UPDATE: Still Available
(07/15/2009) “1960 Jeep Willys CJ3B. Bought in 2003. Rebuilt engine and transmission. Kept it all like stock. Cost me 2759.09, Still have receipt. Not more than 250 miles on the rebuild. Has not been run in years and a couple of years ago I filled the cylinders with transmission fluid as there might have been a bit of water that got in from the top through the air filter.
Body is that of an old jeep, some rust. Has a tow hitch on it. Has a gas can holder on it. I have a soft top/ doors. Has some diamond plate on interior sides and floor. Ski holders. Great classic jeep and a kick to drive! Please call me at (9 seven 0) – 37 nine – 7 two five 8 ( numbers are written to protect me from spam) ”
http://westslope.craigslist.org/cto/3955553162.html
The seller writes: ” Please call me at (9 seven 0) – 37 nine – 7 two five 8 ( numbers are written to protect me from spam) ”
How does a phone number get spam? I advertise things all the time and just put my phone number in and have no problems (I wish more people would call !). Is this some sort of myth to put your phone number in this way??
Apparently at some point scammers/spammers were harvesting phone numbers and using them to run a verification scam: http://forums.redflagdeals.com/craigslist-telephone-scam-833875/
I’ve never had a problem either. Whether changing the number to letters helps or not is less clear.