Craigslist is the Wild West; use it at your own risk. A few years ago, I answered an enticing ad for a pretty nice apartment in a good school district near Bost

Craigslist is the Wild West; use it at your own risk. A few years ago, I answered an enticing ad for a pretty nice apartment in a good school district near Boston. The price was about half what you would expect; that was the only tell. They answered my inquiry right away and said something about being "away in Africa on mission work and need someone to sublet our place". I supposed this was somewhat plausible, but decided to test them. Since they said they wanted someone quiet, I said, "We have a pet howler monkey. I hope that's okay." They replied "That is fine." I then knew something was wrong, so I mentioned that he's not really house trained, and tends to throw things, and then they ghosted me. Meanwhile, someone else might have fallen for the scam. I did report the ad, of course, but that takes a few hours or days and in the meantime, someone else might have been suckered. Craigslist could really benefit from some kind of comment/review system that would allow you to immediately call out these kinds of posts publicly. Of course it would also require a systematic way to take down revenge or mischief posts that unfairly attack legitimate sellers.