Since being scammed or almost I have taken the time to look at clues on craigslist.

Most scammers are posting pics that are professional but some are not. First highlight the ad and if you see another line pop in with gibberish you can bet it is a scam. Often you can see a background line of words. Go to other cities and look at postings from the past few days. You will see the same postings. Most postings are very generic saying that they are close to the mall, great food & bus lines. No phone number listed and few details. There is a Krystal Coulter out there posting without pics and changes everything. Her response is the same she wants you to rent and fill out a credit form.

YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO FILL OUT A FORM JUST TO GET INFO. Not until you meet someone. Then meet them in a public place. If the pics look too good to be true..they are. The best thing to do...is go to other cities on craigslist and compare pics or postings. Do not use your personal email. Create one for junk mail so to speak. Hope this helps. Remember do not fill out anything and ask questions. If they don't answer your questions they are sure to be scammers.

They don't list a specific address or location just a city. They don't seem to list highways or cross streets or anything specific. If a phone number is listed do a Google search on it to see if it is really in that location and who owns the number. Anyone saying they are out of the country..well don't even deal with them.

Please flag anything you see. I have reported to craigslist but they don't do anything.

Let's make sure to flag these people right away... I got 2 from them and flagged them this morning on CL and just 2 minutes later CL removed them...

Newsome, Sharon

Hi, I just got that email, Dutchess county, new york, I click craislist and i found this good deal, the same email that guys got,the last email that I exchange with them was a 2:00 am this morning, so I ask myself WTF is this lady checking her email at 2:00 am and that was when I decided to check more about these people.

And for my look I found you guys and right away I feel that I owe you guys and thanks for your help with all this life saving post.

Now I am one of yours to fight against all this S...bags to save more people and don't allow them to fall in the hands of Scammers.

San Francisco, CA

Today I received the exact same email regarding an apt here in the Bay area. I to alerted craigslist. Nothing angers me more than a FRAUD preying on the innocent!!!

Similar email from these scammers...

Be aware Colorado Springs!

"Hello,

Thanks for taking the time to email my daughter about the room, being a realtor she asked that I help her with the screening

I thought I had the place rented last week to a friends niece, but communication has dropped off. You are the first person to email about it since I put it back on the market . It would only be fair that I gave you the first shot at it.

To tell you a little bit about your potential roomate, "I am a 28 year old professional female. Non-Smoker, occasional drinker and WILL not bring any drama into the house. I'm not going to follow you around with white gloves but would think you'd want to help keep the place clean. I don't have a pet but am not against them." is her 2 sentence description she asked me to pass along

I would prefer a year lease, but would also be open to shorter terms. I'm sure that you will want to see the property before making a final decision. I would simply give you the address and let you swing by, but for safety reasons I would rather meet somewhere first and talk / answer any questions, then let you follow me to the property. Rest assured the home has been up kept properly and had a good cleaning and fresh coat of paint . All utilities are taken care of in the rent.

If you want to go ahead and schedule a time to see the property, go to the link below and print off the free copy of your report. Your score isn't important, I'm just interested in seeing that there are no evictions / landlord related judgments.

Here is the link: //leasing-reports.com/property01008/

I am very open as far as appointments go to show the property. Any morning after 10am is fine. Just let me know when you have everything printed and be sure to leave me a contact number to reach you at and any desired time. I will call you to confirm a time and choose a place to meet.

Thanks for looking,

Sharon and Erin"

Well Sharon is one busy lady! My email was for a condo in California. Same exact email as the first. Glad we have our scamdar in high gear. Apparently we need it. Thanks for being right up there to detect it easily.

Thanks for taking the time to email my daughter about the room, being a realtor she asked that I help her with the screening

I thought I had the place rented last week to a friends niece, but communication has dropped off. You are the first person to email about it since I put it back on the market . It would only be fair that I gave you the first shot at it.

To tell you a little bit about your potential roomate, "I am a 28 year old professional female. Non-Smoker, occasional drinker and WILL not bring any drama into the house. I'm not going to follow you around with white gloves but would think you'd want to help keep the place clean. I don't have a pet but am not against them." is her 2 sentence description she asked me to pass along

I would prefer a year lease, but would also be open to shorter terms. I'm sure that you will want to see the property before making a final decision. I would simply give you the address and let you swing by, but for safety reasons I would rather meet somewhere first and talk / answer any questions, then let you follow me to the property. Rest assured the home has been up kept properly and had a good cleaning and fresh coat of paint . All utilities are taken care of in the rent.

If you want to go ahead and schedule a time to see the property, go to the link below and print off the free copy of your report. Your score isn't important, I'm just interested in seeing that there are no evictions / landlord related judgments.

