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125 complaints

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1381 9th Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94122

Users are extremely frustrated with posts being automatically flagged or deleted without explanation, rampant scams on the platform, and complete inability to reach customer service for help. Many complaints involve legitimate sellers having their ads removed while dealers post fraudulently or scammers operate freely, creating a sense of inconsistent enforcement and abandonment by Craigslist support.

Common Issues

35% (33)
flaggeddeletedremoved
25% (23)
scamfraudmoney
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no answerno responseno email
12% (11)
errorwon't workcan't post
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dealersby ownernot fair

Complaints

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gary spears

Jun 10, 2016
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having pool liner installed did not finish and wanted money said be back tomorrow never showed up again unfinished job from rhode island mans name is luke phone 1-860-303-8143 think you should delete his ads he has more than 1 throw him out of craigs list how many other people did he do this to

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Pat Heath

Jun 3, 2016
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Rent house Id # 5611972221 posted on 5/31/2016 on Craigslist is a scam and this contact needs to be investigated. He is asking for copy of drivers license, and personal information to Rent this home at 3921 Eastdale Drive in Fayetteville, NC. This home is NOT for rent, has never been for rent and will never be for rent. He is using the name Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Richard. This has been reported, but Craigslist needs to take this post down immediately.

Here is his Post: "Call me Any-Time if am not reachable leave a voice message i will get back to you .. (302) 217-3015 Regards. Mr & Mrs Daniel Richard".

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Ken Mack

Jun 2, 2016
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I answered an add for for hosing-rooms shared & have been getting offers from all kinds of sexual sites since. Some of them give you an opt out but they never work. I would like to be removed from ALL CORRESPONDENCE from CL forever.

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Steve

May 23, 2016
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There is a woman that makes many posts with different wording and pictures that is abusing craigslist and I asked her not to contact me telling her that all her posts are a abuse of craigslist and disturbing and I asked her to stop harassing me but she uses a alias email address to have people contact her at amy003@emamarill.us

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Bernadette Kennedy

May 20, 2016
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EVERY TIME I RESPOND TO AN ADD NO ONE CALLS OR RESPONDS BACK. ONE TIME I WENT TO AN ADDRESS AND FOUND OUT THE ADD WAS A LIE. SICK OF IT. MAKES ME THINK CL IS NOTHING BUT SCAMS AND RUDE PEOPLE

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Daniel

May 9, 2016
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Every time I try to post anything on CL I get blocked. I e-mailed someone at CL and have not heard back other than to come to this web-site. Lol

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Eric

May 8, 2016
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I try to use filters on cars & trucks, for example, 1970 for the year, but Autoplex motors has LITTERED Craigslist with adds for newer cars that come up on that filter. Add, after add, after add! It drives me crazy!

PLEASE make them stop ruining filter by allowing them to continue to do that with cars that don't belong there!

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Bill

May 5, 2016
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Craigslist customer service is a joke and I am madder than hell. For some reason for the last six months all I am getting off and on is my IP address is automatically being blocked I email and I never get a response yet all of a sudden it starts working again for a few days and

then it gets blocked again for NO REASON! I am not posting a lot if any at all so I am at a loss as to why as they are not telling me if I am doing something so I can stop it.

I finally got a new IP address and lo and behold 2 days later this happened again! This IP has been automatically blocked. org. They do not respond!

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Goha

May 2, 2016
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Craigslist will not let me post on it's website, it keeps saying "THIS POSTING IS BLOCKED". If I'm doing something wrong please let me know so I won't do it again. The website has been great up until now!

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Irene Lee

Apr 30, 2016
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m. on Craigslist is a scam and this contact needs to be investigated. He is asking for copy of drivers license, and personal information to Rent this home at 305 Wildrose Ave. in San Antonio,Texas. He has been threatening Realtor whom is selling this house in the Alamo Heights area.

He gathered information online though the Remax web and has posted it as his on using the name Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hatch.

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Lesley

Apr 29, 2016
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someone put in a ad for a television for sale and used my number and I am not the one selling this television.. My number is 603-260-4727 I want this ad to be erased and very upset about this...

