How to spot a fake Craigslist ad

Fake Craigslist ads are everywhere to be found on the Craigslist website. Wih just a bit of due diligence spotting a fake ad is not very hard at all.

1.If it looks to good to be true then it is probably fake. Only deal with local people. Only accept cash for what you are selling or buying. Make a bill of sale for more expensive items.

Step 2
Use a secondary email (free email account that you do not care about) when replying to an ad. Ads that are used by spammers to collect emails will only see your secondary email.

Step 3
Use two different ( free email accounts that you do not care about ) emails and reply to the same ad. If you get the same respone back really fast to both of your emails then it is driven by bots and the ad it fake. The fake response usually have different email address but the same content.

Step 4
If you see the same ad show up in other cities then the ad is probably fake. Spammers and scammers constantly post in different cities and countries to be a step ahead.

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