Scam Artists & Eviction Wish List

A couple of weeks ago I placed my contract up for sell on a bunch of websites. I immediately got several responses via email about the apartment. I thought that every thing was going perfect, I just had to pick who I wanted to sell the contract to! 

One particular female was especially "assertive" about it. She responded quickly to all my emails and was even going to send the deposit and 1st month's rent to me so as to reserve the spot. 

I thought it would be harmless to give her my name and address and didn't think anymore of it. Two days later, I received a FedEx check for the amount of $2,900 in my name. The female {ahem..who knows WHAT gender it really is..} gave me specific instructions about what the money was and that I needed to help her wire the money to her flight agent in New York.

Stop. Right. There. 

This wasn't part of the agreement! You were suppose to just buy my contract, I was not signed up to be a travel agent! 

I told her that I would need her to be here in person before I could sell her the contract and that I couldn't wire the money to her "flight agent" 

She pleaded and reasoned with me to the point where I started believing her...until she said the four words that bothers me to no end. 

"Don't worry about it."

When I asked her a few simple questions, she replied with those four words. 

So I did what I thought was best.

I took it to the bank and had them check the cashier's check. 

Turns out it was a scam and that if I had cashed the check I would have been in trouble and the wired money would have disappeared...

It pissed me off, lemme tell ya. 

I wanted to email and lie to her with fake information about the wired money. I would then call the police and let me them know which Western Union to be waiting at when the stupid scam artist arrived. 

Instead I ripped up the check and went for a run. I am still annoyed because it bothers me when people are lazy and decided to cheat and lie their way around life. 

So I still have a contract I need to sell AND my perception on the world just crumbled. {Sniff why are people so rude?}

My roommates and I sat around coming up with ways we could get out of our contract. We came to the conclusion that if the Landlord evicts us, we could get out of our contract without ruining our credit! 

So we immediately looked up the rules and living standards of off-campus housing and this is what we came up with.

1. Invite a TON of people for a dance party where we will be accepting donations that will go towards our rent. This dance party will cause our floor to break so we will have to move.

2. Pets are not allowed so we will bring in a dog, a cat, and a bird. 

3. We all have family history of diseases so we could just forge doctor's notes saying that we have an unexpected and serious illness. 

4. Stage a hit & run of a car into our apartment so obvy we can't live there! 

5. Cause a gas leak & risk carbon monoxide poisoning.

6. Buy weapons, explosives, and drugs. Pay someone to rat us out so we will get kicked out....

....yah...what really happened...

I spoke to the internship coordinator and the off campus housing department. Sent a written notice to the Landlord stating that I had to be let out of my contract because this internship is {kinda} required for my graduation.

The one problem? I was suppose to have sent that notice 120 days before I leave...

I will fight them if they don't let me out and that is a promise!