Craigslist scams

The Craigslist website is a popular free resources for almost everything from online marketing to tutoring. However, scams are rampant as well. Scams are mostly money wiring, identity phishing, or nothing. Literally nothing. Really don't know what the scammers want because some scams are so widely known that they would never succeed. One research says that even at very low probability they would succeed, scammers operate at extremely low costs so that they can continue doing that. It is similar to recruiters that keep calling regardless the callee's interests. The only difference is the callee gets a chance to yell a real people instead of cyber ghost. Ninety nine percent of time they would fail but the one percent makes the day.

Here are examples that can bring awareness of scams so that we push the one percent closer to zero.

From Barry Johnson (a normal name):

Hello,

   I am looking for a private tutor for my son..Let me know how much you charge per hour for 2-3 times a week..send me your e mail address with details.
Regards,
Barry. 

If ever reply to this, your email box will see the reply like the following:

Thanks for replying back to our online job posting, requiring your tutor  service for my Daughter, I would like to make a tutoring arrangement between you  and my Daughter for the month of  Jan 15th 2012, I would like you to tutor her within a  period of 4 weeks, on a schedule basis of 1hr Daily, 4 times weekly.We are paying you the first week teaching payment before she will be coming so that you can ensure you are hired for this work and we pay the weekly wages of $500. I would like to use these medium to inform you that my Daughter don't live in the US, she would be flying from London to the US, I want you to teach her Any One you are very good in this Subject during this period of staying in the US, if there is need to extend your services, an amendment would be made to your salary. The Local Library would be your meeting place with her, she would be dropped off/picked up by her nanny during the hours of teaching.
Hope to hear from you soon
Barry

The other uses unusual sender's name such as small capital names or numbers:

From toby williams (small capital at From field)
Hello,

    I came across your posting on the site . I am in need of a teacher
for my daughter, Sharon, while I work in the city.I'll like to know if
you would be available to take her the lesson.Kindly get back to me
quickly so that I can email you back with the full schedule.
Or, from "craigslist reply fa23"

Hi!
I saw your resume. I would like to know if you can tutor my Daughter.She is 15yrs and her name is Susan.Kindly write me back with your interest.
Quests like the following usually phishing for your email addresses as Craigslist's email server address is useless for scammers. Don't be fooled by the "Sent from my LG ..." message.

From "1":
Do you still have it for sale? Please provide me your email address so that I can contact you regarding it.

Sent from my LG Thrill™ 4G smartphone with glasses-free 3D on AT&T

Very likely these messages are computer generated so no cost at all. However, there must be someone need to actually read them and identify there is potential victim. So who have such time doing that?