Personal Phone Number Being Published

Hi, My own personal cell phone number is being put on numerous ads on craigslist for various items and I have been contacted by numerous people and I have no idea how my number got on there and I keep trying to flag the ad with my number but it does not get blocked or anything and am still getting calls that i would like to stop

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on September 30th, 2011 11:05 AM

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