Have a sofa for sale on Gumtree and then received an odd text on my mobile asking me to email price and gave me a GMAIL dot com address. Thought it was a bit odd as why didn't she just email via Gumtree ad. However, did it anyway. Then received the following reply from someone claiming to be 'CATHERINE DENNIS'. Clearly some poor person's had their email hacked and now they are using her email address and name to target new people. "Great! please consider it sold and cancel every other appointment regarding it,i am buying it as gift for my son that just graduated from the college and i am read to pay your full asking price, i have read through the advert and i'm totally satisfied with it and i will be glad if you can get back to me with some pics if available,sadly i won't be able to come for the inspection and pick up due to my present condition now,i loss my hearing and being on a wheelchair but I have a courier agent that will help me to pick it up at your preferred location Regarding the payment i can only pay via PayPal at the moment and I will be responsible for all the PayPal fee/charges on this transaction kindly get back to me with your PayPal email and the pick up location so that i can inform the courier agent about it now? Awaiting your reply soon. " Will report this to PAYPAL NOW.
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