Hipster Internet vigilantes target Lewis M. Benson (updated)

Stupid Internet.

“Andrew” does online marketing for a living and recently started dabbling in real estate. He estimates he’s spent $20,000 in repairs on a house in the Northeast that he hopes to flip. Via Craigslist, he hired a contractor named Lewis Benson to do some work on the home’s exterior. He paid Benson $1,400. Afterward, Andrew couldn’t track down Benson for three working days via phone or e-mail. He suspected a scam. So Andrew did what any average hipster with Web-savvy friends would do — he created a site to destroy Benson’s reputation.