I have an ad on gumtree for a room and got a text message from joana.. I never replied or emailed them as they requested as i suspected this was a bit suspect.. It seems as if it is... Beware of this scam ...
I paid for an ipad 2 to be sent via post, and it never came and now the person is not taking my calls - quite clearly now been scammed. It was quite believable at first - even provided me with a serial number to check with online with Apple which came back as valid. Offered to email me the postal ...
We advertised a rental property on Gumtree, received an SMS to email Joan as she was interested in renting the unit for 6 months. I emailed, she said she will put into PayPal Account the money, we received an OK from Paypal. Next day we got an email for us to pay shipment of her belongings from ...
Gumtree/paypal scam. The usual story - overseas buyer wants your item ASAP and will pay by paypal if you give them some money to cover shipping/processing fees/some nonsense. Mobile number comes up as 13237449760. ...
A job offer for a personal ass. Pays $500.00 a week for doing things like helping him out with doing some mailing and on my first task was he mailed me a cashiers check for $4850.00 which i was to deposit into my bank account and wait 24 hour and then $70.00 out for Western union for fees and send ...
Responded to an add on Gumtree for an iPhone 4s on 21st September and spoke to someone who was supposed to send me the phone within a few days. I paid the money into their account with the details they gave me and was told it had been dispatched. After a few days of not arriving I was told by this ...