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Marina

Apr 28, 2016
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Well i've been looking for to rent a house in every time I try to find one. They are all property management. which they' will find a house for $200 I feel like this is a scam I have a property management looking for a house for me and she charge me $30 application fee and that was not on craigslist I feel only the owners should post.

If property managers want to post, fake one or real estate agents should have another source or have to pay. Thanks

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Richard Polito

Apr 23, 2016
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Cert. Rv Mechanic Robert Brown worked on my 1999 Class A National Tropical in March 2016. He will not return my parts I paid him to buy or Auto Leveling system that he took out of the Rv. He still is posting on Phx Craigslist today 4/23/2016.

Under RV Honest Mech, what a scam.

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Jackie Rider

Apr 22, 2016
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I found a rental property on your site for a 2bdrm/2bath SFH in the Brentwood/Oakley area. There was no contact information other than an email. I emailed letting him know I was interested and would like to see the property.

He then texted me stating he was unable to show me the property but for me to drive by and let him know what I thought. I asked him if the rent was really $1000/mo. He said "Oh yes". He gave me the address 140 Cottage Grove Drive, Discovery Bay.

I got the directions and found this was in a Gated Community! I know the area and couldn't believe it was $1000/mo. I spoke with him on the phone and he again couldn't show me the property until I Money Grammed $1000 deposit and the first months rent.

I told him I was in not moving tomorrow and wanted to see the property and…

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Allen Mills

Apr 18, 2016
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I bought a truck through craigslist [2005 Ford F 150] Paid cash for it and did not receive any reply or any truck. Was suppose to be delieved last week. ID # 5534171879. Ebay protection # is157440017444. What happened

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Randy Lannoye

Apr 13, 2016
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Good Morning, I buy off of craigslist often. And have been looking for furniture and trucks and parts. Today I tried to log on to Craigslist and am blocked,,,,,,Could you Please tell me why I'm blocked. I cant even log on to send you a message.

Thanks for your help in this mater, Randy

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Lisa Powell

Mar 24, 2016
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I just saw an ad posted in the Atlanta resume section for "Kids for sale". It has pictures posted of a man and his 2 children and it states under the pic. "Selling them. have grown tired of them" The post id # is- 5505769438 posted at 5:16 am on 3/24/2016

This is awful and I hope there are legal consequences for this terrible use of Craigslist!!!

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tonya harris

Mar 23, 2016
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I hav the receipts too

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Steve

Mar 5, 2016
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My wife, has someone calling her phone and saying that they got the number off Craigslist, and that she is soliciting for adult favors on Craigslist. 2 for one. One she's a good descent law abiding person, and she's not that kind of prankster, she very upset and asking me to look in to it or call the law.

I thought I would ask HissingKitty first about if it's coming from the official Craigslist website.

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Lynn Hermann

Feb 16, 2016
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I posted a new house for sale on MLS and it showed up on Craigslist as a home for rent, including my exact wordage and photos. This house is NOT for rent. The ID number associated with the property (who you are supposed to respond to if interested in renting) post id: 5450658608.

I want this removed immediately but after calling the Craigslist customer service phone number, I have given up hope. This website is so simple to post things, but trying to get them removed is a nightmare.

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Jack Berenson

Feb 16, 2016
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Whenever a Toyota car or truck with an exceptionally good price is entered on Pittsburgh craigslist, the entry is flagged within minutes. I believe some person, possibly a professional car salesman, pays someone to purchase immediately these vehicles in order to resell for a profit.

Now I believe in a person making a few dollars this way, but this person is a "hog" because I've been seeing this occurring so many times. That's why I'm reporting this. I would like to get one of those great deals on a Toyota truck myself, just once.

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Ron Fabiani

Feb 10, 2016
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Somebody is advertising on my ads and I attempted to change my email address for this reason and because the at&t customer service attendant destroyed my 15 year old email account, I am unable to retrieve that confirmation change for craigslist. My old email address which is now unattainable and they said it could not be retrieved losing all my hundreds of contacts, contracts etc. They said we are sorry and gave me a new email address of.

