CAR BUYING SCAM - CAR ADVERTISED ON GUMTREE

[bobandtina]

i advertised a car on Gumtree and received an email from - a Lisa Woosnam who after being told car was still for sale said:-

Great please consider it sold as I am willing to pay your full asking price because I need to buy it for my cousin asap. I have read through the advert and I am totally satisfied with it, sadly I would not be able to come personally to collect due to my hearing loss and me being in a wheelchair.  I have a courier agent that would help me to pick it up at your preferred location after you have received your money and I'll pay you via PayPal today.  Where is the pick up location so that I can inform courier agent about it now.

I told her it was a requirement for new registered keep to sign documents and she emailed back saying she would give all details to courier.  Looked on this site and found it was a scam.  Thank you all and hope this helps some other poor person not to be scammed.

[kernowlass]

Can i mention that there is no paypal seller protection for motor vehicles so personally its the last method i would use to sell a car.

Also remember no funds in your paypal balance =  no payment.

Paypal would never ask you to pay a courier via western union before you got paid, why would they want you to use another and rival payment service.

Glad you were not caught out.

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[NezzaBrum]

Just had the same scam tried to be done to me.

Ignoring there latest email which matches yours completely.

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[SuzukiAltoGL]

I recently tried to sell my car on Gumtree and received an email from "Lisa Woosnam" with the exact same chunk of text. After trading emails with me stating I will only accept a direct transfer of money and "her" insisting on PayPal. There has been no reply to my last email. If you see this name or receive this email, steer clear! It is a definite scam. Once the car is in their possession, they use PayPal to retrieve their money.

[Elin2]

Just had communication from the "person" exact same text about buying my baby furniture. Sending me a link to paypal for double the asking price and for me to pay the courier today via "moneygram" which was registered in France! 

[Matihcnt]

Just recieved almost exactly same email myself about my car. But when I insisted about payment to made to bank account got no reply. Thanks for your help 😁😁😁

[shomaloma]

I got exactly the same message but from Erica Campbell

[Kac2706]

I also recieved a message exactly the same from Erica Campbell today, I told it that I don't use PayPal due to scammers, funnily enough no more messages 

[Rebekah1115]

I had this too although the person was Emma Foster. Exact same message though. As soon as I saw the Moneygram/Paypal bit I googled and saw the scam thing. The man the money was to be sent to was Dennis Lesley in Istanbul. So angry because there will be people out there who won't be so aware.

[goshop17]

Within an hour of putting my car onto gumtree I received a text from someone calling themselves "Booksy" (!) - the message was short and simply asked me for my final price and to email photos to charlie edgars (with and aol address). An obvious scam, but I feel like sending a load of bogus photos and a ridiculous price just for the **bleep** of it