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Rehoming is the new word for "sale". Craigslist does not vet their content, and after learning that they contributed to bogus un vetted ads for dogs, are no longer as credible as they once were. Craigslist uses captcha to sort out spam, but does not vet the ads used to spam unsuspecting buyers. Learned about the bogus "rehoming" of animals on the local news today. Craigslist also claims not to sell dogs but dogs are pictured on the site as "for sale". Boo Craigslist. You need to hire people who can sort out or question people who are literally selling animals. Rehoming an animal for more than $200-300 bucks with no proof of expenditures is selling, not rehoming.

I listed a Mini Cop Cam in Craigslist Chicago and was racially insulted by a customer respond. This item was listed by by me in the auto section for sale by this very rude racist that used words and expressions that was not appropriate on your site. I feel this person should be banned from Craigslist.
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David Jesionowski, Kingston NH. I contacted him thorough Craigslist for siding job. He came to my home, we agreed on price, I paid him 2100.00 down payment and haven't seen him since. I later discovered that he is unlicensed and not legally able to do vinyl siding jobs in MA. He said he was licensed and his Craigslist ad said he was licensed and insured. He cashed my check 3 was ago and has not returned calls or texts. I've politely requested my money back to no avail. Consumers Beware. He is a fraud. The address he gives is really a used car lot

I saw a Craigs List ad for a boat for sale in Tonawanda, NY. I've attempted to contact the seller on five occasions with no luck. I finally realized each time I replied to the ad, it went to a different CL mailbox. This seems kind of fishy. Mailboxes are listed below. Wording from the ad is:

Four Winns 200 Horizon - $10000
condition: excellent
delivery available
engine hours (total): 360
length overall (LOA): 20
make / manufacturer: Four Winns
model name / number: 200 Horizon
propulsion type: power
year manufactured: 2007
The 200 Horizon is ready for whatever you have in mind: waterskiing, wakeboarding, tubing, or simply hanging out on the water.

- 5.0 GL V8 (360 hours)
- Runs excellent- Clean interior & exterior- Bimini Top Included (never used, not pictured)- Snap in Carpet
- CD / Satelitte Radio
- Snap on 2 piece boat cover- Double axel trailer with foldable tongue- Always stored inside for winter

post id: [protected]
posted: 4 days ago

Each reply went to a different mailbox. Addresses my replies went to:

[protected]@sale.craigslist.org

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There's a someone on craigslist scamming people, and pretending to be the landlord of this house 72 Scobey Dr Nashville, TN 37210 their story was..

House is available for rent and move in now, I am currently out of town now with my daughters here in Chicago; I am with disability. I can't walk as I am on a wheel chair. I am the landlord of my house. So you can go over to the house and look up the surroundings and the house equally through the window and get back to me if you still interested in renting the house. Okay you can drive by and let me know as soon as possible, just note that I recently withdraw my house from a Realtor because I wanted to handle everything by myself because of the exorbitant fees Realtor charges and I want to get much closer to the tenant that's going to live in my house. So if you drive by and the Realtor sign is still there please let me know cause that should have been taken out of there. Kindly reply as soon as you go over to take a look so we can discuss further. I await your response soon.

BONNIE HAMON

I am young, and I was try to find somewhere for me and my kids to stay, this person went as far as reaching out to my referals to be sure of things. This person got me out of $1800. When sending the payments I was told im sending it to her daughters CASHAPP the cashapp name is $SaraBerlanga1.

After they received my application through email she sent me this, keep in mind she charged me a $50 application fee and I paid that through cash app to the same name $SaraBerlanga1

Attached is the shipment certificate. The keys to the house have been shipped out to you. Name of the Courier Company is SPEEDY POST DELIVERY Services and their Website is www.speedypost.cf, once you log on the website, click on TRACK SHIPMENT and track the mailing of the keys and other house documents to you with your Tracking Number and Pin Below

Tracking Number: - [protected]
Pin: - 1212

Once you confirm the status you will see that the keys are already mailed out to you, which has Airlift CHICAGO and are ON-HOLD. It was my attorney who put ON-HOLD on the delivery of the keys to you this morning. He said it is against the tenancy agreement for a tenant to move in without paying for First month rent and a refundable security deposit.

Now he said you have to make the payment for the DEPOSIT before the keys are deliver to you in due time as specified today. You can equally check the status of the shipment on-line with your tracking number and pin to confirm the current status of the delivery of the keys to you.

