Why Does Personal Ads Show Up On A Text? Do They Have To Be Approved?

If an ad is placed on Craigslist does that give anyone on there permission to send personal ads to your phone or email?

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on February 9th, 2017 8:25 AM

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These unwanted communications are spam and are certainly not invited by Craigslist--which unfortunately however does not do much to prevent them. You can eliminate or drastically reduce the nuisance (at least for future ads of yours) by not disclosing a mobile phone number and by using only a disposable email address. Two sources of such are http://www.fakemailgenerator.com/ and http://scr.im/.

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