Re: Who is behind Craigslist spam?

On Aug 30, 10:22 am, comph...@xxxxxxxxx (Todd H.) wrote:

The wire fraud attempts that are so common on Craigslist have a far
more direct business model than relying on anyone like ebay to pay
them.  And it can be done from any remote country where you can get
access to a computer and an internet connection, and where law
enforcement doesn't take bilking US individuals out of money all that
seriously.

I'll give you 3 examples that heighten my suspicions.

1.
I saw a housing ad where some guy in Florida placed an ad
in a different state entirely in which he was offering
free housing to a woman to have sex with him.
I thought that law enforcement might be interested,
so I sent an email asking who he was and I got back
an email sent using a website that is used for sending
greeting cards saying "shut the *** up". The sender
didn't realize that the website specifically tells the
recipient the IP address of the sender, which I checked.
It was in Thailand. So I have to wonder, why would
anyone in Thailand be posting that kind of spam on
Craigslist?

2.
On many occasions when I've sold things on CL,
I've gotten bizarre responses, literally asking
and re-asking me what the price is (it's in the ad)
up to about 10 times. Not just from one person
but from 5 or 10 people. Clearly no intent to buy,
just to harass. Yet who would do that?

3.
A person was trying to rent a room. He kept
getting offers from overseas, with requests
for his address so that they could send him
a check as security deposit, because they
would be arriving any time. Unfortunately
this guy was naive and he believed them.
Yet no bank account number was requested.
But again, what's the motive there?


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