Am so sorry for any inconveniences this might have caused you.

I await your swift response.
BONNIE

NOTE: ALL HE REQUIRE YOU TO PAY NOW IS THE DEPOSIT PAYMENT SO THAT THE KEYS CAN BE DELIVER TO YOU IN DUE TIME TODAY. THEN YOU CAN MOVE IN AND PROCESS YOUR SECTION 8 TO PAY THE RENT AT YOUR CONVENIENCE

I told them I could make my payment until April 1, 2020 but I could put $500 down now. She let me do that. I just knew I was about to get me and my kids into a nice 2 bedroom house. I was using the last of my money and even had to borrow some from other people. It all seemed so legit. There is so much more to this story literally this scammer went the whole way to complete this scam. At the time I figured out they was scamming me was when I paid everything and woke up that friday morning I check the tracking and it was asking for a demurrage fee of $700 and they asked me to pay it. I was so devastated, I started to catch on because the thought had came to my mind when I saw that once I tracked the package. They had a tracking label and everything. The email they were using was [protected]@gmail.com.. They kept pretending to have an attorney that was demanding more befor send more money. Everything they were saying was making alot of sense so it wasnt running across my mind earlier that it was scam.

Here is something they said after receiving the money;

Yes all tracking information remain the same. Do look out for the delivery status update with your tracking number to know when the keys will be deliver to you tomorrow. I will also write you by noon tomorrow to know and ask about the situation of things.

I say a very big congratulations to you
God Bless

Doctor is here, TTYL

May The Peace Of The Lord Be With You Always
God Bless

They wanted me to send the demerrage fee to them instead of calling in to pay, when I told them im feeling like they are scamming me they said fine do the fee yourself and the number for the company of speedypost that they gave me was a textfree number. they took all I had literally especially with this virus that is going on ive already been laid off.

PEOPLE LIKE THIS NEEDS TO BE STOPPED

Craigslist flagging rules are ridiculous. Not only can scammers flag your ad, anyone can for any reason, including craigslist. Doesnt matter why, they allow it. Scammers are alerted as soon as you post a new ad, you immediately get 2-6 texts, wanting you to email them for further information. Never give it, they want your email to scam you. Craigslist could care less. They never respond to your complaint and you cannot repost your ad without another flag. Someone with a "like" item could flag you because they want to sell their item, and not have yours show. Scammers flag your ad if you do not respond to their fraudulent text after your post an ad. Last but not least, craigslist will also flag you for what ever computer generated excuse they have. Could be anything, but they wont tell you.

Craigslist needs to be reported to every states attorney generals office for having no customer service. For allowing scammers to have access to their website and being notified when a new ad is placed. And for their fraudulent flagging rules that anyone can apply for any reason. Craigslist needs to have a mass protest against them, and put them out of business once and for all.

I purchased vinyl siding installation from David Jesionowski, 52 Route 125 Kingston, NH, [protected], who advertises his services on Craigslist. He left a barrel of his garbage on my property, didn't finish the gutter downspout and faucets, and re-attached the wires to my house with a nail and a piece of scrap vinyl siding; the nail blew off after a day, leaving dangerous dangling wires hanging from my house.

His contract states that the work is warranted, but he refuses to complete the work or fix the wires.

When I contacted him, asking him to fix the wires immediately due to the dangerous situation, he sent me an abusive text in response.

It said:

"Its been 1 day you dont have to be a [censored] bag READ YOUR CONTRACT. Not responsible for electrical i took pictures that down spout was off not my responsibility so your whining about a spicket which i was gonna fix but since your being a [censored] about it go [censored] yourself no wonder you i ve alone loser"

I contacted BBB to process a complaint; they said that his company is out of business and they cannot help me resolve this matter.

I want other consumers to be aware of these concerns.

Craigslist allow dealers to post as "owners" in ads that are so obvious and others that just lie. By my own account, looking for a car in the last 3 months, 70+% of all listing "by owner" are dealers, their sales people to take the cars off lots and flippers who purchase vehicles, never take ownership/title (avoiding taxes state and fed + dealer licensing fees, etc) and attempt to pass them of as owned by them, their brother/sister in law, aged/dead parent, some other relative, etc. Many are so brazen and embolden (due to craigslist co-conspiring to collect $5 ad fees) that they take pictures of these cars parked in the dealers lot with the name and phone number clearly in view, . Many have dealer license plates mount to the car in the picture. Here in Illinois it is illegal (unless you are a licensed dealer) to sell or even negotiate to sell (allowing public paid or free ads to be placed) unless the vehicle is titled in your name.
Buyer beware!

