i thought i would let you guys know what happened to me yesterday,
i have a few household items for sale on gumtree, i got a text on phone saying they have tried to phone me regarding buying something off gumtree i have advertised, but cannot get through to me via phone
they left a email adress telling me to contact them to sell what i have.
they never teved via phone as it had no number on it , preventing me from sending a reply text as i tried.
not thinking i emailed the email adress through to there gmail account,
they sent a reply, foolishly i opened it as it looked like a gumtree reply as they do.
it didnt look like the normal gumtree replies you would get.
then realised it was a way of someone getting into my computer via me opening there email.
downloaded spyware, + my wicrosoft security essentials, they picked up trojans and other threats,
which are now quaranteed.
still not sure if they have secured any mallicious hacking.
im usually aware of these scams but a lapse of security , BEWARE
you forget people would target a normal persons comp.