The story about the affiliatoin with Purdue did not seem that far out. I had not heard of the exact thing he described but there are a lot of things going on over there.

My ad was on apartments.com.

There was really no solid reason to be suspicious until the wrong check showed up.

I would not waste my time stringing anybody along who did not seem real. I was trying to rent the house. I would not hold it unless I had a known good check in hand.

I rent to a lot of folks from Purdue....grad students, faculty too. A lot of internationals. I rent several apartments each year from people who have never seen them. I post a lot of pictures for them to look at and talk to them, etc. This is the first scam attempt I have experienced.

You think the FBI would be interested?

Tom W

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