Gumtree motorhome scam

Al321

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Was browsing through Gumtree a couple of days ago and spotted what must be a scam ad..

The ad was taken off soon after,but then reappeared again..took this pic from my computer screen then reported it..it then was taken off again an hour or so later..never heard of anyone paying £700 just to view a camper before,and not even be able to speak on the phone,only text..hope no one coughed up

Ive blurred out the last few digits of the phone number...in case anyone was tempted
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There are absolutely loads of these on gumtree, click on the "report this advert" button & they're still there days later, it's ridiculous.
 
as already said loads of scams on gumtree multiple posting of ads .im looking for landrover at the moment for offroading and the amount of sellers on oil rigs wanting to do business where i pay into ebay etc is unreal
 
Maybe if he only asked for £50 he'd get more takers. Plenty of fools about.
 
I reported something similar on Ebay.

VW camper for sale at a silly price.

The Seller was a woman stuck in an Army barracks training for Afghanistan.... apparently ;)

Money was to be deposited in a Google account.....Yeah right!
 
Be warned

Its not only gumtree i have seen adds on caravan club site, camping & caravaning site the list goes on,
I know because I have just bought a van to replace our last one, & searching through the adds for the last 6 to 8 months i have seen them all, the best way to tell the cons are the ones that start:
2012 etc, only 2000 mls price £4000, anyone that can not see through these, send your money to;
george@wsmfairs.freeserve.co.uk please use paypall




please do not adjust your mind there is a fault in reality
 
To be honest I have always been on the look for a bargain and dont consider myself a moron!
 
seems genuine,he's been posting ads since jan.2013...oh hang on a mo !
 
Surely it's not how stupid the scammer is that counts, more how stupid the potential buyer is
 
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Al321 said:
Was browsing through Gumtree a couple of days ago and spotted what must be a scam ad..

The ad was taken off soon after,but then reappeared again..took this pic from my computer screen then reported it..it then was taken off again an hour or so later..never heard of anyone paying £700 just to view a camper before,and not even be able to speak on the phone,only text..hope no one coughed up

Ive blurred out the last few digits of the phone number...in case anyone was tempted
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i was warned off by someone who fell for it they want your e-mail address for some reason and you get your i,d stolen,,
 
i often used to idly watch the street boys doing the 3 card trick,or 'find the lady' on a cardboard box,ready to fold and run if the old bill showed.watching this told me a lot about human nature!gullibility,hope,greed,the only winners were the shills,and you could see the punters suspected this,but the pile of banknotes overcame their good sense !
 
John Carroll said:
i was warned off by someone who fell for it they want your e-mail address for some reason and you get your i,d stolen,,
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They can't steal your ID from your email address, there's far more info on here about you than just an email address.

They want you to pay a "refundable" deposit so they can hold it for you whilst they're working away/in the army/ in hospital, you can view it when they're available & they'll refund the "deposit" if you're not happy or they'll ship it to you for free with the added bonus that, they'll again refund you if you don't want it, so you've nothing to lose really......................... apart from the deposit


n brown said:
i often used to idly watch the street boys doing the 3 card trick,or 'find the lady' on a cardboard box,ready to fold and run if the old bill showed.watching this told me a lot about human nature!gullibility,hope,greed,the only winners were the shills,and you could see the punters suspected this,but the pile of banknotes overcame their good sense !
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yup, greed often overcomes common sense

Nothing good normally comes from starting anything with " i often used to idly watch the street boys" :)
 
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Al321 said:
Was browsing through Gumtree a couple of days ago and spotted what must be a scam ad..

The ad was taken off soon after,but then reappeared again..took this pic from my computer screen then reported it..it then was taken off again an hour or so later..never heard of anyone paying £700 just to view a camper before,and not even be able to speak on the phone,only text..hope no one coughed up

Ive blurred out the last few digits of the phone number...in case anyone was tempted
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hi from trevskoda new to wild camping,in n ireland the ask you to bring dep ,when you arrive its gipos and they bonk you over the head and take you money,so we all get scamers.
 
The three card trick

Hi N brown,


I haven't seen that trick since I was an apprentice working in London out side Farringdon tube when my mate got taken in.we earned £ 4.50p a week then and they had a fiver off him,but when we was in Paris this year they had the same scam all over the place being run by gangs of east Europeans,it's interesting the way the other gang members work the crowd.

Snowbirds.






n brown said:
i often used to idly watch the street boys doing the 3 card trick,or 'find the lady' on a cardboard box,ready to fold and run if the old bill showed.watching this told me a lot about human nature!gullibility,hope,greed,the only winners were the shills,and you could see the punters suspected this,but the pile of banknotes overcame their good sense !
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E bay scam

stromtrooper101 said:
I reported something similar on Ebay.

VW camper for sale at a silly price.

The Seller was a woman stuck in an Army barracks training for Afghanistan.... apparently ;)

Money was to be deposited in a Google account.....Yeah right!
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We also saw this scam - she was apparently based in Dundee Army Barracks!
 
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