What I learned on Craigslist

free adult imus to a good home
2 males
1 female

They probably meant 'emu'...hopefully not this Imus:



Trying to imagine a female Imus. A little makeup and he might actually pass...

 
Today I learned Dr. Frankenstein is alive and well, living in the western suburbs of Chicago. He could use some spelling lessons. Link to the listing is here. Some screen shots are below.

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Good Lord.

"Here is up for your consideration a floor standing configuration of the KLIPSCH / HAFLER an active power speakers with a MIRAGE "FRX-s8" acoustic woofer/sub woofers...this Unique audio system has been put together by acoustic specialist of the sound research to improve Natural Sound most of the 2 CHANNELS audio systems!!!"

I'm sad now.

He's certainly invented some unique stacking options as well.

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Yesterday I had another great CL score: A brand new Logitech K750 solar powered keyboard for $10. Sometimes you win.
 
BobbyBluz said:
Yesterday I had another great CL score: A brand new Logitech K750 solar powered keyboard for $10. Sometimes you win.
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Better than the hydro-powered keyboards I see at work. Well, that's what the office ladies think they are anyway; with how much coffee they dump into them.
 
Scam Alert:

This evening I listed an old shortwave radio on the local Craigslist. Not 15 minutes later I get this text: "I wanna buy your shortwave radio. Can I call you now?" I reply "sure."

Then this text: "calling accept my call and press (43) to connect me as I'm calling from Google Phone."

My phone rings, I answer, and a recorded female voice prompts me for the code (don't remember the exact words), and like a dummy I punch in 43. The female voice says "thank you, your account (or maybe "your number") is activated" and I'm disconnected.

I text the caller back and tell him it didn't work, but no further response.

That didn't feel right, so I check my Google account and there is a "new device added" three minutes ago. I disconnected it immediately. And changed my Google password.

I gave my phone number and my personal gmail address when I posted the ad. Next time I won't. It'll be no phone number and a non gmail address.

Still not sure exactly what happened, but I'm thinking he was trying to hijack my 2 factor authentication somehow.
 
c.coyle said:
Scam Alert:

This evening I listed an old shortwave radio on the local Craigslist. Not 15 minutes later I get this text: "I wanna buy your shortwave radio. Can I call you now?" I reply "sure."

Then this text: "calling accept my call and press (43) to connect me as I'm calling from Google Phone."

My phone rings, I answer, and a recorded female voice prompts me for the code (don't remember the exact words), and like a dummy I punch in 43. The female voice says "thank you, your account (or maybe "your number") is activated" and I'm disconnected.

I text the caller back and tell him it didn't work, but no further response.

That didn't feel right, so I check my Google account and there is a "new device added" three minutes ago. I disconnected it immediately. And changed my Google password.

I gave my phone number and my personal gmail address when I posted the ad. Next time I won't. It'll be no phone number and a non gmail address.

Still not sure exactly what happened, but I'm thinking he was trying to hijack my 2 factor authentication somehow.
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Wow! Thanks for sharing this.
 
c.coyle said:
Scam Alert:

This evening I listed an old shortwave radio on the local Craigslist. Not 15 minutes later I get this text: "I wanna buy your shortwave radio. Can I call you now?" I reply "sure."

Then this text: "calling accept my call and press (43) to connect me as I'm calling from Google Phone."

My phone rings, I answer, and a recorded female voice prompts me for the code (don't remember the exact words), and like a dummy I punch in 43. The female voice says "thank you, your account (or maybe "your number") is activated" and I'm disconnected.

I text the caller back and tell him it didn't work, but no further response.

That didn't feel right, so I check my Google account and there is a "new device added" three minutes ago. I disconnected it immediately. And changed my Google password.

I gave my phone number and my personal gmail address when I posted the ad. Next time I won't. It'll be no phone number and a non gmail address.

Still not sure exactly what happened, but I'm thinking he was trying to hijack my 2 factor authentication somehow.
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Sounds like you took quick action to recover from the hijack.

I don't mind listing my phone number (a FreedomPop number). I let CL handle the e-mail side. But I follow the script, exactly. The only acceptable response to an ad is "I want to buy. When and where can we meet." Anything else I ignore.
 
^^ Good advice. Any of us can goof up in the moment but always good to remind ourselves not to get sucked into anything that sounds hinky. Well, except for AK that is. Very sketchy. :p
 
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