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Conn. women accused of using Web to solicit sexSeptember 30, 2008:

Police in Manchester, CT arrested five in a craigslist hooker sting.

Arrested were 28-year-old Heather Bolling, 23-year-old Monica Collins-Saatci, 24-year-old Terri Henderson, 21-year-old Elna Marcano, and 20-year-old Krystal Cardello.

Same ‘ol.

Craigslist User Indicted For Counterfeit Money, Software:

36-year-old Malikim Brown of New York City has been indicted on federal charges of selling counterfeit US currency among other items. He posted several ads on craigslist offering ‘discount’ (read: pirated) software. An investigation also discovered that he was dealing fake checks, counterfeit money, and phony money orders.

Craigslist really is the internet’s black market.

I received an e-mail from Michael who was looking for a condo in Nashville and found one that was too good to be true. When he e-mailed the ’seller’ this was the response he got.

Hello,

Thanks for your response regarding your interest in having my apartment for rent.The apartment is much available for now.I want you to know that I amthe owner of this building .But right now i am in africa on a Christain mission with my wife and we have the keys right here with us.I will like toinform you that it was due to my transfer that makes us to leave the apartment and also want to give it out for rent and looking for a resposible person that can take very good care of it as we are not after the money for the rent but want it to be clean at the time and the person that will rent it to take it as if it were its own.So for now,We are here in West Africa,NIGERIA our new house and also with the keys of the house,we are trying to look for an agent that we can give this document before we left but could not see and we are as well as dont want our house to be used any how in our absent that is why we took it along with us here.We are only willing to give the apartment out to a lovely and caring family only, so if you know you cannot give the apartment the neatness it deserves please don’t contact me.But if you promise to always take good
care of apartment,get back to me on how you could take care of our house or perhaps experience you have in renting home.Hope you are okay with the price of $650 with hydro,heat laundry facilities,air-condition and so on.i look forward to hearing from you ASAP so that i can forward you an application to fill out and discuss on how to get the apartment for rent,also are you ready to rent it now or when?

Thanks,
Marcie anderson.

So we can add Marcie Anderson to the list of fake scammer names.

Michael e-mailed Mrs. ‘Anderson’ back and then ’she’ requested the usual personal information for identity theft purposes. Michael did not e-mail her back of course and he notes that the ad was removed the day after.

Let’s go over the red flags again…

• Broken English: The apartment is much available for now.
• Christian Mission: If there were as many Christian missionaries as they claim to be on craigslist the entire continent of Africa would be Christian.
• Africa: Especially Nigeria, the birthplace of internet scams.
• Asking for money sight unseen: It doesn’t matter how desperate you are for a place, never rent without seeing the inside of the place first.

And remember the old saying applies true even more with craigslist, if it looks too good to be true it probably is.

Wildlife cruelty postings are illegal, just plain wrong:

This just shows you what kind of lowlifes post in the craigslist forums.

In Tuscon someone posted on the craigslist forums bragging of poisoning and shooting wildlife illegally. The posts are now being investigated by the Arizona Fish and Game Department.

I wonder how long it will be before a serial killer starts bragging on craigslist.

Victim sues Craigslist, says shooter got gun through site:

50-year-old Calvin Gibson of New York was shot by local resident lunatic, Jesus Ortiz, back in July. Luckily Mr. Gibson survived even though he was shot six times.

Ortiz, who suffers from schizophrenia, confessed to police that he purchased the gun on craigslist. I’m going to assume that this was not what you would call a ‘legal’ purchase.

So now Mr. Gibson is suing craigslist for $10 Million.

“Defendant owed a duty to the public at large to monitor and supervise what may be bought and sold and by whom, with respect to its Internet ads,” attorney Paul Dalnoky wrote in the lawsuit filed in Manhattan Federal Court.

Wait a minute. According to craigslist their users flag ads for illegal sales and that it’s a bastion of users with good moral character. It was hard to type that without busting out into fits of laughter.

craigslist had their usual response…

Craiglist did not respond to a request for comment.

Quelle surprise.

Sex ads on Denver Craigslist spike with Democrats’ arrival:

Nine arrested for prostitution:

I originally posted about the WEB Task Force here and they’ve netted 9 this time on various craigslist hooker stings.

Those arrested were…

The females arrested for engaging in sexual conduct for a fee were Michell Davey, 36, Jennifer Schaaf, 22, Chenchi Lin, and Emily Poland.

The males arrested for paying a fee for sexual conduct were Deric Lipski, 35, Mark Snow, 53, Jeffrey Wentworth, 36, and John Dietel, 42, of Seekonk.

Harold Conille, 26, was arrested for deriving support from prostitution.

