I'm curious about the type of scams you're signing up for if you answer the casual encouter ads on craigslist. Thanks

There are 100 guys to every girl looking to hook up. That proportion is not exact, but you get the idea. Scammers know this and take advantage of guys who are following their hormones. One thing you want to always remember is NEVER give out your home address. You invite a CL girl to your place...she doesn't show up. You chalk it up to a flake, but a few days later, your place is robbed. Another scam is when she invites you to her place or some meeting point. You drive there, and again...a no show. Little do you know is that they are surveilling you and then follow you back to your place. Now that they know your address, they stake you out for you to leave. Then they break in and rob your place. CL scammers may be working as a team, so don't think it is just one person. You may be thinking that you are talking with a girl, but that person may be a guy...or a few of them. Whenever you go to an outcall, be it for casual encounters or something else, if you don't know the person you are meeting, ALWAYS park your car at some distance and walk there. If a no show, find another way to get back to your car. Waste time in that area, perhaps go to a store, don't let them figure out that you are the guy. Don't be an idiot and stand smack in the middle of the meeting point and then get on your cell calling her, looking like you are looking for someone. Remember, they could be looking for to identify you from a safe distance from the meeting point. If you want to call, then you too should do it from a safe distance eyeing the meeting point and then asking where she is. If she doesn't answer, then you know she's a fake...and they will never see you either.

Anyway, there are other scams, maybe others here can tell you about them.

You can easily recognize one of these legit ads because the girl will post her telephone # with the ad. I've had several successful hook-ups there, but the girls definitly weren't amateurs out for a fling.

Shazzam, roger, wilko, over and out

Do I really have to ask you two more times?

(NECN: Brian Burnell, Hartford, Conn.) - A bogus Craigslist ad for group sex has led to the arrest of a Connecticut man, who police say went to the wrong house and groped an 18-year-old woman.

The man in jail is not the only one who responded to the fake ad, but he is the only one who allegedly went to the wrong house and then went too far.

Essentially, the ad said:

Lt. Stephen Estes, West Hartford CT PD: 40-year-old married West Hartford soccer mom looking for fantasy group sex.

The ad listed an address where the "soccer mom" could be found. Police say within 2 hours of the ad being posted a lot of people started to show up.

Lt. Stephen Estes, West Hartford, CT PD: They already had over a half-a-dozen cars showing up with people described as anywhere from teens to an 80-year-old man who looked like Santa Claus."

Authorities say among those who responded to the ad was this man, 29-year-old Richard Zeh of Newington. But he made the mistake of going to the wrong address. An 18-year-old woman answered the door. She told police Zeh thought she was the woman referred to in the ad and that he wouldn't leave until she pointed out the right house. But when he went there...

Lt. Stephen Estes, West Hartford CT PD: Because those people had so many of these freaky guys showing up they had relatives at the house, manning the house, in anticipation of this. So when he goes to the correct address that guy says hit the road.

Police say Zeh then went back to the house where the 18-year-old woman was, let himself in and groped her.

Lt. Stephen Estes, West Hartford CT PD: It's a sexual assault 4 but he sexually assaulted this girl by grabbing her rear end.

In addition to sexual assault Zeh is also charged with burglary, trespassing and disorderly conduct. His wife was not interested in talking to reporters when they arrived at her house.

"We're trying to find out more about Rich and what's going on."
"I don't know."
"You don't know? This is unlike him?"
"Can you get off my property?"

Police have not released the addresses where all of this happened. In addition to arresting Zeh, though, there is another crime they are investigating. This is not the first time this particular address has been targeted with a bogus Craigslist ad. They are working to find out who posted the ads and intend to charge that person with fraud.