Gimee has now reached over 1,000 registered users since starting 3 months ago.
Growing and expanding quickly Gimee is now attracting well over 1,000 visitors every day and has surpassed 30,000 users this month so far (September)
Here is a snapshot of our daily visits this month and the total number of users so far this month
Daily visits
September Total so far
As you can see Gimee is fast becoming one of the best places to buy, sell or swap your items in the U.K. Pop over and join us today and start selling your used/unwanted items
Classifiedads websites are a target for scammers trying to get you to pay for goods or
services by advertising false goods or services that they have no intention of
sending to you or carrying out. It is important that you be aware of these
people and report suspected scammers to the relevant website administration.
So how do you know if someone is
trying to scam you?
Well
fortunately there are signs that you can pick up on. Firstly they will try and
get you to pay for an item or service upfront and for some unknown reason they
will not accept cash on collection or payment means by paypal, but instead ask
you to pay by other means such as bank transfer or cheque. Other tell tale
signs is that they want a deposit before you go and see or view the items.
There was also one recently that offered a flat for sale and would not let the
potential buyer view the property until they had money upfront. Generally this
is not how people and business work.
What to do If you have been scammed
or suspect a scam?
First of all
you must contact the police and tell them about what has happened, they will
investigate the matter and take it from there. You must also contact the
classified website admin and let them know, so that they can take the relevant action
to prevent others from falling into the same trap.
What to do if you are not sure?
Take
relevant actions to ensure your safety. This could be meeting in a public place
to exchange. Make sure you do not hand over any money until you have the item
in your hand or any services have been undertaken. It may be that you have to
pay for something upfront, if this is the case use well known and protected
money transfer sites such as Paypal, Paza etc... Using these websites to handle
the transfer of money allows you to challenge and retrieve your money if the
goods or services do not arrive.
What are the Classified Ads websites
doing to prevent this?
Most
classified ads websites do what they can to prevent any scammers from using
their website by monitoring posts put on the site. They may also make you
register before you use the website, this allows them to automatically warn or
ban scammers from using the website. Classified ads websites also work in collaboration
with the police and alert them to the scammers trying to use the website.
Police can use various methods to track the scammer, the best being the IP
address used.
Please use
common sense and be safe when using classified ads websites and don’t let this
article put you off as the majority of people who use classified websites are
genuine and just want to sell or buy from the site.
To buy, sell or swap your unwanted/used items please visit us at www.gimee.co.uk It is FREE to use the newest and fastest growing classified ads website in the U.K
