I received an offer for my Camper Trailer on Gumtree that was too good to be true from lenon8088@gmail.com. After enquiring if it was still available they offered to buy it and have it shipped. This was VERY suspicious considering they didn't ask anything about the trailer and had contacted the courier to pick it up despite not knowing the address. Not to mention he doesn't have phone access.
The email:
"Thanks for getting back,i'm pleased with the price and the condition as described on the advert,I work on a remote mine site, Energy Resources of Australia Ltd (ERA) Darwin NT.We do not have access to phone at the moment and that's why I contacted you with internet messaging facility,Does it have any history I should be aware of and why are you selling?
Regarding the payment,i will be paying you through PayPal linked up with my westpac bank account,please get back to me with your BSB,Acct name & Number so i can process the payment,you can alternatively send your PayPal payment details as i can also pay into your Paypal acct.
I've contacted my courier who will come for pick up and deliver it to my place in Darwin after the whole fund has been cleared into your acct.
A goggle search showed this exact email use in various Caravan and Vehicle scams, sometimes just working in different remote locations but most of it was word for word.
You read a lot of these and think that would never happen to me! Wrong!
This achieves nothing other than pissing people off.
