416 Easy Vanity Numbers For Sale Scam kijiji
Complaint 318703 Details

TORONTO - Online classified ads can be a great way to sell unwanted things and get a bargain on treasures.

But if you’re not careful, you could be paying for the transaction with your life Police Say!

As from $29 to 10 & thousands of dollars,it could be you identity stolen,or even worse.

Your life is to important to save a few bucks,and thats if it will be working. You see, the majority of criminals are on kijiji & Craigs List. Police are WARNING THE PUBLIC of all the criminals, that use kijiji and burn phones (disposable) to conduct their criminal activity,and after dispose of phone.

In light of the crushing news of Tim Bosma, the missing 32-year-old father whose remains were found earlier this week, police and e-commerce experts are reminding the public to be vigilant in making safety a priority when buying and selling things off sites such as Craigslist or Kijiji.

Bosma disappeared after going for a test drive the night of May 6 with allegedly with two men who answered his online ad to sell a black Dodge Ram pickup truck.

Dellen Millard, 27, has been charged with first-degree murder, forcible confinement and theft over $5,000.

“It’s kind of like the wild west out there, because you’re dealing with people anywhere and everywhere,” said Joe Couto of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police.

The first thing Couto recommends is meeting someone in a public place during business hours.

“The real key is never allow people into your home,” Couto said. “You’re putting yourself in danger. Always have someone with you. Don’t put yourself in a position where something could happen to you and no one’s there to witness it.”

Buyers and sellers should also never give away personal information in an online ad, including their name, address or phone number, Couto said. If you’re selling a truck, get a copy of the driver’s licence.

Tim Richardson, an e-commerce professor at Seneca College and University of Toronto, said too much information can include an e-mail handle that states your name such as “johnsmith93.”

“The fundamental principle of personal safety is that you do not have to be perfect, you simply have to make some precautions better than the average person and you’ll be OK,” Richardson said. “’Bad guys’ seek out people who do not even take the basic precautions because they are easy to scam — if you follow basic precautions, you’ll avoid these types of criminals.”

Richardson recommends investing in a “burn phone,” a disposable pay-as-you-go phone with a number different number than your cellphone, which will help safeguard against harassment.

“Keep in mind that ‘bad guys’ will use ‘burn phones’ too, so you may be caught the same way if you try to follow-up with some shady person,” he said.

Parry Aftab, a New York-based lawyer specializing in Internet privacy and security law, called Bosma’s death “really tragic.”

“A lot of it was done on the phone, so they didn’t have a lot of cyber communications, which are like a trail of cyber breadcrumbs running right to the door,” she said speaking of the Bosma case.

Kijiji said in a statement this week the ad Bosma posted didn’t have any personal information, nor did it receive any replies, “which determines the incident did not occur as a result of his ad posting on Kijiji.”

The majority of the millions of people who use these sites are honest, but there is a small percentage — “although rare,” Aftab said, who hunt prey using these online classified sites as a tool.

POLICE ESTIMATE kijiji & Craigs List Brings about 75% - 80% of CRIMINALS TO PREY ON ANYONE THEY CAN. CAUTION ALWAYS!