I answered an add to purchase a table and chairs. We set up a "pick up" time on Saturday between 2-3. Drove over an hour to the location and was left hanging outside the location with no answer for 20 minutes. As soon as I pulled away they were calling me to return. Very shady. Felt like a set up to be ripped off. Right before I arrived at the location he had texted me a second number of his wife to call her because his phone wasn't working properly. When I called her she didn't answer. When I pulled away she was texting me that her husband was outside looking for me.

My posts in the community section Pro Trump comments, and posting in wanted and housing post sections over the months have often been flagged and removed without question. Or my live Ads would not appear after posting.

I learned that algorithms in the software Craigslist uses can flag users that repeatedly use the same email address over and over again. Also your posts can be live but never show up called ghosted. It's sad and stupid that Craigslist has become such a crooked, anti-human entity since 2009.

Robo calls, now robo flaggers is showing how far and stupid this technology is going. It's absurd. It's anti-God also!

It's time to stop this robo controlled software and Craigslist from controlling legit and honest individuals as well small businesses that get flagged often by such robo-software.

It's socialist robo flaggers!

Last October I posted an ad on Craig's List to sell several office chairs. A person named Collins Bote (Tel: 213-788-9466) texted me that he wanted to buy the chairs and sent a cashier's check for $2, 990 out of which $1690 would be dedicated to the "movers." My bank, Wells Fargo, assured me that the check from the buyer cleared so I sent him a cashier's check from a CVS store per his instructions. The next day after I sent the cashier's check, my bank informed me that his check had actually NOT CLEARED. My check to the "movers" was sent to Jessica Ramirez, 7880 Racquet Rd, North Charleston, SC 29418. The address turned out to be bogus and the buyer's text number works but no one is ever "available." I was scammed. I filed a police report but they got nowhere. I'm out over $1724. Since this scam happened on Craig's List, can you track down this person? Important to warn others about this. I have copies of everything including text thread between the buyer and myself. Thank you. Frank Simeone

1/21/2020 - Adnan Poljak ( CLIENT # [protected]) advertised the 2007 BMW X3, stated the car was in mint condition, No Service Engine Soon lights, with lots of extras and supposedly a great running car. I test drove the car, came home checked out the VIN and decided to purchase. Once I paid Adnan $4300 and drove away in the car, the gear indication and service engine soon light came on.

I should have realized something was wrong when he showed up late, his ride home was sitting in an inconspicuous location, and he let the car remain running while we completed the cash transaction, and he kept saying this is as-is! Once I saw the lights come on I called his number to ask what's wrong with the car and OF course, all my calls are directly forwarded to voicemail. He lied in his ad about the condition of the car.
He also claims he sells lots of cars and fun toys on Craigslist. Buyer Beware! I'm so sad as the $4300 was to help change the family's life. I'd like to get my money back and give him his poor running shiny car back!

This add first appeared in early December. Made seven (7) attempts to pick-up the item after it was agreed on, .The seller refuses to disclose where and when the item can be picked up., The add then went of Craig's List. It re appeared late December. The item is listed three times under three different adds each with its own price. Add are as follows 704922091 for $78.00, 7044938678 for $74.00, add three 7046778699 for $68.00. I contacted the seller and informed him/her i was willing to pay cash as requested, and was told ok. After that it is a series of games. The seller will not reply for several days. When they do its a question like what item are you talking about. I specify the fire pit, Chiminea. or they re-ask my question of when do you want to pick it up. I reply time and place and that I am open. I even provided my telephone number still no response. Is this a scam or just some jerk screwing people around.

