Craigslist users worst nightmare, online hoax leaves house & property empty
Although Craigslist is extremely helpful when it comes to making a few bucks off of miscellaneous items around the house / apartment, there are caveats worth noting. Have you ever thought of what might happen if Craigslist was used as a tool for evil rather than good?
The ads popped up Saturday afternoon, saying the owner of a Jacksonville home was forced to leave the area suddenly and his belongings, including a horse, were free for the taking, said Jackson County sheriff’s Detective Sgt. Colin Fagan.
But Robert Salisbury had no plans to leave. The independent contractor was at Emigrant Lake when he got a call from a woman who had stopped by his house to claim his horse.
On his way home he stopped a truck loaded down with his work ladders, lawn mower and weed eater.
“I informed them I was the owner, but they refused to give the stuff back,” Salisbury said. “They showed me the Craigslist printout and told me they had the right to do what they did.”
A flash mob of deal hungry beady eyed citizens looking for something free to snag and call their own. How angry would you be?
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This isn’t the first one like this. There was a woman who had this happen to her, and the people even took her stove/oven. I think the people who put up the ads should be charged with felonies.
yea, i remember this story and ones like it…. pretty funny, but terrible at the same time.. reminds me of the time zack morris sold his parents house when they were on vacation.
the problem is it’d be pretty easy for them to do it anonymously