1,202,572
Craigslist is known for such things, so, I do not utilize them
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Diana Zaccaro Broker A...
Cocoa Beach, FL
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
2,402,654
We did during our oil boom but not any more Christine Kankowski North SD and Temecula
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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John Pusa
Glendale, CA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
6,424,873
Our biggest problem is them taking down our rental listings and ghosting them. Your would think that they could tell the difference between a local landlord and some crook in another country.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
5,116,528
Fortunately, have not had this issue in years.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
2,222,281
I am not
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
3,168,134
I set up google alerts for all my listings and usually catch it within a few hours and get it removed.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Lynda White
Louisville, KY
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
509,449
Scams are everywhere. I met a renter once and he said the landlord of a property whom he spoke on the phone asked for $6k in deposit. He has not even seen the property yet.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
1,057,554
No because we don't come near Craigslist. If clients want to work with us and they've got a CL ad up they need to take it down and we won't put one up. When we used it, nothing good came of it and I'm sure it's only worse now.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
1,847,771
Seems wierd that they won't take them down. They always took mine down for no reason lol.
I've never had a problem ever, even when this was a big deal years ago.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Ryan Huggins - Thousan...
Thousand Oaks, CA
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
634,015
Stopped using CL years ago when the scammers started and they stopped allowing links on posts
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Lynda White
Louisville, KY
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
759,935
We had that scam up here a few years ago. Same scam, new location.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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John Pusa
Glendale, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
921,504
Yes, it is a problem.
I do not post an address but do reveal the community.
The property is physically posted with warning notices stating, "If you are not talking directly to Annette Lawrence, you are very likely to become the victim of a scam."
Finally, the images of the home DOES include my signage over the front door and throughout the remaining images. And of course one image is text stating "If you are not talking directly to Annette Lawrence, you are likely to become a victim of scam."
Notice: don't use same images with branding in your MLS.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Ryan Huggins - Thousan...
Thousand Oaks, CA
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
19,237
We had that issue in our market a few years ago. We started making it a practice to check within a few days of listing a home to see if it had ended up on there. It's such a terrible thing to do and so many people fall for it.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
4,181,938
Christine Kankowski North SD and Temecula Craigslist scams continues.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
1,153,794
Nothing major has occurred for quite a while but minor annoyances seem to always be interspersed in Craigslist activity. Usually it's recognizable.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
1,712,876
Old news.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
1,326,174
I have not had a Cragslist scam problem in quite some time.
I hope your question and my response did not jinx me!
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
5,063,230
Yep, have had this happen several times. I haven't advertised Craigslist for a while
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
1,093,447
I haven't had that happen recently but it happened a few years ago with my commercial listings. Flagging as fraudulent did not get it removed, I had to email Craigslist and explain that I was the LA and that my listings had been poached and were being scammed. CL took the posts down immediately.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
5,583,328
I've never participated on Craig's List....
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
1,513,143
If you are using the site it will require constant monitoring, getting to be a lot like FB with fake listings and even some of these are from agents.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
3,350,589
Among the many reasons I no longer use that site.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
5,773,261
Not to my knowledge, but we do not frequent the site. A
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
1,728,767
Reads like CL is an accessory to fraud. Sad that there are so many desperate folks still thinking that there is 'gold at the end of the rainbow'!
No problems here with CL...yet
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
1,292,269
For this very reason, I stopped advertising on Craig's List years ago. Scammers were having a blast high-jacking properties, and trying to convince prospects to send them money.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
7,870,977
Nope. You need to be alert.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
469,510
No not recently but I have had that experience on a listing a few years ago.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
4,906,660
I have not.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
1,208,838
I dont do craigs list. its over run with scams
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
5,258,256
I have the Secretary of State on my speed-dial, Christine! It's RIDICULOUS how out-of-hand these scams have gotten. They steal your listings from other sites - photos and ALL! I don't even advertise on Craigslist either!
I get calls all of the time from renters asking why there's a for-sale sign in the yard of the home they just rented, where am I (looking for their key)...it's SUCH a time-suck!
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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John Pusa
Glendale, CA
4,967,166
Have it on at least every other listing.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
1,506,923
It's happened when I've posted rentals in the MLS and they got pushed to zillow. I've flagged them in the past (many years ago) and they were removed. Can't really do anything else. In my cases, there was always someone who drove by and saw my sign and called. A couple of times, I had realbird brand some of my photos and I posted those places. The crooks used those photos and I got calls directly from people looking at the craigslist posting.
I've filed police reports in the past, nothing can be done about it. I just tell people to flag the post for removal.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
716,659
Been going on for years in my market...
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
4,800,132
I have never had issues with Craigslist not taking down the posts. I would contact the authorities in this case.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
556,536
Not here
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
536,943
I have heard of this happening here in our area.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
5,879,696
3,986,308
5,245,501