#10
/ June 5, 2009 / 2:13 min.
Avoiding craigslist scams and fraud
Like all popular online services, craigslist has attracted its share of charlatans, fraudsters, con men and other ne'er do wells. Molly McDonald leads us through some of the best common sense practices to avoid falling victim to craigslist scams, frauds and other annoyances.
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- Personals are perhaps best avoided... and are only suitable for those over 18.
- Find
craigslist's own advice on avoiding scams in the left-hand navigation panel:
Avoding craigslist scams and fraud.
- It's best to deal locally and to meet in person. This is the single best way to avoid fraud.
- Never wire money to someone.
- Use common sense.
- Be wary of cheques or money orders... avoid whenever possible.
- If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!
- Be wary when meeting people from
craigslist.
- Tell people where you're going.
- Use common sense.
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#1
/ May 25, 2009 / 1:55 min.
If you're
hunting for a job,
searching for a house or apartment, looking for
garage sales,
computer components, electronics, records or just looking for a laugh,
craigslist has something to offer. But first, you'll need to find your
local craigslist page. Molly McDonald shows us how to do just that.
#2
/ May 26, 2009 / 2:56 min.
Whether you're looking for a part for your 1976 Gremlin,
searching for a job or a
place to live or just
looking for love, the various section headings on
craigslist are a great place to start. Headings range from
local community news and action to services offered or sought, housing or items bought or sold.
#3
/ May 27, 2009 / 1:41 min.
You don't need to have an account on
craigslist to
view items for sale,
jobs being offered or any of the other categories listed. You can even
post on craigslist without having an account. However, an account makes it easy to
track your craigslist listings and offers some other benefits too.
#4
/ May 28, 2009 / 2:23 min.
With hundreds or even thousands of listings being posted every day to your local
craislist portal, it's easy to feel information overload. However, with these simple tips, you can
narrow down your search to
find exactly what you're looking for on craigslist. In this example, we'll be
looking for an apartment on craigslist but the search tips apply to searching other categories on the site too.
#5
/ May 29, 2009 / 2:41 min.
Whatever it is you want to sell or otherwise offer, chances are that
craiglist will have a buyer. In this tutorial, Molly McDonald shows us how to
post an ad on craigslist. These tips will help you to
rent out an apartment, sell a car, get rid of junk, list a garage sale or look for a job on craigslist.
#6
/ June 1, 2009 / 1:36 min.
Simply put,
craigslist all but owns the
free online classified ads category, though comers like
Kijiji get and deserve their fair share too. With the hundreds of thousands of ads that are posted daily to
craigslist world wide, navigating the site can be difficult. Molly McDonald offers some
craigslist survival strategies.
#7
/ June 2, 2009 / 1:28 min.
Craigslist is a huge repository of information and
classified ads for everything from a new bike to a new job. However, the sheer number of ads being posted every day mean that it's up to the
craigslist community in part to make sure posts are on-point. Every
craigslist listing has the option to
flag as inappropriate. And if you find a post you know a friend will be interested in, it's easy to
email a craigslist post too.
#8
/ June 3, 2009 / 1:43 min.
With the millions of
classified ads, personal ads,
missed connections, rants and raves on
craigslist, there's some very funny stuff to be read. In addition to
flagging posts as inappropriate, users can also mark them for consideration as the "
best of craigslist." If you don't mind some non-PG humor (must be 18 or older to read) there's some funny stuff to be had on the
best of craigslist.
#9
/ June 4, 2009 / 3:04 min.
Just as you can find just about any item you're looking for on
craigslist if you look hard enough, you can also find a
discussion on just about any topic. Whether you're looking to do some research on gardening, want to ask a question about the best dog to have around kids or want to get the community's opinion on just about anything,
craigslist doesn't discriminate.
#10
/ June 5, 2009 / 2:13 min.
Like all popular online services,
craigslist has attracted its share of charlatans, fraudsters, con men and other ne'er do wells. Molly McDonald leads us through some of the best common sense practices to
avoid falling victim to craigslist scams, frauds and other annoyances.
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