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Gumtree is hit by 250 fraud claims a week
Gumtree is hit by 250 fraud claims a week: Consumers warned criminals are using the small ads...
Criminals are using the online small ads site Gumtree, which allows people to sell everything from cars to mobile phones and even pets, to steal millions of pounds from innocent consumers.Citizens Advice is issuing a warning today after revealing that one in six of the consumer problems it has investigated associated with Gumtree was a scam or potential scam.Police are receiving around 250 crime and fraud allegations a week that are connected to the site, some of which involve serious thefts and assault.Criminals are using the online small ads site Gumtree, which allows people to sell everything from cars to mobile phones and even pets, to steal millions of pounds from innocent consumers+2Criminals are using the online small ads site Gumtree, which allows people to sell everything from cars to mobile phones and even pets, to steal millions of pounds from innocent consumers
If in any doubt please READ THIS THREAD and post in the main Scams / Fraud forum.
Criminals are using the online small ads site Gumtree, which allows people to sell everything from cars to mobile phones and even pets, to steal millions of pounds from innocent consumers.Citizens Advice is issuing a warning today after revealing that one in six of the consumer problems it has investigated associated with Gumtree was a scam or potential scam.Police are receiving around 250 crime and fraud allegations a week that are connected to the site, some of which involve serious thefts and assault.Criminals are using the online small ads site Gumtree, which allows people to sell everything from cars to mobile phones and even pets, to steal millions of pounds from innocent consumers+2Criminals are using the online small ads site Gumtree, which allows people to sell everything from cars to mobile phones and even pets, to steal millions of pounds from innocent consumers
If in any doubt please READ THIS THREAD and post in the main Scams / Fraud forum.
