How Craigslist Works

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The Craigslist Network• More than 450 cities has each craigslist sites

• Example of that

• Chicago

• Los Angeles

• New York City

Every month craigslists have

• more than 25 million new classified ads

• more than 1.5 million job postings

• more than 75 million user postings

Craigslist Financial

Craigslist started as a pet project but this company became the authentic company. In 1999, craigslist united as a for-profit organization. Moreover, craigslist features is no advertising at all.

Craigslist Problem• How to counter to scam artists

• Kind of scam

• fake money order

• bait-and-switch schemes

• phishing

Measure to scam

• Police scan craigslist for ads soliciting goods or services that does not allow legally.

• Police is frequently using craigslist to find sexual predators.