That means he’s a pimp.

Some of the suspects also had outstanding warrants.

Police say new rental scam being used in Reno area:

We have new scammer names to add to the list.

This time it’s “Jane Duncan” and “Gary Duncan” who are posing as the usual missionaries moving to West Africa. According to this article they are targeting craigslist in the Reno, Nevada area posting ads for rental properties that are below normal rent and as usual don’t even belong to them.

Be aware.

Man arrested for selling phony cable service:

This is a new twist on an old crime.

Police in Windsor, Ontario have arrested a man for selling illegal cable boxes and services on the craigslist competitor Kijiji.

This has been going on since the birth of cable and it’s also the reason why your cable bill is so high.

I got the following anonymous e-mail yesterday.

WHY YOU NEED TO SINGLE OUT CRAIGSLIST AS THE WORLDS BIGGEST CRIME PLAYGROUND IM NOT SURE BUT YOU NEED TO GET A GRIP ON REALITY. YOU WANNA BE A VIGILANT Y COME ON DOWN TO THE HOOD. CLEAN THAT UP WITH ALL THAT ENERGY. oh and if you are female and are married…SCREW your husband once in awhile that will keep him off craigslist.

It sounds like someone doesn’t like the work I do. I’m guessing either a hooker or someone who uses craigslist to sell stolen goods. First off I’m not a vigialnte. I’m just a guy with a website and an opinion. Secondly why should I clean up the hood? Why can’t the hood clean itself up? And lastly I’m male and I don’t need some skank on craigslist to get my rocks off.

Thank you and have a nice day.

Authorities charge 7 women for soliciting sex on Craigslist:

Police in Lenoir County, NC were recently tipped off to craigslist prostitution in their area. They did what any responsible police department would do, they set up a craigslist hooker sting.

In the process of the sting they arrested 7 hookers, a john and a driver for those of you keeping score at home.

The reporter who wrote the article actually got a response from craigslist’s mouthpiece but it wasn’t much of a response.

“Misuse of craigslist for illegal purposes is unacceptable. The incidence of crime on craigslist is actually very low, considering the tens of millions of ads that are posted each month, and together with craigslist users and law enforcement we are working continually to eliminate it.

Thanks,

Susan Mactavish Best
Best Public Relations on behalf of Craigslist

And again I have to say that if they really wanted to eliminate crime on craigslist they would remove the erotic services section completely so basically craigslist is just paying lip service to the media.

Craigslist Sex Meeting Ends In Arrests, Deputies Say:

A homeless woman in Clackamas, Oregon reported to police that she saw a woman bound in tyhe woods being sexually assaulted. She was partly right.

Police arrested Kristine Gitnes, 46, and David Leatham, 47, for having a bondage session out in the woods that was arranged on craigslist.

Police thought they were investigating a rape case and unleashed the K-9’s after the pair ran from police.

Leatham was worried about his wife finding out. I guess she knows now.

Oviedo officer resigns after online sex ads, photos uncovered:

Scott Woodlee, a 12-year veteran of the Oviedo, Florida Police Department, resigned after an ad he placed on craigslist was discovered. Can you guess what kind of ad it was?

The posts solicited for men, women as well as couples on the “Casual Encounters” section of CraigsList. The Web site asks those who click on that section whether they are over 18 years of age but doesn’t verify it through a birth date.

“…the ads were very explicit, seeking married couples, single women, college girls, interracial ladies,” a memo from Lt. George Ilemsky, head of the department’s internal investigation department, wrote in his report.

According to the article Woodlee’s naked craigslist pic has his face obscured and he claims the ad was done for ‘entertainment’.

I’ve covered this at MyCrimeSpace several times. When you’re a public servant like a policeman or fireman your life is scrutinized 24/7 whether you like it or not. Even off duty you still represent the uniform.

I hate to see a cop resign over something stupid like this but I’m not surprised.

Sex for sale on Craigslist:

I wonder how long it took them to come up with that headline.

Anyway, 47-year old Robert Frisco and 23-year old Heather Barber of East Haven, Connecticut were arrested for running a craigslist prostitution ring. One of their hookers was a 16-year-old girl.

The 16-year-old was also arrested because as it turned out she allegedly was helping Frisco and Barber run the business.

Craigslist hands over the name of a villain who didn’t feel like going to the Oscars:

An L.A. court has ruled that craigslist has to reveal the identity of person who was trying to sell Oscar tickets on eBay for $2500 a pop.

I could be all snarky and sarcastic about it but the CNet article does a much better job of it.

However if anyone is interested I have a cat named Oscar and for $2500 I’ll let you watch him crap in the yard.