Here is the link: //leasing-reports.com/property01008/

I am very open as far as appointments go to show the property. Any morning after 10am is fine. Just let me know when you have everything printed and be sure to leave me a contact number to reach you at and any desired time. I will call you to confirm a time and choose a place to meet.

Thanks for looking,

Sharon and Erin

Thanks so much for this info! Unfortunately, I clicked the link and got my report. I never gave anything to Sharon...as a matter of fact, she's "waiting" to hear from me now. I now know better than ever, if it looks to good to be true, it probably is! I just sent an email off to my local NBC news station. IDK if anything will come of it, but I feel better knowing that I have good friends watching my back!!

I just got the same type of email from her and her "daughter" I did email her back but im so glad i had this gut instinct to google her so called company name. So is her way of scamming to have you utilize the site or actually give her the report, because the site it takes you to, nationalcreditreport.com. I have called that company which is an actual credit report site. I was requested to forward the link in which Ms. Newsome is providing so they can continue their investigation and remove their company from the link. If you would like to contact them the number is 1.888.887.4287 and email is CustomerService@NationalCreditReport.com

Hello,

Thanks for taking the time to email my daughter about the room, being a realtor she asked that I help her with the screening

I thought I had the place rented last week to a friends niece, but communication has dropped off. You are the first person to email about it since I put it back on the market . It would only be fair that I gave you the first shot at it.

To tell you a little bit about your potential roomate, "I am a 28 year old professional female. Non-Smoker, occasional drinker and WILL not bring any drama into the house. I'm not going to follow you around with white gloves but would think you'd want to help keep the place clean. I don't have a pet but am not against them." is her 2 sentence description she asked me to pass along

I would prefer a year lease, but would also be open to shorter terms. I'm sure that you will want to see the property before making a final decision. I would simply give you the address and let you swing by, but for safety reasons I would rather meet somewhere first and talk / answer any questions, then let you follow me to the property. Rest assured the home has been up kept properly and had a good cleaning and fresh coat of paint . All utilities are taken care of in the rent.

If you want to go ahead and schedule a time to see the property, go to the link below and print off the free copy of your report. Your score isn't important, I'm just interested in seeing that there are no evictions / landlord related judgments.

Here is the link: //leasing-reports.com/property09511/

I am very open as far as appointments go to show the property. Any morning after 10am is fine. Just let me know when you have everything printed and be sure to leave me a contact number to reach you at and any desired time. I will call you to confirm a time and choose a place to meet.

Thanks for looking,

Sharon and Erin

ok I am really worried now. I did fill out the report online but did'nt sent it to her. has anyone done the credit check online? i checked the website and it's a real credit report agency so i dont think that was bad. but iwhat if by clicking on the link on she emailed. it can hack on my computer. please help should i close my bank account and will she have access to my report?

i also filled out the credit info...and I'm worried to, she suckered me in last week. wish i would have found this site beofre doing that. as you, i feel the credit company is legit, but I am sceptical of everything at this point. i don't know what her motive is or what she takes from the people she victimizes....good luck

1. Cancel your credit card

2. Report a scam with your CC company

3. Make sure you have cc protection on your CCrds

4. File a police report

5. Report them to Craigslist

6. Watch your credit for years

7. Clean out your computer best yet have a professional clean it ou.

8. Do not respond to spams

You ask what are they looking for...they want your info...they want to be paid for your info and they will haunt you for hte rest of your life if you do not stand up and protect yourself. Good luck and go back to Craigslist and FLAG, FLAG AND FLAG

Watch out! Some of those credit card "links" put keyloggers on your pc and that's how they steal even more info from you. Run a malware, virus, and any other scan you have plus do a de-frag and re boot. This should help.

i have the cox security by McAfee security center. do u think that takes care of it? or what should i do?

i just scanned my my spayware protection and it says my computer is protected. am i safe now? i really dont know much about computers and i dont know what to do. i will cancel my credit card first thing in the morning.

After I had my computer hacked from these scammers I went to a computer specialist and they cleaned out my entire computer. It better to have a professional do it as they know what they are looking for. If you cant afford it run everything you can to clean out your computer. However dont start downloading because flakelist is right there are many things hiding in downloads.

I would recommend that you not do any online bankinng or payments that require all of you info. Also keep in mind that when you fille dout the credit report no one knows where that info really went to. You need to watch your creidt history. I have limits on my cards which means any purchase over a certain amount has to be approved by me via a phone call to my cell. Same with my bank. In any given day I cant take our more than the specific amount. Remember they are scammers and are after your info to make money. They get paid each time someone fills out the report. Its all about money for them. Then ita about selling your info. Now go and flag and help others.