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NEW Dirty Trick Phishing Scam on Craigslist...
 

I usually have something for sale on Craigslist everyday and getting flagged once in a while is just business as usual.

Well today I received a email that one of my listings got flagged, but this one was unusual because it had a link to "Remove flag from listing".

I was thinking WOW, thats pretty clever...these scammers will get a lot of users to click on that! LOL

(EVERYTHING looks very legitimate in the actual email)

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Listing URL: http://



Listing Status: Flagged



Remove your listing limitation by following the link below.



Remove flag from your listing



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Interesting... I wonder what's the purpose after clicking on that

Just to get someones CL account information I would assume?

When you click on the link, it asks for your account name and password... typical phishing scam.

They will all get their retribution. Karma man what comes around goes around.