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NC man charged with craigslist blackmail and impersonating an officer

February 8, 2011 in Craigslist, Scams by Trench Reynolds | No comments

Timothy Andrew Huffman

ONLY ON 3: Man charged with impersonating officer after posing as woman on Craigslist:

In what seems like a mash up of two recent stories 18-year-old Timothy Andrew Huffman of Brunswick County, North Carolina has not only been arrested for craigslist blackmail but has also been arrested for impersonating an officer.

Police say that Huffman would place ads on the casual encounters section posing as a female and would get men to send him explicit photos of them. When he would get the men to meet him he would threaten the victims into posting the pictures online. After searching Huffman’s computer they found that he posed as a sheriff’s deputy trying to get personal information from the victims. So it sounds like this was some kind of elaborate identity theft scheme.

Let me reiterate this for those of you who still don’t get it. THE HOT GIRL ON CRAIGSLIST DOESN’T WANT TO MEET YOU!!! Chances are that she’s not even a girl. There’s no such thing as no strings attached.

If this keeps up I may have to start a blackmail category.

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Ethan Mikeal Avalos charged in craigslist blackmail scheme

May 4, 2010 in Craigslist, Harassment by Trench Reynolds | 1 comment

St. Louis man accused of Craigslist blackmail scheme:

You don’t hear a lot about blackmail these days outside of bad TV shows. It’s an underrated crime. It has such a cool name. Too bad it’s one of the more stupid crimes you could commit. It’s a 50/50 chance that the victim will just turn and go to the police.

For instance take 26-year-old Ethan Mikeal Avalos of St. Louis, MO. He’s accused of blackmailing a medical professional who had a few paid craigslist liaisons if you know what I mean.

The victim paid $3500 the first time and paid a total of $8K. That’s where the scheme usually goes wrong. Once you score and get away with it do not keep going back to the well because the victim will eventually either go broke or get sick of your ass. That’s when they usually go to police.

I’m not too broken up for the ‘victim’ in this case either. If you kept it zipped you wouldn’t have been in this kind of situation.

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