A woman was kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint in San Jose by two men she met through a Craigslist post who purported to be selling iPhones, police said.

She had arranged to meet a seller late Monday in a Target parking lot on Silver Creek Road, said police spokesman Officer Albert Morales. Police first learned of the incident when she reported the crime at 9:04 p.m., shortly after the two men took her to an ATM, withdrew money from her account, then essentially ransomed her back to a friend.

When the men first arrived at the parking lot, the woman, whose name was not released, grew suspicious because she thought she was dealing with a single seller, Morales said. The two men asked her for the money, and she asked to see the phones.

They refused to produce the phones, though, and she told them she didn’t have the money. When she started walking back to her car, Morales said, one of the men pulled out a gun and forced her into a vehicle.

The men allegedly drove her to a nearby Wells Fargo branch and demanded her ATM card and pin number. While one stayed with her in the car, the other man went to the ATM and withdrew an undisclosed sum of money.

“The first suspect ended up coming back into the vehicle and asking for the original agreed-upon money,” Morales said. “She proceeded to call a friend and asked for a specific amount of money and asked to meet back at the Target parking lot. The friend was there and provided an undisclosed amount of money to the suspect and the suspects released the victim.”

Morales said the victim was not physically hurt, but suffering emotionally from her ordeal.

“It’s been a very traumatic experience for her,” Morales said. “I think the one thing people typically ask in situations like this is: What could she have done differently? But we can’t second-guess her decision making. She was at a major intersection at a big store in public.”

Morales recommended that anyone purchasing an item from a third party on sites like Craigslist bring another person with them to meet with sellers.

“In these cases, it’s the general theme of buyer beware,” he said. “When you engage in these transactions, you have to understand that a situation like this could occur and you have to take the proper precautions to ensure your safety.”

Police are still searching for the two men. No descriptions of the suspects have been released.