A number of defrauded tenants have contacted the NLA about a new wave of scams on the online classifieds website, Gumtree. Unsuspecting potential tenants, usually from overseas, reply to ...

UK households are being warned over rental fraud as Facebook and Gumtree scams target desperate tenants. Posing as a landlord, fraudsters post adverts for affordable properties to lure victims into ...

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Last week, a 21-year-old Brisbane women posted an ad on Gumtree, looking for two iPhones. Rather quickly, another woman contacted her, saying she had two iPhones for sale. They agreed to meet at a ...

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Australians selling unwanted or used items on Facebook Marketplace, Gumtree and other online websites are “being urged to remain vigilant as new data reveals a spike in scams.” Customer reports of ...