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According to recent reports in the press, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was hit hard in two recent cyber-attacks (OPM 2015). In April 2015, OPM discovered that personal data (e.g., Social Security Numbers, full name, and birth date) of 4.2 million current and former Federal government employees had been stolen (referred to as personnel records incident hereafter).

This research develops a data set of postings on Craigslist during the mid-November to late December 2010 time period. The purpose of the data set is to support subsequent analysis for evidence of "scams" -- fraudulent postings. The dataset will provide a basis for testing algorithms for automatic scam identification. Such scams are expected to be most common during the high volume period targeted for collection.

Organizations in the U.S. and Canada collaborate extensively in collecting and sharing various types of cyberdata for purposes of border security, environmental management, economic production, health protection, and other shared goals. Organizations of all major types--governmental, private-sector, and non-profit (or NGO)--have responsibilities that involve major coordination with cross-border network partners. Recent revelations about privacy breaches have led to concerns on both sides of the border about cyberdata privacy and security.