Responding to a classified ad sometimes can be tricky because there are plenty of scams out there on the internet, especially on classified websites such as Craigslist where people use the site all the time to try to scam people. When sending out a response to classified ads, this is usually done by e-mail as not many people accept letters anymore in this day and age.

When filling out the e-mail to send to the requester, you want to use the word “Re:” as this signifies that you are sending a response to their ad. However, you have to pay attention because sometimes, employee seekers or ad writers will put specific instructions in their ads that invoke a very specific response. Some might say, “Put the word apple in the subject if you read this entire thing”, in order to weed out people who don’t follow instructions.

Sometimes, the person writing the ad doesn’t even include a name, just an e-mail to respond to and in this case, it’s important to ask for a name so you know who is on the other end.