calling Nigeria so not looking forward to my phone bill!!
Feel sooo stupid and furious!! The best people to call are:
ACTION FRAUD 0300 1232040 to report these people
CONSUMER DIRECT 0845 4040506 for advice
PAYPAL 0870 7307191 to check if e-mails are genuine
I can’t believe I’m one more!! And I can’t believe I didn’t see this earlier! Just this morning, I was a victim of the paypal fraud!! I sent my boyfriend’s playstation 3 along with 2 remote controls and 3 games to a David Smith, who asked to pay me by paypal, and offered £20 more to cover for next day delivery costs!! When I realised it was a scam, I asked Royal Mail to stop the delivery, but they said they had a duty to deliver and I couldn’t do anything about it!
I think whenever you post an ad on Gumtree, you shouldn’t be able to post it without having ticked a box that you read and are aware of the different types of frauds!!
I feel sooo stupid.
Beware of receiving any replies to your adverts from rttoler@gmail.com (Rosinna Toler), we very nearly got scammed by him or her. We have a saxophone up for sale on Gumtree and recivede a response from the above address, here is the correspondence…
“Thanks for getting back to me the price and the condition of the item
is OK by me and .I will also like to proceed to payment so get back to
me with your PayPal account id .I will be waiting to read from you.
Thanks in Advance
On 4/11/10, ———- wrote:
>
> £300 including first-class insured delivery.
>
> how much do you want for it?
On 4/11/10, ———- wrote:
>
> The sax was built in 1993, and its general condition is between very good
> and excellent. There are some bleed marks on various parts of the
> instrument, where the plating has come off. This is quite common. I have
> small amounts of it on a brand new tenor sax. All the mechanisms look and
> feel very good, there are no dents, one or two very light scratches, the
> pads look like new, so do all the bumpers and felts. It has hardly been
> played, all the plating on the fingerpoints, apart from one little bit of
> acid bleed, show no sign of wear whatsoever. I’m a tenor player and I got
> this to try and use the two, but found it difficult switching from one to
> the other so am sticking with tenor. Plays chromatic scale throughout, we’re
> not experts at saxophones so could possibly need a minor setup, as they do
> need regular maintenance, but not likely to need anything doing to it. This
> could be just down to personal preference to get the instrument to your
> requirements. The Brilhart mouthpiece is ebonite at the top and has
> toothmarks in it, we’ve just noticed a little tiny chip on the tip of the
> other mouthpiece, this is the bogstandard one that originally came with the
> saxophone which I personally haven’t used. We’ve closely scrutinised the
> whole sax, that’s why we’ve just noticed. If you want to listen to it you
> are welcome to ring us up 01604756112.
>
>> Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:03:36 +0100
>> Subject: Re: Reply to your ad: Jupiter 769-767 alto saxophone
>> From: rttoler@gmail.com
>> To: ——–
>>
>> Hi
>> I am interested in the immediate purchase of the item,I will
>> like to know the present condition of the item and the final asking
>> price.I am from Manchester so i will be shipping the item down here
>> kindly get back to me with the answers to my question and we can
>> move on from there.Note if i final make up my mind to buy this item
>> i will be making the payment Via PayPal
>>
>>
>> On 4/11/10, mushroomdapixie@hotmail.com
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi, yes we still have it, it was only put on this morning.
>> >
>> > Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:38:44 +0100
>> > From: rttoler@gmail.com
>> > To: ———-
>> > Subject: Reply to your ad: Jupiter 769-767 alto saxophone
>> >
>> > Hi there Vanessa, you have received a reply to your Gumtree posting
>> > “Jupiter
>> > 769-767 alto saxophone” (ad# 56853344) from rttoler@gmail.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Want more responses? Click here to Feature your ad and go to the top of
>> > listings.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Here’s your message:
>> >
>> > do you still have it?”
By the time of ther last email we suspected that this might be a scam and did a google search and lo and behold, this page was the first to come up in the google listings. We asked the scammer to phone us to verify his or her identity, we recived no response after that. Beware of any requests to send through Paypal!!!!
just got this one:
campbell.eulan@yahoo.com
Lexzy Williams
Blk 4 fLAT21 Alapafuja St
Surlere Lagos
23401 Nigeria
Ok get back to me with your full name and paypal request or your paypal email so that i can proceed with the payment asap.
Look to hear from you soon..
Thanks for getting back to me..I would have loved to handle it myself
but unfortunately I’m presently in USA with my boss on a contract
pursuit
As i think the safest way to make payment online is through PayPal Or
Bank Transfer…I want to send it to my Business Partner who is on a
training course in Africa,i want to send it as a Ester Gift,
I will like you to get back to me with the total cost of the item and
postage via any courier service nearby
Hope to read from you soonest.
Regards.
Not sure if this is a scammer or not but something made me doubt it, can anyone tell me what they think please..
Email was as follows from leonbell18709@yahoo.co.uk.
Thanks for the quick response i really do appreciate it,am willing to pay £2,000 for this and i will be paying via PayPal, kindly specify your paypal email and full name. If you don’t have one, you can easily set up one at http://www.paypal.com. The car will be pick up by my shipper after you the confirm payment.
Finally, please specify the address for your preferred pick-up location.
Thank you very much for your total understanding.
Dean.
Mine was from Gary Snowball (yatchsailor20@gmail.com)
I received this offer to purchase my car, and as I was suspicious I searched for scams and thank god I found this. I think I will just trade my car in, at least its a lot less hassle!!!
From: yatchsailor20@gmail.com
i am located in Birmingham but am presently offshore…i am actually buying this car for myself and i will use paypal as my payment option cos it is safe and reliable for online auction payment….Regarding this transaction, i have contacted my shipping agent who will be coming to your place for the pick up. Once i receive your paypal email, i would make payment of the car with the additional sum of 800 which you will be sending to my shipping agent to arrange himself down to your location. Get back to me with your paypal email and your location address so that he can get there with ease. I would have loved to come by myself but am presently offshore cos am working as a sailor for yacht firm.
Waiting to hear from you,
Gary
I received this offer to purchase my car, and as I was suspicious I searched for scams and thank god I found this. I think I will just trade my car in, at least its a lot less hassle!!!
From: yatchsailor20@gmail.com
i am located in Birmingham but am presently offshore…i am actually buying this car for myself and i will use paypal as my payment option cos it is safe and reliable for online auction payment….Regarding this transaction, i have contacted my shipping agent who will be coming to your place for the pick up. Once i receive your paypal email, i would make payment of the car with the additional sum of 800 which you will be sending to my shipping agent to arrange himself down to your location. Get back to me with your paypal email and your location address so that he can get there with ease. I would have loved to come by myself but am presently offshore cos am working as a sailor for yacht firm.
Waiting to hear from you,
Gary
I wish I had seen that earlier too, I got tricked…mine was from a paul withler! i feel gumtree do not do enough to warn people on their website. I called the police as soon as I realised it but they could not do much…Do you know if the item will even reach its destination?
i wish i had seen all this earlier i am afraid ive been scammed by a john wale he wanted to buy my wedding dress off gumtree for £100 and offered £80 shipping to his friend in nigeria i said i would send item once he sent money instead i got a email from nochex saying payment was pending and postal order would be sent as soon as i had sent them shipping number like an idiot i sent item but of course never recieved payment.
These characters have got too much time on their hands trying to scam people. We should remember that it is their career to scam people, their job title is FRAUDSTER. We should all be aware. I tried to sell an item and the person wanted a tracking number as proof of postage prior to him paying me. Thank God I was clued up with the whole Paypal thing coz he sent a dodgy email from a dodgy Paypal website but we all have to be wise nad listen to our gut instincts. I stopped replying to his silly emails once I detected aggression in his emails asking where the item is.Amazon, although it charges is a safer option. With the same item someone came to my address wanting to buy it, they tried to take advantage of me I think coz I’m a women, my hubby was home Thank God, he said he’ll take the item without checking it over, which I think is dodgy coz if ur spending £190 on an item you would want to check if its working, he gave me £200, I said i’m getting his change, he insisted I kept the change £10, as hubby was packing I felt that the notes were fake,I politely gave his fake cash back BE CAREFUL PEOPLE.
I received another email on about my wedding dress, this person wants to send it to family in West Africa as a BIRTHDAY prezzie when its a wedding dress????? OK LOL, then he said he’s based in Finland on business trip with his boss, another email came through from “USA” offering to pay extra for shipping. These people must think we are idiots honestly.Oh and by the way the enquiries for my wedding dress are from men, PAULJIN54@yahoo.com and DAVIDMOORE1981000@gmail.com. No ladies appear to be interested in my wedding dress.
BE CAREFUL!!!!
I am constantly receiving emails enquiring about the purchase of my car, saying they are abraod in one way or another and to proceed through paypal.
HOW TO STOP IT
Who should we be reporting the email addresses to so that this can be investigated and stopped. I am finding it increasingly frustrating more than anything and feel there should be more being done!!!!!!
Because of the constant fraud emails I will no longer be using gumtree to advertise.
nicholasmark18@yahoo.com is a scammer, selling other people’s cars from abroad
to all sellers on gumtree and probably any other site like this,
if you receive any mail from people asking you to send item abroad, need to pay by paypal and send your details via email and pay over the top postage fees – ITS A SCAM!!!!!!
just read the blogs on this site. they have hundreds of different email addresses but use just a couple of different letters.
don’t be a fool. if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
i’ve tried selling things on gumtree and received many such letters. thankfully i googled gumtree scams and found these blogs.
put these people out of business!
kwithler@yahoo.com
john.wale75@gmail.com
collins.smith12@yahoo.com
i wonder who agrees with me that both gmail and yahoo have to make signing up for email accounts harder and require more verification to prevent fraud and scamming? the vast majority of scammers are using yahoo yet they take no steps in improving their service. shame on them!
BE AWARE OF THIS SCAM ARTIST!!
Hiya thanks for your quick response, i really want to buy this item
off you but i want it for my friend who has just been posted to West
Africa on a training course, i want to send it as a Birthday Present,
i would have loved to come for the collection and post it myself but
I’m not in the UK presently, I’m in Finland with my boss on a business
trip, so I’ll really be happy if you can help me out. I will be
offering you £50 for the postage cost…. kindly reply me with a
PayPal money request for the total cost of the item plus the postage
cost that I’m offering and I’ll make the payment asap. I hope to read
from you soon.
Greetings,
Just to let you know that Sarah Wealth is still working hard!
She is under “Sarah Wealth”
She wanted to purchase a wheel chair and have a shipping company come and pick it up. Then I got an email from her “shipping provider” World Wide Speed Post which has a valid Website but when I Googled the managers name Lisa Xavier (Just like Christian on Feb 8).
Sarah said she wanted to have the item shipped to IRELAND!
Sarah Wealth
52 College Gate
Castleknock
Dublin 15
Ireland
I was set to go!
Very Glad I looked this up online!
Emailed her and told her the item was no longer available!
Thanks to you for posting this!
Here is another name to look out for and a mobile number;
kel_james00@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07024015657
Same old usual rubbish about buying for a friend abroad and paying through the nose for p&p. Beware!
scam emails
john.wale10@gmail.com
john.wood101@hotmail.com
I received it today
Hello, I was just browsing through gumtree to see if i can get a verygood and nice item for a very good friend and a colleague of mine whohas just been posted abroad on a training course on Environmentalpollution while i am being posted to Asia on a training course onPopulation so we are into exchange of gifts with each other, and icame across your lovely item. I want to know if the item is in its top condition,I will like you tohelp me send the item down to my friend in Abroad on my behalf as giftas i am due to leave for Asia soon so won’t be able to receive theitem here in the state..I will be offering you 80 pounds for thepostage via Royal Mail International Signed For,with p&p, so i willquickly want you to get back to me with the total cost including yourpay pal e-mail and your gumtree itemnumber and your full name so that i can make the payment asap. Hope to read from you soon…God bless.
