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Craigs List Hoax

depglass — Wed, 31 May 2017 17:19:52 GMT

Since I just read the survey hoax thread, I thought I would mention this one. DH loves Craigs List. Recently he was interested in a piece of lawn equipment and replied through the secure Craigs List link. That guy requested an email address so he could send photos. I told DH I was very leery of this, but he is like a little kid and insisted. Of course the guy never replied and since then I have been getting spammed with obscene emails, dating sites with foul language, etc. Google very nicely puts these in Trash and I never open them. I think what is going on is these jerks sell email lists to these various shady sites.

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SharkE — Wed, 31 May 2017 17:29:27 GMT

Men ! What you gonna do ?

LOL Why women are the smarter s*x

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Puzzle Piece — Wed, 31 May 2017 17:36:06 GMT

Of course most of the 'communication' on various sites are just scams. Folks can't wait to sign on and chat and exchange their lies and exaggerations. They consider themselves 'techie'. The crooks then just have a field day. If laws were put into place with serious consequences for all the garbage, maybe things wouldn't be so bad.

Those that scam and rip off are way ahead of the suckers that fall for their ploys.

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Marp — Wed, 31 May 2017 19:00:54 GMT

@Puzzle Piece wrote:
Of course most of the 'communication' on various sites are just scams. Folks can't wait to sign on and chat and exchange their lies and exaggerations. They consider themselves 'techie'. The crooks then just have a field day. If laws were put into place with serious consequences for all the garbage, maybe things wouldn't be so bad.
Those that scam and rip off are way ahead of the suckers that fall for their ploys.

Even if that would work, which is questionable, it would require the laws be internationally binding and enforceable which would require worldwide cooperation and agreement. That ship has sailed.

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Lipstickdiva — Wed, 31 May 2017 19:20:58 GMT

My DH was looking for a particular older vehicle. He started to communicate with a guy out of state who supposedly had this vehicle. There were no pictures posted and everytime DH asked him to post photos, he wouldn't do it but would just respond more and more about the car. DH wanted the guy to actually call him rather than trying to do all this through text.

I finally told DH something was off and to quit corresponding with him. I told him I had my doubts the guy even had the car at all. Nothing ever came of all that and I'm not sure if the seller was just a little off or never had the car.

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Katcat1 — Wed, 31 May 2017 19:26:48 GMT

I have never been to Craigs List website. It seems it is for perverts.

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nunya — Wed, 31 May 2017 19:49:29 GMT

@Lipstickdiva wrote:
My DH was looking for a particular older vehicle. He started to communicate with a guy out of state who supposedly had this vehicle. There were no pictures posted and everytime DH asked him to post photos, he wouldn't do it but would just respond more and more about the car. DH wanted the guy to actually call him rather than trying to do all this through text.

I finally told DH something was off and to quit corresponding with him. I told him I had my doubts the guy even had the car at all. Nothing ever came of all that and I'm not sure if the seller was just a little off or never had the car.

When my daughter was looking for a car, she found a really nice one on CL. There was a story about it... was someones child's car who had passed away and they just couldn't look at it anymore. My daughter was in tears while telling me this. the more she read to me, the more it sounded scammy. So...I googled the entire sob story and it was a hoax.

Makes me sick the stories people tell for money.

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meem120 — Wed, 31 May 2017 21:22:18 GMT

My son rented a lovely apartment through Craigs list. It was a beautiful house that had an apt. over the garage. Just lovely. He moved in on Saturday. Went to breakfast on Sunday and when he came back the apartment was empty!!! He called the police and they walked over to the neighbors..He said the place had been vacant for 4 or 5 months. The man that rented him the apt was not who owned the house . He was out 2 months security, a months rent, and everything he owned,,,,including his clothes. Its a terrible world out there.

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suzyQ3 — Wed, 31 May 2017 21:35:35 GMT

Oh, it's not all bad. We got our current dog through CL a few years ago from a wonderful guy and his girlfriend (now wife) who were moving and couldn't take her with them. Turned out that wasn't a fake story; he took over his grandparents' bakery in San Francisco. He and my husband occasionally post on FB.

Cody (see my avatar) is the best of all the dogs we've ever had. And yes, I do say that about all of them. :-)

(Well, there was that poor, addled Cocker, bless his little heart)

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NickNack — Wed, 31 May 2017 22:28:59 GMT

@meem120 wrote:
My son rented a lovely apartment through Craigs list. It was a beautiful house that had an apt. over the garage. Just lovely. He moved in on Saturday. Went to breakfast on Sunday and when he came back the apartment was empty!!! He called the police and they walked over to the neighbors..He said the place had been vacant for 4 or 5 months. The man that rented him the apt was not who owned the house . He was out 2 months security, a months rent, and everything he owned,,,,including his clothes. Its a terrible world out there.

