Scam alert

[chrisplum]

Put my bass on Gumtree today and very quickly Heloise Rehman wanted to snap it up at the asking price - would send money to my PayPal account and arrange a courier to collect as Heloise has hearing problems and recent heart surgery , apparently buying the 'guitar' for his cousin - pretty sure it's a scam so please be wary.

[barneyg42]

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Put my bass on Gumtree today and very quickly Heloise Rehman wanted to snap it up at the asking price - would send money to my PayPal account and arrange a courier to collect as Heloise has hearing problems and recent heart surgery , apparently buying the 'guitar' for his cousin - pretty sure it's a scam so please be wary.
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Girls name I thought!!???

[ambient]

You get that loads with bumtree.

I had a few things advertised on there, and had a very similar email. Only they didn't even mention what the item was, they just said musical instrument.

[Matticus616]

Literally just looked this up, got exactly the same email from a gumtree ad. I wonder if they actually get away with it. I've heard they send you a fake PayPal email stating you've been paid but the money's being held. Be warned!