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I received a text asking if I was a real person and asking me to text back "YES" to get a code. Is this really coming from Craigs list?

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Answer #1: Posted by waelsaidani1 on January 14th, 2018 9:43 PM

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Never provide a phone authentication code to anyone else.

craigslist will only ask for you to enter it on our site as part of the posting process.

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