I found a sweet deal on an apartment rental on craigslist, the woman who listed it said she was momentarily out of town, but that she would "be back soon." I was suspicious because the rent was so low, so I physically visited the apartment. It was private so I couldn't go inside, but the place existed on the correct address listed on the ad, I was completely convinced of the ads authenticity.
Several email exchanges later I sent my application bearing personal information to the woman who posted the ad. I then got an email saying I was accepted, and that all I needed to do was send a money order to her Western Union account. At that moment I knew I'd been had (Western Union is notorious for being used by scammers, as ignorant as I was, thank God knew that), and my rage and thirst for revenge soared as I began to do everything in my power to track her down. My trail eventually died when her listed address was in a trailer park in Oregon. I called the owner, and he said she had left long ago and that also I wasn't the first to call about her.
I do not blame craigslist, but the reason such crime exists is because craigslist is not only easy to use, but it doesn't have an accountability or user ratings system. Kind of like...real...life...