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New Craigslist Scam
#8197852 - 03/26/08 06:03 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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A Craigslist-related scam has left an Oregon man without most of his belongings. According to an Associated Press report, Saturday a pair of ads popped up on Craigslist advertising that the owner of the home had been forced to leave the area and that all of his belongings were free for the taking. The second of the two ads was more specific stating that a horse that had been abandoned by the sheriff's department was free to anyone willing to give it a good home.
Here the kicker: Robert Salisbury, the owner of the home and horse, was out of town and completely unaware of the Craigslist ads and that his house was being cleaned out.
When a woman tracked Salisbury down and called him to claim his horse Salisbury rushed home. He even stopped a truck full of his possessions on the way home. "I informed them I was the owner, but they refused to give the stuff back," Salisbury to the Associated Press. "They showed me the Craigslist printout and told me they had the right to do what they did."
Deja Rip-Off
Believe it or not this is the second reported time a house has been ransacked because of a Craigslist ad. Last May a Seattle woman placed an ad on Craigslist stating: "Moving out ... House being demolished. Come and take whatever you want, nothing is off limits," without the homeowners knowledge. The house was cleaned out.
Should We Blame Craig?
Does Craigslist have a responsibility to protect people from this kind of hoax? Yes and no. I don't think that Craigslist should be responsible for the ad going up in the first place.
Preventative measures to confirm legitimate Craigslist ads (or all print or online classified ads) would be costly, and ultimately ineffective since the phony advertiser could provide confirmation without Craigslist knowing the difference. Besides, isn't there the old saying "don't shoot the messenger?" But now that the scam has been revealed, I think it is Craigslist's responsibility to help track down and turn over the one who did originally post the ad.
Craigslist provides an open service, and it needs to be prepared to deal with the consequences that such an open service can cause.
What really gets me mad though are the people who went to Salisbury's home and took his stuff without trying to confirm the ad. How is it that only one person caught on to the fact that an ad telling people to pillage a house was too good to be true? Salisbury’s had a choice comment on the topic, "They honestly thought that because it appeared on the Internet it was true." Now that is terrifying. Salisbury continued, "It boggles the mind."
Yes it does.
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Re: New Craigslist Scam [Re: Diploid]
#8197915 - 03/26/08 06:13 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Diploid,
Where you say you live again?
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Re: New Craigslist Scam [Re: appleorange]
#8197937 - 03/26/08 06:17 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Watch out! I have a killer cat protecting my place.
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Re: New Craigslist Scam [Re: Diploid]
#8197946 - 03/26/08 06:19 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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It's obviously someone who knows him so craigslist should turn over the IP and domain of the poster.
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Re: New Craigslist Scam [Re: Stizzle]
#8197985 - 03/26/08 06:27 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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I don't think this qualifies as a "scam"
maybe an awesome prank
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Atheist
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i'm pretty sure that is a scam:
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a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation
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I thought you were going to talk about the scam where someone offers a moving service (usually for a cheap fee) and then disapears with the truck and everything in it.
This isn't really a scam, more like revenge (at least I hope someone wouldn't do this to a stranger.
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Re: New Craigslist Scam [Re: Atheist]
#8198019 - 03/26/08 06:30 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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isn't the purpose of a scam to profit from it?
by your definition, wouldn't every prank be a scam?
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Re: New Craigslist Scam [Re: Atheist]
#8198024 - 03/26/08 06:31 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
Atheist said: i'm pretty sure that is a scam:
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a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation
...for profit or personal gain
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all those thieves made a profit (free shit)
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Re: New Craigslist Scam [Re: Atheist]
#8198043 - 03/26/08 06:33 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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you can't be a thief without criminal intent
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you're just an ignorant thief then.
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Re: New Craigslist Scam [Re: Diploid]
#8198530 - 03/26/08 08:12 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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I don't know if it's just me, but my eyebrow raised when I read this. How did they get into the guy's house? Did he leave his front door unlocked and then go on a vacation or something? If it was locked, then they had to have broken into his house and the "free for the taking" is actually theft.
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Re: New Craigslist Scam [Re: adamj]
#8198703 - 03/26/08 08:48 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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OK now who would let these people drive away with you stuff without taking their plates and calling the cops to make them give back his stuff? I mean honestly even if they "didn't know" they were stealing, it is still his stuff and without his official say so it's stealing! I'd fucking try to stop them in the road and fucking call the cops before they got away! For all you know they are the ones who posted the online add! That is bullshit!
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Re: New Craigslist Scam *DELETED* [Re: Lndrydusting]
#8228233 - 04/02/08 11:37 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Re: New Craigslist Scam [Re: Chemy]
#8228253 - 04/02/08 11:45 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Good.
They got caught the little brats.
And uhm... if he has horses then someone had to be going there on a daily basis to take care of them. Unless these people were the ones going out and taking care of them.
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Taking care of a horse does not require 24 hour attention.
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Re: New Craigslist Scam [Re: jewunit]
#8228280 - 04/02/08 11:51 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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no, but you'd think he'd have someone stopping by once everyday or at least every other day to make sure they had feed and water.
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