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Did Craigslist finally stop the scammers from getting our emails?
I was just looking at something on craigslist. Emailed the guy and got a reply from a jumbled craigslist email. Looks like they are filtering out our real email addresses finally!?
I tried it again and again I cannot see the other persons email address! So as long as I don't provide my email in the message body and go through the craigslist email then the other person won't be able to sell my address to scammers? |
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03-12-2013, 06:43 AM
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That's the way it's always been. Once you email back, you're cooked. Always ask for a phone no. in the reply or move on.
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03-12-2013, 07:10 AM
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No a reply back would always show email addresses. Right now when you reply back the email you see is still a jumbled craigslist one. All replies have been jumbled craigslist ones for me.
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03-12-2013, 07:43 AM
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OK! This is what they did! I don't use craigslist much but the few times I do suddenly I seem to get a lot of spam afterward...see link:
craigslist | about > help > email-relay |
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03-12-2013, 07:45 AM
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Thanks for the update. I didn't understand your first post, obviously. But, I think eventually the emails should become available. Otherwise all communication is going through them like eBay. I don't like that control.
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03-12-2013, 08:33 AM
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Youre right about the control being weird but in this day and age its probably needed. Craigslist was such a mess and now the vast majority of scammer emails become useless. All the "do you still have it" emails to harvest our emails will be gone!
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