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Craigslist scam highlights the danger of the Internet

Craigslist has been in the news a lot lately after an Oregon man came home to find almost all his possessions gone. Someone had made a Craigslist post stating the man had to leave town on short notice and was giving away all of his belongings, including a horse! Predictably, there was a feeding frenzy at the house. The man got on the scene and told those who had come that the Craigslist post was a hoax, but they just showed him the printout and acted like they had a right to take his belonging. Police have since discovered the post was made to cover up a burglary that had taken place just days earlier at the residence. While the Internet offers so much good, there's also a certain amount of anarchy in cyberspace. Several days ago, Clark was talking about JuicyCampus.com as an example of the downside to the Internet. In other news, there's a new lawsuit against Verizon, AT&T and Sprint for engaging in illegal gambling. TV viewers were paying fees to send text messages to shows that were essentially running non-government sanctioned lotteries.

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What others are saying

  • Internet Scams
    This is one reason that I don't truly trust online purchases. A co-worker was taken for $5,000 in a sale of a motorcycle. The person that listed the bike was last traced to Europe and out of the jurisdiction of US law enforcement.
  • Craigslist
    I recently applied to a local job with a healthcare company through Craiglist. When I called the company they had not placed the ad. Weeks later I got an offer to want sounded like "laundring money" for an overseas company. I bet they got my info through this fake job offer.

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AT&T settling a lawsuit over 3rd party billing charges.
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