$1200 / 2br - Furnished Two Bedroom For Sublet (Chelsea) That is the listing on Craigslist that I responded to for a nice looking apartment in Manhattan. The owner was a man named Wayne who said he was living in the UK for the next 6 years, and his place was available. At first he sounded very legit and reasonable. The more we talked (over email) the more I became a little worried by him. Finally he sent a sublet agreement form, and it was just typed into the email. Myself and my future flat-mate were very worried about him by this point. We googled the apartment building and called the number that we found. The guy at the office that I talked to knew right away that it was a scam. All I had to say was the number "27K", and he said, "Yeah buddy, its a scam". Apparently five people had already called with the same question. I gave him all the information I had about "Wayne" and his fraudulent Craigslist listing. I was very happy that we had not given "Wayne" any personal information, and we escaped that encounter with nothing more then a little more caution (along with all our money). WHEW!
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