Scammer alert for Gumtree sellers

[Max12]

Evening hubbers,

 

Recently had some interest for an ad posted on Gumtree. Buyers mo turned out to be quite repetitive. Here's the email we received:

 

From: raymond korff (rkorff13@gmail.com)

 

Hello ,

Thanks for the response, i am really interested buying this for my Son as a surprise gift for him,its Graduation that is coming soon only if you can assure me that everything is in order and it works fine,i am a petroleum engineer currently on a rig offshore i really want this to be a surprise gift for my Son so i wont let him know anything about this until it gets delivered to him , i am sure he will be more than happy with it.It will be secured paying via Payfast as i'm on rig offshore.So let me know if you have an account with payfast so i can make the payment.

note well:

Pick up agent will come for the pick up as soon as i have made the payments, i would have loved to talk to you on phone but I work mainly offshore, our phone is down on the rig right now due to bad weather, we can only communicate with our base for now.

Thanks

 

Same story for a kettle on another site:

http://www.4x4community.co.za/forum/showthread.php?p=2571847

 

Heads up for a similar story / name.

Hi All,

 

I also had the exact email for an ad posted.

 

I notified Payfast, who said he is a scammer.

 

Thanks.

 

Regards

 

Max.

[No Hare]

http://www.gumtree.co.za/a-sports-bicycles-fitness/other/2013-s+works-mclaren-venge-frame-%2Bfork%2Bseatpost/1001240193040910001135509

 

Well?

[The_black_stig]

Same "clown" who'd been exposed as a scammer before, stripped the original scam-bike to it's frame & advertise it using the same scam phone number....

 

http://www.gumtree.co.za/a-sports-bicycles-fitness/other/2013-s+works-mclaren-venge-frame-%2Bfork%2Bseatpost/1001240193040910001135509

[milky4130]

The 'problem' is, as a whole, we South Africans are generally open and trusting people.

 

I'm not saying this doesn't work all over the world, but I think it is particularly popular here.

nah not really, dont think we are special, it happens as much in other countries as here. The Mo is to pay too much for the goods then they "discover" it was a mistake, then you must refund them only to find out later they paid with a bounced cheques, leaving you out of pocket even though the money reflected in your account.

[Bomberman]

Hi Hubbers.

 

found this on Gumtree, can it be true? seems a bit cheap.

 

http://www.gumtree.co.za/a-sports-bicycles-fitness/meyerton/2013-cannondale-scalpel-carbon-1-29er/1001354966530910728047109

[Bomberman]

Never mind, found it.

 

http://nobmob.com/node/47376

 

 

 

To the trollmobile.....   

Edited July 3, 2015 by Bomberman

[Eddy Gordo]

Yeah, the whole EFT thing is not so lekker. I prefer a cash payment in my hands, but that in itself can be a whole other can of worms. I also prefer paypal as once payment is made there is no reversing of funds. Not sure if payfast and paygate etc are the same

[Pure Savage]

I was looking for a cell phone for my laaitie. Found an advertisement for a phone in Bloem. I was immediately concerned, I noticed spelling errors in the advertisement and the photograph is of a Samsung S4  the advertisement is for a S3 Mini. I called the seller Bongani. When he answered and I heard that Bongani sounded like a Nigerian. I in anyway decided to play along. After receiving total assurance that the item was in tip top condition, I made as if I was ready to conclude the deal. Bongani tried to lure me to a block of flats at the taxi rank in Bloem. A notorious criminal area . Whities only visit that area to buy drugs or for a whore with seven different illnesses, 4 of which are unknown to medical science. Enough confirmation for me, I abandoned the whole story.

I immediately contacted OLX. The response was fast, they reassured me that the advertisement had been  removed and the seller blacklisted.

Within an hour, the seller was back with the same advertisement just with a new name.

I reported it again.

I have now eventually given up after reporting the seller more that 10 times and within an hour he is back.

Same pic, same advertisement, different name.

His name has been Butt, Themba, Cassie and many more, currently Lee.

OLX assures me each time that the user has been blacklisted.

Doesn't seem to be working.

I originally reported for the first time in October and this bastard is still scamming innocent people.

I wonder how many times this S3 mini has been sold already.

If it was not lucrative, he would not do it.

It bloody disgusts me. Screenshot_2014-12-25-09-38-55.png

 

Tried calling, he did not pick up

[Pure Savage]

I'm obviously wrong, but I thought you could only get a SIM card in this country with valid identity and "proof of address" docs? (RICA?) Meaning that no one can own a working phone number anonymously?

 

That's true but If you pull a knife on an elderly couple and ask for their device, you get a sim card, phone and some airtime with zero hassle.

 

Same goes with unlicensed firearms, but there the cops leave them lying around or in suspects houses.

[Skylark]

Why do these scammers try pay with payfast these days, what's the scam there, why is that better for them than a fake cheque deposit in your acc, which is why they normally try?

[Sehbear01!]

hi there 

 

has anyone else have scammer that goes by the name Steven Jeff Anderson? asking to send item to Sunnyside? 

 

i am selling a phone on gumtree and have already been scammed by another lady from Nigeria. 

 

Please let me know. 

[Rocket-Boy]

hi there 

 

has anyone else have scammer that goes by the name Steven Jeff Anderson? asking to send item to Sunnyside? 

 

i am selling a phone on gumtree and have already been scammed by another lady from Nigeria. 

 

Please let me know. 

I see the problem...

Its fine to send the item as long as you have cleared funds in your account before it leaves.

Note the part about cleared funds!

[BuffsVintageBikes]

Maybe, maybe not... the Description of the item is just very shady for someone who rides a bike like this.

 

https://www.gumtree.co.za/a-sports-bicycles-fitness/stellenbosch/mountain-bike-for-sale/1001899281290910859842309

[BuffsVintageBikes]

Another one... Sport bike... for a Specialized

 

https://www.gumtree.co.za/a-sports-bicycles-fitness/salt-river/sports-bike/1001899288290911117071209

[nonky]

As soon as I read the words "Offshore" or "Abroad" then I switch off, the modus operandi is generally always the same with a twist or two.

 

+ " surprise gift for my son / wife / dog"

 

+ "MY courier on his way to collect from you NOW"

[BaGearA]

Maybe, maybe not... the Description of the item is just very shady for someone who rides a bike like this.

 

https://www.gumtree.co.za/a-sports-bicycles-fitness/stellenbosch/mountain-bike-for-sale/1001899281290910859842309

Good frame but the components really aren't wonderful I think is just someone selling a bike for a good price.

 

 

Its not a santa cruz bronson for R 1200