Bogus Craig’s List Ad Costs Man Most Of His Earthly Possessions
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Jim Buckmaster, chief executive officer of Craigslist in San Francisco, said his company will cooperate with local law enforcement in trying to track down who posted the ad against Robert and Mary Salisbury of Jacksonville.
“Misuse of Craigslist for illegal purposes is absolutely unacceptable to us, and we look forward to assisting law enforcement in their efforts to bring the perpetrator to justice,” Buckmaster wrote in an e-mail to the Mail Tribune.
“Craigslist is an extremely unwise choice for committing crimes, since criminals inevitably leave an electronic trail to themselves that law enforcement officers can follow.”
The Salisburys lost ladders, tools and other possessions worth thousands of dollars after two Craigslist ads claimed the owner of a home in the 7900 block of Sterling Creek Road outside Jacksonville was forced to leave the area suddenly and that his belongings, including a horse, were free for the taking, said Jackson County sheriff’s officials.
Robert Salisbury, an independent contractor, learned of the hoax when a woman who was interested in claiming his horse phoned him to verify whether the ads were legitimate. He arrived at his property to find dozens of people rifling through his house and barn and driving off with his possessions.
“They literally trashed the barn,” he said. “It looks like a tornado went through.”
Though he tried to stop people from taking his things, several people waved a printout of the Craigslist ad at him and said they had a right, he said.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department plans to subpoena Craigslist for information on the person who placed the ad about the Jacksonville property, officials said.
There have been other scams connected with the site, according to media reports.
Last week, a woman on the island of Maui in Hawaii responded to a house rental ad on Craigslist, she told a newspaper. She discovered the Internet scam when the “landlord” asked her to wire $800 to him in Nigeria. A man in Seattle was beaten and robbed last week when he showed up with $2,500 to purchase a wide-screen TV that had been advertised on Craigslist, a King County television station reported.
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