Craigslist "Your account has been suspended"

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Shamanator

Registered: 11.08.11

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Posted: 12.08.2011, 06:40

After posting an item for sale I received the following email from Dyerrp Brianfn (lensteven7@gmail.com)

Quote said:
Good morning! I am Dyerrp Brianfn. It is still for sale? thanks for your time. yokmuczf hlks icklawq hipnomti ngfieas gpzfxi dhbmg eumusf fbaqwdhm

This is a very obvious scam and I like to bait the bast&$%&, so I wasn't surprised when, after responding "yes" I received this email:

Quote said:
For security reasons and recently updates your account needs to be re-confirmed

Please click on the following link:
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/rvs/2475703572.html

This link leads you to a bogus Craigslist item simply entitled "Account." The whole page is a clickable .jpg which states that your Craigslist account has been put on hold: clicking anything leads you to a page where you are prompted to enter your login information.

Craigslist hasn't done ANYTHING about this page even though I have contacted them several times.

BEWARE!!

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FlakeMistress

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Posted: 12.08.2011, 10:20

Seems like Craigslist NEVER does anything, anymore.

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ThePowersThatBe

Registered: 23.02.11

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Posted: 12.08.2011, 20:13

CL has surely seen better days (now the butt of jokes). I recall all the scams starting the middle of 2008. I stopped applying to jobs, just post a resume every once and a while. Just got a temp assignment through CL, I think it was all a matter of timing.

Don't expect CL to do a thing, they're not about to lose all that money.