Craigslist was pressured to remove their erotic services section to their online classified ads site because it is causing a lot of disturbances and crimes over the past months and law enforcement said that the success of their pressure to Craigslist is just for a good public policy and nothing more. But, it’s not just a good public policy as it increases a political status for whoever made this happen.
And the fight rages on.
Craigslist would replace their section for erotic services with adult services that comes with a fee to whoever wants to post an ad there. Before the ad would be online, they would monitor each post to avoid any future problems and issues. Now, 2 people are saying that it was they who made this possible. Who are these 2 people? They are Lisa Madigan, the Attorney General for Illinois and Tom Dard, a Cook County Sheriff.
Lisa Madigan said that Craigslist had decided to replace the controversial category just a week after she sent them an ultimatum to either monitor their site just take it all down. Tom Dart said that because of his federal lawsuit that Craigslist had to take immediate action. Tom Dart is believed to be aiming for the attorney general position too and this would be an excellent publicity boost for him.
Jim Buckmaster, Craigslist’s CEO had posted on craigslist’s blog a letter addressed to Henry McMaster, the Attorney General of South Carolina and he demands for an apology from him. The Attorney General had accused Craigslist and Jim Buckmaster himself of engaging in some forms of criminal acts.
He believes that the Attorney General’s statements are unwarranted and they should be retracter. Otherwise, he should also consider all the reputable companies that post on their erotic services ads as criminals as well and file cases against them as well.
On his posted letter, Jim Buckmaster wrote that Craigslist is willing to accept all types of criticism with basis but being wrongfully accused for a criminal misconduct that is uncalled for is something they will not accept with open hands.
The issue with Craigslist surely attracts many people who just want to join the chaos for publicity stunt but it’s good to have a CEO just like Jim Buckmaster who knows when to stand and protect their company and not allow these negative and uncalled for comments without a fight.
Craigslist users should be aware of the different types of techniques used by scammers to get some money out of you. There’s one style that scammers use nowadays that must alarm you because it looks too good to be true. What technique is this? Counterfeit checks.
What the scammer would do is they will look around for ads on Craigslist then they will contact the seller regarding the ad. For example, if you are selling your computer for let’s say, $600, they will tell you that they want to buy it from you and they’ll just send you a cashier’s check. When you receive the check, you see that it’s not worth $600 at all but something more like, let’s say, $1000. Then the scammer would then tell you that they overpaid and would wish for you to send him the extra $400 through wire transfer and by the time you do that, he would instantly receive his money while you wait days for the check to be cleared and you now know what’s going to happen. The check would turn out to be a counterfeit and the bank would be running after you for the money. The worst case scenario here is if you already gave him the goods, gave him the extra money he was asking then the check turned out to be a counterfeit.
This turns out to have gotten many victims but if you can already detect all the warning signs then you can save yourself with such losses.
Alertness and a lot of common sense will serve you well especially when you get to see some phony ads such as a phony Craigslist’s Home Ad where the house is said to be for rent at just $1,000 a month! It’s a 3,000 sq. ft home and with a price tag of around $800,000! If you read this ad, you’d already know that it’s phony. A house that big would probably be rented for at least $5,000 a month and not just $1,000.
The house on the phony ad is on Auburn and it got lots of interested renters who came and asked about the place. Someone from Chicago even called and asked about it because it seemed too good to be true. Another woman called the number posted on the ad and she talked to somebody who was in Africa and had mailed her a form. If she bit the bait, she may have sent that person some money and would have brought a moving van with her to the house which is really not for rent.
It’s best to avoid this situation and always be alert that some scams are out there to get you.
David Dickinson, a 20 year old guy from East Hadley Road, Amherst , posted an ad on Craigslist.com attempting to sell a GPS Unit. It may seem just like any ordinary seller ad on Craigslist but this one is different. It turns out the GPS Unit was stolen and a cop was keeping an eye on him. David Dickinson had stolen several items from at least 12 cars. Items that he had stolen include the GPS Unit, some laptop computers and MP3 Players. When cops saw his ad on Craigslist trying to sell a GPS Unit, the police arranged to meet with him, posing as a buyer, and after the sell, he arrested David Dickinson on Amity Street .
The police are still investigating David further and may even add more charges against him.
A young teenager had been accused of posting ads on Craigslist and trying to sell stolen TV sets. A deputy at the Alachua County had scanned the Craigslist and found out about the ad and he noticed that the 3 television sets that are being posted for sale matches those TV sets that were stolen from apartments early of this year.
The deputy posted as the buyer of the television sets and during the meetup, he arrested the teenager and filed cases against him. The Deputy is Michael Rodenwoldt. He used marked money to buy the TV sets for the amount of $1,200. After receiving the money, Charles Campbell Delony, an 18 year old, was arrested for criminal mischief, burglary and other charges. Delony actually told the police about the stolen TV sets and where he stole them from. He also said that he was selling them so he could get easy money.
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