gumtree scammers - katharina eason

Omg I am so sick to death of these scammers that think they can manipulate someone into sending them our personal items that we want to genuinely sell. Grrr. Shame on all of them. I really wish there was a way we could get them into trouble with the law. I just had a "buyer" for a watch I have for sale on gumtree. Her or his name is katharina Eason. Said she or he lived in the gold coast and wanted to know how much postage would be. So I replied... How do I know this isn't another scam email?... She or he replied back what?? Scam?? So I said how will u pay? They then replied... I can either send u the money by PayPal or bank... I said I would get back to them in the morning... Then I decided to Google their name and tadaa!the first thing that popped up was their name on this scammers site!!! I almost believed them hey. Lucky I did that little bit of research first. I thought PayPal was safe and secure??? Hmmmm. So if ur in doubt weather the person that is wanting to buy stuff off of you... Be sure to quickly type their name into Google and I think 9 times outof 10 their name will come up on here. I'd like to meet them face to face!!!

Oh and rest asure that western union is a complete scam. Never send money to them.

I thought PayPal was safe and secure???

A Scammer will try and trick you by sending you a spoof e-mail that looks like that it has been sent to you from PayPal.

The e-mail will tell you that the buyer has paid, but your money cannot be released until you provide a Tracking Number that shows the item you are selling has been despatched.

By time you realise that you have been scammed your goods will be out of the country and virtually impossible to recall.

I almost was scammed today, untill I found these same email formats on this website and I called Paypal.


Dear (your name),



My name is Richard Wilson. I'm a PayPal representative in charge of your transaction with Carol Meyer([email protected]).



Kindly reply to this message if you have any question regarding this transaction and I will be happy to help you. We thank you for being an asset to PayPal and we hope to serve you better in the nearest future.



Sincerely,


Scott Thompson
President
PayPal Inc.


Dear (your name),


You have received a PayPal Payment of $1,150.00 USD from Carol Meyer([email protected]).


A temporary hold has been placed on this transaction!


As mentioned in the receipt of Payment and as per New PayPal Payment policy, we have fully debited the total amount (above) from the buyer's account which includes the buyer's shipper's pick up fees.


In order to complete this transaction and get the funds approved in your account. We advice you go to nearest Western Union Office, and send the $400 USD to the Agent and send us a Scanned Copy/Photograph of your Western Union Transaction Receipt.


NOTE: This is important as a security measure to ensure safety of this transaction.


Please, find below the name and address of the Transport Agent where the Funds would be sent via Western Union Money Transfer.


Transport Company




Address:


ELSIE PROPPE
4899 State Route 848
New Milford, PA
18834
USA.







Address Status:
Confirmed

















Your Account will be credited accordingly upon the receipt of details requested. It should either be sent in JPG format or send type details as:
Sender's Full Name and Address; Receiver's Full Name; Reference Number; Amount Sent.





You may or reply to this message directly using the reply button in your email to submit the required information or to contact the PayPal Customer Verification Department and include either transaction ID or reference number (PP307) quick recognition of this transaction at [email protected].

NO OFFENSE BUT AS LONG AS THERE ARE IDIOTS THAT WILL CONSIDER DEALING WITH PEOPLE IN A SHIPPING DEAL, YOU ALL MAKE IT SO EASY FOR THESE SCAMMERS TO BOTHER ALL OF US.

What does it take to make you all understand this one simple hint, DONT DEAL WITH ANYONE out of town and deal FACE TO FACE only with CASH. No Money order, No PayPal, and so on.

Sell your items on CL or Kijiji.

I didn't have to look this persons name up to know she, although most likely a he was a scammer for they all tend to do the same thing, they write from one address and it replies to another.
Usually one of those addresses at least will be a numbered address such as, [email protected]. Another day or another city it will be [email protected]


STOP dealing with items you have to ship and these scammers will have no one to deal with but as long as they do have people that willingly deal with them, they will annoy the rest of us to no end.


YES SHE/HE IS A SCAMMER AND DEALS WITH THESE ADDRESSEES



[email protected]

not sure as i deleted it but i THINK the other one was
[email protected]