Just got this scam/fraud email when I posted some ads to Gumtree

Kishore — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:05:28 +0000

Beware of this EMail/SMS scam as responses to any ads on classifieds/forums. I just got this scam email in response to an ad on the Gumtree.

This reply all but confirmed my suspicions. A quick google answered in affirmative.

Thanks for the swift response and do as well advise on the least amount you will like to give it away as i am buying this for Dad and due to the nature of my job and location…i will not be able to come for inspection,am a very busy type as i work long hours everyday,i have gone through your advertisement and i am satisfied with it.

As for the payment..i can only pay via the fastest and secure way to pay online(PayPal) here.

I have a private courier agent that will come for the pick up after the payment have been made …so no shipping included and With the issue of my details,transferring the name of ownership and signing of all paperwork will be done by the courier services company agent so you don’t have to worry about that.

You can now send me your PayPal email so i can pay in right away and also include your address in your reply.If you don’t have a paypal account, you can easily set up one…log on towww.paypal.com.au and sign up its very easy… i would have loved to talk to you on phone but i work mainly offshore, our phone is down on the rig right now due to bad weather, that was why i sent you a text, i even wonder how my message deliver to your phone but for now we can only communicate through the same mailing channel.await your reply asap.

Still I gave the benefit of doubt and replied as follows.

Hi Ejit,

Which item were you referring to?

Computer Table or Rinnai Panel Heater ?–
Cheers
Kishore

First SMS I got in the morning. I suspected it was a scam. Two reasons. 1. No reply NO. 2. Grammatical mistake “If still on Ad…”

Hello mate, i saw your listing on gumtree and can you let me know if still on Ad…ejitlious@yahoo.com

Filter email from spam sites which uses different email id’s every time (in Gmail)

Kishore — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:37:15 +0000

There is a cheap trick being played by one of those social networking sites (Siliconindia.com , Siliconindia.net, Siliconindia etc.), which has even managed to avoid the very good spam filter google has in gmail. They use different pictures of girls (mostly good looking), different from addresses. Opt out does nothing, and both ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ take you to the same page.

I tried opting out and even the powerful Spam button, some improvement… but no, not a full solution.

So this week when I saw the one more spam email from them, I had enough. I Just decided to put a ban on emails from this domain to my inbox using a simple filter. This is very simple in Gmail. But I’m pretty sure all the other mail providers have the same kind of facilities.

Step 1 – Create a filter

Step 2 – Enter your filter criteria, Make sure to delete ‘From email address’, so the filter is effective. In my case I just said stop anything from this site coming to me. I had enough of them.

Click on test search at the end to see if this working cool and then click ‘Next Step’

Step 3 – Then click Create Filter. Voila you are done. You will never see one more evil email like this. But as the spammers evolve we need to evolve too..

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Just got this scam/fraud email when I posted some ads to Gumtree

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