The Dark Side Of Craigslist

The Jealous Ex

Twenty-year-old Wisconsin woman, Kari Heath, was charged with a felony count of causing harm via identity theft in 2009. Heath posed as her ex-boyfriend, Joseph Strasburg, and posted an ad in the “casual encounters” section of Craigslist with the request that men call him at work to “talk dirty to him.” Heath even provided Strasburg’s work phone number and several private explicit photos of him.

When Strasburg received a call and didn’t know what was going on, he alerted the police. Strasburg even received a text from Heath in which she confessed to the prank. Heath was later given a misdemeanor charge and was ordered to write a letter of apology to her ex, in addition to performing 40 hours of community service.