Recently received this email
‘Hello, I was just browsing through gumtree to see if i can get a very
good and nice item for a very good friend and a colleague of mine who
has just been posted abroad on a training course on Environmental
pollution while i am being posted to Asia on a training course on
Population so we are into exchange of gifts with each other, and i
came across your lovely item.
I want to know if the item is in its top condition,I will like you to
help me send the item down to my friend in Abroad on my behalf as gift
as i am due to leave for Asia soon so won’t be able to receive the
item here in the state..I will be offering you 50 pounds for the
postage via Royal Mail International Signed For,with p&p, so i will
quickly want you to get back to me with the total cost including your
pay pal e-mail and your gumtree item
number and your full name so that i can make the payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon…
God bless.’
Thought it was a bit weird that he would offer to pay more than the asking price for p&p. His email is JOHN.WALE10@GMAIL.COM I though the 10 may have stood for 2010 which is a bit weird as the student (as he told me he was) year starts in September so why would he have to set up another email unless it was to SCAM innocent people. PLEASE BE AWARE.
just got one today from john wale (john.wale10@gmail.com
Hello, I was just browsing through gumtree to see if i can get a very
good and nice item for a very good friend and a colleague of mine who
has just been posted abroad on a training course on Environmental
pollution while i am being posted to Asia on a training course on
Population so we are into exchange of gifts with each other, and i
came across your lovely item.
I want to know if the item is in its top condition,I will like you to
help me send the item down to my friend in Abroad on my behalf as gift
as i am due to leave for Asia soon so won’t be able to receive the
item here in the state..I will be offering you 150 pounds for the
postage via Royal Mail International Signed For,with p&p, so i will
quickly want you to get back to me with the total cost including your
pay pal e-mail and your gumtree item
number and your full name so that i can make the payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon…
God bless.
Hello,
just had an attempted scam from Anuoluwa Lekan, going under the name of John Cost using this email address john.wale10@gmail.com.
See initial email below:
Hello, I was just browsing through gumtree to see if i can get a very
good and nice item for a very good friend and a colleague of mine who
has just been posted abroad on a training course on Environmental
pollution while i am being posted to Asia on a training course on
Population so we are into exchange of gifts with each other, and i
came across your lovely item.
I want to know if the item is in its top condition,I will like you to
help me send the item down to my friend in Abroad on my behalf as gift
as i am due to leave for Asia soon so won’t be able to receive the
item here in the state..I will be offering you 150 pounds for the
postage via Royal Mail International Signed For,with p&p, so i will
quickly want you to get back to me with the total cost including your
pay pal e-mail and your gumtree item number and your full name so that
i can make the payment asap.
here is another scam email : ryan.benson98@yahoo.com
Okay..thanks for the fast response.i really want to buy the item for my in law in abroad,so i am ready to buy the item and i will give you extra 20GBP to the listing price and also wil give you 60GBP to ship the item to my in law in abroad because i really need the item urgently so kindly please get back to me with a paypal payment request from your account for the total amount so that i could send you payment for the item immediately you send me the request.i look forward to read from you asap.
Thanks.
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I recieved scam emails from all the addresses below:
WHAT STUPID LOW LIFE YOU ARE!!!!
From: darrengraham67@yahoo.com, drfrank_anderson@yahoo.com, (rj85322@gmail.com)
Hello, I was just browsing through gumtree to see if i can get a very good and nice item for a very good friend and a colleague of mine who has just been posted abroad on a training course on Environmental pollution while i am being posted to Asia on a training course on Population so we are into exchange of gifts with each other, and i came across your lovely item. I want to know if the item is in its top condition,I will like you to help me send the item down to my friend in Lagos Nigeria 23401 on my behalf as gift as i am due to leave Asia soon so won’t be able to receive the item here in the state..I will be offering you £150 for the postage via Royal Mail International Signed For,with p&p, so i will quickly want you to get back to me with the total cost including your pay pal e-mail and your gumtree item number and your full name so that i can make the payment asap. Hope to read from you soon…
Darren Graham
F***ING LITTLE MONKEYS> SHOULD DO A LARGE TURD IN A BOX AND SEND IT TO THEM. THEY STLL PROBBALY WOULD BE USED TO THE STINK.
Here is an email I received from Paul Tomas <tomasp39@gmail.com on 17 March.
"Thanks for getting back to me,Am ok with the price of the item I will
offering £100 for the postage to Nigeria Via Royal Mail international
singed for to my pastor son as a birthday gift who's is on a
missionary trip with his father,am not in the Uk now but I would like
to know the total cost of the item and shipping costs via
royalmail…I will be paying via PayPal so get back to me with your
paypal account or send me a PayPal money request so i can send the
payment out as soon as possible today…. Thanks God Bless You." The initial email from him simply asked if my Gumtree item was still for sale. I naturally did not send the item and this forum shows another person received an email from the same person.
Just got this email message in response to my selling a wedding dress sounds like a scam.
—–Original Message—–
From: Paul Tomas [mailto:tomasp39@gmail.com]
Sent: 16 March 2010 15:38
To: Claire
Subject: Re: Silk Wedding dress – Lewes
Thanks for getting back to me,Am ok with the price of the item I will
offering £150 for the postage to Nigeria Via Royal Mail international
singed for to my pastor daughter as a wedding gift who’s is on a
missionary trip with his father,am not in the Uk now but I would like
to know the total cost of the item and shipping costs via
royalmail…I will be paying via PayPal so get back to me with your
paypal account or send me a PayPal money request so i can send the
payment out as soon as possible today….
Thanks
God Bless You.
i have my phone on sale for £85 and someone emailed me offering me £140 to send it via royal mail or ems to her husband in malaysia and requested me to sent paypal instructions for payment or give my bank details. these people must think we stupid why would someone pay £55 more than asking for, for delivery. i emailed back that want cash only and that these requests for paypal payments were from cons……. never got an email back….
Got one today as well saing:
“hello there,
thank you for the fast reply.
i am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you 290€ which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the request money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account id which is chrishaw71@yahoo.co.uk so that i can submit payment to you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and receive money online.
If you dont have a paypal account just logon to http://www.paypal.com and set up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal account which is chrishaw71@yahoo.co.uk once I receive your money request from paypal, I will submit payment to you immediately via paypal asap.
Get back asap.
Christopher Shaw….. “
And here’s another one using the email address allisonfaith52@yahoo.com
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 200 pounds for the
postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to someone close to me who
is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as surprise present…I
would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m presently in
Sydney Australia with my boss on a contract pursuit, so I’ll really appreciate your
help.i would want you to let me know the present condition of the item and Send me a PayPal request of the total cost of the item plus the
postage cost so that i can make the payment as soon as possible.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards.
we were nearly scammed by Morgan Westmorland he wanted us to post a psp to nigeria and he was going to send £50 to cover the postage. . then he sent us e-mails from postmann_shipmann@gmail.com saying he was paypal and that our paypal account would be suspended until further notice. we were to sharp for him. . . watch out. . .
I’ve just had Tsien Odgen (mentioned below as a scam artist) asking me to send a wedding dress to Nigeria and wanting to pay by Paypal, not Western Union or anything else. She didnt even ask to see a photo of the dress (when alarm bells started for me) and said she’s away in US on business. Glad I googled her!!
I had my canon DSLR camera posted on marketplace at facebook for sale. A lady sends me an e-mail saying she will buy it. She told me if I could end the auction and she would pay me through paypal. So, I closed the auction and gave her my paypal e-mail. She said that she was living in U.S. and the camera is for her grandson’s bithday present in Nigeria. Here is the e-mail :
hi
i am really interested in buying this item for my Grandson in west Africa as a Birthday gift and i will be offering you $3,250 including the shipping cost to west Africa kindly get back to me with your pay pal email address, so that i can send out the payment as soon as possible.
Thanks and Stay Bless
my reply :
my pay pal email address is the same as my gmail address :
xxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com
After that, I receive email from paypal :
PayPal Mar 08, 2010 : PDT
Transaction ID:Jan/16/2010 3D228926MW045920S
Hello xxxxxxxxxx xxx xxxxxx,
You have an instant payment of $3,250.00 USD from JENNIFER COLE (jennifercole_0@yahoo.com,)
Thanks for using PayPal. To see all the transaction details, log in to your PayPal account.
It may take a few hours for this transaction to appear in your account.
—————————————————–—————————————————
Seller
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com
Note to seller xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You have to provide to us the shipment tracking number so that your funds can reflect in your account as soon as possible.
.
Shipping address – confirmed
Name;………Abraham Ekpo
Address:…..N0,33 Olayinka Street Ijeshatedo
City:…………Surulere
State:………..Lagos
Country:……..Nigeria
Zipcode:……..23401
Shipping details
USPS Global Express Mail United States Postal Service
Description Unit price Qty Amount
*Canon EOS 500D/Kiss X3 for MYR*
Item# Not Applicable $3,250.00 USD
$3,250.00 USD
Shipping and handling $00.00 USD
Insurance – required $00.00 USD
Total
$3,250.00 USD
Payment
$3,250.00 USD
But something fishy about this is the seller is a white lady buying for her grandson, Abraham Ekpo ? Try to add her as friend in facebook, but no reply and when checking the trx ID, it was on 16 Jan 2010.
On top of that, I only sell the camera for MYR2900, but she paid USD3250. It was nearly RM10,888. I was shocked and excited, but to be safe I checked first at google and find out that it was a Nigerian scammer.Thank God I did’nt proceed shipping after read all the stories.
Good job i had my head screwed on at 6.30 yesterday morning or I would have been done out of £50!! The latest name to look out for is morgan Westmorland
FThanks for the prompt response.. I am ready to buy the car now for
birthday gift for brother in-law and i am at sea at the moment as i am
a marine engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making
and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to
check this advert and send you an email regarding the car. I really
want it to be a surprise for my brother in-law so i wont let him know
anything about it until it gets delivered to him, i am sure he will be
more than happy with the car. I insisted on paypal because i don’t
have access to my bank account online as i don’t have internet
banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c
attached to it, i will need you to give me your paypal email address
and the price so i can make the payments asap for it and pls if you
don’t have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to
http://www.paypal.co.uk and get it set up, after you have set it up i will
only need the e-mail address you use for registration with paypal so
as to put the money through. I have a pick up agent that will come and
pick the car up after i have made the payments…
Thanks
Posted a dozen of ads on gumtree, got two scams in the same week ! I was just gonna promote some items in my online shop. Felt excited that somebody responded so quickly, but at the same time I didn’t have a good feeling that they are real…
First one from Sara Williams
“Hello
Okay mate i was just browsing through gumtree ad community to get an item for a friend of my ,I will be needing your kinda help in sending this item to my Friend on a training course in West Africa…..
When i saw your advert on gumtree ad community i think is capable for him as a Birthday gift.. As am on leave to Finland soon and i won’t be able to receive the item here in UK myself……I will be offering you 30 pounds for the postage cost via DHL,
Not that i will like to make the payment through papal but i think is the safest and secure way of making payment online so mate i will like you to get back to me with your full name,papal email ,and your item number so that the payment can be proceed asap………
reply me soon…”
I gave this person my paypal email address, then I received an email from him/her:
“Hi,
Find the shipping name and address below.
Name: Peter Adu
Shipping Address: 17, Onitana Street
Off Tejuosho Street
Surulere, Lagos
23401, Nigeria
when are you shipping the item?.
Await your response”
and a fake PayPal Notification Of An Instant Payment Of £63.95 GBP Received From Carolyn Willams(carolyn091@live.com)
WITH A DODGY LOOKING BANNER – everything else looks real.
I just deleted this email and put it in the spam folder !
Then got this second scam email from:
morganwestmoreland@gmail.com, same story !!
“Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 50 pounds for
the postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner
who is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as a
Birthday present…I would have loved to handle it myself but
unfortunately I’m presently in Finland with my boss on a business
trip, so I’ll really appreciate your help. Send me a PayPal request of
the total cost of the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the
payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards.
God Bless you.”
BE VERY CAREFUL !! do not deal with these scammers.
Joining the club of people invited to send goods to West Africa: email addresses of said idiots:
gareth.graham50@gmail.com
cole_tracy@rocketmail.com
had another two requests but they have not yet mentioned west africa so will not name and shame
Is there a place on the net where we could list all ‘fraudsters’ emails? Then we could all set up filters on our inboxes
Thanks Ben for the very useful info about tracing message source
cheers
Dear …………..
You have an Instant Payment of £200.00 from Sarah Mcmurray (sarahmcmurray12@gmail.com).
——————————————————————————–
Payment Details
Purchased From:……..
Transaction ID: 5NS50308X5606662C
Item Number Item Title Quantity Price Subtotal
54692181
1
£140.00 £140.00
Shipping and handling via Royal Mail International Signed-for:
(includes any seller packing fees) £60.00
Postage Compensation (not offered): —
Total: £200.00
——————————————————————————–
Payment Information:
The payment for your Gumtree item has been verified and confirmed. But due to security reasons on both sides of the buyer and the seller the status of the payment is pending. Most sellers do not ship out the exact items as they have listed on Gumtree and we are keen on securing the Gumtree community.
You will be required to post out the item and email us its shipment reference number. We will then verify the status and contents of the shipment within 5 minutes with the courier service its been shipped through. Once we have completed verification, your account will be credited instantly.
Quickly call us on: +44-702-4058-733 to provide the shipment reference number or for any questions contact us via: (shipping_postman@representative.com) immediately with the shipment reference number so we can credit your account immediately without any delay.
Note: Do not send the shipment reference number to the buyer until we have confirmed the status of the shipment and credited your PayPal Account.
but there is no information in my paypal account and i no that paypal does not hold payments until the item is shipped! please be aware of this person! i was nearly £200 out of pocket
im still getting emails about my previouse wedding dresses that i was scamed on they are saying unless i pay them £350 via money gram then my papal will be susspended that they cant relise my money into my papal account untill i send then a bank transferr by money gram i emailed back and said i sent a cheque now i goty a email stating we cant cash cheques in nigerea send mony gram now or you will be susspended by papal infact i got another email now stating that my papal acount has now been suspended lol so why am i still using paypal on ebay maybe its because its NOT PAPAL AND NO I DIDNT SENT THEM A CHEQUE why should i pay them when i am the seller surley they should pay me ?????????? dont sent any iteam unless you have acutaly recevied your money into your paypal account i have learned the hard way but wont be scamed again SEE FRANK AT PAPAL YOU HAVE BEEN CAUGHT OUT WHO IS FRANK
I’ve had two emails in the last two days for two separate buyers, here are both emails,
“Hello
Okay mate i was just browsing through gumtree ad community to get an item for a friend of my ,I will be needing your kinda help in sending this item to my Friend on a training course in West Africa…..
When i saw your advert on gumtree ad community i think is capable for him as a Birthday gift.. As am on leave to Finland soon and i won’t be able to receive the item here in UK myself……I will be offering you 30 pounds for the postage cost via DHL,
Not that i will like to make the payment through papal but i think is the safest and secure way of making payment online so mate i will like you to get back to me with your full name,papal email ,and your item number so that the payment can be proceed asap………
reply me soon…”
This was from a “Sara Williams”
and then the next day for a separate item,
“Thanks for your response….How much is your last asking price for it?…And moreover i will like you to help me post it to my sister’s son in 23401 Nigeria Via royal Mail…I wont be available for pick up cos am away to the Us on business. Let me know the cost of postage as i will be paying Via PayPal from here just to be easy and safe.
Kind Regards!”
From a Tsien Ogden
I’m very wary that two people have asked me to post items to West Africa in two days. I’ve sent an email saying I will only sell the items once the money is in my paypal account, and that I’m not liable for delivery past UK borders..So now I have a load of stuff and no money. Great!!!
Using another e-mail address.
lisa.wale34@gmail.com
Hello,Thanks for your mail, well i have make the payment now which am sure
you must have receive a confirmation from pay pal if yes i will like you to
let me know and also get the item shipped as soon as you have gotten the
payment confirmation to the below
address……………………………………………please check your
junk or bulk email for payment confirmation.
Anuoluwa Lekan
112,Akerele Street
Surulere Lagos
23401 Nigeria..
Just got this email and told the idiot it was a local pick up and that I would forward his email to the fraud squad…another dastardly plot foiled.
sherry dave (davesherry35@yahoo.com)
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 90 pounds for the postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as Birthday Present..I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m presently in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really appreciate your help. Send me a PayPal request of the total cost of the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards.
God Bless you.
I only read the first 1/5 of comments, but, is this the one guy? Everything is requested to Nigeria. In any case, I’ll add my one. I was sent an email from the lindseyjames_1977@yahoo.com email account, name- Mr. Lindsey James. I was offered an additional €50 for p&p for a DSLR & lens set. There was no mention of where he wanted it shipped to, and the email was very obviously some kind of fake/template. Here it is:
Hello there,
Thank you for the fast reply.
I am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you 500€
which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the
request money button located at the top of your paypal account
homepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account id
which is lindseyjames_1977@yahoo.com so that i can submit payment to
you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and
receive money online.
If you dont have a paypal account just login to http://www.paypal.com and set
up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you
locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal
account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal
account which is lindseyjames_1977@yahoo.com once I receive your money
request from paypal, I will submit payment to you immediately via
paypal asap.
Get back asap.
Mr. Lindsey James.
Besides his strikingly immoderate love of the word ‘paypal’, the message has a really impersonal and even demanding tone to it.
This really should be reported to somebody who can stop this person. I’m sure a lot of people are being conned, as some of the other messages sounded much better. But as somebody else said, don’t send until you have the money. It’s not quite a game theory situation if HE wants it and you don’t have to sell it to him. Say you don’t accept paypal, or will not ship.. ‘ok I’ll make an exception, but I want to see the money transferred first’. Or do what I’m going to do and not write back.
That ad is a fraud i dont no anything about that add, my number was posted with the ad as a prank or a joke, if you could report it so it will be removed immeditaly because i have nothing todo with any car or couch and it is a JOKE !!
Here’s another for the list:
From: johnhero600@gmail.com
Hello.
I’m satisfied with the condition of the merchandise. I will be paying you through PayPal(www.paypal.com) which is a fast, safe and reliable method of payment.. And i will take care of all Shipment Preparations for the merchandise to my home in :
Name: John James
Address:3986 broadway,
City: Gary,
State: Indiana,
Zip code 46408
Country:USA
Email me with the actual price you are willing to sell the merchandise.
Hi,
I just received an email reply to the ad I put up on Gumtree selling my wedding dress. The email was from Jill Stone (stonejill50@yahoo.com) and the text was:
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 90 pounds for the postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as Birthday Present..I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m presently in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really appreciate your help. Send me a PayPal request of the total cost of the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards.
Obviously a scam, as why would you give a wedding dress as a birthday present?
Just wanted to warn others. Just ignore or report.
there is a simple solution to this scaming the post offices should put a big sign up stating if you are selling a iteam via gumtree and they are asking you to send the postal barcode ect ect before they will send you the money into your palpal acount DONT DO IT
no one should post anything to any one before they have received the amount they want into there paypal acount DONT POST IT DONT FALL FOR IT ITS A SCAM YOU WILL NOT GET YOUR MONEY
BEWARE this scammer ripped me of for £1.000 wedding dress i brought it new and it was too big for me as i was preg and lost my baby i am due to get married on the 12 march and wanted to sell the dress to get a smaller one now i have nothing because i been scamed transaction id 5NS50308X5606661C PAYPAL FAKE name Tara Harrison taraharrison83@yahoo.com notice of instant payment received from tara harrison from tracking_helpdesk@representative.com
shipping information
address
Harmond Donald
131 Fairlawn Court
Charlon
London
SE7 7DU
OF COURSE I NEVER HAD A INSTANT PAYMENT AT ALL but have been totaly ripped of for a seconed time with scams
seconed one was a seconed hand wedding dress sent to Nigeria i payed £140 for it to be posted i wanted £100 for the dress i got a email after it was sent that i have to pay £350 to them so as they can un freeze my paypal acount or i will get done for frued why should i have to pay £350 by foreien union bank transfer when i am the bloody seller they already ripped me of £240 with the postage my husband to be has now said he dont want to marry me after this ow im so bloody silly i lost my baby thats why i needed a smaller dress now iv no money to get another one bloody scammers got me twice am i covered by kent gumtree or what
well i just been done out of £1.000 on gumtree they said they will put this money into my paypal account as soon as they receive the postal barcode so i done that and my paypal account was still empty then i received loads of paypal emails saying i had to let the buyer know that they had to put £300 into my paypal account i let the buyer know and she sent me a email staing she had done this and now i had to put £300 to her using europian union bank tranfer to her so as pay pal could un freeze my acount my husband immediatley alerted the police and informed the post office to return my iteam that i had sent out at the moment i have not got my iteam it was a wedding dress beware this was a london postal address and now the bitch is pleading with me to sent her the £350 as she is paying for her seriously ill baby in hospital uuummmm in london intersting as i thought it would be covered by the NHS YES SHE IS A LIER
I thought it was a bit sus so I decided to give the rat a little trap to see if it was real or not. Please read below.
My boy don’t have the money and i also want it as a gift and of course
surprise.Ok?
You can set up the account at http://www.paypal.co.uk fats and easy.Ok?
On 2/26/10, Stephane Wright wrote:
Hi there, My friend is going to leicester on monday i can give him the
phone and he can collect the cash form your boy then. I dont want to
start a paypal account I already have a bank account which you can
transfer money or pay money into. Or I can do the delivery in person
to leicester on monday hows that? Many thanks Stephane
On 26 Feb 2010, at 14:40, Mike Florian wrote:
Ok,you can set up an account at http://www.paypal.co.uk .Ok? Fast and easy
On 2/26/10, Stephane Wright wrote:
sorry i dont have paypal, you can put the money into my account at
any
hsbc in cash and I will post the same day. many thanks
On 26 Feb 2010, at 14:29, Mike Florian wrote:
Hello,thanks for your response.I want the item post to my boy in
Leicester and i will pay an Extra 25ponuds for the postage cost
through Royal Mail Next Day Delivery to the below address
Name: Dolapo Stone
Address: No 2 Dumbleton Avenue
City: Leicester
Post Code: LE32EE
Country: United Kingdom
I will be waiting to read from you soon.
You can send me a paypal money request of the total amount to
florianmike@gmail.com or just send me your PayPal account email
address for the payment. Please reply me now.
Thanks.
On 2/26/10, Stephane Wright wrote:
Hi there yes it is still for sale. Many Thanks Stephane
On 26 Feb 2010, at 14:07, florianmike@gmail.com wrote:
Hi there Stephane, you have received a reply to your Gumtree
posting
“Nokia 5800 Express Music – Boxed – Quick Sale – Unlocked -
8GB” (ad# 54574749) from florianmike@gmail.com
Want more responses? Click here to Feature your ad and go to the
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Here’s your message:
Hi,is the item still for sale? please reply asap.
iv been trying to sell my blackberry on gumtree for a week now and had responses from people wanting me to send it abroad,to west aafrica. iv just listed it on ebay and already had a response from somebody wanting it sent to nigeria! do not trust;
brandydora@hotmail.com
brenda_combs@hotmail.com
roscoll003@gmail.com
The Email Address is Smart Gun (gunsmart@ymail.com) probley is hes wants it sent to nigeria surpise surpise
Just Recieved the email below do you think this is a scam.
