UPS UKASH UKCASH Gumtree Scam and scams in general

beingearnest123

Vax 2002, have a look at whocallsme.com and type in 07747516575 there is a list of info (check through the 5 pages) and I think you will find a live link. Please post here or there if you get anywhere.

gdonj

This scam has used the following names and phone numbers:

Alexa Brown
Alexa Edwards
Alexa Connel
Sarah Harper
Sarah Harding
Sarah Harlow
Norma Palmer
Angela Murray
Teresa Sutton

07747 192044
07973 425052
07747 516575

and probably many more...

Format of eMail address is teresa75sutton@gmail.com

She is visiting her mum and can drop off the golf clubs / dresser / audio amp / archery equipment / car seat / ......

But she has been sent away on business, and can have it delivered by Parcel Force who will contact you for payment by UKash or PayPoint before delivery....

Parcel Force do not offer this service ! ...the emails do look convincing....UKash only need the Voucher number to collect and they do and have (luckily not from me, but for the grace of God !)

UKash are not interested , not sure if police can be bothered, Gumtree are as usual disinterested..

BUT YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

madimaddawson

madimaddawson wrote: »

I found our perfect tent on gumtree... as with everyone else we got the same replies in email about sending someone to deliver it etc etc. Luckily I saw this thread on another gumtree advert warning me. I have now also discovered the same tent pictures and wording on ebay, so have reported them to ebay as well! People like this make me sick. Thank you to everyone for posting because I would have parted with £300 of our savings for nothing. The tent they are selling is an outwell norfolk lake, and they are now using the name of Teresa Sutton.

Email today :-

Booked it for Thursday am, 9-10am. Great, I've just finished filling out the forms online and Parcel Force will handle payment as well, you'll need cash. You should receive email notifications on how to proceed. Get back to me if you don't receive them and if you have any queries, glad to help.
Teresa.
P.S. If not in your inbox check your junk or spam folder also.

I DONT THINK SO... more like glad to help take £300 from me. So tempted to send an email back with some interesting words in it!

The sellers on ebay appear to be all above board, they have relisted the item because the winning bidder let them down which is probably a good job otherwise I may not of become so suspicious. Honestly it now makes me very wary about buying anything.

jr4.

loui1981 wrote: »

I was also a victim of this, my lack of understanding of the way ukash operate left me vulnerable to these conmen. Luckily I cancelled the voucher.code through ukash almost immediately after giving it to them and they were only able to take one pound of the 140 I cashed. My confidence is completely gone now. To get a refund ukash instruct me to print off a refund application form from their website and send it to them along with a photocopy of my driving licence for I'D and a recent bank statement. This is making alarm bells ring again but they say they need proof of who I am, that I am the original ticket holder and where to pay the money back. I have contact hunters several times as this is a scam ad by Sarah Harlow alias number 105446329 on gum tree. It hasn't been removes. I think if gumtree continue to ignore this fraud they should be shut down or make accountable for compensating who ever is defrauded after they have ignored important information.from victims of fraud.

Hi,

I'm trying to get a Ukash refund aswell, but I'm carrying out a search beforehand to see if anyone who requested a refund from Ukash actually got their money back. Your comment is only one of the few only ones I have come across in regards to someone who is trying to get a refund from Ukash. I've asked other people, but no one has of yet replied. I had a screen come up on my computer which froze it, and it said to unfreeze it, I would need to purchase a Ukash voucher and put in the 19-digit code. Like you, I purchased the voucher, but when I went back on my computer, I noticed the screen wasn't coming up on the other accounts on my computer. I was then able to Google it, and found out that it was a scam. Thank God for Google!

I wanted to know from you, did you get your money back from Ukash, and how long it took for you to get your money back because I want to get one too, but I'm a bit suspicious as to why they would want copies of ID and a bank statement. Also, did you come across any problems whilst trying to get a refund from Ukash?

