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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:Im evil by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yup. I got a chain letter in the snail mail today that I can make $800,000 a week--as seen on Oprah!--if I mailed five one dollar bills to the addresses in the letter. People will believe anything.

  2. Re:I'm non-plussed by ADRenalyn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You obviously had enough energy to type a paragraph about it, rather than moving on to a story that would interest you more.

  3. Re:nothing you can do about this by Tink2000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Bing Crosby killed people? I never trusted that pipesmoking, whistling jerk anyway.

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  4. Re:The Best Idea Ever by mdm-adph · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    hey -- his name is "reub."

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