Hello Seller,
Thanks for the fast mail,i want you know that am ready for to buy this item for my best friend that went for a special duty in abroad and am going to offer you 450 GBP bcos i have promised him that the item will be send before tomorrow,so kindly help me out of this,if you don’t have an paypal account kindly go to http://www.paypal.co.uk and create an account with them so that i can remit the fund to your account now,i want you to know that am going to add extra 50GBP to the amount for the postage so that you will not have problem with the postage,How i wish to view the item,but due to my job i cant make it cos am a sailor,busy sealing and presently now am in Bermuda coast in said ship,so i promise and going to make the payment fast and that only paypal our company use for any of payment since is the payment method that is fast and safe…so kindly get back to me with your paypal payment request so that i can remit the found in to your account ASAP.
Thanks
I got this one recently… But nowhere on the advert I had placed did it say I accepted paypal. Pity.. I am actually offering a real bargin and the bloke (if it is a bloke) tried to scam me!
Thanks so much for your reply.I am actually in the United state right now and i would not be able to come check out the item.I would like to get this item for my penpal in Bradford. I am ready to pay all the shipping charges and make the payment via paypal,i want the item to be shipped via UPS next day delivery. Kindly get back to me with the invoice so that i cam proceed with the payment.
Thank god we came accoss this site, my son was nearly scammed, he was sellin his xbox, and a man named Christopher Shaw offered to buy it and offered an extra £60.00 to cover the postage to send it to nigeria, for his son as a gift.
He said a payment of £260 was paid to my sons paypal acc, when he looked there was no money there, i started to get suspicious, thats when i came accross this page.
i dont know where ppl get off scamming ppl, we were just lucky enough not fall into the trap.
Reading the email I have recieved for a Britney Morgan, and after reading this I can see its a scam! Why would anyone want a baby sleeping bag sent to Nigeria?
>> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for getting back to me the price and the condition of the
> item
> >> > is OK by me and i will like to move further in purchasing it.I will
> >> > like to know if the price you are asking is shipping included if
> not i
> >> > will like to know how much it will cost me if i want it shipped via
> >> > DHL to Florida.I will also like to proceed to payment so get back
> to
> >> > me with your paypal account id .I will be waiting to read from you.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in Advance
> >> > Britney Morgan
Then I got this:
There is a slight update which i like you to know about .The person i
> intend purchasing the item for had left the states for West Africa on
> a missionary assignment and she will not return until 2011 so i will
> like the item to be shipped down there.Kindly get back to me with the
> shipping charges for the item to west Africa via Royal Mail i think
> that will be much cheaper
Address :13 unity Avenue Ilasamaja,mushin
City:Lagos
State:Lagos
County : Nigeria
Zip code :23401
Email address being used was:
morgansley3@gmail.com
Beware of this e-mail address its a scam sandralandcompany1@gmail.com
i am so glad you guys took the time to do this or i would of fell for this scam too. Xx
Got a similar one: how annoying:
From: bobbyzeezo@gmail.com
ok i can buy it for the price
Thanks for your quick response, i will be offering you 60 pounds for
the postage cost via Register Mail International Signed For, to my
Friend who has just been posted to West Africa on a training course as
a birthday gift.
as am on leave to Finland soon and won’t be able to receive the item here
in UK… do get back to me with the total cost and your pay pal via
royal auction request
so i can make payment as soon i recceived the details.
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT
Email 1.Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 50 pounds for the postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as Val Gift…
I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m presently in
Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really appreciate your
help. Send me a PayPal request of the total cost of the item plus the
postage cost and I’ll make the payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards.
God Bless you.
Email 3. Hello,Thanks for your mail, well i have just make the payment now which am sure you must have receive a confirmation from pay pal if yes i will like you to let me know and also get the item shipped as soon as you have gotten
the payment confirmation to the below address…………..
Paul Smith
112 Akerele Street
Surulere Lagos
23401 Nigeria.
SCAM
I had posted an item on Craigslist.
When I got a reply something seemed weird. Sarah had said she reviewed the item and it seemed satisfactory. It was a set of tires. Anyway I Googled her email and name and found this Blog. Sarah Wealth sarahwealth@gmail.com also uses sarawealth31@yahoo.com. Then I got an email from her “shipping provider” World Wide Speed Post which has a valid Website but when I Googled the managers name Lisa Xavier most of the results were for a 6 year old girl who was killed in an accident. Fishy fishy fishy. Be careful.
Cash is King.
Christian
Yup, just had the same happen to me, a Rebecca McMurray emailed me claiming she is in Asia, wants to buy my laptop for a friend stationed there, address in Nigeria etc etc. Thankfully followed my gut instinct which was telling me that it wasnt legit. All the user comments certainly helped too!
HAHAHA. I knew it was suspicious.
Someone (named barbra… spelling gave it all away) wants to ‘buy’ my car…and at first i thought “wierd… but paypal is safe”
But the more i thought about it, the wierder i thought it was. Why ship a korean car…to CHINA!?? So i googled, and found this.
Bit sad tho…. really want to sell my CAR!!
thie is the address they want me to send stuff to
Mr David Chinedu M
#2 candy Street,
Ile-Ife, Osun state
234036, NIGERIA
MOBILE PHONE: 2348038849751
Been receiving mail from a Jenny White asking for my wedding dress to be sent as a surprise to someone in Africa for Valentine’s Day. Was immediately sceptical. They had offered to send £120 just for postage if I gave them my Paypal details. Decided to see what would happen so went through paypal and sent them a money request, just received two emails back from Jenny White and “Paypal” saying money being held until tracking number received…yeah right!!!
One other thing, Jenny White had three different email address, all beginning withe jennywhite90, a gmail.com, a live.co.uk and a rocketmail.com. Very sneaky!!
Also just received another mail from someone claiming his daughter is a missionary in Africa and she also wants my dress, willing to send postage through paypal….ahem!
Kim
hey guys, cnt blieve ive jus nrly fell 4 onbe of these scams, if it wusnt 4 my dad moanin about scams i wud of done it!!
i got the email about the friend being in west africa nigeria n she is curently in finland and wants send it her friend for the suprise bday present.
so watch out 4 another scammer!! her name is SAMANTHA LOWE!!!
Hello:
I got an Email from “Laura Jade Paul” (same as MJRider below) wanting to buy a laptop I have for sale on Craigslist here is the e-mail:
Thanks for you reply,i am located in Remsenburg city
in NY,i really need to buy this and send to my
son schooling outside the state, have been trying to buy this on eBay
but is very stressful buying on eBay and i will not want to miss out
on this opportunity so am making you an offer of $450 to rap the sale off.
I will be paying through PAYPAL
because i have a verified account with paypal.So kindly get back with
your paypal email address so i can make payment into your paypal
account.Once payment clears,shipment will be handled by me through my
personal FedEx account,so you don’t have to pay for
shipment.Get back to me if my approval is granted.I would like to see
the pictures please.
In this case the things that caught my attention were offering to pay $100 more than I was asking and the fact that there are pictures up on the craigslist post. I assume this scamer is still active so beware.
Thanks for your time reading this, Mocchi
Be careful I just had some emails which looked convincing enough.
—
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 60 pounds for the
postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who is on
a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as surprise present…I
would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m presently in
Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really appreciate your
help. Send me a PayPal request of the total cost of the item plus the
postage cost and I’ll make the payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards.
—
From: nochex bank
Subject: ***PayPal Alert / Payment Verified***
Jones Benjamin
108 Akerele Street
Suru lere Lagos
23401 Nigeria
West Africa
Emails:-
davids_abigail@yahoo.com
paypost.care@accountant.com
austino00@hotmail.com
i was about to sell my psp n got an offer for 50 pounds more than i asked for..e mails contain pretty much of the below that people have wrote..i just knew this was a scam as soon as i googled it my suspicion was confirmed.
just got another email address to add
lindseyjames_1977@yahoo.com
he was buying a presnt for his son in nigeria and asked me to write on it A GIFT FROM YOUR DAD
his sons details are
Engr.Osagie James.
#10 Alaafin avenue,ring road,
Ibadan, Oyo state
23402, NIGERIA
MOBILE PHONE: 2348033697408
also the emails i recived from paypal were from
osagie2k3@gmail.com on behalf of service@paypal.com
he said his son was an Electrical Engineer in one Telecommunication Company overthere!!! how pathetic?
why dont these people get a job?? and why do all scams end up in nigeria??? not doing good for your country you people!
New Scam on Gumtree:
One Mrs C Da Silva otherwies known as bargain fairy posted this ad on gumtree, “White Sony Vaio Laptop with Windows 7″ (ad# 53007671)”
I replied to the ad by email, and then she sent her number, “07815708364″. After a couple of sms texting I transferred 120 quid to the account she gave me: Name: Mrs Da Sila, Bank: Abbey, Acc Number:20827593 Sort code? 090127.
She is also known as bargainprincesca on ebay. Apparently she operates from Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
After the money transfer ur guess is right – she disappeared and not answering text or emails or calls.
Now am getting my bank to reverse the transfer of funds.
So becareful you have been warned.
Today I have been defrauded of 120 quid on gumtree. A lady who calls herself mrs c da silva otherwise known as “bargain fairy” posted a gumtree ad for used laptop, “White Sony Vaio Laptop with Windows 7″ (ad# 53007671). After contacting her on email she sent me her (07815708364). Foolishly I transferred the money to the bank account: “Name: Mrs C da Silva, Bank: Abbey, Account number:20827596, Sort Code: 090127 for the item to be posted to me. After she received my money she did not get back nor did she reply to emails.
So you have been warned.
My sister in law nearly fell for this scam she was seeling a playstation 3 on ebay. same thing happened a new user bought it and wanted it posting out to nigeria, when i saw nigeria alam bells started ringing so i emailed him stating item will not be posted till we recieve payment. he then replied he’d payed through paypal, we then recieved an email from paypal (fake) that they had recieved the money and it was in a holding account we need to post the item and obtain a tracking number once the tracking number is logged into paypal it is only then that they will release the money this was to safegaurd the buyer and the seller.
Luckily the man at the post office new my sisiter in law and advised her not to post and gave us the tracking number stickers. he told us to input these and see what happenes. in mean time we recieved an email from ebay (fake) saying we have a warning as we have not posted the item..The whole point is if you look at the email addresses they are not ebay or paypal email addresses. Be really careful.
hi every1 when iu was selling my iphone on here i had the same person try this 4 times so if you think it is suspicious look at the bottom of the “paypal” email for head office in grey,look at who it is from Service@PayPal.com/co.uk look at PayPal its spelt like that not paypal,
if you are still unsure forward it to spoof@paypal.com you will recieve a email in about 30 mins telling you weather its fake or not,and what you can do is
1 goto your email inbox
2follow each step for which service you use
•Outlook 98, Outlook 2000, Outlook 2003
1. Double Click the message to open it in a full window
2. Click on “Options” in the “View” Menu
3. Now you can copy and paste everything (press Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C)
•Outlook Express 4, 5 and 6
1. Open the Message
2. Click on the “File” menu
3. Click on “Properties”
4. Click the “Details” tab
5. Click on “Message Source”
6. Now you can copy and paste everything (press Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C)
•Yahoo Mail
1. Right click on the message
2. Click “Show Full Header”
3. Now you can copy and paste the Email header
•Google Mail – Gmail
1.Open the mail.
2.To display the email headers click on the inverted triangle beside Reply. Then select Show Orginal.
