Sellers: Staying Safe
How Do I Report a Violation of My Intellectual Property?
If you have a good faith belief that a listing on Gumtree infringes your copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights, please download our Notice of Infringement form(See attached), fill it out, and email it to the Gumtree email ...
App Support - Selling Safely
Gumtree cares about your online safety and privacy, helping ensure that you are protected from receiving unwanted spam or fraudulent replies, by automatically masking the email addresses of buyers and sellers on non-commercial ads. It’s also ...
Did You Receive a Dodgy Email Claiming to Be From Gumtree?
We've heard from some of our users that recently there have been emails going around that claim to be from Gumtree. These emails say something along the lines of "Gumtree Registration Suspension" or "You've Won a Car!". Gumtree will never ask you to ...
Buyer Scams - What They Are and How to Avoid Them
What is a Buyer Scam? A buyer scam is any scam that is perpetrated by the buyer. This could be in the form of: A buyer sending a fake proof of payment to the seller A buyer depositing an invalid cheque A common tactic of a scammer would be to direct ...
Safety Tips When Selling on Gumtree
Buying and selling via Gumtree can be a fun and exciting experience; the connection with other Community Members, the verbal (or written) exchange, the anticipation and completion of the deal; the whole experience. That said, Gumtree cares about your ...
Suspicious Emails & Phishing Scams
Please beware of the following phishing scams WhatsApp/Text messages sent to sellers, indicating that funds for the item they are selling have been paid to them through a Gumtree shipping and delivery or FedEx service. Sellers are then asked to enter ...
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Gumtree Privacy Policy
We at Gumtree take your privacy seriously and are committed to protecting your Personal Information. We place a high premium on the privacy of every person or organisation with whom we interact and therefore acknowledge the need for Personal ...
About Us
Welcome to Gumtree - South Africa's most popular Classified Marketplace! ‘Put it on Gumtree,’ has become a favourite South African saying. Since our launch in 2005, we’ve helped millions of people buy and sell millions of things. We’re a place ...
Gumtree Terms of Use
1. Introduction These are the Terms and Conditions (“T’s and C’s”) of use relating to the Gumtree Platform and associated Services provided by Gumtree South Africa (Pty) Ltd (“Gumtree”, “we”, “us”, “our”). These T’s and C’s govern any User’s use of ...
10 Online Safety Tips for Buying and Selling
10 ONLINE SAFETY TIPS FOR BUYING & SELLING 1. Don't do anything online that you wouldn't do in real life! 2. Use common sense. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. 3. Beware of common scams and fraud. Click here for scam examples. ...
Gumtree Posting Rules
1. Introduction As a condition of your use of Gumtree, you agree that you are at least 18 (eighteen) years of age. At Gumtree, we strive to ensure that the site is as clean, friendly and as usable as possible for our Gumtree community. Ads that fall ...