Oregon man's property ransacked after Craigslist hoax ... cruel, cruel, cruel...

OH my, poor man. Alhtough in this case I don't really see how ever more monitoring could prevent it, so I do blame the hoaxter. Now it's just a matter of finding him. I am sure it is possible. As for Craig's list how can they know it's an hoax. Lots of people go there and most things are legitimate, I don't really see how they could have checked to see if it was true or not. However the people that took the things also have the responsibility. You see, even if they were taking the things,it was their responsibility to check the veracity of the claim before. So to be fair I would blame the hoaxter first, the people who took the things next. Not the site. You know people are getting too used to have everything checked and rechecked for them. Monitored, made right , protected, etc..... but in life we are the ones responsible for our selves, and our actions. Taking something, no matter who tells you it's ok, is something that should be done with responsibility,checking for ourselves if the information we have is correct or not. It's not the site's responsibility or anyone else's but the people taking the things to check. Nowadays we keep making others responsible for what we do. If one goes to a bar, gets drunk and has an accident - blame the bartender that sold the drinks. An idiot doesn't know how to hold his/her coffee and burns himself/herself - blame the establishment that sold the coffee. No one is responsible for their actions, it's always someone else's fault. Makes no sense to me.

What a nightmare! Does Craiglist have a warning that tells its users to check out the posts and make sure they are legit before, say, looting someone's house? If it doesn't, it should, IN BOLD LETTERS! They also have to find a way to beef up their security so it doesn't happen again. As it is, I would be afraid to post anything on Craiglist after reading this story. I would consider such an intrustion into my life to be a case of identity theft since the hoaxter posted in my name. He should be charged with fraud at the very least. Of course the people who took his stuff will also have to be charged if they don't bring it back, because it was taken under false pretenses and failure to return the items is the same as stealing.

I remember this article. I don't know if anyone was ever caught in it. It's hard to believe that not only would someone post something like this but that ppl would just go into someones home and start taking things. I would think though that it had to be someone who knew him b/c they knew he would be away for the day. I think Craiglist should make ppl register, like Ebay does, with certain information so that they can be tracked if there are problems. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

The incident must have been a nightmare for the victim, ladyluna. This also speaks to the idiocy of some people who are so gullible they will go along with anything. It would be unthinkable for anyone with an ounce of common sense to think that this man would just give up everything he owned -no matter what the circumstances were.

Ah this is an old one, I'm surprised I didn't see it earlier. Craigslist really has its flaws but the sad thing is people use it and believe it all the time, even for "adult" get togethers. I think the scamster is mostly responsible for this, but the contractor should have been more careful with this situation. Craigslist should have a verification method similar to many other sites to help prevent something like this. Now in terms of using Craigslist again, I only read it on occasion to see some of the weird nonsense (already mentioned one of many Luna...)

OMG!! that is so horrible!.why would someone want to do that to somoene. its not funny. that is so mean. Of course its the hoaksters fault, and obviously the people who came into this man house taking stuff arent veary smart.. dont you think you would check with police about somthing like that first? lmao im not a genius by any means but im smart enough not to go a take things from someones house just because i see na article online saying its okay... I think that everyone who went into this mans house should be brought up on charges for being stupid. eccept the lady who took the horse. because she did leave her contact number just incase i wasnt. she was just looking out for this horse.. I dont use craigs list,and i never will. im suprised they are even still standing. awhile back, some put and add on their looking to hire someone.. the girl went in for the interview and he murdered her... you would think they would so somthing about all this stuff happning on that website.. I wonder, do they have to approve posts before they are posted?.. i hope not because if so i would defiantly sue the website. because they had no proof what these people were saying was true.. and now look its caused this guy to loose most of his life earnings...