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Dolly ares

Feb 9, 2016
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I have been listed twice now on a Craigslist ad that gives away free items On the first ad they had the phone number as five94 two924 so it was not a mistake On this last ad it is https//Sfbaycraigslist.org/sby/zip/5440404245.html. Can you determine who posted this as it is clearly harrassment

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Carolann Lucia

Feb 3, 2016
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I have had an ad posted on Craigslist for over a year. I clean houses so I have a housecleaning ad under your household services ads. I renewed my posting about 4 days ago and while I was reading my ad over I decided to check to make sure my phone number was correct, I hit the contact info and my phone number didn't show I got a pop up that said I am not a robot, so I decided to check reply and see if my information would show there, well much to my surprise it didn't and I got the same pop up that said I am not a robot.

So I deleted my ad because no one can contact me if my number or email info doesn't show and I figured maybe Craigslist got hacked! I would like to continue posting my ad on Craigslist, so I am hoping you can check this problem out and get back with me as soon as…

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Rod Davis

Jan 26, 2016
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My listing number 54122428392 two pair of Head Skis why was it flagged. It is fully compliant.

Also how do I report scammers. I believe this flag is harressment.

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Jerry March

Jan 11, 2016
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My problem is that when I go to craigslist personals craigslist just shows a map of the us when I open that site. I don't know why that is. If I go to other areas for instance jobs, I get the list of jobs. What is going on?

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Lori Wayne

Jan 7, 2016
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I just emailed about my listing 9656 Ziegler Av and an ad on Craigslist that I keep getting calls about that I did not submit. net. That is the primary and the secondary is the email as stated above, however I didn't receive any notice of my complaint submission from Craigslist complaint dept so I'm resubmitting it again.

If I don't receive a response I'll have to skip to the next complaint dept in line which looks to be the Internet Crime & Fraud dept with it looks like the FBI. I'm concerned that people are getting scammed by a person who's sayin they are me or the seller and trying to lease a home I have for sale, and its in contract.

I saw there is a local perpetrator that may or may not be related to this fraudulent submission for the rental listing. I have not posted anything on…

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Lori Wayne

Jan 7, 2016
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Since my house listing went live on the MLS I immediately started receiving calls asking about the house being for rent. I never listed the house for rent on the local MLS, or on sites like Trulia or Zillow, and never on Craigslist.

There is an obvious scam going on with my listing as a rental, the home is ONLY FOR SALE. I did not submit any request for advertisement on Craigslist. The home address is 9656 Ziegler Av, LV, NV 89113. I've tried locating the add but when I input the address it shows the ads been flagged to be removed but I'm still getting a ton of calls and emails.

When will this stop and in the future I would like restrictions put on any submissions since I'm the listing agent and the seller has never authorized any submission to Craigslist, nor for a rental. this is a…

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Dan Hughes

Dec 27, 2015
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On todays date 12/27/2015 There is a posting made approx 2am 12/26/2015 Saying I am looking for donations for my Business. The person who did this posted my name and cell phone number to contact me. I believe that is Identity Theft. Plus other Charges.

Ex Employees that were Fired for stealing I believe are Responsible. One person is Tim Howe whos phone number is 636 295 2350. He has done similar postings and I have saved all of them. The other could be Kristy Sharp who was also dismissed after I caught her Stealing.

I received a text from sprint last night saying all of my minutes were being used up on the internet. She still had my business phone in her possesion which was 636 734 9486. I had Sprint disconnect this around 11 30 am 12/27/2015.

She is involved also, I believe. Please…

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sharon

Dec 25, 2015
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the add that somebody post calling my wife a bitch on the pet listing The "bitch" with the German Shepard pups (Right up the pooper)

I want it off or I am filing a complaint with the attorney genial office this is this add The "bitch" with the German Shepard pups (Right up the pooper)

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So I emailed this idiot with the Shepard pups to ask how much she wanted for them as my wife and I are interested.....go to check my email a while later. First Email says $375 I immediately turn to my wife and say "honey we are getting our Shepard today"!!! Because we were expecting somewhere in the 500-600$ range.I then go to read the second email that states this-

i had a vet take care of the birth of the pups that cost me $3000 the mother almost…

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ann-marie sappett

Dec 15, 2015
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I am received scams and asking for account information for an ad I did not post. I want it removed. I have searched for it on Craigslist and it does not exist. It advertises a black leather love seat and chair for 700 in Paxton, MA.