@meem120 Oh my gosh! How awful! I'm so sorry for your son. Craig's List is sounding worse and worse to me.

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missy1 — Wed, 31 May 2017 22:38:53 GMT

I enjoy reading CL. All the free loaders wanting free rooms, (room wanted section)

In the casual encounters, I can't believe many people show their junk (faces exposed). Rants and raves section can be lol.

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missy1 — Wed, 31 May 2017 22:44:56 GMT

@meem120 wrote:
My son rented a lovely apartment through Craigs list. It was a beautiful house that had an apt. over the garage. Just lovely. He moved in on Saturday. Went to breakfast on Sunday and when he came back the apartment was empty!!! He called the police and they walked over to the neighbors..He said the place had been vacant for 4 or 5 months. The man that rented him the apt was not who owned the house . He was out 2 months security, a months rent, and everything he owned,,,,including his clothes. Its a terrible world out there.

You really have to check those people out. So many scams. Do a background check on people you rent from.

On the flip side you read so many sob stories so people can get a free room. Or I can pay you when I get a job. Or exchange house cleaning services for free room.

NO! NO! NO! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Once you get these people in your home, you have to legally evict. Costs $ and time. Plus they tear up your place, steal etc.

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Noel7 — Wed, 31 May 2017 22:48:27 GMT

I wonder if there were always so many scammers, people you couldn't trust, or if it just seems like that now?

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Lipstickdiva — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 15:01:04 GMT

@suzyQ3 wrote:
Oh, it's not all bad. We got our current dog through CL a few years ago from a wonderful guy and his girlfriend (now wife) who were moving and couldn't take her with them. Turned out that wasn't a fake story; he took over his grandparents' bakery in San Francisco. He and my husband occasionally post on FB.

Cody (see my avatar) is the best of all the dogs we've ever had. And yes, I do say that about all of them. :-)

(Well, there was that poor, addled Cocker, bless his little heart)

I'm glad this worked out for you and no one is saying that everyting on CL is bad.

However, many people getting rid of their dogs on Craig's List is disturbing to say the least. That is a real problem. Many of the dogs are stolen or not so nice people get dogs from somewhere like a pound or rescue group and turn around and sell them for nefarious purposes on Craigs List.

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Q4u — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 15:09:01 GMT

Just a note of interest: ISIS is now encouraging their fighters to advertise on Sales sites, Craiglist and eBay included. They are advertising items that need to be seen in person, cash paid, etc. They then "capture" the innocent people coming out and murder them. There is even instructions on how to do this, setting up cages, how to dispose of bodies, etc. This aspect is new (even tho crazies have been involved on occasion) and although I'm sure rare, something to at least have in the back of your mind....

Awful, I know....

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Wsmom — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 16:56:35 GMT

Unfortunately Craigs List is a hotbed of criminal activity. Between the scams of duping people out of money to the people who are killed when they meet up with the person, it is just a horrible site. If you do purschase something on CL there's a 99% chance it's stolen. Of course there are legitimate sellers and buyers on CL, but you are really taking your chances when you deal with someone on there.

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Plaid Pants2 — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 18:53:00 GMT

Best advice that I can give is, if one is going to buy or sell something from Craigslist, do the transaction at the local police department, and meet in broad daylight, and not after dark.

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Moonchilde — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 19:11:17 GMT

@Katcat1 wrote:
I have never been to Craigs List website. It seems it is for perverts.

You've never been there, but you know this?

There are scams everywhere online, including Craiglist. People are either smart enough to recognize them or they're not.

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NickNack — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 22:39:30 GMT

I know someone whose son was looking for a car on Craigs List. He met the sellers in a parking lot and went to drive the car with them. They killed him. I would never do any type of transaction on Craigs List.

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kivah — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 03:34:42 GMT

I've been using Craigslist for 14 yrs - finding roomies. Some for me and many for friends. I've never got taken advantage of. I ask lots of questions, ie, their full names, city/state, age, type of work they do and for which company, and their telephone number. Then I go to sites like Intelius.com, Peoplefinder.com and then I just google their name. Ages and their addresses always show up on a few sites - especially when they have a common name. When I feel comfortable, I'll call them on the phone - to be sure it's their real telephone #. Scammers would give up at the beginning.

If ur buying/selling an item ------- only work with people who are local.