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| Anonymous
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2015-11-19 10:46:07
Overpayment Scam
1 |  Car Buying Scam Enquired through carsales.com.au on a car I had posted for sale. Clearly a scammer, responded through a dodgy sms program. Requested to pay for the car and have a courier pick it up and then transfer to the other side of the country. Wanted my paypal accou... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
2015-11-16 22:32:44
Classified Ads Scam
1 |  trying to purchase my motorbike micmunday@outlook.com these 2 replied to my car sales add for sale of motorbike
grantabbottau@outlook.com
Thanks for getting back,I'm fine with the price likewise the condition as described on the advert,
I work on a remote min... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2015-11-01 06:13:32
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Email wanting to buy car Thanks a lot for the email. Am buying it for my son who just graduated on top of his class in Australia national university (ANU) ,he studied Business Law and Professional Ethics Minor and am so proud of him . I want it as a suprise package to appreciate h... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2015-10-06 07:29:49
Generic/Unspecified Scam
1 | Car buying scam on Carsales and elsewhere A new and well known scam where scammer eventually tries to trick buyer into paying money for the courier cost to Darwin. First contacted by SMS from an online SMS facility asking me to email them. Also trades under TAITE WHITIKAUPEKA alias. I received ide... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
2015-09-26 09:49:02
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Bikesales bikesales scam - working offshore, no access to credit or bank account online, ANZ bank account linked with paypal, wants my paypal account info or my bsb and account number of my bank to 'send' me money... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2015-09-18 11:07:33
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | Scammer boat sale Thanks for getting back,i'm cool with the price likewise the condition as described on the advert,i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kupe project.We do not have access to phone at the m... ⇒ more |
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| No Name
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2015-08-25 22:54:15
Generic/Unspecified Scam
1 | +6 Selling Car Initially asked for details of the car. He said he works as a sailor. He would have spoken to me directly but couldnt do it as he was very very busy with his work and unable to phone. he said, his son has moved to NT. He is planning to gift a car to his so... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
2015-06-16 10:00:04
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | Car buying scam i have my car listed on Gumtree, eBay and Carsguide.com.au. I received a message from an unknown number, saying:I would like to know if your car is still for sale if yes get back to me only on my email (dgold2071@gmail.com) with lowest price. I did, got t... ⇒ more |
| Dan
Doncaster East, Victoria, Australia
2015-06-13 01:51:03
Classified Ads Scam
1 | CarsGuide - advertised a car and received an email from "Jamie Scott" saying he wanted to tfer the money into my bank account an I had advertised a car on CarsGuide.com.au
Received a reply from Jamie Scott requesting the final asking price.
I replied stating the price and current condition of the car.
Within minutes there was a reply saying that's fine and requested that I ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2015-06-12 09:58:31
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Car sales Some scammer trying to buy my car. Looked up some details he sent and the company warned me of scammers.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2015-06-10 10:10:45
Classified Ads Scam
1 | +3 New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) New Zealand Taranaki Basin kapo project., tried to buy car Auction/eBay Scam - carsGuide (carsgu I posted an ad on gumtree regarding selling a car.
Scammer contacted me saying he wanted to buy for his son who has graduated. Scammer was working offshore and didnt have access to his credit cards/phone but wanted to pay through bank deposit/paypal.
Goo... ⇒ more |
| No Name
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2015-06-02 02:13:37
Classified Ads Scam
1 | trying to buy a car tryed to buy my car and as soon as they said they were on a oil rig but wanted to buy the car i new it was a scam.... ⇒ more |
| No Name
Somewhere in Australia
2015-05-18 09:47:26
MalWare, Trojans, Virus payloads
1 | +3 Car purchase scam Sean Carter Bill, 24 Kurrajong Crescent Nightcliff NT 0810 Australia
Driver Licence 051532752 ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
2015-05-16 02:07:40
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Ramond jack scammer (ramindjack003@gmail.com) when selling car Received text message response to car advertised on cars guide.com.au as below:
"Is your car on carsguide still for sale? What is the lowest price and condition of it, get back to me through my email address (ramondjack003@gmail.com)"
After sending an ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2015-05-13 04:04:05
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Used Car Advertised a car for sale, received a txt message from an internet site saying to reply to an email address this is the email that we received back. It seemed sus so we googled his name and found other reports on here with different spelling and email vari... ⇒ more |
| No Name
Somewhere in United States
2015-05-08 13:38:50
Lottery Scam
1 | CONGRATULATION'S !!!! YOUR EMAIL WON Ј450,000.00 READ THE ATTACH DOCUMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION Dr. Steven Sandler
General Manager, Online Division, UK
E-mail: claims_validation@163.com
MICROSOFT® CORPORATIONS
Cardinal Place
80-100 Victoria Street
London, SW1E 5JL
United Kingdom
Owen Sagness
Managing Director,
Microsoft® UK and Vi... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2015-04-17 04:56:57
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Text to mobile expressing interest in car Received text saying interested in buying vehicle I have advertised and asked I provide bank details to deposit money into my account- yeah right! ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
2015-03-25 22:11:39
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Peter Clinton is still up to his old tricks buying cars online He initially sent a text message stating he was interested in the car ad, what was the last firm price & it's present condition. Then to kindly email him at peterclinton90@gmail.com
When we tried to send a text back it would not be delivered.
Sent a shor... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2015-03-16 04:53:06
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | +1 Selling a Car
Thanks a lot for the email. Am buying it for my son who just graduated ontop of his class in Australia national university (ANU) ,he studied Business Law and Professional Ethics Minor and am so proud of him . I want it as a surprise package to appreciate ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2015-02-17 11:48:27
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Car Scam I listed a car for sale on www.carsguide.com.au late on Sunday 15 Feb 2015, I received what a response on Monday 16th at 10.55am. after a few back and forth emails on Tuesday 17th Feb, he wrote the following;
Last email:
Paul Mangion
8:52 PM (1 hour ago)... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Cremorne, Victoria, Australia
2015-02-15 08:06:44
Classified Ads Scam
1 | car sale scam the usual... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2015-02-06 02:39:25
Auction/eBay Scam
1 | Selling my car on gumtree - email to buy unsite un seen Received text message from a Peter. No phone number. Saying "I'm interested in your car ad, what is your last firm price & its present condition? Kinldy email me at (peterclinton90@gmail.com)
Sent text which failed to deliver, then email and received ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
2015-02-03 00:25:30
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Car Purchase While selling a car on carsguide.com.au we received an SMS from the above wanting to know whether still for sale, the price and condition with the above gmail information. Responded to the email and the following return email was received :
From: Steve Rus... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2015-01-18 03:00:42
Classified Ads Scam
1 | +2 James Curtis car purchase Advertised a car for sale and receive text to purchase. But had to supply bank details and paypal details. I asked him to call me and he actually rang. Had a fake American accent and claims to be an Australian soldier based where phone does not work due to... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2015-01-10 12:00:46
Classified Ads Scam
1 | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on 1, ref:22237 I put an ad on Cars guide to sell my mothers car. She is going blind and can not drive. The car is a manual which I can not drive so I was selling it for her. This guy sent a SMS saying 'is your car on carsguide still available for sale? get back to me ... ⇒ more |
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