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It’s been a big week for scam artists locally. A Shoreline couple who swindled a retired old lady out of $350,000--her life savings--was sentenced to 33 months in prison. Michael and Katie Lambard befriended Margaret Martin and adopted her as their "grandmother" before taking her entire estate.

We just spotted this vaguely threatening ad on CL: "Writer (Seattle): I will write your obituary." And there's a phone number to call. For the record, we don't advise calling it.

Or not. While Craigslist is making a big deal out of "shutting down" its erotic services category, it's actually creating a new one called adult services that will cater to much the same clientele (but posts will be reviewed by CL employees). The CL murders seem to be more of a motivator than Craig first let on. To close on the lighter side, we direct you to this CL ad for an agency copywriter--you have to write "aggressive, shocking yet diplomatic headlines" and are advised "it is not necessary to have medical experience, but if you do, and are edgy, you'll be at the top of our list!" Somehow we're still thinking "CL murders."

How are whales getting access to Craigslist?

We haven't had to rent anything lately by perusing Craigslist, but a friend of ours was telling us the other day about a con they ran across. The scammer found an actual rental property offered through a management firm, copied it, undercut the price several hundred dollars, and said they were the owners, offering a special direct-to-you rate. But when our friend responded, they got a long reply explaining the "owners" were on a Christian mission in Nigeria and had brought the keys with them--easiest thing to do was to send a rent check, they'd send the keys. Luckily, CL has a little banner that says: "Avoid scams and fraud by dealing locally! Beware any arrangement involving Western Union, Moneygram, wire transfer, or a landlord/owner who is out of the country or cannot meet you in person." And so it goes.

There's a posting on CL that we had to click on: "Writer Wanted For Ex North Idaho Drug Kingpin." The pitch is a gifted young boy with undiagnosed ADHD who grows up to rub elbow with Colombian drug lords and imprisoned Mafiosi. You want high stakes? "I SHOULD BE DEAD A HUNDRED TIMES OVER." And, helpfully, there is this postscript: "All Statue of Limitations are finished and all prison time completed." What can we say, we're intrigued. Someone jump on this. Hell, we'll serialize it for you.

YET ANOTHER ENGLISH SONGSTRESS: If you like your soul blue-eyed and British, London's Adele hits up Neumo's tonight with her breathy, honeyed voice for an all-ages show. Tickets are sold out, but it looks as if Craigslist has a few, though you have several other fans (and high ticket costs) to contend with. Similarly-minded singer-songwriter James Morrison opens.

Linda Derschang, of Linda's Tavern and King's Hardware fame, is joining forces with Ericka Burke of the Volunteer Park Cafe to bring you the newest "quintessential neighborhood hangout" on Capitol Hill...and according to this post on Craigslist, the duo is now hiring for a variety of positions for the cafe! The so-called Oddfellows Cafe and Bar, to be located at 10th and Pine and opening in early December, "will be serving Stumptown coffee, homemade baked goods, breakfast, lunch & dinner," as well as "beer, wine & cocktails." We'll reserve judgment about the food itself until we've had a chance to check it out, but we'd put money on this cafe as the next hip place to be employed. Thanks to Seattlest tipster Sarah! (And h/t to CHS, which we just saw posted about this earlier today.)

...do not find prostitutes on Craigslist. If you do, and they end up assaulting you or not going through with the agreed act (and we've told you this too), do not call the Seattle Police Department to report it. The Seattle 911 Blog has yet another example of what should be well known to you by this point, dear readers. An unnamed man found a prostitute on Craigslist; he met her, she upped the price of her services, and then the prostitute assaulted said man after he chased her to an AM/PM. The jilted john called the SPD to report the assault. Of course, when he reported the assault, he had to explain to the officer the events surrounding the assault and...well. As a result, he ended up with not only a case number and a warning from the SPD, but also with his very own Seattlest post. Don't do it, kids.

...if you're willing to pay way more than face value.

• Capitol Hill Seattle has found the answer to the "graffiti problem"--passive aggressive semi-anonymous notes. Because passive aggressiveness has worked so well at solving everything else in Seattle.
• If you like mojitos as much as we do, you might be tempted by this Belltowner post. Apparently, the failed Mojito Cafe is selling their big neon sign on Craigslist.
• Lights & Sirens brings us the sad and disturbing story of a Tacoma woman who is reportedly suing the city of Tacoma, Pierce County, and a retired Tacoma police officer, after videos of her sexual abuse were found in the disgraced officer's private collection. The officer, who illegally kept the video of her abuse, has recently been sent to jail for first-degree child rape.

In a feature article on the psychology and sociology of Internet trolls and hackers, the New York Times shines their spotlight on Kirkland's own Craigslist scammer Jason Fortuny. Curious about what the guy looks like? From the article: "He is thin, with birdlike features and the etiolated complexion of one who works in front of a screen." Sounds like a lot of techies we know! Thoughts on the article? Leave 'em in the comments!

Today, the I Saw U and Missed Connections sections are chockablock with the requisite ads from Capitol Hill Block Party attendees looking for that one girl they saw that one time at that band's set. So if you have bleached blonde hair, a cute tattoo, or were wearing a pretty dress this weekend, your suitor awaits. On the other hand, if you are Heather Tanner, somebody found your wallet and would like to return it to you---and y'all know that we are decidedly pro-wallet-returnage.

