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Glag is a slang term for the collaborative act of flagging Craigslist for-sale postings that are obviously spam, scams, shady deals, or otherwise exploitative. Craigslist is a central network of online communities featuring free online classified advertisements – with jobs internships housing personals, erotic The Craigslist flagging system allows anonymous, vigilant users to "complain" about a given posting and if enough flags are received, Craigslist will remove the posting. Glagging typically employs the "prohibited" and "spam/overpost" flags, with the ultimate goal of thwarting scammers and protecting legitimate users. A confidence trick or confidence game (also known as a bunko, con, flim flam, gaffle, grift, scam, scheme


Origin of the term

Though disputed, the word is thought to derive from "gang flag", owing to the collaborative nature of glagging. It has also been called "giga-flag" which has a scale quality to it.


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