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Woman's House Robbed After Fake Craigslist Post

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the trust-no-one dept.

flanksteak writes "The Seattle Times is reporting that a woman in nearby Tacoma had her rental property stripped of almost everything after someone posted a fake Craigslist announcement that everything in the house could be hauled away no questions asked. When contacted, Craigslist said they would release data about the poster if they were issued a subpoena."

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  1. Re:Just picked up - wait a minute... by Tablizer · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Somebody registered a slashdot name JUST to get mod points? Karma really is crack for nerds. I've seen it all. Time to switch to digg before I welcome him as an overdedicated overlord.

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  2. Whatever... by amadeusb4 · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    The title, "Woman's House Robbed After Fake Craigslist Post", makes it sound like somebody posted, "my husband died and I'm selling his $15,000 Rolex" to target some 80 year old woman living alone. When some thugs showed up and found no Rolex to snatch, they bound the 80 year old and took a bunch of her stuff before her elder care nurse found her the next morning.

    Instead, we're talking about a landlord's property that has recently been vacated because of an eviction. Not even personal property mind you, but an investment property. The place sustained some damage, and an indeterminate amount of damage at that because the state of the place just after eviction was probably not established. For all we know, the landlord is responsible for the craigslist post in order to get a police report to start the insurance money flow.

    The only one to feel sorry for here is craigslist and honest craigslist users who may suffer degraded service because of precautions that craigslist may take or legally be forced to take in the future.

    Apparently, slashdot is hard up for headlines or nerds aren't that street smart.

  3. Re:Been there, almost by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    She should just track said tenant down and re-educate him/her with broken legs. Easy to do and I found to be quite effective.

  4. Re:I grew up a landlord's son by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Poor you, being born into a family that owns multiple property's =(.

  5. Re:What is wrong with people? by davmoo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Looking at your number, you're apparently fairly new here. So let me help you.

    One of the basic rules in the Slashdot community is its not a crime unless someone has violated the GPL. Anyone who violates the GPL should be boiled in oil, burned at the stake, and then hanged, in that order.

    Its okay to violate any other laws, so long as you think you did it for a good reason. And its especially cool to rip off the IP of large corporations (unless the corporation is Apple), although that doesn't apply in this particular case. Anyone who violates laws that do not involve the GPL should be set free immediately so that we can make them in to a hero.

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  6. The Most Important Data Ever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And I bet the most important data of that story was to mention ethnicity as though it were relevant to anyone other than the prejudiced.