I got a lot of responses in like the
first week and I was just seen which one
would pay the most money or who would be
staying the longest college student
Brady McDonald was planning on heading
home for the summer so he tried to
sublet his apartment through craigslist
one email response came from students
who said they were in another country
and would pay three thousand dollars for
two months like they weren't very good
at responding but I ended up trusting
them what happened next they sent me a
check for the rent for the apartment and
for their travel fees because they said
they were out of the country they asked
Brady to cash the check take the money
he was owed and write a check for the
remainder to a travel agent making their
travel arrangements Brady thought it was
strange but eager to rent his apartment
he did what they asked we cashed the
check the next day and then sent the
money right after that and then the
check bounced and I was out 3 grand the
check was counterfeit my dad looked at
he he thought it was fine too postal
inspectors say timing is key to the scam
by the time the bank realizes the check
is fake the con men have already cashed
the check victims like Brady are on the
line for the bounced check a lot of
consumers have the misconception that
the bank would assume the losses in a
situation like this when in reality you
as a consumer responsible for the funds
that you deposit into your account and
for the funds that you withdraw from
your account honestly it's really
depressing for me because I felt really
dumb but my parents really helped me out
to it you should never transfer or wire
money to someone that you don't know
because once it's gone it's almost
impossible to get back