Virus for gumtree scammers...

[STINKY NINJA]

Tell you what,bloody gumtree scammers **** me!
I wish i knew how to send a virus to their computer(g mail/hotmail accounts etc)

[GASWAGON]

How can you have a gumtree 'scammer'? What exactly do they do on the site?

[STINKY NINJA]

When you are selling a car they send you a text asking for your lowest price or some bs excuse to get you to reply directly to their g mail,email,hotmail account etc and in doing so they end up getting all your details and doing you over by robbing your accounts etc,im not sure how they do it but gumtree warns you about them because many people have been fleeced by scammers.
I wish i knew how these guys worked because id get my own back and send a virus from hell to eat their computer,if i knew how.

[tut0r]

Lesson one, opening an email never harmed anyone. Just never click any links from unknown sources, even if it has an email address, type it in yourself.

Never use any form of hyperlink in an sms/email etc etc, thats the way they get a hold of your information, they have fake pages that look identical to your email login, always check it says https before ever entering any secured data.

[Road_Warrior]

Lesson two, put in your ad "emails and txt messages will not be responded to' please call for info"

[Ruination]

Scumtree at its finest.

[EA2BA]

what they do, is send you money from a stolen paypal account, but overpay you and ask you to pay the freight company collecting the car when they turn up hence the reason for over payment.

Now car is gone, paypal have suspended taken the money back and you paid money to someone to take your car away from your own pocket.

thats the basics of most the scams.

[NTF6]

Originally Posted by STINKY NINJA

When you are selling a car they send you a text asking for your lowest price or some bs excuse to get you to reply directly to their g mail,email,hotmail account etc and in doing so they end up getting all your details and doing you over by robbing your accounts etc,im not sure how they do it but gumtree warns you about them because many people have been fleeced by scammers.
I wish i knew how these guys worked because id get my own back and send a virus from hell to eat their computer,if i knew how.

Did you actually get fleeced Stinky?

[xxx000]

Originally Posted by EA2BA

what they do, is send you money from a stolen paypal account, but overpay you and ask you to pay the freight company collecting the car when they turn up hence the reason for over payment.

Now car is gone, paypal have suspended taken the money back and you paid money to someone to take your car away from your own pocket.

thats the basics of most the scams.

Most of these are overseas scammers. They don't want the car you're selling, that'd be traceable and too difficult. They want you to give them money via bs PayPal invoices.

Or they are selling a non existent bargain priced car and sell it to multiple buyers at once. Each buyer deposits money or pays via PayPal.

[Iggle Piggle]

I see people put "NO SCAMMERS!!" at the end of their ads, so surely that must work.

[Franco Cozzo]

I tried to sell my ambo on Gumtree, paid $65 for the premium ad and only got scammers.

Paid $130 on carsales and it sold pretty quickly.

Don't even bother with gumtree for selling cars, do it properly with carsales.

[blueoval]

If Im paying for an ad, I'd use carsales. If I want to skimp out an ad fee because Im a tight *** then I'll use gumtree. But I gotta be aware of the scammers. That said, carsales does have a few scammers still but less of them.

[ford71V8]

Car I sold on gumtree went to the first bloke that made contact.
Car was gone in around 45 minutes after the ad was placed.
no time for scammers to get in!

[xxx000]

Bargains get replies on Gumtree in minutes literally

[STINKY NINJA]

Originally Posted by NTF6

Did you actually get fleeced Stinky?

No, ive never replied to a scammer,probably had around 20 scammers easily try to trick me over the years,ive had people saying they were oil rig workers etc,id love to know how to send a virus to these dodgy people though!

[Ruination]

They always use "my agent will collect the goods tomorrow" etc, in the few weeks I sold my motorcycle, I had around 10 texts saying similar crap.

Or you just cop the "whats your lowest price"
Don't think Id ever use gumtree again to be honest

[xxx000]

Those scammers won't pick up the car. They want you to pay for 'shipping' the car after they send you a dodgy western union receipt. That's it, you don't lose the car.2

[STINKY NINJA]

I have my car advertised on carsales and gumtree,despite the dodgy people on gumtree its where ive sold 90% of my cars over the years,carsales i have only sold one so far.
When you dont want to give your car away you need patience for the right buyer to come along,especially when you know its the cheapest available!

[Bucknaked]

The last few scammers that have contacted me, I sent them a reply accepting their offer and said that the car is available from my place of work. I told them that the car can be collected from "The Australian Federal Police Internet Crime and Fraud Division, State Circle Canberra ACT. Go to the back dock and ask for Chief Inspector Smith and that you are here to collect the car. 2 very large policemen will be their to ensure the transaction goes smoothly.

Strangely enough, I never get a reply and no further communication.

[blueoval]

Originally Posted by Bucknaked

The last few scammers that have contacted me, I sent them a reply accepting their offer and said that the car is available from my place of work. I told them that the car can be collected from "The Australian Federal Police Internet Crime and Fraud Division, State Circle Canberra ACT. Go to the back dock and ask for Chief Inspector Smith and that you are here to collect the car. 2 very large policemen will be their to ensure the transaction goes smoothly.

Strangely enough, I never get a reply and no further communication.

haha, that's gold. I'll have to use that one myself.

[whishy]

Ive had plenty. I had one share his number with me. I then passed that number on to a lot of people on a facebook group and he had to put an end to that number haha

[M&Ms]

It happens on Carsales too, I had an 'Australian living in Malaysia' wanting to buy my XR8, was suspicious as soon as he said he'd pay the asking price, and asked for a paypal transaction.
Scamming laws need to be toughened up.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Big Damo

I tried to sell my ambo on Gumtree, paid $65 for the premium ad and only got scammers.

Paid $130 on carsales and it sold pretty quickly.

Don't even bother with gumtree for selling cars, do it properly with carsales.

Its $180 now to list on carsales for my latest ad O_o

[my_gxl]

Is it too much to tell them their mother got raped by a goat?