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I posted something for sale, and the potential buyer wants me to use his gmail email address and not the hidden e-mail address that craigslist uses. Could there be a scam by him seeing my gmail email address? He knows what town and state I live in.

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on September 27th, 2013 5:06 PM

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You may misunderstand Craigslist's anonymizing. The purpose is to keep your address anonymous, not to keep his address anonymous. If however you respond by email to a reply to your ad, that person with any computer savvy will be able to discern your email address from your response.

If you have any doubt, don't deal with this person, or communicate by other means (snailmail or phone).

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