Comments on: Craiglist Scammers – What You Need to Know

By: amandapage22

amandapage22 — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:49:01 +0000

Thanks for sharing your story. This is really a big issue not just to ignored. There are many scammers anywhere. So just a peace of advise, be vigilant on your listings & to those who are looking for a great deal, don’t be fooled in to their bate. Be careful so you could not be victimize by them.

By: HeatherSMT

HeatherSMT — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:40:24 +0000

Really enjoyed your article. It was very interesting to see how some people are fooled so easily. Thank you for the information.

By: PropertyManager

PropertyManager — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:15:15 +0000

Its just terrible because I hate the idea that you cant use craigslist anymore just because of some spammers. Maybe you could have your ads list less information, or really even minimal information, so its less attractive to spammers to replicate.

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:16:04 +0000

I had never considered craiglist as potential for this.

By: Tony Sena

Tony Sena — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:24:06 +0000

Unfortunatley there are scammers in every aspect of our business. Here in Las Vegas, Craigslit is a great advertising medium and does generate many great tenants for our properties.

I would be curious to hear how this affects your vacancy rates over the next few months.

By: Chuck Marvin

Chuck Marvin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:04:31 +0000

I’ve been burned on Craigslist before… It’s no fun.

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:14:15 +0000

I to appreciate your sharing that scam and how well you described it. A tenant moved out in the middle of the night. Left no forwarding address. I found among the left behinds, a very valuable item. I kept it for the required amount of time and then offered it forsale on Craig’s. I got a response from someone clear across the country from me on the east coast. They asked for an address, I gave them a po box. They sent a cashiers check for a lot more money than I was asking. They asked me to pay the moving company they were sending to pick it up. They would not pick it up until they were paid. Because it was very heavy and had to go across country to the east cost, it cost a lot to ship. My bank took the check and deposited it to my account. I was telling my brother about the deal and my good fortune. He called me back having googled the scam. So I knew what to expect the next day when the moving company showed up to get paid and pick of the item. I would have given them money and my item and the cashiers check did bounce but it took almost 10 days. I was so lucky.

By: Christine LaMarca

Christine LaMarca — Thu, 27 May 2010 18:40:15 +0000

I enjoyed your article. I hope that lots of users of Craigslist get the chance to read your article or other similar articles. It is definately a buyer beware forum for buying and selling. You were able to succinctly explain the problem and you gave concrete ways to protect yourself from scams – in any online forum.

I have been victimized by this scam as well. I believe the scammers are trying to accumulate email addresses to sell to spammers for marketing and virus distribution purposes. I have replied to all of them and gotten about a 1 in 10 response from the illegal poster. They were clearly non-native speakers and they did ask for money to hold the apartment (my apartment).

I am going to continue doing business with Craigslist as I get great response from their users.