Bud Benneman [protected]

This man offers his handyman services to clients like myself. He Requests money in advance to buy materials and he does not return with materials or to work. He also find labor workers and does not PT them for their work. Please do not allow him to continue doing this to honest and hard working people. His name Frank Rodriguez. His phone number 2106222888

the complaint is about a guy who made post under name of daniel. his post on craigslist is: "skilled plumber gaurantees you huge savings! professional service and repair plumbing. free estimates! 24 hrs (van nuys, sherman oaks, north hollywood)..."

daniel, craigslist post: 691de02322a63e3c86fc958d6ad49273@serv.craigslist.org

his phone is 714.495.7722; the email address I sent the picture of my sink and faucet: pamgiarocks@gmail.com
the pictures I sent first through the text were "not delivered."

in mine opinion he is a scammer. read below my experience:

over the phone he gave me a price of $50 to replace the sink faucet on my wet bar. he came with a backpack and couple of tools, no car. he said he came with uber because his car was hit while parked (I do not believe it now). he took old faucet and just inserted a new one, without connecting it to the water supply. he said he needed a new valve because the new faucet could not be connected to the old valve due to the different size. he showed me a picture of the valve from home depot on his cell phone, and said the price was $39. he offered to go and buy it, but I said I will do that. he said that he would come back, but I needed to pay him cash $50, and additional $15 after he comes back to finish the job. I paid him $50 cash. an hour later I bought the valve for $20 (not $39) and sent him a picture to confirm it was correct vale. he replied that it was. he then sent me a text that he would install the valve for $25 later the same day. I recognized at this point that I am dealing with a scammer, but I said that I would pay $25. since he did not come by 4:30 pm I called him. he made an excuse and said he would come the next day "sharp 8:30 am." I said ok. the next morning he texted me that he would come at 10 am. around 9:30 am he texted me again that he would not make it, but he can send someone else. I said to sent someone else because I need to use the sink. of course he did not send anyone, and I did not hear from him again.
a family member of mine came over, looked under the sink and said that I just needed an adapter. I returned the valve, and I bought an adapter for around $4, and I connected the faucet's hoses to the water supply easily (the family member explained to me how).

Currently I have a paid post on Craigslist for my auto. The post ID number is [protected], the paid ID posting number is [protected]. This is the second paid posting for my car. Until about two weeks ago I couldn't understand why I hadn't been contacted regarding what I felt was an excellent post (with a price falling in the middle of NADA's avg. and high retail value), an excellent condition, registered, new sticker, new tires, wheels, brakes.. needs nothing - clean MA title car, come and drive it away. My every day car.

Then I received a call from a friend (approx. Two weeks ago) saying my phone number would not show up on the reply button or at the end after my name (no idea if any e-mails were going through). That's when the trouble started. I began e-mailing craigslist.. Their technical dept., their billing, their customer support.. Any e-mail I could find. Have spent all night, every night making every effort to communicate with anyone from the company and to no avail.

Only twice did "a person" respond with ridiculous suggestions (which I tried - over and over), no use. I received maybe dozens of automated lists from them that covered nothing. This is an obvious technical "glitch" which nobody there has any concern about addressing. I'm a car guy, not a computer guy. However, one time you click on and the phone number, etc. Shows up... Five minutes later - nothing will show up. This happens when I check on many, many other cars on their site. Being a mechanic I understand things can be fixed! There is no doubt in my mind that the proper authority would direct a qualified technical person to "flip the switch" or whatever (I believe minor issue) need be done to correct this issue that is affecting everyone using their site. But for some reason there is no person in upper or middle management who is putting their foot down and resolving this problem. Sad.

I've tried every patient means to contact a person to communicate either on line, the phone or any way possible and they refuse. Being a senior citizen shouldn't matter yet my blood pressure, temperature, etc. Finally reached the point that I told them I give up - they win. When my post expires in a week I will never use their service again and will share this experience at every opportunity — no response.

There is no way to reach the company short of all the e-mail addresses and contact forms I found (and used) and they simply ignore me. I've paid (only a minimum fee) yet am very frustrated and dissapointed that they can operate with no remorse, no concern for their "customers". It appears they are large enough that they can do as they like and we can use their service or not. I mentioned to them that some companies believe bad publicity is better than no publicity at all — wrong. I'm hopeful that possibly this attempt at reaching out results in some type of action and / or behavior change from this dynasty.

Maybe it's that i'm old and my upbringing taught me better ethical discipline, moral values,.. Behavior in general. Altruism.. The unselfish concern for the welfare of others. Love and compassion. We are all human beings. Shame on them and their very poor treatment of the general public. It's beyond my comprehension, and have given up, simply saw this opportunity to vent and felt compelled to write. Not to hurt anyone's feelings, that is not my intention — but certainly to be made known the lack of common courtesy.. My old school values.. The customer is always right, etc... Be a good person. Seems simple to me.

sincerely,
Carl Tripp
54-A Cedar Avenue
Natick, MA 01760
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[protected]@gmail.com

I create my posts...and some are not listed in a timely manner. AS in forums. Which I understand. But the ones where I am selling or wanting something...are listed pretty quick.