3.You may can now copy the headers
•Hotmail
1. Rightlick the message in the message List.
2. Click on “View Source”
3. Now you can copy and paste the Email header
•Mozilla Thunderbird
1. Open the email.
2. Click in the menu on VIEW / Headers and select All.
3. Now you can copy and paste the Email header
3 goto http://www.ip-adress.com/trace_email/ and trace the email source
if it goes to nigeria forget about the email cause its fake
Just another reminder, I have had another SCAMMER contact me about the same item i was trying to sell, so AVOID:
amanda ekins
She too uses the story:
Thanks for your quick response, but I’ll be needing your help in
sending the item as a surprise birthday present to my best friend who
has been posted to
west Africa,on a training course on tourism and agricultural development II
be offering you 120 pounds for the postage.I will have love to handle it
myself but I’m presently in Asia on a business trip so…. Kindly send me a
request for the payment of the total cost of the item amount and via
PayPal……and III get the payment done asap……..
Regards…
OMFG i got one ilke this aswell form 2 different people 1 said
Is this item still available, what’s ur price?
then he said:
Hello there,
Thank you for the fast reply.
I am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £110 which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the request money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account id which is lindseyjames_1977@yahoo.com so that i can submit payment to you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and receive money online.
If you don’t have a paypal account just login to http://www.paypal.com and set up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal account which is lindseyjames_1977@yahoo.com once I receive your money request from paypal, I will submit payment to you via paypal asap.
Get back asap.
Mr. Lindsey James.
then i got a different one like this
Hi,
Is this item still available and what’s your best price? Pls reply.
then he said
hello there,
thank you for the fast reply.
i am willing to proceed with the transaction now and pay you £90 which include p&p.kindly login to your paypal account and select the request money button located at the top of your paypal account homepage and send the money request directly to my paypal account id which is newtonjoe71@yahoo.com so that i can submit payment to you via paypal right now as paypal is safe, fast and easy to send and receive money online.
If you dont have a paypal account just logon to http://www.paypal.com and set up your paypal account, after setting up your paypal account you locate the request money button located at the top of your paypal account home page, use it to request money directly from my paypal account which is newtonjoe71@yahoo.com once I receive your money request from paypal, I will submit payment to you immediately via paypal asap.
You can also call me on 07045710933
so F*ing simillar and soo fukkking conny. dont fall for these please i almost did
i have had an email of this woman francispipe@hotmail.co.uk stating she will pay 350 through paypal for my ps3, she sent the fund through paypal but there on hold till i get a tracking number. ive never heard oft his before so should i stay away or what ?
I nearly fell for exactly the same scam as Maddison,
same man: David Forsyth
Email address: ship.postmenn@representative.com and dforsyth23@gmail.com
If either contact you AVOID!!!!!
I received:
Hello, I was just browsing through gumtree to see if i can get a very
good and nice item for a very good friend and a colleague of mine who
has just been posted abroad on a training course on Environmental
pollution while i am being posted to America on a training course on
Population so we are into exchange of gifts with each other, and i
came across your lovely item.
I want to know if the item is in its top condition,I will like you to
help me send the item down to my friend in Lagos Nigeria 23401 on my
behalf as gift as i am due to leave for Asia soon so won’t be able to
receive the item here in the state..I will be offering you 50 pounds
for the postage via Royal Mail International Signed For,with p&p, so i
will quickly want you to get back to me with the total cost including
your pay pal e-mail and your gumtree item number and your full name so
that i can make the payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon…
God bless.
I then replied not knowing it was a scam however was slightly suspecisous!!! We agreed the payment and i then recieved an email, that’s name states: “service@paypal.co.uk” however this is not the email address this is just the name the actual email address is post.menn@representative.com and this can be viewed when clicking on the name, whereas if it is paypal they state service@paypal.co.uk as name and address!!! The email stated that:
“Dear NAME,
Thank you for using Pay Pal for your on line auctions. We at Pay Pal are ensuring that all our customers and auction site are fraud free.
We want you to know that you have a ***PENDING*** payment of £200.00 and we are still waiting for you to send the shipment reference number to us so that we can credit your account with your ***PENDING*** payment.once you post the item you will be given a receipt at the post office on the receipt you will find a barcode,that what you will need to send to us for verification and clearance of your money.
If you have any question about your payment contact us our representative on:ship.postmenn@representative.com or +44 702-401-0914
Thank you for using Pay Pal!
The Pay Pal Team.”
I then noticed this was a scam and went to the post office to check and they advised me not to send it as:
1. Paypal NEVER HOLD PAYMENT
2. It was to NIGERIA
I gained a ref code from the post office to see if the money would enter my account, and if so to then send the item. I sent off the ref number and still NO money added…SCAM!!!
Look out for threats as i got threaten to be blocked from PAYPAL…..LIES….!!!
Just make sure that you check the email address, and also the poor english is a dead give away!!! Also note paypal emails dont look anything like the emails being received!!! Be careful i was nearly scammed!!!
xxxx
THE ADDRESS WAS:
Anuoluwa Lekan
112,Akerele Street
Surulere Lagos
23401 Nigeria..
This is the reply I got after larry.martins46@googlemail.com asked if my Camcorder was still for sale…not sure if it is a scammer but it certainly looks like it.
Thank you for your mail. Am extremely interested in buying your item and i want the item to be shipped via Royal Mail next day delivery to my place here in UK and additional money of £10 will be added to the payment for the shipping of the item through my paypal account,i will also provide the shipping address after payment. Thanks.
Note:please kindly get back to me with the total amount including shipping charges so that i can pay you now or send me paypal money request to this is email address.Your urgent reply is needed.
SCAMMING LITTLE SHITS !!!!!!11
i nealy fell for this but i thought it was a bit dodgy like …
i also googled the adress and found this …
here is what i got sent from …
David Forsyth (dforsyth23@gmail.com)
.
Hello, I was just browsing through gumtree to see if i can get a verygood and nice item for a very good friend and a colleague of mine whohas just been posted abroad on a training course on Environmentalpollution while i am being posted to Asia on a training course onPopulation so we are into exchange of gifts with each other, and icame across your lovely item. I want to know if the item is in its top condition,I will like you tohelp me send the item down to my friend in Lagos Nigeria 23401 on mybehalf as gift as i am due to leave for Asia soon so won’t be able toreceive the item here in the state..I will be offering you 50 poundsfor the postage via Royal Mail International Signed For,with p&p, so iwill quickly want you to get back to me with the total cost includingyour pay pal e-mail and yourgumtree item number and your full name so that i can make the payment asap. Hope to read from you soon…God bless.
BE CAREFULL EVERYONE
They’re still at it. watch out for missmorissandra@gmail.com and the fake nigeria thing. You have to take potential buyers seriously but common sense tells you when somethings wrong. Is there anything else that they can try and do (apart from fake PP email) if they did get your email address and name?
ya! Even i got a fishy reply from this guy – john.mcpherson23@gmail.com
BEWARE if u also get a mail from him……
Okay mate, thanks for your response, i really want to buy this item off you but i want it for my friend who has just been posted to West Africa on a training course, i want to send it as a surprise Birthday Present, i’ll be offering you £30 for the postage cost….i would have loved to collect and post it myself but i’m not in the UK presently, i’m in Finland on a business trip, so i’ll really be happy if you can help me out. I will like to know your last asking price for the item and kindly reply me with your PayPal address and your full name on PayPal and i’ll make the payment asap. I hope to read from you soon.
Cheers,
John
Beware of John McPherson, James McMurray and Sarah Wealth. Only became suspicious after all three people had requested my items to go to them same area..Nigeria..and checked it out!
Luckily I didnt lose out in nearly £400 worth of goods. Something must be done about this, especially for the people that may be more trusting in others than myself when it comes to selling and buying over the internet. Totally unacceptable.
Also got one of those Nigeria ones from David Forsyth. Thank god I just read this, cos I was about to think about selling to him!
Yes same thing just happened to me. The adress that was sent was customers_helplink@mail2consultant.com .
I didnt fall for it. I checked my pay pal and nothing was there. was a con. He e mailed me with 3 different e mail adds all with anita as the first name and a different surename lol.
May these ppl burn in hell.
Just had a similar email from “David Forsyth” on belhalf of Anuoluwa Lekan in Nigeria pretending to have paid for purchase of a Wii console. Do keep an eye out for this folks. Original email attached for reference.
Hello, I was just browsing through gumtree to see if i can get a very
good and nice item for a very good friend and a colleague of mine who
has just been posted abroad on a training course on Environmental
pollution while i am being posted to Asia on a training course on
Population so we are into exchange of gifts with each other, and i
came across your lovely item.
I want to know if the item is in its top condition,I will like you to
help me send the item down to my friend in Abroad on my behalf as a
Christmas and new year gift as i am due to leave for Asia soon so
won’t be able to receive the item here in the state..I will be
offering you 150 pounds for the postage via Royal Mail International
Signed For,with p&p, so i will quickly want you to get back to me with
the total cost including your pay pal e-mail and your gumtree item
number and your full name.
Hope to read from you soon…
God bless.
Hello everyone,
i get these an hour after recieving a fake paypal money recieved email…
people who are vulnrable could fall for this.. it needs to stop
note the number goes to nigeria too…
Dear Danny Howard,
We regret to inform you that your PayPal account might be suspended due to concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the PayPal community.
“Abusing PayPal” of the PayPal User Agreement states, in part:
We may limit, suspend,terminate our service and user accounts, prohibit access to our website, remove hosted content, and take technical and legal steps to keep users off the Site if we think that they are creating problems, possible legal liabilities, or acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit of our policies.”
This email is to inform you that you can now proceed with the transaction between you and buyer of your item.the payment is pending and you will have to post the item and get back to us with the tracking number so we can verify it and we can credit your account as soon as possible.
Failure to send out the item out in the next 24hrs will lead to your suspension on PayPal and need to contact your solicitor.Make sure the item is sent out and forward the shipment number to PayPal representative: (shiipping_postman@representative.com) for confirmation.
We await your swift response which should include the details of the shipment number.
It has been a great experience to serve an outstanding client like you. I really do appreciate your patience and understanding.Your cooperation with our system will greatly be appreciated.Should you have additional questions or need help with your PayPal account,Please feel free to email or call our Customer Service Representatives at +4470 2403 9740.
Sincerely,
Frank
PayPal European Services
PayPal, a Gumtree Company
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team.
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hi, just a warning i get these all the time for things i sell on gumtree…
it normally starts off along the lines of
“is this item still for sell”?
then goes into i wanna pay £150 postage to a “friend” in west africa…
be aware of it.. my friend bless him sent a ps3 with 5 games etc costing him over £204 postage to lagos as he was instructed to post item first and give shipping number to get his money…
paypal dont do this..
so beware…
I nearly got done by Jones Benjamin! But a quick google of his address led me to this webpage!
The emails sent read:
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 70 pounds for the>> postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who>> is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as Christmas>> present…I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m>> presently in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really>> appreciate your help. Send me a PayPal request of the total cost of>> the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the payment asap.>>>>
Hope to read from you soon>>>> Regards.>>>> God Bless you.
Second email:
Alright mate get back to me your PayPal money request shipping costand total cost so i can make payment.
Mate this is the address..
Jones Benjamin
108 Akerele Street
Surulere Lagos
23401 Nigeria
These both came from email address janehargreaves13@gmail.com
Note the massive change in tone between the 2 emails, and the writing is exactly the same as those below!
i had the exact same as Connor for a dolce and gabbanna necklace i was selling
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 50 pounds for the
>> postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner who
>> is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as Christmas
>> present…I would have loved to handle it myself but unfortunately I’m
>> presently in Finland with my boss on a business trip, so I’ll really
>> appreciate your help. Send me a PayPal request of the total cost of
>> the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the payment asap.
>>
>> Hope to read from you soon
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> God Bless you.
and the 2nd email was
Alright mate get back to me your PayPal money request shipping cost
and total cost so i can make payment.
Mate this is the address..
Jones Benjamin
108 Akerele Street
Surulere Lagos
23401
Nigeria.
