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10-08-2015, 04:17 AM | #31 | ||
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10-08-2015, 10:27 PM | #32 | ||
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Very strange to hear about the credit card. Let us know if you find out what happens.
I've sold cars on Gumtree twice before and both times had the same scam. Anyone offering to pay via PayPal for Gumtree or Carsales should be instantly suscpicious. PayPal also doesn't do transactions larger than $12,500 which is worth noting. It's fairly obvious to see it's a scam when they start, particularly when the cars aren't that unique - they were a Holden Combo and a Peugeot 206. Hardly worth shipping from Melbourne to Darwin! I called bull**** and wasted their time as much as possible, without giving anything away. I sent through details of a bogus PayPal account with my email address, so they can't get anything. The scam is this: They send you an email from 'PayPal' (complete with some poor English, but convincing enough) which says they've billed you for the agreed amount + $900. So if you're selling a car for $12,000, they'll put in $12,900. 'PayPal' tells you that the money could take up to 28 days to clear, but rest assured because you'll absolutely most definitely get it... They then email you explaining that you should have got an email from PayPal and if you didn't to check your spam folder (because PayPal would really end up here...) and they say they've put the extra money in to cover the courier's cost to Darwin. They then send you the bank details of their courier who just happens to bank with the Bank of East China or something strange, and ask that you pass on the $900, and that once you do the courier will come and pick the car up. They hound you to do this, saying they're $12,900 out of pocket and they want their car. Of course, the courier never comes and they pocket the $900. Meanwhile, you never see the money from PayPal. I managed to renegotiate the deal with the 'buyer', getting the asking price of the Peugeot up from $6500 to $15k and he was still willing! |
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11-08-2015, 05:06 AM | #33 | |||
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11-08-2015, 03:07 PM | #34 | |||
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11-08-2015, 05:41 PM | #35 | ||
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So how does this paypal scam, actually work?
Is it all to collect the money you pay a false courier? Or do they actually send a courier to collect your goods? |
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11-08-2015, 09:00 PM | #36 | ||
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12-08-2015, 05:30 PM | #37 | ||
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Shat myself today when checking account again to see the same 3 withdrawels on the new credit card.
Apparently they are being carried over from the old credit card until resolutions are solved. So it may take me a few weeks to get the money recovered unfortuneatly! |
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12-08-2015, 07:24 PM | #38 | ||
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Yep like it was posted earlier they send you a fake pay pal email with logos and everything.let's numb it down you don't pay someone money to sell your car on gumtree.dead give aways are.the SMS to your phone will come with a name as it would as a contact in your phone but the scammer is not a contact in your phone,so they should only come up as a ph.no not a name,dead give away same applies for emails.secondly sight unseen sales,I always put "cash upon pick up only".and you dont get hassled buy scammers.but the bank will find it to be fraudulant and you will get your cash back.buyer beware market.and yeah those nigerians got done hard what pearler,looks like the used a knife and rubbed the ink in,i cant stop laughing.oh by the way get the bank to ring you before purchase approval.
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13-08-2015, 10:27 PM | #40 | ||
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What!.are you saying its a genuine scam?.or a genuine buyer?. Alarm bells if you have no comms how was the email sent?.magically?.and why would you pay the person buying the bike they pay the seller.maybe joining the church of BJ is more your speed they pay you well for just getting a tattoo.please tell me your joking.with all that cash you could order just about anything from a good bike dealership.but yet people still phish and people still take the bait.
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