i phone 5 scam on Gumtree

Hi, My daughter has just been the victim of a scam on Gumtree,She was looking for a i phone 5.
she received a text from a guy calling himself Carl, his number was 07523901978 he said he was selling several i phones for his boss who had over ordered them for his web design company based at Unit 32 Wharfside, Rosemont Road,Wembley,London HA0 4PE.
He gave his bosses name and address as David T Lewis 29 Carlton Court,114 Auckland Road,Crystal Palace London SE19 2RS email was [email protected] Mobile No.07923804758
Other details he gave are
Mac Agent Number Mactech-00130452
Barclays Bank Account
Sort code 20 51 01
Account No. 83550338
My daughter has just lost £290 which she saved from her part time job salary to this low life. I just hope this information saves someone else from the same Scam

Hi. Did you get in touch with Gumtree. I did and they asked for more information like ad number. The same happened to me.

Hi nodrogke

Sorry to hear about your daughters loss. The email address used "[email protected]" is a mail.com free webmail account. Certainly not one associated with a legitimate business.

The Barclays account you mention has been reported for fraud and may be closed down to stop anyone else getting scammed

I'm sorry to hear about your daughter getting scammed nodrogke.

I regret to tell you that whenever you're being offered high value branded goods at large discount it's either a 'knock off' (counterfeit), damaged or a complete fraud. The manufacturers of large brand sought after goods don't allow their goods to be sold under the recommended price otherwise their dealers wouldn't sell them. I can point you to facebook pages offering to sell similar electronic goods to that your daughter bought at large discount. It's a complete fraud with the seller pretending to be a company but operating totally anonymously.

The manufacturers are busy enough chasing people selling the actual 'knock offs' to deal with these people and the police appear fairly uninterested in going after them and it's hard to identify who they are.