The two different tones are suspicious in themselves and im so happy i googled the address ’she’ gave and found this
i too had some one try to get me to send something to;
Jones Benjamin
108 Akerele Street
Surulere Lagos
23401
Nigeria
fucking people, its laughable the things these people try this was what she said to me;
Hello thanks for your response, I’ll be offering you 150 pounds for
the postage cost via Royal Mail International Signed for to my partner
who is on a training course in West Africa,i want to send it as
Christmas present…I would have loved to handle it myself but
unfortunately I’m presently in Finland with my boss on a business
trip, so I’ll really appreciate your help. Send me a PayPal request of
the total cost of the item plus the postage cost and I’ll make the
payment asap.
Hope to read from you soon
Regards.
God Bless you.
anyway, stay frosty
yes we have had the same with the kimtom email. GUMTREE should so something so that they are banned from being able to use this site. it really is disapointing.
I had the exact same e-mail as Tom got but the name and address they used was kimtom26@gmail.com. Unfortunately, I have read this posting and as a result, I am 1 Razr mobile phone less. Feel sick to the stomach as the money from that sale was going to buy my grandsons christmas present. I live on Incapacity Benefit and now can no longer afford to buy that present
In addition to my earlier post; I also got the PayPal holding money emails from an address that ended with @accountants.com
The Loser… opp’s!, I meant the User on here goes by the name: Laura Jade Paul
Email Address: cutegirl0204@gmail.com
I’ve just had the classic scam mail too…. someone in America who cant spell properly wants my Video Camera mailed to her son in Nigeria. The scam became apparant to me when she wrote this classic line about my VIDEO camera “i am looking much forward to him using it to take pictures”.
The thing is though, i did a Facebook search for the email used and it did come back with a profile!… could this be a new thing they are doing to gain trust?
I was selling my car on gumtree a few days ago. A guy called sodip abdul (i guess it’s a fake name) contact me and wanted to buy it without seeing it. He said he’s in California and wanted to buy a car before xmas and was willing to sort out shipping cost himself. He’s very eager to get my paypal details.
I thought it was very strange and look up the paypal scam and emailed him this page. He then never contact me again.
The details are
Name : Sodiq Abdul
Address : 6390 Parkcreek Cir,
City : Citrus Heights
State : California
Zip-Code : 95621
Country : United State
Hi – Hooray I saw this article. Egged on by my sister who is in east africa, who has just had £1400 taken from her account and spent on flights, I decided I didn’t feel great about this English sounding woman who was very willing to pay £1400 plus £100 p and p ( without me asking for it) for an advert on gumtree offering a ladies watch.
So far, this has been the correspondance:
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:10:18 +0000
From: teresa.barnes@live.com
To: sales@royhancocksdirect.co.uk
Subject: Reply to your ad: Brand new TAG HEUER Ladies Carerra Automatic only
Hi there Tara, you have received a reply to your Gumtree posting “Brand new TAG HEUER Ladies Carerra Automatic only ” (ad# 49802315) from teresa.barnes@live.com
Want more responses? Click here to Feature your ad and go to the top of listings.
Here’s your message:
do you have this item available for sale and will also like to know if you can accept payment through paypal?pls let me know.
To: teresa.barnes@live.com
Subject: RE: Reply to your ad: Brand new TAG HEUER Ladies Carerra Automatic only
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:40:30 +0000
Hi Teresa – yes all available on paypal – by tomorrow that is – we are just setting paypal up on a new website we have done…have you got a phone number, I’ll call you tomorrow and we can discuss the sale and the beautiful watch? I’m in work then so can get all the info you need on it…
for specs on watch please see http://www.royhancocksdirect.co.uk – Paypal not linked up yet, so if you can wait till tomorrow I will call you then – do you have a phone number I can call you on?
To: teresa.barnes@live.com
Subject: RE: Reply to your ad: Brand new TAG HEUER Ladies Carerra Automatic only
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:22:07 +0000
Hi Teresa – sorry for the delay – we have paypal account but it needs to be linked to website and unfortunately I have been unwell, so not been in work, and unable to set it up properly – I will have this sorted this week – where are you wanting to send the watch to? And do you want me to take it off the website? ie are you certain that you wish to purchase it?
Subject: Reply to your ad: Brand new TAG HEUER Ladies Carerra Automatic only
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:41:25 -0800
i am want the item posted to my husband in West Africa and i want you to take the item off the website gumtree and send me the payment request from paypal so that i can make the payment asap….thanks
To: teresa.barnes@live.com
Subject: RE: Reply to your ad: Brand new TAG HEUER Ladies Carerra Automatic only
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:12:21 +0000
Hi Teresa – we have problems with paypal at the moment – can you please send a payment via credit card via telephone or via cheque? We cannot do a lot about the paypal problem at the moment, but can take other payment options. Can I ask, why it is so important that it is paid for via paypal?
I feel violated!!!
These are the two of them I received in one day:
1)john costne :Well thanks for the mail okay…………. i will love to come and pick it up but due to my work i am a busy man so and i will like to send the item to my friend who is transfer to West Africa so just get back to me with ur pay pal money request so that i can make the payment and also get back to me with the total amoun for the item and the shipping Asap.Thanks
MY REPLY: Hi!
I can bring it to you. Where ever are you, no problem. So you can pay cash then.
john costne : Well right now am not in UK for now..I can only get the payment to you through online transfer and PayPal is the most and reliable fastest payment online..You can get just get back to me with your PayPal money request and the total amount for the item and the shipping asap,So that i can make the payment possible.#
2): Thanks for your quick response. I was guessing what i could buy for a friend of mine who was posted to West Africa on a Christmas Gift. I’ll be needing your help with the postage abroad as i am presently in Finland on a business trip with my boss, so i’ll really be happy if you can help me out.
I will be offering you £50 for the postage cost via Royal Mail and i’ll paying through PayPal, because its the safest means of online payment. Kindly let me know your last asking
price for the item and send your PayPal e-mail address to send the payment to and your full name on PayPal. Hope to hear from you as soon as possible.
MY REPLY: Hi!
In Finland, good! Where exactly in Finland you are? I’m finnish, how do you like it? When you’ll be back I can meet you and we do the business.
I got no more relpys on this one, ahaa!
So it’s quite obvious what’s going on!
I have just had a similar attempt to scam me from a Liza Johnson at jliza42@yahoo.com asking me to send goods to;
Jones Benjamin
108 Akerele Street
Surulere Lagos
23401
Nigeria.
In her first e-mail her (or his) english was plausible but it deteriorated over subsequent e-mails which were little more than demands for my paypal details.
Bernard.
hello dear,i ll like to know if your item is still available?cos i really want to purchase it for my friend who is presently running a 7 months course in a school of Theology in nigeria and i will be paying you $300 usd via paypal including the shipping and handling cost,i would have love to come for pick up but presently am in sri lanka and very busy at work supervising some of our new employees.you can get back to me with the your paypal mail id for then payment asap
Oh! I’m not sure if I’m allowed to post email addresses here, but I will, and if someone want to delete it they can.
The funniest part of this whole thing was their fake email from Paypal. It was from (I kid you not): baba704real@gmail.com on behalf of Service@Paypal.co.uk
–LOL–
You’d reckon Paypal could stump up for an email system rather than relying on GMAIL accounts. –LOL–
Seems a bit pointless, but I’d thought I’d mention that I got one of these today. Selling a Projector on Gumtree. This thread says it all.
1. Is the item still available?
2. I can’t come and look at the item, since I’m out of the country at the moment.
3. I’m buying it for my cousin in Nigeria.
4. Can you send me your Paypal ID.
Now…. this thing is I don’t even have a Paypal account. And by this time I’d already twigged something was up. So I *pretended* to create a Paypal account, and sent them my (fake) ID.
Within fifteen minutes I got an “email from Paypal” saying on receipt of proof of shipping they would release the funds – which were 80 quid MORE than the item had been posted at.
So yeah – everything in this thread played out exactly as stated elsewhere. I’m Internet aware, and suspected a scam right away. Did a Google, found this thread, and the rest is history………
Mind you – I still want to sell the projector. –LOL–
….One other thing. If you receive any emails from paypal with the suffix .co.uk – they are fake. Emails from PayPal are always .com. Best thing to do is to email all your contacts about their scam and get your contacts to email their contacts the same information. Eventually, everyone will get to know about it and they will give up. Knowledge is power!
I was selling my mobile phone through Gumtree as I was scammed on Ebay. The same person who scammed me on Ebay had just tried to scam me again on Gumtree – giving me the same address to send the item (the same international shipping thingy from Paypal). I sent the emails to PayPal (the real one) and sent David Forsyth an email saying “I’ve forward your address to the Nigerian authorities and PayPal. God Bless.” lol. You’d think they would have caught these criminals by now though wouldn’t you?
HERES MY EXAMPLE EMAIL:
You have an Instant Payment of £170.00 GBP from Caro Morgan (caromorgan@ymail.com)
Caro Morgan is a Verified Member
Payment Details
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Item Title Quantity Price Subtotal
Gas Jeans – HOT 1
£150.00
GBP
£150.00
GBP
Shipping & Handling via RoyalMail Delivery :
£20.00 GBP
Shipping Insurance (included): -
Total:
£170.00
GBP
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Address: Name: Mohammed Azeez
Address:06.bp.3559 akpakpa ptt pk3,5
City/State:Cotonou
Country: Benin
Address Status: Confirmed
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this happened to me yesterday. I got an email saying he’d offer me £50 for my iPod, even though it was advertised at £35 and has a headphone jack fault. This is the email from ‘Paypal’ i got:
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Dear Phil,
We regret to inform you that your Pay Pal account might be suspended due to concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the pay pal community.
“Abusing Pay Pal” of the Pay Pal User Agreement states, in part:
We may limit, suspend, or terminate our service and user accounts, prohibit access to our website, remove hosted content, and take technical and legal steps to keep users off the Site if we think that they are creating problems, possible legal liabilities, or acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit of our policies.”
This email is to inform you that you can now proceed with the transaction between you and buyer of your item.The transaction as to be Done before 12hrs and get back to us with the scan receipt of the Shipment Reference Number.
Payment Have Been deducted from the buyer’s account and failure to send out the Item will lead to Suspension of your Pay Pal Account and legal action will be taking against you, And your information will be forwarded to the Interpol for investigation as one on the Fake and Fraud seller on Gumtree.Make sure the Item is sent out via Royal Mail International Sign For, and the Reference details sent to pay pal representative on: (ship.postmenn@representative.com) for confirmation.
Click on this line or copy it to your browser and see the face of the fraud seller that collect money and never posted the item to the buyer’s.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4386952.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4385956.stm
We await your swift response which should include the details of the Item
Thank you for using Pay Pal!
The Pay Pal Team.
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And another one:
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Dear Phil,
Thank you for using Pay Pal for your on line auctions. We at Pay Pal are ensuring that all our customers and auction site are fraud free.
In our efforts to secure our merchants, We are now receiving payments for items that are to be shipped internationally through our secure server. This is to ensure that the seller and buyer do their responsibility in every transaction we handle.
We have now received and confirmed payment from the buyer of your Gumtree Item. This payment is currently ***PENDING*** to be credited into your account due to the security measures we have taken. You are now required to ship out the item and send us the shipment reference number for verification of shipment. As soon as we have verified the shipment which normally takes about 5 minutes, your account will be credited with the full payment. This security methods have been taken due to fraudulent sellers on Gumtree , if you click the links below you will see an example of these sellers:
If you have any question about your payment contact us our representative on:ship.postmenn@representative.com or +44 702-401-0914
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4386952.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4385956.stm
We await the shipment reference number for verification so we can credit your account immediately. Note that you are advised not to send out the shipment reference number to the buyer until we have verified the shipment and credited your account.
Thank you for using Pay Pal!
