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Possible scam - should I be wary?

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  • littlesaint
    littlesaint Posts: 392 Forumite
    OK fair point. I was planning to let Gumtree know about it but I haven't got round to it yet. Will report to fraud aid, but I'm interested in finding out how they are going to go about getting the money from me. I'll send you the PM id's when I get them off my home computer.
  • daelaan
    daelaan Posts: 37 Forumite
    littlesaint wrote: »
    OK fair point. I was planning to let Gumtree know about it but I haven't got round to it yet. Will report to fraud aid, but I'm interested in finding out how they are going to go about getting the money from me. I'll send you the PM id's when I get them off my home computer.

    cool, thanks :)
  • annoulla4
    annoulla4 Posts: 1 Newbie
    hello

    i got an email from this woman called linda jones saying she had a one bed property when i was looking for a 4 bed.and she said nothing about viewing just the money and the location of the flat.i immediately googled her and this website came up.i told her off about this and i hope she doesnt bug any more people.her email is: lindajo_ct_xx@yahoo.com. i cant be 100% sure if its a scam but after what i read from little saint i kept my distance from this crazy person.thank u little saint!
  • blitzkrieg
    blitzkrieg Posts: 1 Newbie
    edited 27 May 2009 at 9:56PM
    hello i just got an email wit a beutifaul women in it and ask me for a picture and i have send it to het what now?

    the email was from ip: 68.142.237.93

    and the mail looks so real becouse she said it was from a site and i am member of this website.

    soory for my bad english im from holland.
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