http://www.kensfi.com/craigslist-scammers/ Home is where you hang your @ Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:16:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.kensfi.com/craigslist-scammers/comment-page-1/#comment-5665 Gambit Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:29:44 +0000 http://www.kensfi.com/?p=1621#comment-5665 I actually got the same exact response to a camera ad I put on craigslist too. Damn scammers! I actually got the same exact response to a camera ad I put on craigslist too. Damn scammers!

]]> http://www.kensfi.com/craigslist-scammers/comment-page-1/#comment-5647 Ken Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:50:51 +0000 http://www.kensfi.com/?p=1621#comment-5647 <p>you're right Phil. Thanks for sharing your methods, good to know how others respond to this garbage...</p> you’re right Phil. Thanks for sharing your methods, good to know how others respond to this garbage…

]]> http://www.kensfi.com/craigslist-scammers/comment-page-1/#comment-5645 Phil Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:29:31 +0000 http://www.kensfi.com/?p=1621#comment-5645 These types of responses hot my inbox EVERY time I post a "for sale" ad on CL. Without exception. I have a general rule when it comes to replies to ads I post on craigslist: delete any reply that does not make direct reference to the item for sale. It's the most obvious giveaway that it was sent by a bot. Beyond that, I tend to ignore and delete any reply from a web-based email provider, where the username is the least bit suspicious. Example: bambamyoyo4567@hotmail.com. I also tend to ignore and delete any email that appears to have been translated into English by an online service. And, for those whom I respond, I use a Hotmail account, and not my principal email address. When buying and selling on CL, and other similar sites, you really need to be prudent, even paranoid.   -phil These types of responses hot my inbox EVERY time I post a “for sale” ad on CL. Without exception.
I have a general rule when it comes to replies to ads I post on craigslist: delete any reply that does not make direct reference to the item for sale. It’s the most obvious giveaway that it was sent by a bot. Beyond that, I tend to ignore and delete any reply from a web-based email provider, where the username is the least bit suspicious. Example: bambamyoyo4567@hotmail.com. I also tend to ignore and delete any email that appears to have been translated into English by an online service. And, for those whom I respond, I use a Hotmail account, and not my principal email address.
When buying and selling on CL, and other similar sites, you really need to be prudent, even paranoid.
 
-phil

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