Someone took out an ad on craigslist that said Robert Salisbury of Jacksonville, Oregon was being forced to leave the area and that he was giving all his possessions away for free, including a horse. Check out what happened.

Salisbury, who works as an independent contractor, was at Emigrant Lake when he received a call from a woman had stopped by his house to claim his horse.

On his way home he stopped a truck loaded down with his work ladders, lawn mower and weed eater.

"I informed them I was the owner, but they refused to give the stuff back," Salisbury said. "They showed me the Craigslist printout and told me they had the right to do what they did."

The driver then sped away after rebuking Salisbury. On his way home he spotted other cars filled with his belongings. Upon pulling into his driveway he was greeted by close to 30 people rummaging through his barn and front porch.

"They were like a pack of vultures," he said.

This is not the first time something like this has happened on Craigslist.

The scammer hijacks a legitimate rental listing and posts it to Craigslist. They post it for significantly less rent than is true. Applicants that respond on Craiglist are told to fill out an application and send money to an address. What makes it easy to fall for, is that the rental is a real legitimate rental. Buyers drive by the property and see the for rent sign so it makes the Craiglist ad seem real.

It also goes to show you, people believe anything they read on the internet.

Labels: Craigslist, Scam

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