Scam on Gumtree alert

Tackle_Berry · 31 Aug 2012 at 12:26

Hi just to let others beware of this as it nearly caught me out until i thought it was a bit dodgy and googled the telephone number they gave (that goes straight to voice mail)

I was replying to a ad on gumtree for some Olympic Weights going for £100 in Bournemouth.

http://whatconsumer.co.uk/forum/scam-alerts/18966-paysafe-scam.html

Add on gumtree (bound to be lots more) http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/body-power-olympic-weight-set/110073026

I have tried reporting the ad to gumtree too.

sbi5ar · 31 Aug 2012 at 12:43

If using gumtree I'd only pay/accept cash

bledd · 31 Aug 2012 at 13:20

sbi5ar said:
If using gumtree I'd only pay/accept cash

This

Welcome to the internet

[FnG]magnolia · 31 Aug 2012 at 13:22

A scam? On Gumtree? Send me 50 thousand million dollars and I'll fix it.

Ascendancy · 31 Aug 2012 at 13:23

A scam? On Gumtree of all places?

Sorry, I don't believe you.

Adam · 31 Aug 2012 at 13:25

Weeding out the scammers is part and parcel of using Gumtree. Still a fantastic way of selling things though.

[FnG]magnolia · 31 Aug 2012 at 13:26

GUMTREE SCAMMER said:
Weeding out the scammers is part and parcel of using Gumtree. Still a fantastic way of selling things though. SEND ME YOUR MONIES !!1

Narj · 31 Aug 2012 at 13:30

As above, Gumtree is fine if you deal in cash only.

Amleto · 31 Aug 2012 at 13:38

lol, so many things wrong with this that it shouldn't need its own thread :-/

Tackle_Berry · 31 Aug 2012 at 13:47

bledd. said:
This

Welcome to the internet

sbi5ar said:
If using gumtree I'd only pay/accept cash

Same here, Hence why I looked into what was going on.

Amleto said:
lol, so many things wrong with this that it shouldn't need its own thread :-/

Same old crap try to help others, and just get crap for it.

wildman · 31 Aug 2012 at 13:51

[FnG]magnolia;22675275 said:
A scam? On Gumtree? Send me 50 thousand million dollars and I'll fix it.

or you could send em the money and I will send you the deeds to my uncles oil reserves in Nigeria and a complimentary packet of tablets that will be for giving you a larger penis...............

bledd · 31 Aug 2012 at 14:11

Ash2097 said:
Same old crap try to help others, and just get crap for it.

Don't take it to heart mate.

It's a bit like your mum telling you not to open spam emails

squarebutt · 31 Aug 2012 at 15:19

Thanks OP, that one might have caught me out and Im careful. I cant see much use for Paysafe. Never heard of it till now.

Hxc · 31 Aug 2012 at 15:23

I am forever in Gumtree's debt. It's enabled me to get two absolutely brilliant part time jobs while at uni, which are head and shoulders ahead of any bloody retail work!

Jambo · 31 Aug 2012 at 15:28

Hxc said:
I am forever in Gumtree's debt. It's enabled me to get two absolutely brilliant part time jobs while at uni, which are head and shoulders ahead of any bloody retail work!

I think they've closed the Friends & Dating section.

Uncle Petey · 31 Aug 2012 at 16:40

This scam has been going for a while. The person(s) doing it have a string of aliases and the police couldn't give a crap about it.

I replied to a 'too good to be true' ad for a PC and as soon as they said something about posting it, I did an immediate google of their name/email/telephone and found a massive thread full of people who'd been scammed.

As said, if it ain't cash on collection, don't bother with gumtree.
While I do have sympathy for scam victims, I really do have to question the level of common sense.

Since then, I've noticed that many scam ads are hilariously easy to spot. I entertain myself on occasion by sending them f'd up emails. Sometimes the ads disappear within a day of abuse.