Cruel Craigslist hoax
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Cruel Craigslist hoax
This is how NOT to use the internet:
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/k ... b2c9c.html
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/k ... b2c9c.html
Re: Cruel Craigslist hoax
Wow
How crazy are those people? They see an add on a website telling them they can grab the belongings of someone, and then they do just that? Huh?
Wait, I have to reread the story.
How crazy are those people? They see an add on a website telling them they can grab the belongings of someone, and then they do just that? Huh?
Wait, I have to reread the story.
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That's about the gist of it. Even when the home owner told them he was the owner they showed him the printed ad and took his stuff right in front of his eyes.
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This has happened quite a few times. Usually its a jilted lover that posts the ad, getting back at the "cad" that jilted her/him.
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I heard another one where someone posted a XXX site with pictures of an ex-girlfriend or ex-wife and the ex's real phone number and address. There something about phone calls coming in at 2:00 AM and things as well as stuff coming to the house that should probably not be coming to the house.
From what I understand it forced the person to leave their home for a week and the FBU set up shop there for a time to see if they could catch the perpetrator. That just sucks too.
From what I understand it forced the person to leave their home for a week and the FBU set up shop there for a time to see if they could catch the perpetrator. That just sucks too.
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Re: Cruel Craigslist hoax
Federal Beau of Underwear? I KNEW IT EXISTED!Everah wrote:From what I understand it forced the person to leave their home for a week and the FBU set up shop there for a time to see if they could catch the perpetrator. That just sucks too.
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Damn fat fingers 
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LMAO!!!!DaveTheAve wrote:Federal Beau of Underwear? I KNEW IT EXISTED!Everah wrote:From what I understand it forced the person to leave their home for a week and the FBU set up shop there for a time to see if they could catch the perpetrator. That just sucks too.
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Can you imagine? I'd be whoopin' some ass I'll tell ya that.That's about the gist of it. Even when the home owner told them he was the owner they showed him the printed ad and took his stuff right in front of his eyes.
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I would too. Or at least I thought I would until I thought about there being 20 people stealing my crap. Then it would have turned into a looters riot. Those never end well.
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That happened about 8 hours (driving time) from where I'm at. Its all over the news. Those guys who didn't return the stuff will get caught.
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I hope so, but if they were smart, they would have signed up on Craig's List with a phony email address, so I'm not sure they will be caught. Maybe if it was a national security matter, they could trace the log files, but even then, if the culprits were smart, they could have used a library computer or gone through an anonymizer or something. There's always ways for crooks and cruel people to get away with sh**, at least for awhile. Sooner or later, it will catch up with them, though. At least I think so.hawleyjr wrote:That happened about 8 hours (driving time) from where I'm at. Its all over the news. Those guys who didn't return the stuff will get caught.
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Culprits are almost never smart. Anyone with brains enough to have successfully disguised his location would have known that the listing was bogus and that the chances of getting caught exceeded the chances of obtaining anything worth the risk. That it apparently paid off in this instance does not mean that it would do so on a routine basis. In most of the cases that I've read about the ones who took the property wound up regretting having done so.if the culprits were smart
Pretty much the only thing that prevents society from deteriorating into chaos is that criminals are 99% stupid. Ask any cop.
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What did I say about culprits almost never being smart? The people who posted the "free stuff" ad have been caught.
Turns out they had stolen some stuff from the house and made the post to cover up their theft. They did not make the post anonymously.
You can get details at http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2008/04 ... index.html
Turns out they had stolen some stuff from the house and made the post to cover up their theft. They did not make the post anonymously.
You can get details at http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2008/04 ... index.html
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Yeah, I saw that this morning.
How stupid and cruel is that? Let's take some stuff from guy, then to cover it up, let's tell the world that they can do the same thing.
Man, that is the worst. That poor guy never stood a chance.
How stupid and cruel is that? Let's take some stuff from guy, then to cover it up, let's tell the world that they can do the same thing.
Man, that is the worst. That poor guy never stood a chance.