Please be aware of a scam that a number of landlords have reported. Individuals (claiming to be from overseas) have been contacting them in response to their listings on off-campus housing sites. The potential tenant quickly agrees to rent the dwelling, offering to pay the entire year's rent with a cheque or money order. Soon after the tenant-to-be contacts the landlord pretending that an error occurred or that the situation has changed, and asks the landlord to send back all but one or two month's rent (deposit). They do this in the hope that the landlord's bank will not recognize the forgery until the normal clearing process has happened. This would result in the landlord being out the money that has been returned as well as being responsible for attempting to process a fraudulent cheque/money order.