TWJ

jr4. wrote: »

Hi,

I'm trying to get a Ukash refund aswell, but I'm carrying out a search beforehand to see if anyone who requested a refund from Ukash actually got their money back. Your comment is only one of the few only ones I have come across in regards to someone who is trying to get a refund from Ukash. I've asked other people, but no one has of yet replied. I had a screen come up on my computer which froze it, and it said to unfreeze it, I would need to purchase a Ukash voucher and put in the 19-digit code. Like you, I purchased the voucher, but when I went back on my computer, I noticed the screen wasn't coming up on the other accounts on my computer. I was then able to Google it, and found out that it was a scam. Thank God for Google!

I wanted to know from you, did you get your money back from Ukash, and how long it took for you to get your money back because I want to get one too, but I'm a bit suspicious as to why they would want copies of ID and a bank statement. Also, did you come across any problems whilst trying to get a refund from Ukash?

Hello.
A few weeks ago I was hoping to buy a Yamaha cp300 stage piano from [EMAIL="alexa75brown@gmail.com"]alexa75brown@gmail.com[/EMAIL] Because I noticed the scam once I had puchased the ukash vouchers (but before sending the codes to the scammers), I was also left wondering how to change back my ukash vouchers into cash.
My understanding is that Ukash is a genuine operating service - and they will refund your cash if you follow the procedure outlined on their website. However, there will be a charge to do this; the exact fee changes depending on the time that has elasped since you purchased the vouchers - but it starts at 10% for the first year. I.e. to get a refund from Ukash on the £500 vouchers I had, would have cost me £50.
I'm not sure whether this was actually worth it in the end, but I instead decided to purchase one of their 'Ukash Out' cards that they sell (in affilation with MasterCard). Once you load your voucher codes onto the card, you can withdraw the money from an ATM.
However, again there were a number of charges. It cost £10 to purchase the card, a fee of 4% for every voucher you load to the card, a small percentage on the withdrawals, and then a further £10 to close the account. There are other charges, outlined on their website, that apply to accounts that are left open even if they are not being used, so you have to remember to close the account once withdrawing the funds.

The total costs I incurred using this method were about £36 - compared to the £50 I would have had to spend getting a refund.

There may be better ways of handling this, but hope this helps.

Richie1975

My girlfriend just sent a £100 UKash voucher off to Sarah Harlow. Coppers coming round this week hopefully.....

:mad:

loui1981

Ad Number : 105446329 scumtree won't remove it. Let's all have fun with it instead

loui1981

Hi I haven't got as far as sending off my bank stuff with the application form yet. I spoke to action fraud and the ferret ITV programme who say it is legit. Still after this it makes u doubt. Hopefully it will get ny money back. Feel like a fool but thankful they only stole one pound before I stopped the voucher. by believe Scumtree are letting the same ad that fooled me carry on advertising in their site. It's on there again now. Are scumtree a part of it?

loui1981

scumtree wouldn't remove a scam ad, the very one i fell for and have reported several times. so i have just created an ad in the same area as the one it is selling in, used her photo incase she reposts with a different ad number, name and shamed. If scumtree doesn't want to protect its buyers from being taken advantage of, they I suggest if we do. When you know of a fraud ad, post an ad warning others of that fraud. Hopefully it will appear in the search engines and deter would be victims. I still say scumtree are in on it.

bnp

I have just received the attached email from Colin Baldacchino at Gumtree [support.response@gumtree.com] but the advert is still there - Preston Zenotex Pole, Advert No 104313418

Dear Customer
Firstly I am so sorry to hear about your experience.
We work hard on reducing the risk of this kind of activity being experience on our site, but on this occasion we weren't successful.　 We take matters like this extremely seriously and will do our best to use the details that you have provided to prevent any further occurrences of this or similar incidents.
We do work closely with the police but we do recommend that you also report this matter to them.　 Unfortunately we can't report this on your behalf, but please give the police our dedicated law enforcement contact details (fax number: 0208 711 5441 or email: lawenforcement@gumtree.com) so that we can assist them in their investigation as much as we possibly can.
Please come back to us if you need further support.
Apologies
Thanks,
Colin
Gumtree.com