Deborah Maddox
Complaint 133759 Details

This person has replied to an add we had on gumtree(australia) within 30mins of our posting it. They said they wanted to buy it, didnt need to look atit, but we had to use paypal to do the monetory exchange. I said i wanted to use direct bank transfer they said they could only do paypal.
They wanted my paypal details, before i realised it was a scam, i had only given them my email address for paypal, and part of my postal address.

here is their transcript:

Thanks for the swift response...I will like to know the lowest price for it and because of the nature of my job and location...i will not be able to come for inspection,i am very busy , i work long hours everyday,i have gone through your advertisement and i am satisfied with it.

As for the payment..i will be paying you with the fastest and secure way to pay online(PayPal).

I have a private courier agent that will come over for the pick up after the payment have been made, transferring the name of ownership and signing of all necessary paperwork will be done by the courier services ,so you don't have to worry about that...so no shipping included.You can now send me your PayPal email so i can pay in right away and also include your address in your reply.If you don't have a paypal account, you can easily set up one...log on to www.paypal.com sign up. its very easy.I await your reply asap

Note: i'll also include the Shipping company's fee. so kindly Get back to me with your PayPal email account so i can proceed with the payment asap


From: STORME <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 1:05
Subject: drumkit


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They sent the message to our mobile at first saying could we reply via email only. we replied to there mobile but it wouldnt send.