Craigslist, Ebay and other online buying/selling scams.
#240550 by English Eagle Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:52 pm
Hi I put an advert on gumtree and got this reply but thanks to google and this site I gave him no details. This was all in reply to my car advert if it explains it a bit more.

hello am mark henry,how i wish i could come and inspect it but currently i'm working away from the country. I'm a marine engineer who is presently working on the ship..so i'll be buying it without seeing it,
Also I'll be paying via PayPal and i'm more than happy to pay the PayPal transfer charges too, i'll arrange the pick-up of it with a Private Courier Service as soon as you get your payment,and they will also help me sign the bill of sale so it goes onto my name.so tell me its condition and do you have more pictures of it.


Whoever this scammer is, he/she is trawling the net looking for people to prey on. As you can see, his/her grasp of the English language is terrible (not that mines any better....i'm English btw lol) and please remember if anyone asks for your details, so they can pay you via paypal, don't give anything away. You can get their details and you request the amount from them.

Also the e-mail address is not the one in this posts title his was [email protected]

Hope this helps someone as it did me.

Thanks
Last edited by Bryon Williams on Sat Mar 07, 2015 7:05 pm, edited 1 time in total. Reason: Split and moved.
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#249990 by noeldep Fri May 08, 2015 7:18 am
Hi I put an advert on gumtree and got this reply but thanks to google and this site I gave him no details. This was all in reply to my some items I am selling on Gumtree if it explains it a bit more.

[quote] It sounds good to know that it is still available for sale. I did go through your advert and I am satisfied with it. I am okay with it and would love to go ahead with the deal right away because this meets my perfect search for time being now. I am contacting you via email, I am on duty and coming to your residence for inspection won't be possible, so you have to assure me that its in condition described. You may now consider me a favorite buyer and if possible withdraw the posting from the site immediately so that I can be rest assured that it is all mine . I don't mind adding an extra $200.00 for you just to take down the posting.
Like I said earlier, i am a very busy man working all day,am a sailor am presently on-board, i don't have access to my bank account online as am not with my credit card details here but i have my ANZ bank account link up with my PayPal account so I will be paying you through PayPal to your nominated bank account or better still is if you have a PayPal account ,please get back to me with your BSB and account details or PayPal account so i can proceed with the payment and contact the courier agent who will come to pick it up and deliver it. Await your reply

His email address he used: [email protected]. BEAWARE OF THIS SCAMMER OF COURSE I DID NOT GIVE ANY DETAILS.
#266063 by natalie85 Wed Sep 02, 2015 2:11 am
This is an email I received from MARK HENRY regarding a car on gumtree today-

from [email protected]-
It sounds good to know that it is still available for sale. I did go through your advert and I am satisfied with it. I am okay with it and would love to go ahead with the deal right away because this meets my perfect search for time being now. I am contacting you via email, I am on duty and coming to your residence for inspection won't be possible, so you have to assure me that its in condition described. You may now consider me a favourite buyer and if possible withdraw the posting from the site immediately so that I can be rest assured that it is all mine . I don't mind adding an extra $200.00 for you just to take down the posting.
Like I said earlier, i am a very busy man working all day,am a sailor am presently on-board, i don't have access to my bank account online as am not with my credit card details here but i have my ANZ bank account link up with my PayPal account so I will be paying you through PayPal to your nominated bank account or better still is if you have a PayPal account ,please get back to me with your BSB and account details or PayPal account so i can proceed with the payment and contact the courier agent who will come to pick it up and deliver it. Await your reply.

Yeah not giving my details

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