chevysoldier Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 I have been getting emails replying to my craigslist ads. They take like the first sentence, or almost the first sentence and add a question mark to the end.For example if my ad was:I have a brand new cell phone I am selling because I don't need it anymore. It has never been used.The email I get is something like:I have a brand new cell phone?Has anyone else gotten these and what the heck is the point? It's not the typical spam/scam email... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrown57 Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 I have been getting emails replying to my craigslist ads. They take like the first sentence, or almost the first sentence and add a question mark to the end.For example if my ad was:The email I get is something like:Has anyone else gotten these and what the heck is the point? It's not the typical spam/scam email...You respond they get your actual email then the spam/scam start coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted November 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 You respond they get your actual email then the spam/scam start comingYeah, but would you be dumb enough to reply to that? I could understand replying to "Hey, do you still have ****" sure, but just adding a ? to a few words from you ad? and half the time it doesn't make sense where they put the ?I guess people out there are dumb enough to fall for it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrown57 Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Ya i got one with the "Do you still have..." cause I was selling something for my grandparents and replied to them to call the number in the add and now I get more spam than I did before They are hoping for the person that sends back "F**K OFF!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beegreenstrings Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 did the send you a message saying they were looking for ranch hands to work their farm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted November 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 lol, no thank goodness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crb Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Ya i got one with the "Do you still have..." cause I was selling something for my grandparents and replied to them to call the number in the add and now I get more spam than I did before They are hoping for the person that sends back "F**K OFF!!"I send the "F" off and then filter their emails to spam folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imprez55 Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 I send the "F" off and then filter their emails to spam folder.Its not their emails anymore, once they get yours. You can use a bot to spam cl, then once people respond they have the actual email instead of a coded one (if they for some reason don't have the software to crack the code). Then they can sell/spam on 1000's of throwaway addresses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
216cityboy Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 I've been the FUCK OFF guy before but I mainly get the: do u still have your "item", I'm in bfe, will send you a check , & once its cleared i'll have my people come pick it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 I have my welder generator posted on craigslist. I used a Gmail account that I rarely check. I was not getting any response after checking that Gmail account daily. I checked that email account today, and there is a 2 week old email that asks "do you still this welder powerarc 4000". It appears that part of the title of the ad was just copy/pasted and turned into a form of a question, instead of saying "do you still have THE welder." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcarlson Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 It's all robo spam. That's why you'll see phone numbers spelled out like 6 one four 55 five 12 one two. Computers can't read that and insert it into an auto dialer and then text you spam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted November 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 I used to think the emails that had my CL title (ITEM - (LOCATION) - PRICE) in the subject and the URL at the bottom of the email were spam. I DL'ed a CL app to my phone and when I reply to an ad, it automatically adds all that so I usually change it myself so it looks like I typed it and not a computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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