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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 20 > Craigslist scam targets Bend’s Community Center but fails to fool anyone

Craigslist scam targets Bend’s Community Center but fails to fool anyone

By Sheila G. Miller / The Bulletin
June 20, 2009

From the start, Taffy Gleason suspected something was amiss.

After placing an ad on Craigslist to sell a travel trailer, Gleason, the executive director of Bend’s Community Center, received an e-mail response, in stilted English, offering to pay the full $2,200 for the trailer.

A check....

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