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How does this craigslist "scam" work?
March 16, 2012 at
08:39 AM
I post things on craigslist every once in a while. While browsing for something recently, I noticed in the person's description that he won't respond to the "is this still available" *scam*. I get those e-mails/texts often about my products but never considered them to be a scam. Hoping someone could explain why this would be a scam.
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PROBLEM: Niece needs a car, she forwarded Craigslist ad to wife and stupid wife forwarded my name, address, and cell phone # to scammer.
My concern being IDENTITY THEFT.
Visited the web-page of FBI / some kind of page that is listed on Ebay about the scam, and it appears there is no way to report a scammer unless you have actuality been scammed ?
(I'd like to forward e-mails from scammer to get them shut-down.. Problem with that they just open up another e-mai address most likely.)
What's the best way to discourage scammer from using/ selling info?
Idea I've been thinking of:
Advise them I work for Law Enforcement ?
(Thought being if you are a scammer, the last person to scam would be someone in LE.. as they can cause more trouble for you than average person.)
Any thoughts, ideas?
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PROBLEM: Niece needs a car, she forwarded Craigslist ad to wife and stupid wife forwarded my name, address, and cell phone # to scammer.
My concern being IDENTITY THEFT.
Visited the web-page of FBI / some kind of page that is listed on Ebay about the scam, and it appears there is no way to report a scammer unless you have actuality been scammed ?
(I'd like to forward e-mails from scammer to get them shut-down.. Problem with that they just open up another e-mai address most likely.)
What's the best way to discourage scammer from using/ selling info?
Idea I've been thinking of:
Advise them I work for Law Enforcement ?
(Thought being if you are a scammer, the last person to scam would be someone in LE.. as they can cause more trouble for you than average person.)
Any thoughts, ideas?
.
For < $10 someone can buy information on the dark web probably includes your ssn, mmn, cc #s, passwords you like to reuse, and even details about where you bank or have lived in the past that are used for kba. There have been enough massive data breeches of key entities, this info is readily available on most people.
You should be a bit concerned, but the main things to do are:
-educate yourself and your family about phishing scams that may follow
-put a security freeze on your credit if you want
-opt out to remove your data from some of those privacy invading websites to make the scammer's job a little harder/more expensive
-stop reusing passwords, use a password manager with random passwords for every website.
-enable 2fa on your email account
The info they have at this point is basically no worse than the info that gets passed around and sold when you enter a sweepstakes or fill out a form something in the freebies forum.
PROBLEM: Niece needs a car, she forwarded Craigslist ad to wife and stupid wife forwarded my name, address, and cell phone # to scammer.
My concern being IDENTITY THEFT.
Visited the web-page of FBI / some kind of page that is listed on Ebay about the scam, and it appears there is no way to report a scammer unless you have actuality been scammed ?
(I'd like to forward e-mails from scammer to get them shut-down.. Problem with that they just open up another e-mai address most likely.)
What's the best way to discourage scammer from using/ selling info?
Idea I've been thinking of:
Advise them I work for Law Enforcement ?
(Thought being if you are a scammer, the last person to scam would be someone in LE.. as they can cause more trouble for you than average person.)
Any thoughts, ideas?
.
then post the same info below a line telling why it's a scam.
you might get some emails asking why it's a scam...don't reply
then just forget about it