private car sale text scam

gb61

morning all
just to let you private sellers I received a text this morning turned out to be a scam,,,(might be blonde but not that dumb) from someone working on a ship wanted to buy my car without viewing it for his son ?????? ok lol,,, then send him my paypal account details and he,ll put money into account before having the car picked up,,,,(ive got a good nose lol) so I emailed back stating cash or bankers draft only and going to inform gumtree. not heard back, surprise!!!!

mcpitman

Gumtree = con artist paradise.

This is a common scam, glad you didn't fall for it.

Stevie_Palimo

Welcome to the world of the internet, This will continue to happen and while the vast majority are scams there are also a handful that are actually genuine buyers that want to buy an item for sale.


I have sold a few items on Gumtree over the years normally cars and the likes and used to get all the scam emails, texts and even calls so now I make it clear in the post by stating the following.


No dodgy emails, texts or calls offering me a larger than the sale amount cheque or other scam you guys dream up as you will be told where to go. ( Seems to deter them from my adverts )

chrisyd

I am busy speaking to a person email address is thomashook01@gmail.com who is also trying this on with me. I am busy winding them up (I have also reported him to the police fraud dept, but I doubt they will do anything) by saying that I have paid him and sent a copy of a really bad image of a moneygram receipt I found off google.

I got the mail about 30 mins after posting my car for sale on gumtree.

I really hope no one has fallen for this.