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Warning:scam on gumtree

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  • 04-03-2008 11:23am
    #1
    kona
    Registered Users Posts: 7,525 ✭✭✭


    http://www.gumtree.ie/dublin/sports-goods-for-sale_1959_1.html

    the place is flooded with the same guy pulling off a scam.

    look at all these bikes for under e500, new they are all worth well over a grand, and the background of the pics is clearly a american house:D:D

    buyer beware


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    #2
    Ghost Rider
    Registered Users Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭Ghost Rider


    Which ad are you talking about?

    This one? http://www.gumtree.ie/dublin/48/20899248.html


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    Morgan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭Morgan


    He's gone to all the trouble of lifting the photos and descriptions off the internet but I can't figure out how the scam is going to work. Surely people would expect to see the bikes before handing over any money. It would nearly be worth replying just to find out. Maybe he's just trying to make friends.


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    Morgan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭Morgan


    Nearly all the bike ads are from the same person "tunoitns@gmail.com". And they're all spurious. I've emailed him though - maybe I'll get a great deal on that Giant Trance ;).


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    blorg
    Registered Users Posts: 15,989 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    I imagine he is going to want payment in advance and then he'll "ship" the bikes from wherever he is. Except- he won't!

    Get in touch and start bargaining him down. Hmm, €400 is a bit too rich for me for a full carbon bike with Ultegra- would you take €300?


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    Morgan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭Morgan


    From: tanase ionut (tunoitns@googlemail.com)
    "hy,right now i'm out of country.if you want to buy it i needd your full name and address for inregistration and after that gumtree will send you an invoice with all steps of this deal,thanks"

    Looks like an identity-theft attempt - trying to get personal details from people.


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    #7
    E@gle.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭E@gle.


    Morgan wrote: »
    From: tanase ionut (tunoitns@googlemail.com)
    "hy,right now i'm out of country.if you want to buy it i needd your full name and address for inregistration and after that gumtree will send you an invoice with all steps of this deal,thanks"

    Looks like an identity-theft attempt - trying to get personal details from people.

    i have seen ads like that on Craiglist as well. All time the seller is out of the country on "vacation" or honeymoon etc.


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    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    how long before they start posting here? :)


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    blorg
    Registered Users Posts: 15,989 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    Morgan wrote: »
    From: tanase ionut (tunoitns@googlemail.com)
    "hy,right now i'm out of country.if you want to buy it i needd your full name and address for inregistration and after that gumtree will send you an invoice with all steps of this deal,thanks"

    Looks like an identity-theft attempt - trying to get personal details from people.
    Jesus, you would think they would have learned to avoid "scam-speak" by now. I strongly suspect extraction of money would be involved too, not just identity theft.


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    petethedrummer
    Registered Users Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    Its alright lads, I know him and have dealt with his family before. His cousin is a rich Nigerian prince and is gonna use my account to rest some money in for a little while. Its all legit. He's giving me 10 grand for helping.


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    #11
    Ghost Rider
    Registered Users Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭Ghost Rider


    Ah! That'll be the guy who gave me my penis extension!
    petethedrummer wrote: »
    Its alright lads, I know him and have dealt with his family before. His cousin is a rich Nigerian prince and is gonna use my account to rest some money in for a little while. Its all legit. He's giving me 10 grand for helping.


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    HardyEustace
    Registered Users Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭HardyEustace


    I think that you get some really cheap Viagra as well when you buy the bike.


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    daymobrew
    Registered Users Posts: 6,501 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    Morgan wrote: »
    From: tanase ionut (tunoitns@googlemail.com)
    "hy,right now i'm out of country.if you want to buy it i needd your full name and address for inregistration and after that gumtree will send you an invoice with all steps of this deal,thanks"

    Looks like an identity-theft attempt - trying to get personal details from people.
    Report him to Gumtree - there is a link on the bottom right of each ad.
    http://www.gumtree.ie/help/help_with_an_ad_ive_seen#item52


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    kona
    Registered Users Posts: 7,525 ✭✭✭kona


    I already reported it this morning.

    i thought it was my birthday when i saw the rocky mountain:D:D


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    #15
    Bicyclegadabout
    Closed Accounts Posts: 378 ✭✭Bicyclegadabout


    Morgan wrote: »
    He's gone to all the trouble of lifting the photos and descriptions off the internet but I can't figure out how the scam is going to work. Surely people would expect to see the bikes before handing over any money. It would nearly be worth replying just to find out. Maybe he's just trying to make friends.


    Only one person needs to fall for it for him to make money. Just one person in all of the internetz.


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    #16
    studiorat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭studiorat


    Seems to be gone...
    Some nice stuff on there today.


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