Using Craigs list to cover up a crime
The man who’s house was ransacked by a mob of people who read an on line posting at craigs list for free stuff might have ended up being used to cover a crime. The use of social networking to commit a crime is not new, thinking of the MySpace Suicide Lori Drew debacle that keeps on cropping up in the news. But this is fairly ingenious thinking, even if they got nabbed out, people will be following suit, and one has to start wondering how many of those “get free stuff” ads you see on craigs list are meant to cover up something deeper.
Jackson County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Medford couple Monday and said the two stole horse saddles and other items from Robert Salisbury’s home. Then, deputies said, the couple tried to cover up their theft by posting a notice on the Web site Craigslist that said Salisbury had to leave the state and his belongings were free for the taking. Source: Seattle PI
The couple were tracked down using their IP address that was registered on craigs list when they made the entry. There is nothing new about tracking someone by their IP address, this is one of those fundamental Internet ways of doing things that provide a wealth of information about the people on the other side of the transactions.
Apparently the whole thing was over some saddles that were stolen by the couple. Rather than just take the money and run, they had to further complicate their involvement by posting the “get free stuff” advertisement on Craigs list.
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