Scam Tip Report #85798 - gumtree / paypal scammer


Scam ReporterScam Tips Received
Anonymous
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
2017-03-21 23:07:59
Auction/eBay Scam
1
gumtree / paypal scammer 
 Scammer
  Information
Name:
diana sayah
Email Address:
sayahdiana8@gmail.com
Telephone:
0458729725
response to a Gumtree ad for a camera for sale - the initial contact was an sms but from a private number not displayed, they ask you to email sayahdiana8@gmail.com to reply. the sory is that it will be a present for the cousins graduation and they will be happy to pay $100 for postage (!)
They urge you to join Paypal and I suspect the following sms purporting to be from Paypal was from the scammer too.
The sms gives you a mobile number to check your Paypal balance, Paypal never does this.
The mobile number is 045879725.
Luckily I wasn't scammed because I sent them a legit Paypal invoice instead of what they asked for.

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