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Gumtree Flats to rent scam

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  • C_Mababejive
    C_Mababejive Posts: 11,668 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Gumtree should be renamed Scumtree.
    Feudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
    edited 24 April 2010 at 5:33PM
    My friend got this exact same e-mail when looking for a house in Nottingham to rent. He googled the e-mail address and it came up showing to be connected to an internet scam in Paris.

    The scammer claimed to be Irish - but the level and quality of English was awful!!
  • LyndaP
    LyndaP Posts: 80 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    It is still on gumtree today. I have a student staying with me and he was looking for a flat for September. Luckily he showed me the email and I told him to stay away from it. I have told him to report it to gumtree.
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