Craigslist warning and how to fight back?

[infinity11]

this has happened too many times
answer an ad
get no reply
but my spam box fills up soon after

any good ideas how to prevent or fight back?

i suppose i can track down the original ad and report it

but that is AFTER the damage is done

[ubonjoe]

The best way would be to use a throw away email. Yahoo and other email services have that capability.

[thrilled]

That's hoe craiglist works.If you answer an ad,and ya don't here nothing back.That usually means it's been sold.As far as spam goes,that's just part of Craigslist.Ya have to take the bad with the good

[Duvidl]

That's hoe craiglist works.If you answer an ad,and ya don't here nothing back.That usually means it's been sold.As far as spam goes,that's just part of Craigslist.Ya have to take the bad with the good

Yeah, just stop emailing those hoe's.

[HeavyDrinker]

If the spam is from a Craigslist account, then close the account. So much for online dating eh?

[infinity11]

Of course i could avoid or NOT answer an ad but the only way i can think to find out if it is legit is to answer, the spamming thing is annoying and i believe illegal as it should be. Stopping it however is another story. I guess i am not the only one who can NOT control what gets sent to my email accounts.

Edited February 16, 2014 by infinity11

[kkerry]

What you can do with Yahoo or Gmail is to create identities or disposable addresses. Each person you respond to you assign a different address. If you get spammed then you simply delete that address, meanwhile your main e-mail address is untouched. I've been using the same e-mail account for ten years and with this method I hardly ever get spam, maybe once a year. Because you assign everyone a different address to contact you with, you can tell exactly who is sending you any spam and delete them.

[tinhead]

If you reply to a craigslist address or craigslist post using the site's forms, your email address is automatically converted into a throwaway account before the recipient receives it.

If you answer to an email address posted in the body of a craigslist ad, good luck

[infinity11]

post 7 good idea thanks but time consumming

post 8 if i read your post right i think it is incorrect, once your reply to the CL address the recipient has YOUR email address

otherwise how would they be able to correspond, one of us is missing something here, no worries