The Pay Pal Team.
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Obviously we’ve all had contact with ‘dforsyth63@gmail.com’ and ‘dforsyth64@gmail.com’. Personally I think they need to be stopped
Hi, I have received two of these emails for a car which i’m selling on Gumtree from someone using two different email addresses. Thought it seemed strange so looked it up before sending Paypal info, thought it strange too that they didn’t went to look at car before making payment. In the first email they did ask what my price was which also is clearly stated on ad. I’m glad I read up on this before forwarding Paypal details. I have found all the above posts on this very helpfull. Thank you.
I was offered twice what I asked for for an item and the person who was offering it has used 2 different emails so far so i decided against selling to him after seeing this I am glad now thanks to all for the warnings
hi, i put a gold chain up for sale, they told me it was for a friend and sent me 650 for it straight away pending code for shipping, i nearly fell for it , very lucky, but how do they make 650 pound show on your paypal account, and they wanted it sent too…….you guest it nigeria!! CAnt any one do anything about it? i mean these people are scum!!
Be Gumtree Wise and do safe transaction.
I reported this to Paypal and they verified that it is a sacam email.
Please do send paypal emails to spoof@paypal.com and they will respond fairly quickly with in 30 mts.
Cheers
I was also subject to an attempted PayPal scam earlier today. I had two replies to my ad, one seemed genuine, the other was obviously a load of nonsense from Nigeria( please I am working abroad send shoes to bla bla bla and I will pay by Pay Pal …)from a guy calling himself Aaron Mullings (good old Nigerian name)… The more plausible one still didnt quite ring true but I did put in a PayPal request for the money. The fake Pay Pal website came back… How do they do that? The fake site betrayed itself by a grammar mistake in the scrolling screen, and I`ve never seen this before on a PayPal. So, this guy was calling himself Hilary Simon (from Nigeria). What do these people hope to gain? Access to yr PayPal details? Your internet info, like passwords? Do please let me know if my security has been affected by my reading these e-mails, and replying.
This is the email I received, please be aware of fake paypal emails!!
Dear Ian Malcolm,
You have an Instant Payment of £275.00 from David Forsyth (dforsyth64@gmail.com)
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Payment Details
Purchased From:Ian Malcolm
12 st Oswalds rd
Hebburn
Tyne and Wear
NE31 1HT
Transaction ID:5XS54808C5607962B
Item Number Item Title Quantity Price Subtotal
47019518
EMPORIO ARMANI BRACLET + TIFFANY & CO NECKLACE 1
£125.00 £125.00
Postage & Packing via Standard Delivery ( Royal Mail SIGNED FOR):
(includes any seller packing fees) £150.00
Postage Compensation (not offered): —
Total: £275.00
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Payment Information:
The payment for Gumtree Ad#:47019518 has been verified and confirmed. But due to security reasons on both sides of the buyer and the seller the status of the payment is pending. Most sellers do not ship out the exact items as they listed on Gumtree and we are keen on securing the Gumtree community.
You will be required to post out the item and email us its shipment reference number. We will then verify the status and contents of the shipment within 5 minutes with the courier service its been shipped through. Once we have completed verification, your account have will be credited instantly.
Quickly call the Pay Pal representative who is handling the transaction on: +44 702-401-0914 to provide the shipment reference number or for any questions contact us via: (ship.postmenn@representative.com) immediately with the shipment reference number so we can credit your account immediately without any delay.
Note: Do not send the shipment reference number to the buyer until we have confirmed the status of the shipment and credited your Pay Pal Account.
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Delivery Information
Address: Anuoluwa Lekan
112,Akerele Street
Surulere Lagos
23401 Nigeria.
Address Status: Confirmed
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Thank you for using Pay Pal!
The Pay Pal Team
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Pay Pal Email ID pp1263.
yeah received messages also from guy asking to mail goods to nigeria, received fake paypal email saying money had been transferred and would be released once item had been mailed.
Please be aware of this!!!
Thank you Edward,
Just had Chris Shaw try it with me too!
marvinrose10@yahoo.com , A SCAM ARTIST from nigeria , asking me to give him my paypal info i sent him a request for the money through paypal, he says hes buying the item for a friend notice ” the item ” also he couldnt write in proper english , another thing is he is from west africa and wanted it delivered by royal mail courier services, which was a fortune , so i said ok and instead of 850 iv put 1500 the cost for delivery and my item. watch the email people dont get scammed. Im being careful , going to wait until i get the money through in my hand first then ill send away.
i was a victm of this i advertised my wii for sale on gumtree and got a reply from chrishaw77_1@yahoo.co.uk i was sending the item to nigeria but as i thought funding was available ie phishing emails stated i had received funds i sent it but the guy got gready and tried to have me refund him £150 back i got suspisios and phone paypal they new nothing of this the police stated that due to me getting my item back as i was tracking it and stoppped it before it left country there was no fraud but folks thats his email adress and he is still using it so BEWARE OF HIM the emails were genuine i to have now downloaded and use iconix it works CHRISSHAW77 REMEMBER HIM i even got his phoine number but polic ewill not do anything any ideas
I’ve had three attempts at scamming me with my Net Book luckily I had the sense not to fall for it, I contacted PayPal and they sent me a message advising me to add “ICONIX” it’s the best thing I ever did.
Anyone worried about being scammed really should consider installing it, it shows the real sites from the fake ones, thus putting an end to these scum bags trying to get stuff for free!
I found a genuine buyer who was happy to pay by Postal Order and it arrived the next day. There as some honest folk out there, just a shame some are just thieves, I hope no one else falls for their scams
Here’s the address http://www.iconix.com/
Had one today offering £150 for a £70 iPod, and wanting it sent before releasing the money. Yeah right. Cheeky s*d now says he’ll contact the “fraud authority” if I don’t ship it to him!
Hi
I had had an e-mail asking to buy my laptop and the will pay for it to be delivered to ESSEX. So i thought it was ok..
So I told him it would be fine and to transfer the funds into my girlfriends PAYPAL account.
I then checked her paypal account and there was the money but it was pending.
I then recived an e-mail from which I thought was PAYPAL saying that for the funds to be released i must send the laptop and get a tracking number and reply with the information. So thats what I did!!!!
Then I get another e-mail stating that the buyer has paid me over £300 too much and I now have to refund Him the money but send it too Nigeria by western union,,,
Thats when the alarm bells started to ring.
So Ive now cancelled the paypal request for the money because its justb not gunna happpen and Ive also stopped my laptop from being delivered to Essex..
These people are very good at scamming you out of your money and all the e-mails you get from them look real…
So just be careful. I was fooled and i always thought I was pretty streetwise…
hi there,
i got an email yesterday for my netbook. it said your item. today i get a reply and they r gonna give me 150 for it and not 110. they want to do paypal. I stated i want cash only, asked where they were from and the give away, why do they have 12 digits in their phone number when there are only supposed to be 11. nuggets eh? my netbook is staying put just now
Hi there
I often get these paypal mails and the person often asks my asking price, even though it is clearly stated on my ad. They often pelt me with a million offer mails too, which is equally bugging.
I just reply to them with an extreme amount, for instance last time for an ad of mine that had an asking price of £100 – when asked by the scammer what my asking price was, I replied that it was £1600.
They stopped mailing, and I get less of that now
I’ve placed one of my first adverts here, to sell a Canon 40D SLR kit. I received quite a few replies but all apart from one just said “I want to buy your item” and then went on to request paypal info.
In my opinion, someone spending a few hundred on a camera is going to ask some questions about it, not just offer the asking price straight away and spend most of the email talking about paypal.
So I’ve deleted them all.
My partner recieved one of these replies to one of her ads earlier today. Fortunately she is wise enough to realise that something wasn’t right about it. It’s a pity that nothing can really be done about these scammers. The police don’t seem interested, and even if they were what could they do?
Education is the best policy. Could the site not put a disclaimer or a header on all pages warning about these scams. It doesn’t need to be big or longwinded. A few lines of warning that stands out would do. Maybe it will also deter the scammers if they think that everyone is alert to them. Personally I don’t think that a blog page or a link is enough of a warning n
Scammers change their names and emails daily, can’t work out why the police can’t trace the IP address or are they all working from internet cafe’s???
TRUE ‘if it looks too good to true it probably isnt’ if in doubt get the buyer to send a building society cheque as these can’t be taken back (check it’s not a forgery) or just get them to send good old cash by special delivery it can then be insured.
Nigera’s got to be one of the biggest NO NO’s … why do they all use the same story????????
A sure way to detect a scam is when the answer to your add is ‘is the ITEM still available’ it’s the word ITEM that gives it away, they can’t even be bothered to check what your selling.
Agreed it’s a scammers marketplace … just be very careful .. good luck.
Hi there
my latest scam any one seen this email before?. lindseyjames_99@yarhoo.com
latest scam send parcel to my son in nigeria marked a present from dad
Hi Evelyn
Just read yor warning mesage ,
i had a on going transaction saying that i was to send item to nigera to his son saying a present from dad befor i read this i was talking to my son and he told me never use paypal on gumtree or send items to nigera.
istill have the email address of the person who wants me to send to his son. i have now canseld the payment request as it as been 3 days waiting for payment .
i have emailed him aand told him no sale.
Derrick.
I have a request to send something to portugal, cannot decide if this is a scam as the apparent buyer seems willing to post a cheque and not have the item sent until the cheque clears!!! I have had a few other email scammers wanting things sent to nigeria! Not that daft tho.
has anyone had emails from colin and dorothy???
Avoid
Nigeria based scam using paypal!
Micheal Brennan itscarinpet@yahoo.com
Its best to AVOID PAYPAL at ALL costs, because some people will take your goods and tell paypal the item either didn’t arrive or was faulty or some other lame excuse which paypal will take in, paypal ie ebay will then re-imburse the buyer..
so it wont be a surprise if you hear more and more people advising you to avoid the ebay-paypal trap, sell face to face is the best way
Fake Names;
Suz Davis: mkdvs10@gmail.com
Jane Smith:jnsith25@gmail.com
Michael Brennan: itscarinpet@yahoo.com
Guys, I have recently put my beautiful laptop for sale on Gumtree. I got responses from people asking me to send it to west Africa. 2-3 different guys contacted me with different version of same sort of story. They were pushing me to log on to pay pal and request for money. Surprisingly, 1 person was ready to offer 130 pounds more than it’s worth. I have ignored these stupids. Below their emails for your info:
Suz Davis: mkdvs10@gmail.com
Jane Smith:jnsith25@gmail.com
Michael Brennan: itscarinpet@yahoo.com
Be very careful friends….good luck
Hi folks, I am trying to sell a PS3 and keep getting emails from people asking to send it to Africa as a gift etc. I was already aware of this scam as they do it on ebay! They seem to target expensive items phones, games consoles and PC’s, laptops etc they are very good at sending fake paypal emails. If you receive any email of this kind just ignore it or tell them you won’t accept paypal you want to sell it for cash. Thats why I stopped using ebay to be honest and now its spoiling the gumtree advertising too. Its such a pity that these scam artist are ruining it for everyone how can people expect to be trusted when you have people like this trying to steal your expensive items! BEWARE EVERYONE only sell face to face do not post!
jon your spot on there i bought 2 things from this site and met face to face and that is the best way but you are right thats the way i would buy something from this site any one that got scammed it to late thankfuly it never happened to me
We recently advertised a leather jacket, same thing – watch out for Dr Frank Fabanachi. Offers far more for the item to cover postage, making it seem a really good deal, but also cant send it himself, wants it sent on to a friend in another country. Thankfully we twigged something was suspious so haven’t followed through.
Hi I got these two people desperately getting me to send things to West Africa, I have emails saying the payment has gone through but it doesn’t show the account info, they have been very generous wh the ostage and I am getting suspicious, anyone had the same problem??
