I responded to a rental ad for a house. The ad itself is written quite well. However, the flags went up immediately with the response. My family had not moved so far from the United States, they went to Lubbock Teas USA. Crazy text, good part of same verbiage as referenced above. I especially liked the question on the application "Do you agree to pay the payment before you move in:_______?" No! I want to try it before I pay for it.
I blocked the number right away. I did notice that almost the moment I responded the ad was taken off. This happened to another property I was looking at as well. I responded (Hey, it sounded legit) and immediately the ad came down. It's amazing that all of your blogs are from 2013. This is still happening now on Craigslist 2016. Insane.