I think I know this is scam but advice please

jojo9239

SCAM!!!!:eek:

My LL lives in the usa and he hires a letting agent over here to take care of everything

tbs624

hallabaloo wrote: »

Thanks tbs, I've been looking for a few months now and this bloke's ads are clogging up Gumtree. Is it worth dobbing him in to the police? Do they actually bother pursuing these people?

Send a copy of the ads/email a link to the local trading standards people, complain to Gumtree, and send copies to the local newspaper- it will keep their junior reporter occupied and fill a colmumn or two on a quiet day. Also send a copy to the local Council's Private Sector Rentals Team.

The trouble is that from time to time these con artists do cheat people out of their money - they wouldn't keep advertising if they didn't manage to haul some unsuspecting person in every so often .

hallabaloo

Hi tbs, I've reported him to gumtree and the internet fraud people. I'm a newspaper sub-editor so I will pass it on to our property writer because it really does need to be highlighted. Unfortunately, it's not something a paper will go with as a news piece unless there's a victim.

lonestar1

Better still do as aksed but instead of £1180 send £11.80 and tipex out the .

Theres 2 ways the scam works either they have a friends who works in WU office or more likely they have a contact in UK who will make up some FakeID's in your mates name and pick up the cash. With luck the fake ID wil cost them more than £11.80 so they will lose cash by trying to rip you off :j

alexlyne

This case was on Watchdog a couple of months back!

FraudBuster

A similar thread from yesterday:


http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1656729&highlight=gumtree