If you attempt to search for the number and nothing comes up, your only option is to use a paid service. Research your options well as new websites are being created every day.Reverse Unlisted Phone Numbers Try to use an established and well known website. A minute or two of perusing the site will usually show you how professional a business is.

Unfortunately there is none.

The police won't do much. About six or seven years ago a waitress asked me for help after she had been scammed by a fake investment company. In total there was about 14-16 victims all in amounts between $30-80k and the fraud division took a report but in the end they did nothing. I doubt someone could motivate them to do anything about something like this.

Craiglist doesn't do anything about the prostitution ads which on the legal hierarchy trump sketchy fraud loans so I don't see them doing anything about this.

It is basically no different than modeling agencies that find girls at malls and promise them futures but first they need to buy pictures, make-up, and pay for lessons. Complete BS as any legitimate agency who actually believes you have a future pays for all that. This scam has been going on since I was a teen and no one has done anything. Likewise, paying for employment scams have been going on for at least twenty year where agencies promise to get you a job if you pay a fee. Again nothing has ever been done about it and they operate with impunity.

i hope that craigslist admin will do some action to stop this kind of scams and people should be aware about this sad reality. can anybody post about the proper and legal action on how to deal with them?

The people at craigslist will not care until they get a call from the police. The telephone number is probably a pay as you phone. The people that pulled off this scam might not even be in the country any longer.

The people I was dealing with are still active and there email as well even after I report them to the fraud depatment in Ontario. The answer is that they have to look legitimate and no one cares that they exist.

I have sent the email to craigslist to advise them of the ad that has been listed 4 times and it is still up there. The weird thing about this is why is there phone numbers still active after I have sent an email telling them I have reported them to all possible agencies?

Been there done that Tia, however yes the same thing happened to me. I even got the police involved however it seems like they do not care. Mine was listed on Kijiji and they have removed the ad however they probably just changed names and started again.

FYI - for future reference, its illegal in Canada to charge anyone money upfront to arrange a loan.

These are called advanced fee loan scams...

Click on this link to find all of the times we've talked about advanced fee loan scams on this site.
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Best thing is to contact the RCMP, and phonebusters... more than likely you will never get your money back.

These types of scams are called hit and run. The people at craigslist can't monitor everyone, but if it’s brought to their attention they can investigate and shut them down.