NYC apt leasing fraud?

[odie03]

I registered on this site, I'm new, because I want to see if anyone knows about this problem.My daughter and friends found an apartment in Manhatten, owned by a woman in Sweden. The apartment is new, $1100 per month, Pictures were sent, but none of the girls has seen the apt. They found out about it on craigslist.

The woman is asking them for $2200, to be sent by moneygram to a Prudential escrow account, and gave them an agent's name. In checking this out, they found that Prudential has no record of this agent.

The more we find out, the more suspicious we are. Are we just paranoid, or is this screaming 'Scam"?

[peg]

MoneyGram and Western Union (one in the same) SHOULD NOT BE USED to transfer funds to people you DON'T KNOW!!!

To be clear

MoneyGram and Western Union SHOULD NOT BE USED to transfer funds to people you DON'T KNOW!!!


Even Western Union will tell you that on their site (FAQS) ( http://www.westernunion.com/info/faqSec ... sp#tstfaq5 )

If it sounds like a scam.... It probably is.
If you don't see the person and or the apartment IN PERSON, then Definitely avoid them, but it sounds fishy to me.