Man’s House Looted After Fake Craigslist Ad
In what could be the most amazing prank ever, a fake ad was posted on Craigslist that said an Oregon man had to suddenly move so all of his possessions were up for grabs. The kicker? He wasn’t moving. According to the Seattle Times:
A pair of hoax ads on Craigslist cost an Oregon man much of what he owned.
The ads popped up Saturday afternoon, saying the owner of a Jacksonville home was forced to leave the area suddenly and his belongings, including a horse, were free for the taking.
But Robert Salisbury had no plans to leave. The independent contractor was at Emigrant Lake when he got a call from a woman who 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.”
Once home he was greeted by close to 30 people rummaging through his barn and front porch.
The trespassers, armed with printouts of the ad, tried to brush him off. “They honestly thought that because it appeared on the Internet it was true,” Salisbury said. “It boggles the mind.”
This story gave me an idea to put a hoax Craigslist ad up about myself. It’s going to say, “Area Man must rid himself of all of his semen. All of it must go! Right now! Come and get it! It’s free! (No fatties…OK, some fatties.)”
Courtesy of Boing Boing
Tags: craigslist, everything must go, looting
