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Gosia0309 · ‎Apr-20-2021

Hey guys, I come across A LOT of scammers on Gumtree, this is the most recent one: This is Scott you have just send your email, i am okay with the condition and affordable considering others I've seen lately. I'm interested and consider it sold as am buying it for my first daughter as a surprise birthday gift and which i don't want him to know about it until is picked up, so can you assure me i will not be disappointed? i am presently working on the sea as a marine engineer which is strictly no calls. My Mode of payment is PayPal because i don't have access to my bank account online, but i have it attached to my PayPal account. Since I'm requesting this transaction to be done via PayPal, I will be responsible for all the PayPal fees/charges on this transaction, if you don't have an account with PayPal, it's pretty easy, safe and secure to open one. Just log on to www.paypal.com. I hope we can make this transaction as fast as possible. Less I forgot, I have a Mover that will come for the pickup once payment is cleared in your PayPal account and they will be handling the title for me, as I look forward to hearing from you with your PayPal information as requested below. Your PayPal e-Mail Address : Full name: Firm Price: Address for Pick Up: Phone Number: Awaiting your response asap.... Thanks

Gosia0309 · ‎Sep-05-2020

Hey guys, I'd like to report a scam attempt on me to help others avoid getting scammed. I'm helping my partner to sell his car so I advertised it on Gumtree. The day later I had a message in my Gumtree inbox: "if this is available, get back to me at ____ (her email address). Her name showed up as Angelina Robin. Once contacted, she emailed back saying she wanted to buy it for the asking price, no questions asked, she just wanted me to confirm what the price was - clearly she was working on numerous fraudulent attempts at once. She then emailed saying that "for health reasons", she could only pay via Paypal (yeah, doesn't make sense). In the next email, she said she had paid and added £600 on top of the asking price for the "collection agent", asking me to check my SPAM folder and giving me bank details to a person called Brittney Campbell, asking me to pay the £600 into this account (as this was her "collection agent"). There was no money in my Paypal account and no email from Paypal in my inbox (where normally I receive emails from Paypal, only the fake Paypal email in SPAM folder that was also asking me to pay £600 to release the funds that will be otherwise "kept secure"!

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