Gumtree Scams- **Beware**

[SCROUNGER]

If they don't haggle at all over price, are prepared to purchase site unseen and are overseas, it's most likely a scam. If it sounds too good to be true it usually is mate.

 

[Twapster]

Hope it gets looked at properly. I had a guy steal $1500 from a gaming machine and was told by the attending officer "we are not debt collectors".

 

[gedanate]

Sounds to me like the useless attending officer needed to be "looked at" severely, and the thief doubly so.

 

[GaryO]

I had a guy wanting to buy my car that way Sandta , he was supposingly working on an oil rig and was going to have a car carrier drop it of at Darwin for him . I declined immediately, way to sus mate.
Speak with your bank straight away to avoid any has
sle down the track.

 

[Sandta]

Thanks Grubstake , just found an email this morning mentioning Western Union , re transport company
I LOVE THIS FORUM
Thanks fellas

 

[TheSilentBugler]

That's a bloody good result Sandta.

Info is power.

 

[mond]

Hi I had a dealing some time ago with a chap from saddleworth and he was called
deta biz and he had a thing on internet with the same name
hope it helps
mond

 

[numpty]

sounds like someone needs there fingers removed with a bag of marbles!

 

[treasureman]

Probably the same guy that done me. The g u y that did me over has been busted

 

[gedanate]

Such thieves nd con artists deserve a hard time in jail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnS2xixCMCU

 

[bushpig]

Scammers everywhere!

http://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/c...ate-gumtree-scam/story-fnpqrsxl-1227436619413

 

[treasureman]

Scammers everywhere!

http://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/c...ate-gumtree-scam/story-fnpqrsxl-1227436619413

Thanks for this artitcle bushpig.

THIS IS THE GUY OR TRIO THAT GOT ME> and another guy a i know.

Crazy, reading article now. 10 years.... living off grid, scum bags

 

[treasureman]

A CAIRNS trio alleged to have made potentially millions of dollars from fraudulent online sales while living off the grid will face serious penalties if convicted.

Kanimbla couple David Strachan and Susanne Lillis and Mr Strachans son, Daniel McKenzie, have been charged with fraud over what police describe as an elaborate scam on popular trading website Gumtree, spanning more than a decade.

All three appeared yesterday in the Cairns Magistrates Court, where it was alleged Mr Strachan was the mastermind behind the operation.

Police claim the 39-year-old and the co-accused allegedly concealed their identity for 11 years while living off proceeds from fraudulent internet sales.

Mr Strachan was remanded in custody, while Ms Lillis had her bail application rescheduled to today because detectives were yesterday still confirming her identity.

Mr McKenzie was granted bail under strict surveillance conditions, with Magistrate Kevin Priestley cautioning the 21-year-old had allegedly equipped himself with the skills to hide his electronic traces.

The allegation at the moment is that theyve managed their affairs in a way that they were basically untraceable, he said.

The court heard the family was making about $30,000 per week from the fraudulent online activity.

Officers from the Cairns Criminal Investigation Branch said investigations were continuing as detectives trawled through large amounts of materials seized from the familys Messina Close home on Tuesday.

Detective Sergeant Bradley McLeish said it would be alleged the trio, who are wanted in several Australian states, took payments from thousands of items they advertised on Gumtree, but fail to deliver the goods.

He said the items allegedly included a tractor, a power generator and electronics.

Its allegedly been going on for 11 years, so were talking hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars.

They were allegedly travelling around the country, avoiding detection completely off the grid.

The court heard Ms Lillis would apply for bail today. Defence lawyer Paul Richardson said the 40-year-old needed to be released so she could care for her four children.

 

[gedanate]

Let her mind them from in JAIL! And I hope the whole family gets a long sentence, doing it HARD.

Bravo to the police!

 

[Explorer385]

You'd have to have sympathy for their plight wouldn't you?

Not bloody likely!

Terry

 

[SCROUNGER]

Yeah, sounds like the sort of person who should be raising kids hey gedanate? NOT!! Leave them with her and she'll teach them how to run the family business more than likely.

 

[rotor]

Items listed on Gumtree aren't covered by PayPal.

Eligibility

Yes your right and I did learn something new today.
Going by the policy below but the strange part is you can link your
paypal account to your gumtree listing and I think Gumtree is owned by ebay.

https://www.paypal.com/au/webapps/m...1_PayPal_Seller_and_Buyer_Protection_Policies

most classified software has the option to include umpteen different payment providers - whichever ones you want to include on your site.

and PayPal owns EBAY ... and EBAY owns Gumtree and has done so for quite a while!

Let her mind them from in JAIL! And I hope the whole family gets a long sentence, doing it HARD.

Bravo to the police!

$100G a year per prisoner for an air conditioned room with en-suite and facilities to cook ...... dont have to work if they dont want to. If jail was that hard it'd be empty! Gotta be another way for non violent offenders ......

 

[Chuky boy]

Yesterday I had a very convincing buyer send me a message asking me to please remove my ad of a GPX 4500 $3200 from gumtree as he will deposit funds directly into my account.

I was then sent an email statement from pay pal that the buyer had transfered $3950. I found this a bit strange as you can buy a brand new one delivered at this price.

I then received a following email explaining that the extra $750 is for shipping fees. The buyer then explained that I MUST pay the $750 upfront to a western union account with a name and address if a foreign account in China somewhere, BEFORE I would see the deposit in my bank account.

With further investigation this is a pay pal phishing scam with the scammers working through western unions and made up email address.

PayPal are aware of this scam in particular and I shall also be forwarding these emails to the AFP cyber police.

All well looks like it's back to the drawing board and my detector will be back in the market.

At least I am not out of pocket like some of the others caught out by these low lifes.

 

[jamie]

i was a western union agent here in wollongong and used to get people telling me about this same thing, they were selling something and had to do it like that, i always let them know it was a scam,it is a harsh reality of life these days

 

[Chewy]

Well sussed out Chuky boy.