<prompt> Human: I am a college student currently looking for an apartment for myself and my girlfriend for the coming school year. I decided to scan craigslist for apartments that could be in our price range, and found one that looked great and quickly replied. Minutes later, I get a response saying that the next step is for both of us to submit an application--so far so good.However, several red flags immediately grabbed my attention within the application form. First, the application was a word document that we were meant to fill in. I have rented three different apartments for three different years, and applied for many others with several companies, and have never had an application that was a word document. Second, it asks for our SSNs. While this has been typical in all of my applications so far, I am reluctant to give out my social to someone I met on craigslist who represents a company that has no website and only a P.O. box. Third, the application asks for bank account numbers and credit card numbers, which is something Ive never been asked for in an application. Finally, the application states that the lease would be for 12 months beginning in May, which is unusual because this town is almost entirely college students and most leases begin in June to accommodate the university spring quarter ends in June.All of these factors make me very reluctant to proceed with the application. So reddit, am I being paranoid, or is this listing a scam to steal peoples identities?tl;dr: Craigslist property listing application seems shady, I believe it is a scam.  <response>: If it looks, smells and tastes like a scam, its probably a scam. 