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Craigslist: Casual Encounters of the Most Unwanted Kind

By Bruce Carton

In April, I wrote here about a disturbing trend that seemed to be emerging in the Craigslist world: fake posts inviting people to have sex with unsuspecting women.Yesterday, Above the Law editor Kashmir Hill wrote about a similar type of fake Craigslist post that was directed squarely at her. Hill says that on Sunday afternoon, she received a call on her mobile phone about the ad she had supposedly placed on Craigslist. She hadn't placed any ad, however, and told the man he had the wrong number. Shortly thereafter, dozens of calls and text messages began pouring in to Hill's phone at a feverish pace, and she learned from one of the early callers that the "ad" that was generating such interest was one seeking "Casual Encounters" (i.e., "one-off sexual adventures with strangers") that included her photo and mobile phone number. "Someone was angry at me, Hill says, "and had found a nice, anonymous way to wreak revenge ... " Hill says that after receiving 30 calls, she ended up speaking to one of the men seeking a casual encounter. He told her that this type of false ad actually happens a lot on Craigslist. She suggests that in addition...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on June 02, 2010 (boomark / email).