Rental Scammers Using Craigslist to Target Landlords - No More Names
December 5th, 2007 categories: Investors/Landlords
Here a link to is my most popular post - Rental Scammers Using Craigslist to Target Landlords.
I’ve received over 70 posts in response to my initial piece, many listing names of people or e-mail addresses of people who had e-mailed posters to Craigslist and are suspected to be scams. I firmly believe that, collectively, we helped many people across the country identify rental scammers on-line and avoid being duped.
Unfortunately, I have decided to delete most of these posts for legal reasons. There are more and more stories circulating about bloggers being sued for not only what they post, but what is in their comments. In particular, I was concerned about people posting names and that coming back to haunt me.
If you suspect you are being targeted by a rental scammer, as I think I was in the e-mail in my original post, contact Craigslist. Use common sense and read my original post for signs that the e-mail is a scam. One more tip - Google the name and e-mail given.
And, please, no more names. You can post copies of the e-mail only if you delete all identifiable information such as names, addresses and e-mails. I’ll delete everything else.
This is a very interesting post. I use craigslist alot and this is really scary how people can manipulate the system.