There is a “reverse spammer” using craigslist, they are called creditreport365.net. Here is what they do… When you post an ad on craigslist either offering or seeking housing… they will answer your ad with a simple 1 line sentence posed in the form of a question. Here are sample replies you will get from this spammer….
>>> Hi do you still need housing?
>>> Hi, I was just looking through ad’s …still need housing?
>>> Hey there, how are you? I was curious if you still needed housing?
>>> Hey, still looking for housing?
>>> do you still need a place?
>>> etc…
If you reply to such a reply, you will get back an immediate response such as this…
>>>Hi there, nice to hear from you. Well that’s good because I have many
places available for you in the area. What’s your exact price range?
How soon were you looking to move? Before I show you any listings I’d
like to get a feel of what you’d qualify for, we can do this by
getting your credit score. Our office has a relationship with a credit
report company to give our clients free credit reports, if you’d like
to get one through our partner go to
http://creditreport365.net/?clientID=xxx or you can get one through
your own means, just please get this to me and we can get you into
something. I look forward to speaking with you.<<<
Worse yet, they have your email captured and can now relentless spam you with their credit report BS pitch.
Bottom line, don’t reply to every craigslist response you get, especially if its a quick one liner, and if the sender uses a gmail address that includes both a name and a series of numbers.