Hiya! Ive stupidly given my full name and email address that I use for paypal to someone today that I think was planning on scamming me. I am selling my macbook on gumtree and they offered me the full asking price plus postage to a UK address. She said something about not being able to send it to me if its icloud email?!?! thought this was weird but I thought she was just being a prat... so I said, send me your email address, I will send you an invoice..... SO I DID...... now she has my address and everything... Funnily enough she used the email address "annacol212@.......com".

Any Advice? Thanks

Hi,

You should definitely change any passwords that
have ever been used on the device you are selling.

I'd be very careful about selling a device at all,
as data you have deleted still exists on the hard
drive and scammers could discover it and use it.

So remove and destroy the hard drive before selling
if it has any data on it that you regard as
private.

Now you've given personal data to a potential
scammer, I'd recommend keeping a close eye on your
banks and change all passwords that may have been
exposed.

regards,
David

From: Nelson Odis "odisnelson04@gmail.com"
Date sent: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 02:11:03 +0300

Hello

Thanks and I appreciate your response, i am interested in your property due to my relocating to your country please i would have loved to visibly inspect the property but my present location ( Kabul) and nature of my job will not allow me to do so, please kindly bear with me.

From the looks and description of the property , I am satisfied with it.

So at what price are you willing to give me the property?

Regards,
Captain, Nelson Odis.

* moderator published the above as an example of a scam email received

the above is an obvious scammer preparing to make an offer on a property see

https://www.idealista.com/docs/practicas-dudosas/tipo/el-soldado-americano

for more from fake american soldiers

From: Nelson Odis odisnelson04@gmail.com
Date sent: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 11:40:02 +0300

Hello David ,

Thanks for your response, hope you doing great and your family? I pray you
are all safe and good. I want to thank you so much for the response on your
property and I wish to let you know that I am sincerely interested in your
property and I am surely taking the property on your price and I am hoping
as well that we can work together on a better and higher platform
considering my relocation to your country, I sincerely want to trust you. I
am a war veteran with the NATO troop in Afghanistan, on war against
terrorism. I served in the 1st Armored Division in Baghdad Iraq and now
serving in Afghanistan.

I will need this property for my private purposes as i will be relocating
to your country for my retirements, this is why i contacted you so that we
can put head together towards my plan to invest in your country. As a
result of this, it will be important for me to reveal to you that I have in
my possession the sum of €5.2 million. which i got during our raid on
terrorism in Kabul Afghanistan. and as soon as I hear from you of your
reassurance to assist me then I will communicate for the delivery.

I have this money stored somewhere very safe in our camp in Kabul
Afghanistan waiting for a moment like this to put the money in good use and
now I want the box moved without delay. I have a very profitable investment
plans on hand. I cannot move this money to the United States because I will
be in your country for about 5 years, so I need someone I could trust. If
you accept, I will transfer the money to your country where you will be the
beneficiary because I am currently settling some scores with the pentagon
so I cannot be parading such an amount so I need to present someone as the
beneficiary.. I am an American and an intelligence officer for that so I
have a 100% authentic means of transferring the money out of here through
diplomatic courier service. I just need your acceptance and all is done.

Please if you are interested to help me in this transaction I will give to
you the complete details you need for us to carry out this transaction
successfully. I decided to find someone that is real and not imaginary and
that is why I went to a secured site where I can be sure that the person is
real. I believe I can trust you. Right now i am very careful with the way i
communicate so as to avoid any kind of risk until this money is finally in
your care. i shall be communicating to you through email and would also
give you a call when it is necessary to inform you on any important
information. I want you to be brave as i have everything under control. I
have every proof of this fund in my possession to show you that everything
is authentic.

If you are not interested do not reply to this email and please delete this
message, if no response after 3 days I will then search for someone else. I
am doing this on trust, so i would want you to put aside any act of greed
or the thought of cheating as we have a lot to gain in this business
relationship. €5.2 million is a lot of money which is the dream of anyone.
I am in Afghanistan right now and need to secure this money and send it to
you if we reach a proper agreement. I am writing you from a fresh private
email address, please delete this message if you are not interested in
working with me.

I wait for your contact details so we can go on. In less than 5 days the
fund should have been transferred to you and I will come over for my money.
I will give to you 20% of the sum and 80% is for me. I hope I am been fair
on this deal.

Regards,
Captain, Nelson Duran.

* moderator published the above to further demonstrate what is now an even more ludicrous scam. See

https://www.idealista.com/docs/practicas-dudosas/tipo/el-soldado-americano

for more from this fake american soldier

Another Scammer.....

--- Forwarded message follows -------

From: Adams Mohammed
Date sent: Tue, 7 Jul 2020 06:40:02 -0700
Subject: Re: Moradia independente Bom Sucesso Vau

Hello David ,

How are you doing together,with your family,hope you are doing well?

I'm contacting you, with great confidence as someone I can trust.

My name is Dr. Adams Mohammed , a doctor / volunteer and member of the Red Cross, I am from Syria.

I have interest to invest the total sum of Nine Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars in your country in Estates/properties.

Before the war in my country (Syria) I deposited some funds (Nine Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)with a Finance company abroad for safe keeping which I am looking for a partner that will help me retrieve the funds from the company as I cannot travel out at the moment because of my present predicaments /conditions which I will explain to you as we progress.

my brother Abdullahi Mohammed was killed in the massacre of al-Omari mosque. He was a very successful businessman in Kuwait City,and was into oil business. Please, if you are interested in helping with this operation, I will give you more details. Please, you can help me start a new life. I lost my wife and my 12 years daughter in the chemical attack when I went to work to save the lives of others. Please, my life is in danger at the hands of the military and terrorist Asaad ISA.
Ongoing civil unrest in my country Syria has changed my future. I want to assure you that this business is genuine and 100% risk free. I need your trust and confidentiality.

I want you to stand as the beneficiary of the funds,so that the finance/security company where i deposited the funds will transfer the funds to any of your nominated bank account,pending my arrival in your country.

I can not travel outside my country at the moment because of the ongoing civil unrest.But I want to you to help me to receive these funds,then take for your Property and take 30% of the total funds and keep the rest for me,pending my arrival in your country.

I will like you to send the following information to me:

1.YOUR FULL NAME
2.ADDRESS/CONTACT PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS
3.TELEPHONE NUMBER.
4.ADDRESS

As soon i confirm the above information,I forward them to the finance/security company abroad for immediate release of the funds to any of your nominated bank account and i will issue you with the all documents that will prove that the fund is genuie and for investment purposes.

I will be waiting to hear from you.

Sincerely,
Dr Mohammed

------- End of forwarded message ----