The CEO for Craigslist has a message for all those crooks out there that uses Craigslist to do their schemes. You’ll get caught!
Craigslist is linked to several violent crimes especially in Minnesota and Boston but Jim Buckmaster, the CEO for Craigslist said that it is very unsafe for criminals to post on Craigslist because you are guaranteeing to yourself that you will get caught!
Every serious crimes that connects to the site have proven this and Buckmaster said that by posting on Craigslist, you are leaving an electronic trail and you will eventually get caught.
Several crimes had been committed and thankfully, the criminals are now paying the price. Some say that Craigslist is getting more and more criminal cases but come to think of it, it served over 50 million people each month and there is just a very small percentage (almost zero) where criminal cases are involved. It is not zero but it’s really low compared to the billions of interactions that are positive using the site.
Ray John Hollandsworth, a 57 year old man surrendered to the Chico police for the allergations that he had participated on an internation scheme of defrauding using the aid of Craigslist.com. The modus operandi of the scam was to purchase products from the ads on Craigslist and he will be sending money orders or business checks that he writes more than the actual amount asked for the product or service being offered. These money orders and business checks are fake and he will then call the seller or e-mail the seller that he overpaid them and that he asks for a refund on the difference of the price through Western Union. Of course what happens then is the seller pays the overprice and realize that the money order or business check is actually fake so they end up losing what they sold to him and at the same time, losing some money too.
Ray John Hollandsworth said he is also a victim as being part of the overpayment scheme by a man in Nigeria. But Investigators found out that the address was actually a non-existent address in North Chico.
Police thought Hollandsworth was also just a victim but then they found evidence that he did receive the money through Western Union personally.
He surrendered to the police and said that he will be cooperating..
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