Suggestions for revenge on a craigslist scammer?

[NetWareHead]

Need this forum's expert creative advice please!
Wife and I are landlords and the first time we have run into this situation. We advertise a rental on numerous sites and wait for responses. I also do market research online including on craigslist. To my surprise. I discovered my own property advertised on craigslist for hundreds of dollars cheaper than we have it listed. (We never advertised it on craigslist.) The ad copied our description verbatim and even ripped off the photos.
My concern is our rental business is being used to perpetuate a fraud. Whoever responds to this ad is going to correspond with a scammer. I have heard about scams like this but this is the first time we are involved. I dont want a moving truck to show up with tenants who were duped into paying a deposit and first month rent and now we have to involve police when they find that WE are the real landlords. Things are bound to get heated when we wont give them a key and they find they were scammed; with all of their possessions in a moving truck parked in front of our house and now realizing they dont have a place to sleep that night.
I already emailed craigslist abuse and the ad was taken down only to be replaced by new ones. I cant keep up with a scammer so maybe it is time to engage in some creative counter-scamming or revenge of my own where I correspond with the scammer somehow and make him waste his own time or do something. I cant just sit idly by and not do anything about this. Any ideas?

 

[allisolm]

I've got an idea. Report it all to the police.

 

[jameny5]

Invite them to the location. Use the old bucket atop the door trick! Mix bleach, a lil ammonia and lye in a bucket. Let them knock at the door. Come in. Bam bucket comes tumbling on top of their head. Hold them down till po po comes. They wouldn't have a chance. < For Entertainment Purposes >

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I've got an idea. Report it all to the police.

Non high profile white collar crime = police don't care

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Put a sign/plaque by the front door of the rental property, visible from the street, that says "This property owned and managed by: NetWareHead (999) 555-1212"

If you don't want to post your private number, get a burner phone for business.

Post pictures of the business on Google Maps and get your business listing associated with the address. Even somebody from out of town should be doing enough due diligence to find the place on Google Maps and see your info.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Invite them to the location. Use the old bucket atop the door trick! Mix bleach, a lil ammonia and lye in a bucket. Let them knock at the door. Come in. Bam bucket comes tumbling on top of their head. Hold them down till po po comes. They wouldn't have a chance. < For Entertainment Purposes >

Another idea, get one of those super soaker guns that has the dual nozzles that have their own water bottle. Bleach in one bottle, ammonia in the other!

Seriously though, this particular scam looks like something that could go very bad, I think in this case it's best to get police involved. This is not just a scam over some cheap used laptop, this is about a place to live. It's a bit more serious.

 

[jameny5]

Yes - I agree! Losing a home is nothing to joke about. Hope this gentleman can get to the bottom of it.

 

[herm0016]

it happened to me as well, someone saw both ads and called me to let me know there were scammers trying to get people to send them money. you can keep flagging them, report it but you really can't stop them. i have a sign with my phone number on it in the yard, and that is in the pictures as well, at least its something when they don't match in the ad.

i usually have an open house as well, stated in the ad, and most of my renters end up from that. High demand area though.