A few days ago, I mentioned I had found riders to go on a road-trip to Vermont by using the rideshare feature of Craigslist.
I haven't checked out Craiglist in a few years and I was unaware of the high percentage of bogus ads on their rideshare program that are used by spammers. What looks like legitimate ads are not. Then they e-mail you, with what looks like a response, but there is something weird about it, as if they didn't actually read your e-mail, but just the heading. The first 2 responses tricked me as I was in a hurry and clicked on them. Now I have to carefully check the heading of the e-mail, presuming that if I don't open it, I will be o.k. Prior to about 2 days ago, my G-mail account would get about one piece of spam a week, that was fairly obvious spam by the heading. Now, I am getting spammed several times a day, by what looks like people off of Craigslist responding to my ad. If anybody is getting messages from me, that are not my usual form of off-topic discussion, then these spammers got a hold of my address book, especially if the messages are just sent to you. I still think I have 4 riders willing to make the trip ( presuming they are for real ), but most are being dropped off near Hagerstown, Maryland, or Pennsylvania to catch a bus to NY. So I could have room for some cavers that live along my route to take them to Vermont. ( Hagerstown, Maryland to Essex Junction, Vermont ) At the moment, the tentative plan is to drive alone from Harrisburg, Pennsylvannia to Vermont, which is over 8 hours, so I will be searching for a rider, preferably a caver going to the convention. Please reply via the OT listserve or to me privately. David Locklear --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
