Scammer alert for Gumtree sellers

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On 1/6/2023 at 5:03 PM, paul_ct said:

Graham's cousin?

From: 061194139

Good Day! Please do still have your BICYCLE?Will it be possible to mail me back on barendatitus@gmail.com or whatsapp(0631727110) if you don't mind! Barend

CTRL-C, CTRL-P: the email could be for any item for sale 

Barend.A Titus <barendatitus@gmail.com>

Good day and also accept my apology for the late response, I am   Barend Titus Impey by name from Welkom in the Free State. My sincere apology for the late response! I'm interested in the purchase for my Daughter as (Promised) but the purchase is a surprise gift, if only you can assure me it is in good condition! Please be kind enough to send more pictures if you have and what is your final price? Please be informed that I will be using a Pickup agent to help with the collection due to my current location because I worked as a private chef but presently out of the country on a business purpose. I have read through the ad and I'm totally satisfied with it. Please be rest assured that pickup will only be done once I have paid you and you are fully happy to withdraw your funds all out of your bank account, then we will now be scheduling for the pickup arrangement. If I may ask, would it be possible for the pickup to be scheduled during the week?

 

Private chef is new. Least we’ve graduated from oil rig and astronaut 

[JacoG]

My wife listed an Iphone for sale on Facebook Marketplace, so this guy contacts her and says he will take it, so she says cash only and we arrange to meet at the local shopping center. The guy pitches up in a old car without number plates with a mate of his and whips out a bag with 8k in it and starts to count the money between them which looked very suspicious, so I grab one of the notes from him and run into the woolies and ask the lady to check the note in her machine. Turns out all they were all fake notes .

So from now on I only work on immediate transfer or Geo Pay.

 

[JacoG]

2 minutes ago, JacoG said:

My wife listed an Iphone for sale on Facebook Marketplace, so this guy contacts her and says he will take it, so she says cash only and we arrange to meet at the local shopping center. The guy pitches up in a old car without number plates with a mate of his and whips out a bag with 8k in it and starts to count the money between them which looked very suspicious, so I grab one of the notes from him and run into the woolies and ask the lady to check the note in her machine. Turns out all they were all fake notes .

So from now on I only work on immediate transfer or Geo Pay.

 

Luckily we never handed over the phone.

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7 hours ago, JacoG said:

My wife listed an Iphone for sale on Facebook Marketplace, so this guy contacts her and says he will take it, so she says cash only and we arrange to meet at the local shopping center. The guy pitches up in a old car without number plates with a mate of his and whips out a bag with 8k in it and starts to count the money between them which looked very suspicious, so I grab one of the notes from him and run into the woolies and ask the lady to check the note in her machine. Turns out all they were all fake notes .

So from now on I only work on immediate transfer or Geo Pay.

 

Am shocked they even showed up with the "money"

7 hours ago, JacoG said:

Luckily we never handed over the phone.

100% 

[lloydkayak]

I was also contacted by a Graham Lewis (email address didn't make sense at all) - same scam trying to pay on something I have never heard of. In connection with a bike I have up for sale at the moment.

He clearly catches people if he has been active so long.