SLIDESHOW > Ad called for 'respectful gentlemen'

SPOKANE -- Spokane Police are looking for two men accused of attacking a woman they met online through Craigslist.

KREM.com

This picture accompanied a Craigslist ad that prompted two men to attack a Spokane woman who claimed to "want to rid the world of people like her."

According to investigators, the woman posted an ad "looking to entertain respectful gentlemen" in which she agreed to let the responder come to her apartment for sex.

Instead, the woman told police she was tied up and robbed at gunpoint.

The woman claims she was in her bedroom with a male who responded to the ad, when a second man walked in holding a gun.

She told investigators the men tied her up, and stole drugs, money, and her cell phone.

According to the search warrant, the woman said the men told her, "they were doing this for her own good, that she needed to change her life and they were going to help rid the world of people like her."

The woman also claimed the men told her, "they would be watching her and would come back in a month if she didn't change her life."

Spokane Police sought help from San Francisco-based Craigslist to help them track down an address for the man who posted the reponse on the victim's site.

KREM 2 news contacted several other people through Craigslist who posted similar ads to ask them how they protect themselves from attackers. They responded to our questions as follows:

"Honestly, I have never had a problem with the people I have me. I guess it depends on how stupid you are about the people you meet."

"I never give out any personal information over the Internet. If I like someone enough I will call them from a restricted line. On the phone I try to pay attention and be a good listener. I try to pick up on anything weird they may say or ask. If they are too pushy, that is a bad sign. For example, if they ask me something and I say I'm not comfortable answering that, then the man should understand and respect that you are protecting yourself."

"I can say that from past experiences if you choose to meet someone from online in person you should always do it in a public place with lots of people and never invite them to your house. If you invite them to your house or agree to go to their house you are just asking for trouble."

"Always give a friend my 'date's' info... Phone #, e-mail addy, or any other pertinent info that I have."