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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago
Fareham |
We just advertised a bed on gumtree.
First reply was from Cumbria!
Seemed odd but basically they pretend to be interested then they send you a link to get your bank details.
Reported and we’ve now sold to a real person. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We just advertised a bed on gumtree.
First reply was from Cumbria!
Seemed odd but basically they pretend to be interested then they send you a link to get your bank details.
Reported and we’ve now sold to a real person. "
Sounds like an undercover job to me. How much were you asking for? Fifty sheets?
Duvet do this often do you think? |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
Dubai & Nottingham |
"We just advertised a bed on gumtree.
First reply was from Cumbria!
Seemed odd but basically they pretend to be interested then they send you a link to get your bank details.
Reported and we’ve now sold to a real person.
Sounds like an undercover job to me. How much were you asking for? Fifty sheets?
Duvet do this often do you think?"
I’ve ‘uncovered’ similar scams, man with divan etc ….. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We just advertised a bed on gumtree.
First reply was from Cumbria!
Seemed odd but basically they pretend to be interested then they send you a link to get your bank details.
Reported and we’ve now sold to a real person.
Sounds like an undercover job to me. How much were you asking for? Fifty sheets?
Duvet do this often do you think?
I’ve ‘uncovered’ similar scams, man with divan etc ….."
How's it going sofa? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We just advertised a bed on gumtree.
First reply was from Cumbria!
Seemed odd but basically they pretend to be interested then they send you a link to get your bank details.
Reported and we’ve now sold to a real person.
Sounds like an undercover job to me. How much were you asking for? Fifty sheets?
Duvet do this often do you think?
I’ve ‘uncovered’ similar scams, man with divan etc ….."
Try and sell divan round here they ask if it’s got an MOT |
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Not quite the same but about 4/5 years ago somebody stuck a fake advert on gumtree for collectable figurines, offered them free to first person that could collect them.
They added my phone number
More 500 calls and text messages per day for a week before it calmed down to around 50-100 per day.
Gumtree wouldn't remove the add |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Not quite the same but about 4/5 years ago somebody stuck a fake advert on gumtree for collectable figurines, offered them free to first person that could collect them.
They added my phone number
More 500 calls and text messages per day for a week before it calmed down to around 50-100 per day.
Gumtree wouldn't remove the add"
Ouch! Who did you upset? |
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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago
Fareham |
"Not quite the same but about 4/5 years ago somebody stuck a fake advert on gumtree for collectable figurines, offered them free to first person that could collect them.
They added my phone number
More 500 calls and text messages per day for a week before it calmed down to around 50-100 per day.
Gumtree wouldn't remove the add"
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We just advertised a bed on gumtree.
First reply was from Cumbria!
Seemed odd but basically they pretend to be interested then they send you a link to get your bank details.
Reported and we’ve now sold to a real person. "
This happened to me years ago with two separate listings, didn't think it was still a thing  |
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"Not quite the same but about 4/5 years ago somebody stuck a fake advert on gumtree for collectable figurines, offered them free to first person that could collect them.
They added my phone number
More 500 calls and text messages per day for a week before it calmed down to around 50-100 per day.
Gumtree wouldn't remove the add"
Ohh great idea for when people send unsolicited phone numbers...I'll keep this in mind. Top tip  x |
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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago
Fareham |
"We just advertised a bed on gumtree.
First reply was from Cumbria!
Seemed odd but basically they pretend to be interested then they send you a link to get your bank details.
Reported and we’ve now sold to a real person.
This happened to me years ago with two separate listings, didn't think it was still a thing "
Scams go around.
I must have been one of the first to be contacted by guys doing a boiler room scam.
Saw through it though. |
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