<prompt> Human: Yes, Im an idiot. I was in desperate need to move out of my current living situation by May 1st, so I took the first decent deal I could find on craigslist. I understand it was stupid and I was naive enough to think that something like this wouldnt happen to me.Anyway, I responded to this ad on craigslist about a 1 bedroom apartment, set up an appointment for a tour, and found it to be a good fit. So I filled out a housing application, paid a small fee, and went on my way. I was assured by the current renter that she would send all my information to the landlord and Id hear back in a day. So I filled out a housing application that had my social security number on it, as well as drivers license information, and obviously my name on it. It didnt take long for me to put 2 and 2 together. Now that I know I was duped, Im looking at what potential legal recourse I can take as well as protecting myself from identity fraud. I have basic information of two people who claimed to be renting the apartment. I have a full name of one of them and a first name of another, but have found both of their what seem to be active facebook profiles that have a bit more information on them. I know what one of them looks like in person the one that gave me a tour, and I also have the phone number of both of these people.Im planning on filing a police report once I figure out who actually owns the apartment is there a way I could find that out?. Also, Im going to keep a close eye on my credit report to make sure nothing new opens up in my name. Is there anything else I should be doing in the meantime? Any and all advice is appreciated, thank you!Edit: Yea I should have given more details. The people I filled out the application for were the current renters, not the people that owned the place. Before I gave them any money, they were borh real quick to respond to my inquiries, and ever since I filled out the application I havent heard back. So I used a friends phone to contact them, asking if anyone has looked at the place yet and of course they responded immediately back with no an obvious lie. They said that if I was serious then I should bring a filled out application and fee to the place when I check it out. This is exactly what they told me the first time around as well.Also, everything about the meeting seemed fishy, but I didnt put it all together until after I had already left. There were little things like when I first got to the place, I met up with someone who was also going on a tour. While waiting for this girl to come meet us outside to let us in, she texted me saying she had to run a couple errands and shed be back soon. However, she texted this other girl that she was finishing up a phone call and shed be right out. An immediate inconsistency in her story. She also had a marker in her house that checked for counterfiet bills, which she claimed she got from her work. The biggest red flag, however, was this: Everytime I asked for the landlords contact information, she would dodge the question until finally she said she didnt have it on her but shed text it to me as soon as she looked it up. After texting and calling her multiple times, the only response back I got was some random yahoo email account. After doing some digging, I found out this girls real name not the name she gave me was the same name on the yahoo account. Then I confirmed with her that it was the landords email address and not her email. Not surprisingly, I havent heard back from her or this email address since.Update: I froze my credit and learned who the owner is through the property managers. I also have their address. The listed owner had the same last name as one of the people I was in contact with, so Im confident something shady is going on. With this information I went to the police and filed a report. Thank you all for your feedback!  <response>: Im a landlord and require social security number and license info on my applications as well. The information is needed for a credit and background check. I agree that you should contact the owner and verify the owner received the information. 