This is totally unrelated but could anyone tell me how I can upload pics from my iPhone to my ad please.
anyone that has bought anything from this site and been scammed well all i can say you big fool gumtree is all about meeting face to face you know where you stand if you were scammed you will lean from it like if you buy anything elase you will stop your self and say no
jamie i hope you didnt send the 600 for the laptop can i say most of the adds are fake and dont touch them becouse if you send money you never here from the person you probley know all ready but if i was you stay a way from fake adds gumtree is about selling and meeting face to face if you do that you wont go wrong i bought 2 things and i met the sellers face to face and had no problem happy days pluse jamie you have no come back if anything gos wrong and the scammer cant be traced so buy a laptop off some one you know like a make and you wont go wrong i dont like to here peope been scammed of done out of money it to dangerous
your right steve gumtree is about face to fact i done that my self and had no problem at all i bought a maycom ar-108 vhf airband raido to lisen to the aircraft last thursday i met the bloke in swords face to face and done the deal the raido is brand new in the box and i bought a two pairs of bose earphone for 40euro each they cost 99 in the shops and there brand new never been used but steve your 100persent right mate good on you
dear catherine i think thats very wise dont every send the present
and if his spelling has pleanty of mistakes ect at least you know
he doent speak english if i was you have nothing to do with him
gumtree doent do much to block scammers on this site and they say
on the site no body likes to reseve scams but they still get on to the site
I have the same story with a present to send to west africa, when the guy is in asia for a business trip. It’s full of spelling mistake. the email used here is tomalley1980@yahoo.com
Beware
I think i will just ignore him
I LEFT A MESSAGE YESTERDAY READ 2ND LAST COMMENT ABOUT SCAMMERS AND THE AFRICA STORY AND PAYING TRU PAYPAL.THEY ALL USE THE SAME STORY,IVE DELETED MY AD OVER IT AS I HAVE HAD AT LEAST 6 OF THEM.2 NEW NAMES I CAN GIVE YE ARE LINDA FAITH AND J-BO-02@HOTMAIL.COM
BEWARE OF PAYPAL
PAYPAL TOOK AN UNATHORISED DIRECT DEBIT FROM MY BANK, JUST BY CHANCE I WAS ABLE TO STOP IT. WHEN I COMPLAINED TO THEM THEY ASKED FOR TRANSACTION NUMBER WHICH I COULDNT GIVE AS NOTHING SHOWING UP ON SUMMARY ONLY MY BANK STATEMENT AFTER MANY EMAILS WAS GETTING NOWHERE UNTIL THEY DECIDED IT WAS A SHORTFALL OF PAYMENT TO A SELLER. SO IF I OWED THEM ANYTHING WHY DIDNT THEY TAKE IT FROM MY FIRST POINT OF PAYMENT WHICH IS PAYPAL AND I HAD ENOUGH IN THAT TO COVER THE PAYMENT EVEN IF I HAD OWED IT TO ANYONE…MORE EMAILS TELLING ME TO CALL THEM, MORE EMAILS TELLING THEM TO PHONE ME THEN LOW AND BEHOLD THEY TOOK THE UNAUTHORISED DIRECT DEBIT AGAIN BUT NOT IN PAYPALS NAME THIS TIME IN THE NAME OF THE SELLER I HAD BOUGHT FROM. I CONTACTED THIS SELLER AND SHE CONFIRMS THAT SHE WAS PAID IN FULL 3 WEEKS BEFORE AND SHE HAD NOTHING IN HER ACCOUNT FROM THE DIRECT DEBIT TAKEN IN HER NAME FROM MY BANK ACCOUNT AND WILLING TO STATE THAT TO PAYPAL IF NEED BE..ANOTHER EMAIL ANOTHER BACK TELLING ME TO CALL THEM, WHY SHOULD I THEY ARE THE ONES TAKING DIECT DEBITS FROM BANK ACCOUNTS THAT ONLY SHOW ON YOUR BANK STATEMENT AND NOT ON YOUR PAYPAL STATEMENT, IT WASNT FOR A GREAT AMOUNT BUT THAT ISNT THE ISSUE ITS THE FACT THEY CAN TAKE FROM YOUR BANK WITHOUT AUTHORISATION. SO BEWARE CHECK YOUR BANK STATEMENTS AGAINST YOUR PAYPAL SUMMARY YOU MAY JUST FIND YOU THEY HAVE TAKEN AN UNATHORISED DIRECT DEBIT FROM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT THAT DOESNT SHOW ON YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT
hi i have had 3 scammers onto me about buying my phone all the same story,its for a relative in africa on a course and there workin in asia so can we use paypal and i post it on,ye right im no fool.the names there using are LAURA COLLINS,HARRY RANNY AND PHILIP COLE all english names but if you read what they send there are loads of spelling mistakes so it is foreigners with bad written english.just be warned!!!!!!!!!!11
djohn1227@yahoo.com
steve_siler@hotmail.com
THESE ARE THE 2 EMAIL ADDRESS I GOT THE EMAILS FROM AND HE IS EVEN NOW STILL TRYING TO TEL ME HE HAS MADE THE PAYMENT AND EVERYTHIG IS OK NEVER EVER FALL FOR THESE SCAMS I NEVER FALL FOR STUFF LIKE THIS NEVER EVER EVER SEND ITEM WITHOUT THE MONEY UPFRONT NO MATTER WHAT!
OH MY GOD I GOT DONE BY THESE PEOPLE JUST NOW £250!!!!! even rang the number and got the guy on other end asking me for my bank details! luckly got to the post office in time before they send the item out to them, soon as someone mentions NIGERIA you know its moody!
I’VE BOUGHT AND SOLD MANY ITEMS ON GUMTREE, ALL FACE TO FACE AND FOR CASH. YOU WOULD NT SEND MONEY OR POST AN ITEM IF SOMEONE TOLD YOU YOUR CHEQUE WAS IN THE POST , IF IT WAS A RESPONSE TO A CLASSIFIED AD IN A NEWSPAPER. tHIS IS ONLY AN ELECTRONIC BERSION OF THE SAME THING, JUST BECAUSE ITS ON LINE DOESNT MEANIT SAFE, I WOULD SAY IT MAKES IT MORE DANGEROUS.
look for Andy Cole,try get item throu paypal and pay extra£100 for sending fee…unusual,suspected scum…becurefull
you can get a brand new acer laptop in ireland for 500 with a 500gb hard drive and i wouldnt hand over 600st its is a scam did you get the laptop propley not they took the money and ran any one thats buys anything from this site all i can say sorry for your lose but at least you will know where you stand and that you have learned from it if you know the person that is selling well you should be ok but a stranger its a no go
best thing to do make a fool out of them tell them you will send them the money but you know that you wont gumtree is not doing very much to block scammers from useing this site if you ask me the whole gumtree.ie is a pure fake and when the sad part when you send the money you never get the thing you want pluse you never here from the person so i am realy sorry for your lose its not very nice to be scammed stay away from all adds becouse there not genuine there fake
if i was you stay a way from the person who is selling the phone and all the adds are fake how to know a fake is there is no contact number i bought a pair of bose earphones and i met the person they were brand new and i bought a air raido last thursday i met the person in swords and it worked fine it cost 84euro in maplins i got it for 40euro do not send any money to nigeria thats the worst thing for you to do i have bought 2 things like i say and met the person who was selling some thimes you my be ok but if there is no contact number its a scam and if there is a email address thats could be fake as well so what i am tell you to do is not to send or reply to any add becouse it is fake
hey guys got scammed by this two,man sounded realistic until he started asking for refund checks to be sent via western union money transfer before i could access my funds, was lucky really coped it before i lost a bunch , but items had been sent as he had sent me a mail showing me money in my account, email he is using is chrishaw778@yahoo.com, he asks you to send items to nigeria to a guy he claims is his son and to mark package a present from dad. do not respound to him its a scam.
i had the same scam this morning for a £600 laptop!!!!!!!!!!!
It is frustrating as some businesses like mine are having a rough ride because people are miss using paypal. Now I advertise my website only and not the individual items that I sell. Why? as on my website we have 2 payment methods: Paypal & Nochex
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Ok i have been scammed as well, i have lost £80. DO NOT USE PAYPAL FOR ANYTHING, EBAY, GUMTREE…ANYTHING. THEY ARE A WASTE OF TIME. THEY TOLD ME THEY KNOW I AM BEING SCAMMED BUT THEY CANT HELP ME! AM SO ANGRY!!
Steve, my recommendation would be to not go ahead with it. Gumtree is about trading face-to-face
I too was nearly scammed today by a james goody@hotmail. I twigged when the name of buyer came up marry james, 6 lynch walk, darrec street lewisham, london I have been scammed by a Mr James already last year. he sent an very real looking email from paypal saying funds would be released when he got a tracking no. from me. how can these scumbags get away with this.
Can somebody help me please. i want to buy a phone on here, but the seller only accepts paypal, everything sounds good but i rang paypal and they said i am only covered if the phone does not turn up. If it turns up but is not as described, then they cant help me. What shall i do?
I sell my Ipod and ps3 to dforsyth15@yahoo.com and i got all my money from him and pay pal also let me understand that there is so many fraud on here that people report about seller stealing buyer’s money
hi jon yes show some people a bargain
and common sense goes out the window
Yes, it is that simple Wil but I think people get blinded by a good deal!
nothing new here, use common sense and you wont get scammed its just that simple
Watch out for “gidy bear”
Still trying it on…
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selling an ipod on gumtree and got a email from steve_siler@hotmail.com on behalf of service@paypal.co.uk (ship.postmenn@representative.com) this is a SCAM . I phoned paypal and confirmed this idiopt really thinks im going to send it when no amounts in paypal account RUMBLED DO NOT DEAL WITH THIS BLOKE he sends a email with the address of dforsyth15@yahoo.com
hi beware of sombody going by the name of brian conway (gidybear22@gogglemail.com) i had a phone advitised on gumtree he responded to the ad saying he was interested and would pay through paypal,paypal(fake paypal)sent an email stating i had new funds from him and that i would need to send them the items traking number to release the funds,so i posted the item,sent the traking number and waited for funds,then to later find out it was a scam im so annoyed as it was an expensive phone almost brand new and would rather have let my 3 year old nephew play with it then let scamers have it.so always check that emails claiming to be from paypal etc are legit even if they look legit please dont let what happened to me happen to you.
Same thing happened to me. Guy called HRIS SHAW. said he had paid through paypal. got some really authentic looking mails from paypal but thank god I didnt post the item. sent him a mail telling im I was on to him and he had the nerve to reply”what the hell you on about will check with paypal. They confirmed to me it was a scam. cant believe people go to such lengths.
i lost £200 on here yesterday because someone asked for paypal up front and refused to let me see the goods before i paid. he promised the earth, and has refused to do anything he promised to do. Look out for ads that want money up front, even if they promise what you wanted to buy at half the normal price… £200 is a huge fee when you’re just a houswife. I am so upset
hi a guy said he was buying my ps3 yesterday he payed by paypal the funds never came through i never sent im not that daft been with paypal for years watch out guys email is gidybear22@googlemail.com brian conway so what out mark
Hey Glen. Yeah never fill in your personal details from an email request, whether it be from Paypal, Ebay, your bank or anywhere else. These organisations would never request this via email.
there is also a scam where they send you an email saying that someone has attempted to log onto your paypal account from another ip and they ask you to type in your password to confirm.
Pay Pal is normally so great, it’s annoying that there’s lots of Spammers ruining it. I was getting loads of “click on this email from PayPal and update your card deals” . I’m not stoopid but a lot of them look very real.
Sorry to hear it mate. Tell everyone you know so they don’t fall into the trap. When trading with individuals online, the face to face rule is best.
Yeah, too late though, i had games up for sale on gumtree and i got done out of €100. Sick i was
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