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Person trying to either receive goods via fake payment or obtain other details.

I advertised an item for sale (tv) on a website (gumtree) and this person send an SMS to my mobile:
"Hi, can i know the condition and your price for your item posted on gumtree? kindly reply back via [email protected] *powered by: *FreeSMScraze.com"

At first i thought this was odd and the number it came from was +1 (954) 643-5314 . So i emailed the address anyway:

"Hi, thank you for your SMS. The TV is in near new condition, there is no marks or damage, that is we opened the box and used it for a few weeks (4-5) and we have decided we wish to sell it so, as we are going to purchase a larger screen size. We still have all the original packaging, manuals, etc. As per my add the price is $1800 ono.

Anything else, please let me know.

Cheers
"

To which the following quick response to immediately buy my item was received:

"Ok. I will be buying this item for the price listed. Payment will be sent using PayPal and i will handle the PayPal surcharge as well.I will arrange with someone to have this picked up for your location once i have paid as i am out of town at the moment.In the meantime, Kindly send me the item pictures and also tell me the total cost price with and your PayPal email address for payment."

Sounding a little too good to be true, and sure it enough it is. A quick google saw this email address appear on a few websites as belonging to a scam artist.

DO NOT GIVE THIS PERSON ANY INFORMATION OR ENGAGE IN ANY CORRESPONDANCE. I am not clear what they wanted out of me, but there is no way that i would continue to interacting to find out either.

Other details this person may use include:

Elizerbeth Harry (Yahoo ID: bethyhary05 MSN ID: bethylizy007 Gmail Talk ID : bethyhary04; ph: 070457 52325 OR 0702 406 368 )


Hope this helps someone.

You wouldn't get any money via Paypal, but maybe a cheque sent for more than asked for eventually. Then also a request to send the difference to them after deduction of all charges. It will be a fake cheque and eventually bounce after a month or two. You could then be in trouble for uttering a false instrument, or even having forwarded your own money as requested. Either way you will have to pay for this very common scam

Hi, I get these on a regular basis, and if you go along with them, you will receive a fake email notification from Paypal confirming that they are "holding" the funds until you forward the "shipping fees" via Western Union or Moneygram. Whilst it would seem to be common sense that even if the emails looked authentic, you would log in to your paypal account and check your balance, many people are getting caught out by these.
Out of interest, I sent a fake Paypal address, linked to a genuine email address, and Bingo! I had funds! When I strung him along for a while, I got a barrage of emails from the scammer, and the Police!! ( Obviously not real). I have posted all the emails along with contact details of every scammer I encounter here: http://carauctiontruth.blogspot.com/2011/01/gumtree-paypal-scam-update.html