So Kirkland's Jason Mesnick did not end up with the bachelorette, despite all the blog commenters in his corner. The P-I has an interview with Jason today on life after one of the more public rejections you can receive (what's ABC's audience share these days?)--but if you take a look in the comments, you start feeling a little better for the guy. He's appreciated. Deeply. On a soul-level. Honestly, Cupid must be fat and lazy these days. Besides all the blog-love, some proactive women are on Craigslist's Missed Connections making sure he knows there are other connections he could be making. Va-voom.

Seattle Metropolitan, the award-winning magazine of quirkily numbered lists launched in March 2006, is seeking an editor. For some reason, they failed to include a punchy little list in their job posting on Craigslist, so we took a whack at "metropolitanizing" it.

The first caller claimed they "weren't looking to buy marijuana" (uh-huh), they were just curious if they could. Wilson claims he simply replied, "No, we're not selling dope." But we wonder if he also added a little p.s. with that statement, such as, "I do happen to arrest people for doing so." We always suspected buying drugs off Craigslist could lead only to the local police finding out, but this wasn't how we imagined it would happen.

We see on Craigslist that the dry cleaners on the east side of 15th Ave, the cunningly named "Alterations and Dry Cleaning" are selling out with four years left on their lease. After 22 years in business, they look like they're giving up the whole kit 'n' caboodle:

This opportunity is turn key – all equipment is provided.

Some people complained about how hot and overcrowded the caucuses were yesterday; others took advantage of the high turnout to make politically simpatico acquaintances. A quick review of CL's Missed Connections reveals that pre-Valentine's caucus love is in the air:

Feb 10 - Yellow pantsuit at the caucus - w4m - 60 -

Continue reading "Love, Caucus-Style"

Hey, Seattlest!

The Craigslist ad reads:

Do you want to earn extra cash blogging about your community? MyZip.net is building the first nationwide network of neighborhood blogs. We will pay you $50 per month for writing about your neighborhood on your own ZIP code site (example http://www.98122.net).

Making up for weeks of hibernation and workaholism, Kim will hit the parties this weekend. Tonight, she’ll don her Groucho glasses for a lesbian function at Jabu’s celebrating the births of her two favorite Sagitarii. Saturday, it’s to the War Room for a company party with the missus and her workmates. Finally, she’ll ship off to the sub-tropics on Monday, where she’ll spend what remains of 2007.

It's safe to assume that Sharon Jones is cooler than you. The current queen of neo-funk/soul grew up in Macon, Georgia and Brooklyn, singing in church before ending up doing session work in the '70s as the anonymous vocals on dance and disco records. Without a solo contract of her own, she left the industry and took odd jobs like corrections officer at Rikers Island and Wells Fargo armored car guard.

There is no prettier place in America to watch a sporting event than Husky Stadium. Boats dot Lake Washington off the east end zone, the foothills are beyond, and, off in the gloaming, the Cascades. And there's the Husky band too, who last week did a James Brown tribute. Seriously, even if you aren't into sports, you should check it out.

Winds the likes of which haven't been seen in nearly eight months are set to descend on our little burg tomorrow night. Forecasters say it's fifty-fifty right now whether they'll miss us to the north or land right on top of Duvall's fragile little power system. The good news is that everyone's generators haven't even had time to gather dust, much less make their way onto Craigslist. In fact, Seattlest even has some propane cannisters we didn't use during the summer camping season. First Puget Sound Energy customer to comment on this post after losing power tomorrow night gets 'em. Is that a rinkydink prize to win for being suddenly time-warped to the Stone Age? Last December if we'd have stood in front of G.I. Joe's with them we could have gotten upwards of $20 for them. Apiece! Anyway, we'll throw in a coffee at the cafe of your choosing to drink while you charge your laptop and cell phone.

This company pissed us off with their graffiti-esque chalk attack advertising recently in Downtown Seattle, but as far as we know not much came of it. Well, an anti guerrilla advertising site was created, but to our knowledge the city of Seattle didn't hold the company responsible for all their visual litter.

Seattlest watches as a S.L.U.T. is born and Seattle Flickr users go nuts over a local art installation. A restaurant critic demands a Diner's Bill of Rights over a gnat next to her drink, and, in lieu of a Portlandist, Seattlest debates with itself over the identity of the Northwest's crown jewel. Seattlest also joins the guys from Fantagraphics for an ill-fated gun party in the woods.

Once upon a time Seattlest considered North Aurora to be a shithole, to be avoided at all costs. But, eventually, we had to go to Home Depot and a used car lot, and that car rack store, and (doh) the unemployment office, and the movie theater, and IHOP and the European deli and Computer Stop and Chubby & Tubby (so far not Stupid Prices, though) and Kmart, Burgermaster, the cemetery and a hundred other tiny places the memories of which have congealed into one big impression of Aurora Avenue North. Now we consider it one of the most organic, vibrant and honest places in the city.

Sketch comedy isn't rocket science. Get some funny jokes, present them in a scene, and get off the stage.

Local photographer Jenny Jiménez got robbed big time. Some skeevy dudes broke into her house and stole a whole mess of shit worth over $20K, including photography equipment, computers, and her mother's wedding ring, which Jenny was going to use in her own nuptials this fall. Way to go, assholes. From her LiveJournal post: