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EnglishCraig
EnglishCraig
NSW
406 posts
NSW, 406 posts
3 May 2013 5:15pm
Got some gear on gumtree and got this...

PM -----

From: Solex Nooy <[email protected]>
To: Craig RobinsonAsiaPac
Date: 03/05/2013 02:03 PM
Subject: Re: Contact re Gumtree advert - which item were you interested
in? Thanks - Craig
Sent by: [email protected]



Thanks for the swift response...I am willing to know the lowest price of
it.due to the nature of my job and location...i will not be able to come
for inspection,am a very busy type as i work long hours
everyday,i have gone through your advertisement and i am satisfied with
it.As for the payment..i will be paying you via the fastest and secure
way to pay online(PayPal).I have a private courier agent that will come for
the pick up after the payment have been made ...so no shipping included.
You can now send me your PayPal email so i can pay in right away and also
include your address in your reply.If you don't have a paypal
account,you can easily set up one...log on to www.paypal.com.au and sign
up. its very easy.I await your reply asap


Rusta
Rusta
WA
31 posts
WA, 31 posts
3 May 2013 3:24pm
Sounds legit,nice honest hard working individual.
eppo
eppo
WA
9793 posts
WA, 9793 posts
3 May 2013 3:25pm
Yeh Craig I'd go for it! What do you have to lose!
EnglishCraig
EnglishCraig
NSW
406 posts
NSW, 406 posts
3 May 2013 5:31pm
Some almost new gear!!

Strange really I wonder when he will find the time to use his newly purchased kitesurfing gear when he's always so busy

Can anyone or does anyone know of a way to ring this to Lauries attention in case he goes through the buy and sell as well?
moons
moons
WA
349 posts
WA, 349 posts
3 May 2013 3:36pm
Nigerian kitesurfer
EnglishCraig
EnglishCraig
NSW
406 posts
NSW, 406 posts
3 May 2013 5:39pm
Some almost new gear!!

Strange really I wonder when he will find the time to use his newly purchased kitesurfing gear when he's always so busy

Can anyone or does anyone know of a way to ring this to Lauries attention in case he goes through the buy and sell as well?
kitingtopher
kitingtopher
SA
313 posts
SA, 313 posts
3 May 2013 5:33pm
sounds to good to be true . ...........................................
dbabicwa
dbabicwa
WA
809 posts
WA, 809 posts
3 May 2013 4:16pm
Do not trust!

He is asking for your address before he paid you. So his "private courier" can pay you a visit...
Lambie
Lambie
QLD
742 posts
QLD, 742 posts
3 May 2013 6:37pm
yeah just another scammer - usually they fake the pay pal 'payment' advice - ie "I've just paid you - heres the paypal reciept".

I never send anything that is paid for by pay pal until the money has been transfered from Paypal to my bank account.

You can have some fun with these coc#s but it really just wastes you time.
Jasonlk321
Jasonlk321
NSW
57 posts
NSW, 57 posts
3 May 2013 6:57pm
First stage of a complete scam. Take a look at this artical.

theconversation.com/the-gumtree-paypal-scam-spotting-internet-scammers-is-harder-than-you-think-11553
RafaelMaia
RafaelMaia
1 posts
1 posts
5 May 2013 6:32pm
FAR OUT!

I put an ad on gumtree this morning and a few minutes ago I got exactly the same e-mail, found it strange and googled his email address which brought me to this thread. Anyway, total scam!

Cheers
fingerbone
fingerbone
NSW
921 posts
NSW, 921 posts
5 May 2013 8:49pm
I had the same last year ( selling car ) almost down to a tee..I picked it as a scam right away as he was willing to pay extra as he liked it soooo much.Bloody Toyota camry piece of crud lol....

I played along for a bit but then he started to get quite pushy and rude....hahahahahh wankers...
airjunkie
airjunkie
WA
142 posts
WA, 142 posts
5 May 2013 6:50pm
yeah paypal scam is common they can actually pay you via pay pal and then pick up the items "via courier "
then as paypal always protects the buyer over the seller they just say item not recieved and they get all there money back from you/paypal as well as the item
. . . you won't have a leg to stand on as no proof that it was sent to an authorised paypal address

scum. . .
EnglishCraig
EnglishCraig
NSW
406 posts
NSW, 406 posts
5 May 2013 10:51pm
Yeah more just wanted to raise awareness as I thought it was a little more clever than the standard
"I would like to buy this and will pay twice as much if u pay the postage of...."

@ cold shot - no that's not my ad
kiteboy dave
kiteboy dave
QLD
6525 posts
QLD, 6525 posts
6 May 2013 8:26am
EnglishCraig said...
Can anyone or does anyone know of a way to ring this to Lauries attention in case he goes through the buy and sell as well?


Mate you don't need to bring this to Laurie's attention, I can assure you. These guys have been hitting virtually every buy n sell ad for the last 2 years. There's probably 30 threads on the topic - but the way seabreeze archives them means you can't always find them easily.

dave......
dave......
WA
2119 posts
WA, 2119 posts
6 May 2013 9:00am
Why gumtree, you should use Craig's list
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