I want to know how my phone number was accessed and what is going on. I have reported this complaint to the FBI fraud line. And the Craigslist request and ID for the post it does not exist. So what is going on there?

You have very poor screening of whom is posting ad's and I am concerned information is now being collected off my phone. I would expect an explanation for this gross mishap from the customer service department at Craigslist immediately.

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chantel wissler

Dec 14, 2015
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someone has posted an add in Atlanta's free section using my phone number. I have received at least 25 calls starting at 1o clock am The posting was supposed to be flagged this am and I am still receiving calls.

I want something done immediately so the calls stop. The add was for a couch, washer, dryer and who knows what else. Thanks

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Stephanie Miller

Dec 11, 2015
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We have posted an ad in the pets section under lab mastiff pups in fern Creek, Kentucky. Someone who has contacted me by phone now keeps flagging my posts and calling me a puppy mill and such. Is there any way to prevent this or this person from flagging my posts several times a day?

I looked for a Craigslist complaint phone number or email address but there is none listed on their website. All this automation is driving me crazy.

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John

Nov 30, 2015
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I wish to file a complaint against Craiglist corporate. Somebody is posting a bogus ad, with post ID # 5330282259 that I am looking for a gay friend. For over 3 months I have been bombarded with texts and phone calls.

I flagged the ad and someone keeps posting same day. I am going to the Plymouth, MA police today.

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carole russell

Nov 20, 2015
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Someone with a personal vendetta against one of my family members posted an ad on your site saying they were this family member. It contained four pictures of him and his place of employment saying he was looking for men to have sex with him and to call his work number to get hold of him if they were interested.

My relative did not post this and indeed is not a male prostitute as was stated in the ad. He has been threatened with termination from his job if this posting is not taken down. The posting has at this time been flagged for removal.

Please take care of removing this highly slanderous ad from your site. htlm.

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cheryl edwards

Nov 18, 2015
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I was selling a Rottweiler on craigslist. A lady contacted me said she trained dogs for service dogs for the wounded warriors and autistic children and of course the kind hearted person I am I told her I would donate the dog for the program.

The next day they had the dog on craigslist said he was a service dog and wanted $500 for him they scammed me. This is totally wrong of them they are selling him on the Nicholasville, KY pets list. They live at 411 Sutherland Nicholasville, KY. This shouldn't be allowed.

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James Talbott

Nov 12, 2015
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00 ADVERTISED AND PICTURED A NICE TRACTOR. WHEN CONTACTED SHE HAD SINCE MOVED TO ALBURN ALABMA. AND WOULD SHIP THE TRACTOR AT NO EXTRA CHARGE.. ALL I HAD TO DO WAS ( 5 ) $400 MONEY CARDS AND IT WOULD BE DELIVERED TO MY DOOR. IN NEW LONDON OHIO.

A PURE AND OBIVIOUS SCAM. ( I WANT HER FLAGGED AND REMOVED AS A SELLER )SORRY I DIN'T SAVE A PICTURE ITS STILL ON CRAICS

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lisa

Nov 11, 2015
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I had recently added a post to the free section of CL as asked to do by an organization i had signed up to asking for help for xmas. I was immediately contacted by Sam Collins stating that my post has been flagged for being in the wrong area of CL.

He then preceded to insult me. We exchanged about 9 emails. I threatened to get an atty for the treatment in which time he told me to take my horse and pony show somewhere else and told me I was a begger which was nowhere near the case.

I told him how unproffessional his attitude was and he said "bye bye, your post and your account has been deleted from CL" I have been in cutomer service my entire life and this kind of attitude is completely unnacceptable. I need to k ow who i can complain about this employee too and if anything will even be…

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Robert Ramos

Nov 3, 2015
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The following item was on Craigslist for sale, but not available to be seen. We were asked to place money in PayPal acct. then she would be able to ship us the motorhome to our address at which time we could make a decision on if we wanted to buy it, she would return our money if we decided not to buy it. Here is the acct.. in question. org.

She also had a very lengthy story why we could not see the motorhome that was billed as being in Las Vegas, It really was not in Vegas as she was using it in Utah at Hill Air force base where she was serving in the USAF. She said that she would have the motorhome shipped to us when we put the money into a E-bay PayPal acct.

