Someone I know buying things on gumtree with fake money

[Dontspeaktome]

I was one of his victims
I actually know this guy he was a friend of a friend
He is using fake 20 pound notes to buy things like play stations and iphones
I reported to police but they are not interested. I only became aware of his scam after he scammed me and he admitted everything to the mutual friend.

What can I do about this? Police said gumtree are unhelpful so they can't do anything.

I think you've done what you can.

Why did they say they were not interested? Surely, it's fraud and theft as the seller would be out if pocket

Gumtree don't need to help the police though if you know who the guy is surely?

@KC225 I'm not sure about gumtree but if you buy something over Facebook there's no protection for either party and it's a civil matter if anything goes wrong so I suspect gumtree follows a similar idea

The use of fake bank notes is not a civil matter, its criminal

Yes but I think Because it hasn't been used in shop it's treated differently.