<prompt> Human: Hi personalfinance, Im trying to secure a new rental property, and have been talking to a gentleman about a nice 3 bed, 2 bath house. He moved away from the home to work in California, he says, and needs to rent it out while hes away.He was considering other people, and liked me and my girlfriend- this is all via email, text, and phone, however, so I have not been able to talk to him.Now that hes picked the both of us to rent the property, he wants to send me a key via mail, and for me to send him money through a gram outlet. Naturally, this raises a flag for me- Ive never met the man other than through our phone and message correspondence, and I dont like the sound of sending a large sum of money to someone when I dont have a real guarantee of receiving the key.So what can I do to make sure that a I dont get screwed over, b My money can be reclaimed if he doesnt follow through and c I can feel good about all of this? Im not familiar with the money gram process, and just generally dont know much about secure, long distance money transfer for something like this. I could use a little guidance.  <response>: This 99 of the time is a scam. Do not send money this way for s rental 