Sharon Smith hired a real estate agent to advertise her house for sale in Cleveland, Ohio. A criminal, found the details of the property on the estate agents website and swiped the photographs. He then posted a message on the popular Craigslist website, listing the property as available for rental. When people responded to the rental ad, the scammer emailed back calling himself Dr Jack Fred, saying that he had just read more in my article on the Naked Security website.”]
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