A freelance videographer had posted an ad on Craigslist to get more business. Someone responded to his ad. When he showed up to do the job, he was held at gunpoint and robbed of all of his equipment and the contents of his wallet. Why are all the whackos so attracted to CL??

You can read the whole story here:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2008/05/21/2008-05-21_craigslist_scam_ends_with_gun_to_head.html

Wow, here is another Craigslist related crime "Frisco police are searching for a suspect who agreed to meet with a man selling his car on Craigslist but grabbed the keys from him and stole the car and several items in the car."

http://www.friscoenterprise.com/articles/2008/06/06/frisco_enterprise/news/972.txt

Geeeez!! Crazy stuff going on there.

I forgot to mention this.... it is no wonder that GlobeLife named Flugpo as a safe alternative to Craigslist in their article "Craigs Crime Scene": http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080501.wlcraigscrooks01/BNStory/lifeMain/home?cid=al_gam_mostview