I then come back in a hour or so...go into my account. I see all my postings have been deleted/flagged... this includes comments in forums & sale/wanted items.

I did change my craigslist to another screen name & changed passwords

In several areas in community are sex postings with pictures with gmail.com emails. A number have complained of this yet prohibited postings keep occurring. More than 1 has to flag these. Perhaps you need to contact authorities for cyber sex crimes since you can't seem to eliminate or keep the community clean.

This occurs continuously in the several areas of Ft Collins Community. Perhaps put a block on gmail.com for replies as they don't put in a legitimate posting reply.

Perhaps the concerned communities who need to protect their children and families should start notifying authorities on these and that craigslist cannot control what is posted on their website.

This guy has posted that he is a loan officer and can get you the money you need. Has you fill out info. Submit $24 through PayPal. He is a scammer. He is using someone else's credentials which he probably stole. To steal your personal information. I have all his information that he used on Craigslist. I have contacted the real Scott Lawson and the police and I have his PayPal information where he goes by Own shop.

I found what thought was a good used riding lawn mower on Craigslist from someone who I believed to be a reputable, honest individual living in Independence, MO. Bob Davis repairs mowers and then turns them around for sale. Mr. Davis and his wife use Craigslist to sell items to generate an income.

I contacted Mr. Davis to see if this Troybuilt mower was still available. He said it was for $425 plus $40 to deliver. Happy to hear it was still available, I asked Mr. Davis to deliver the mower to my home in Leawood, KS.

Trying to make connections with Mr. Davis by phone was a challenge, but we were able to arrange a time for him to deliver the lawn mower. I guess that should have been my sign that I shouldn't deal with him since communication or making connections was such a hassle.

When he and I his wife arrived with the lawn mower, he was able to start it but it died. It was discovered that it needed a small device to shut off the fuel to the engine. That entailed a trip to the local O'Reilly's. When he returned, he put the device on the lawn mower, added some gas and it ran. The blades came on showing I would be able to cut grass. I paid him for the mower and that I thought, was that.

Until I tried using the lawn mower.

I had nothing but trouble with this thing. It wouldn't cut the grass because the belt came off when I tried to cut grass. I decided it needed a new belt, which I purchased. I could not get the new belt on being permanently disabled and I could not find anyone in the area who would come and repair it. I spent about a week trying to get the belt on or find some one to help me.

My wife called the Davis's and told Mrs. Davis about the issues with the mower and asked if they would please come and pick it up and refund our money. Mrs. Davis said she was sorry to hear that the mower wasn't working and that they always want to keep their customers happy so they'd come and pick up the mower and refund the money. More than a week went by since that first call, and we never heard from them, so my wife called them again. This next time when my wife called, Mrs. Davis told her that Mr. Davis was lying down in bed; according to Mrs. Davis, 'He was having a bad day because he has some medical issues.' But, she said that she would talk to him about picking up the riding awn mower and get back to us to say when they would be able to get it.

That conversation has been more than two weeks ago. My wife has been trying to contact the Davis's ever since. She either gets their answering machine, or the telephone rings and rings and rings, and by the tenth ring starts beeping. As recently as 10/4/2019, she did get an answer, but as soon as Mr Davis heard my wife, he hung up. When she tried to call back, the phone had a busy signal. He took the phone off of the hook.

All I want is for them to pick up this piece of junk and give me my $425 back since I told them they could keep the delivery charge .

Also, we have learned that my wife needs a biopsy, as she may have breast cancer. It is to be done later on this week. We need this money back because the insurance will not cover the procedure and the money needs to be paid up front.

My only recourse is to register a complaint with Craigslist about these people and to warn others not to do business with them. As I said, I am completely sympathetic to someone being ill. However, not to answer the phone and let someone know what is going on, or when they plan to follow through with what they said they do is not only inconsiderate, it is dishonest as well. They are not running a reputable business, in my opinion.

Do not do business with the Davis's.

If they cannot oblige, then I must make a complaint and warn people who use Craigslist in the KC area not to do business with the Davis's. They clearly are not people who want to keep their customers happy.