I reminded her that her Motorhome was on Craigslist not on E-bay. She explained her reasons for this which I did not understand.…

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Barbara Blanco

Oct 29, 2015
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I have been receiving local calls and random text messages of sexual nature since Monday. I have never posted any or ever been on Craigslist Dallas back page or Craigslist for that matter. I didn't even know what Dallas back page was until a friend told me what it was.

I am very upset and disturb by the whole thing. Please remove listing or I will be forced to add more Craigslist complaints on the internet telling others what is going on. I am not a prostitute. If this is not taken care of as possible i will go to legal actions against Craigslist corporate!

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dobie mattly

Oct 27, 2015
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I fired a guy and he is posting stuff on craigs list. post 5277684314. he has multiple accts. on craigs list. what do I do to remove. do I need to contact the authorities

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chuck krohn

Oct 26, 2015
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I placed an ad on Craigs list for a car for sale. , etc. I informed him that there were no accidents and the car was very clean . com" said it was ok. com" or other similar sites and never heard from the prospective purchaser again.

I have no complaint with Craigslist, you are a very reliable and respected site.

However, I am strongly suggesting that you address this situation ASAP as scammers are using your site to trick people and this could eventually indirectly harm your credibility. Even if that means you should place a warning in your instructions or suggest that sellers go to your list of sites you don't recommend.

( maybe suggest that using those sites have not resulted in a purchase). Thanks, I know you will do Something to stop this fraud

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michael schulze

Sep 1, 2015
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I posted and continue to post political posts about police corruption in shasta county california. The police are arresting innocent medical growers and posting lies on r&r. My posts are being deleted before they are even up. Please stop this, Thank you.

The truth is important and the truth is police corruption is an important issue for America and Shasta county even more. please stop the cyber police from silencing free speach on your site.

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John Sproles

Aug 31, 2015
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One of your customer on craiglist sent some very foul language to me on my email address on August 26,2015 , listing 5179449836. Message sent from Lgg2, an AT&T LTE smart phone . The language is very dirty in detail !!!!

The man was trying to sell a van and didn't like the comments I said about it !!

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jerry decker

Aug 30, 2015
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I negotiated a price for a router table and I was told it was mine. I set up a place in his hometown to pay for this item. He did not show up. I contacted him this morning and told him i would pick it up today.

He then told me it was already sold. Not a good way to do business.

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Anne

Aug 28, 2015
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A fraudulent post with my name and phone number was posted for several hours hours and it was not an easy excersie trying to have it removed . I was inundated with calls and texts. To have it removed I had to provide a post number and what a hassle for me trying to search through hundreds of post. Search engine was useless. Very scary .

Also I requested info on when and who may have possibly posted the false ad . No response. They need a better way to verify and vette ads . I am considering legal action . It was pure harassment !

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Robin Evans

Aug 17, 2015
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I paid $120. for a bike frame. I have been waiting for the seller to let me know box dimensions and weight, but he won't respond to emails.

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monica carmichael

Aug 12, 2015
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Cars and trucks trying to buy one thief stories all the same lost a love one or being shipped out don.t you check these people out before they con someone. I thought Craigslist was on the up and up. What a let down or are you in with the con for a cut of the money

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Judith Layfield

Aug 7, 2015
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An ad for a 1993 Ford Bronco has turned out to be a scam. I lost $2500!!!!! On a down payment supposedly going through ebay with fraud protection. The name used was Lt. Karen Mills. She was going to use the Air Force to ship it to the closest base to me and from there hire a tow truck to deliver it to me.

I had to use green dot debit cards. The ONLY reason I bought into it was because all emails from "ebay" we're official looking documents. This ad should be removed and an investigation into who this is. com.

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Judith Layfield

Aug 7, 2015
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An ad for a 1993 Ford Bronco has turned out to be a scam. I lost $2500!!!!! On a down payment supposedly going through ebay with fraud protection. The name used was Lt. Karen Mills. She was going to use the Air Force to ship it to the closest base to me and from there hire a tow truck to deliver it to me.

I had to use green dot debit cards. The ONLY reason I bought into it was because all emails from "ebay" we're official looking documents. This ad should be removed and an investigation into who this is. com.

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