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What have I let myself in for?
I have a 3 legged pony, want to swap?
Bots.
Cn u px non running quad?
I’ve got some fishing gear and half a really good pie. Can you deliver it to the Outer Hebrides?
I'll wire you the cash in full if you can post it to my uncle
His address is
Number 1
The Unitied Nations
we did some furniture on the Belgian equivalent recently. Every reply we got we just googled the email address plus scam
the results were depressing 🙁
Single word messages containing only a random number. Occasionally with a courtesy question mark.
e.g
1500.
5555?
Gumtree *can* be great for flogging stuff, but hells bells it isn't half a breeding ground for some absolute biffs.
At least one response will be almost all in polish
At 11.35pm you will get a text, 'is it still for sale?'. You will reply yes, you will never hear from this number again.
^^this will happen more than once
I've just been paid by cheque for whatever your car is worth plus £2k. If i give you the cheque to cash, can you write me a cheque for £1750 and I'll take your car.....
How much for postage?
Can you sell me just one wheel? I'm after the front left one.
What colour is it?
Can you do it in purple?
Wots best £££ m8?
I like visit, me come tomorrow 7 in morning take away. Need address and your youngest daughter hand in marriage.. deal.
Victor and Vlad.
I sold my car successfully on gumtree in March. A few odd messages but all went smoothly.
Is nice. I like. High five!!!
At 11.35pm you will get a text, ‘is it still for sale?’. You will reply yes, you will never hear from this number again.
This.
Wots best £££ m8?
And this. Or a completely out the park lowball offer that WBAC would be embarrassed to come up with.
Ive managed to sell my old car on the Tree but not without skipkickers doing the above
Best prise m8? and 1000£ now ! (was listed at £5600 !!)
Ive also had many an email from scam987@gmail.com asking if i would take paypal and a "shipping agent" would collect as they are working in the North sea ect ect ..
The prospective purchaser will offer to buy it immediately without viewing, for the asking price, but he now lives in Belgium, so his driver will collect the car, if he can just make arrangements to pay a deposit. What's your full address and bank details...?
Bot texts that arrive as a name not a number.