craigslist question

[gardenmom5]

does craigslist have a "report" a fraudulent buyer feature?   The ones where "I want to buy your item" - but they don't use craigslist relay, they want you to use their own email address.  (I deleted it, but I'm sort of in a reporting fraud mood.)

[popmom]

Yes. There is supposed to be a button to click on every listing to report scams. It’s the flag icon.

Edited November 2, 2021 by popmom

[MooCow]

4 hours ago, gardenmom5 said:

does craigslist have a "report" a fraudulent buyer feature?   The ones where "I want to buy your item" - but they don't use craigslist relay, they want you to use their own email address.  (I deleted it, but I'm sort of in a reporting fraud mood.)

Wanna help me with some fraud? I'm on day two of my Amazon account and cc of fraud hell. Just kidding sort of 🥺

[gardenmom5]

2 hours ago, popmom said:

Yes. There is supposed to be a button to click on every listing to report scams. It’s the flag icon.

This isn't a listing - I listed, it's the response I got (and wanting me to use their "email", and not the craigslist relay.  the way it was done there really wasn't an obvious link to report it back to craigslist.

and they'd stripped all the contact information from the craigslist ad - so I don't even know what item that triggered the reply.

Edited November 2, 2021 by gardenmom5

[Spryte]

We don’t sell items often, but recently helped someone else. For every item we listed for her, we got at least one of those sketchy replies with no specific reference to what was being sold, and the request to go through direct email.  Ugh. So I switched to the OfferUp app, thinking that would be better — sure enough, same thing happened.

If you find a way to report, update us!