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Craigslist Phishing Scam

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Yesterday I added an event to Craigslist.  Today I get this email

Quoting Jordan Miller <fcd@craiglist.org>:

I am VERY interested in your add. Please look and tell me if this is the one.

http://www.craigslists.org/fcd/ctd/909780589.html

Thanks !

At first I thought it was weird that someone would reply to a posting about an event like this.  I closed it and didn’t think anything more until a few minutes later when I took a second look.

Ah ha!

The URL – check it out.  It goes to craigslists.org.  I’m not clicking on it. I’m betting anything it’s a spyware/malware site.

Sure enough, Google shows that site as only having 5 pages. Yeah, that’s because all the vicious scripts are hidden, probably.

If you’re posting ads on Craigslist, watch out for this one.