Punk’d by Craigslist

A case of sibling fueding led one woman to list her sister’s house on Craigslist saying that everything in the house was free for the taking.  And the lemmings of Tacoma Washington showed up in droves and took everything out of the house, including the toilet seat and the kitchen sink. 

The victim insists that her sister is too stupid to figure out how to work Craigslist.  I kinda doubt that.  The stupid one might be the victim, Laurie Raye, who refuses to blame either Craigslist or her sister.

From King5 here, along with video:

TACOMA, Wash. – A woman who had been evicted from a Tacoma house says she did not place the Craigslist ad that invited people to take anything they wanted from the house for free.

Lisa Scearcy admits she has a feud with her sister, Laurie Raye, who owns the house, but was not responsible for the hoax that led to the house being stripped.

“I didn’t do it,” Scearcy told The News Tribune on Friday.  “Honest to God, on my mon’s grave, no I didn’t.”

Raye won’t say why she evicted Scearcy and said she doesn’t believe her sister placed the ad.  “She’s not smart enough,” she said.

Lots of people saw or heard about the offer and on March 30th chaos ensued.  Neighbors say they saw strangers pull up and haul away all sorts of stuff.  Nearly everything of value had been stripped.  Light fixtures, mirrors, baseboards, the hot water heater, cabinets, even the kitchen sink.

It wasn’t until Saturday, the 31st, when she went back to pick up her mail that she saw the damage.

“I was like, ‘Oh my gosh,” she said.

Tacoma police are still investigating but have said the sibling rivalry is one of the reasons they’re not looking at this as a criminal case.  They say it’s a civil matter.

I think it is a criminal matter and the police need to issue a subpoena to Craigslist for them to reveal the IP address of the person who posted the ad.  Only then can you rule out the sister in this case.  If she did post it, it most certainly should be a case of fraud.

And how stupid is the victim?  Her ‘money quote’ in the story was “I was like, Oh my gosh!”  Totally!