I caught this the other day on tv when it was on Breaking News. I'd also been posting quite often on the free hookup/relationships area and it's very annoying too - even posts that are innocuous and don't violate the terms would get flagged sooner or later by the flag brigade, who seem to get their little control and power kicks that way. It's just way too easy to flag there, so I decided may as well be quite blatant and said I'm looking or men who offer their 'generosity', a 'reward,', etc. Would always get tons of responses (don't these guys ever sleep, they seem to live on CL!) most times lame and or from the resident CL men, but there were some gems to be had there, 1 was willing to part with $500.

I'd also been 'doing' some other dating/social networking sites with varying amounts of success. Also, although I know its somewhat risky but lucrative, the Tourist Central area trade in my state from time to time, I think I minimize any risk by only going for visitors, can tell them a mile off no matter how they 'blend'.

Still, I do think it's a bit of a shame - obviously not if the females are underage and or being trafficked, but for those who want to get their start and cut their teeth in the adult services in a DIY, fast cash way. Sometimes rightly or wrongly you just don't have the patience or interest in doing the indie or agency/parlour route first.

Now this is just crazy...Police say 2009 murder victim Johnny Altinger used the site to contact escort services. Filmmaker Mark Twitchell is accused of luring the man over the internet and then killing him in a local garage while acting out his own script.

Dont they know this can happen ANYWHERE on the internet? Whats next, America shutting down the internet?

Oh, wel maybe so: "I think all these sites should be shut down. I don't think people should be able to cruise the internet looking for sex."

Oh and lookie here: The 17 states whose attorneys general signed the letter are: Arkansas, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

Thank God I moved out of Texas because my state is not on that list! I bet the attorney generals from the rest of the states are probably using craigslist LOL

Joey, you left Texas, I left the country.

Well, if I didn't have all this court stuff to attend to I'd probably have left the country too! But at the moment, Im focusing on getting out to New York