The guy took it out with his personal email address and phone number. He’ll have 2-4 years to ponder where this brilliant plan went wrong.
Tag Archives: Craigslist
Craigslist sex ad used for ‘retribution’ against FBI agent, Feds say
The ad invited men to have sex with the agent and his wife, included their phone number and address, and led to two calls from respondents.
Thief who mugged Facebook PlayStation-seller busted thanks to location data
The victim had been trying to sell an old PlayStation 2 through Facebook, and was contacted by a potential purchaser who turned out to be the mugger. We offer some advice on making offline transactions with people you meet online.
IsAnybodyDown’s Craig Brittain banned from the ‘revenge porn’ business
The operator of a ‘revenge porn’ website got away with a slapped wrist after publishing nude photos of over 1,000 women online.
Craigslist back up and running after DNS hijack
If you had trouble getting onto Craigslist to sell your apple green velvet armchair over the weekend, join the club: the site was hijacked on Sunday night. 
5 Nigerian gangs and their US accomplices are behind most Craigslist buyer scams
Research has found a new, more profitable twist on the same old 419 advance fee fraud scam. It involves real checks, printed on real check paper, using real routing numbers, and being handled with lots of US accomplices to cover up the Nigerians’ tracks.