I Smell Desperation

A friend of mine is looking for a place to live, and answered a Craigslist "roommate wanted" ad. When she emailed the guy who made the post, he replied that the room was already taken, but he wasn't.

He asked her out on a date.

How sleazy do you have to be to ask out a complete stranger, that you know nothing about, just because you found out she was female?

Perhaps I have a very low opinion of humanity, but I think there's a chance there was no room to begin with, and this loser thought he had a "clever" way to meet women.