TREK MADONE 5.5 2009, Dura Ace only £400! on Gumtree

Hooli

2009 Trek Madone 5.5 Dura Ace for £400! either a typing error and should read £1400 or its a scam, or worse of all stolen, have emailed him to see if bike really exists, as I couple of weeks ago someone tried to scam me over a Trek Madone, Specialized Roubaix and Giant TCR, all same email address and all stating they would send me bike if i paid by bank transfer for me to approve (apparentlly all would be safe via ebay, not sure where ebay came into it as it was responded to via Gumtree!) be carefull,

http://www.gumtree.com/london/76/67329976.html

Hooli

This is identical to last couple of adverts I responded to, asking for money to be sent via escrow, have reported to Gumtree but no response, they do not appear to police their site as much as other selling mediums



Hi,
I received an e-mail from you regarding my bike. Are you still interested?
I put the bike on sale last week, but do not know what happened with gumtree and it appeared late on the site. I moved with my son in Italy because he went to study here and he have a locomotory problem and i can not leave him alone. I didn't tried to sell the bike here yet, because is very difficult with my language.
If you're a serious buyer, I am willing to send the bike to you, so that you can check it, but only if you agree to use an escrow company. In this way we are both protected and we have some guarantees. We pay for shipping from 50-50. It is about 10-12 pounds per person.
The bike is in excellent condition, has not been used very much, because after I bought it my son had health problems and I could not use it anymore. No scratches or other problems. I will try to find the receipt from it, but in this house is a total mess with all this lagguage.
I tried to buy a phone number for Italy, but is a very weak signal area so I prefer to use the internet for communication until i solves the problem. You can try to call me on number: 003956821579 but I do not know if it works.
Please respond if you're interested, because I really need the money in this moments.

Thank you

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Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:03:06 +0000
From: tjm_35@hotmail.com
To: vzvxvag@hotmail.com
Subject: Reply to your ad: TREK MADONE 5.5 2009

Hi there John , you have received a reply to your Gumtree posting "TREK MADONE 5.5 2009 " (ad# 67329976) from <tjm_35@hotmail.com>:
do you still have you trek for sale

Soni

I've just got exactly the same email this afternoon in response to my enquiry regarding a Trek 1500 that was up for sale!!!

Here is what i received:-

Hi,
I received an e-mail from you regarding my bike. Are you still interested?
I put the bike on sale last week, but do not know what happened with gumtree and it appeared late on the site. I moved with my son in Italy because he went to study here and he have a locomotory problem and i can not leave him alone. I didn't tried to sell the bike here yet, because is very difficult with my language.
If you're a serious buyer, I am willing to send the bike to you, so that you can check it, but only if you agree to use an escrow company. In this way we are both protected and we have some guarantees. We pay for shipping from 50-50. It is about 10-12 pounds per person.
The bike is in excellent condition, has not been used very much, because after I bought it my son had health problems and I could not use it anymore. No scratches or other problems. I will try to find the receipt from it, but in this house is a total mess with all this lagguage.
I tried to buy a phone number for Italy, but is a very weak signal area so I prefer to use the internet for communication until i solves the problem. You can try to call me on number: 003956821579 but I do not know if it works.
Please respond if you're interested, because I really need the money in this moments.
Any questions you may have please e-mail me.

Thank you

DEFINETELY A SCAM!