Who We Work With

Read on for an overview of the partner organisations Gumtree works with to safeguard users.

Action Fraud works with the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) and is run by the City of London Police. Action Fraud is the national reporting centre for cybercrime and fraud and covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

To help combat fraud and internet crime, we also work with:

JobsAware was created by the Metropolitan Police as a non-profit organisation to help combat job scams for both job seekers and recruiters. JobsAware works with other organisations to help combat scams and exploitation – these include the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Home Office, as well as National Trading Standards, the City of London Police and Action Fraud.

The Pet Advertising Advisory Group (PAAG) comprises of trade associations, animal welfare groups and veterinary bodies. PAAG raises awareness about the treatment of pets and the responsible buying and selling of animals advertised for sale or rehoming. Through our work with the PAAG, we have introduced safety protocols that follow their industry-endorsed minimum standards for the sale of animals online.
To help address the safe treatment of animals, we also work with:

The Vehicle Safe Trading Advisory Group (VSTAG) combines online car sales companies and the police to help protect people from fraud when buying and selling used vehicles. The VSTAG industry forum offers advice, develops best practice guidelines and works with law enforcement agencies.

We want to keep Gumtree a safe place for people to buy and sell. So we’re part of industry-wide networks and support the work of a number of other organisations, including:

You learn more, take a look at the information on our law enforcement work.