<prompt> Human: Hi!So I am moving from Canada to Germany next month and have been putting a lot of energy recently into finding a room to rent before I arrive in the country. I have posted an add explaining my situation on a popular website for finding accommodation there WG-GESUCHT and have been contacted by a girl around my age who says that she is searching for someone to rent a room in her apartment and that she would be glad to help me and keep the room for me even if there are numerous people interested into the apartment. She says that in order for her to keep the room for me I have to pay the 600 security deposit as well as the 350 first month of lease to her mother, to whom the apartment belongs but who is out of the country due to her work the bank I am supposed to transfer my money to is in Turkey and she has given me a 24h delay to pay. She has also given me the full address of the apartment that I have looked up on Google as well as a lease for me to sign and a scanned copy of her passport page. I have looked her up and found her on Facebook and Instagram and she is definitely a real person. Could this be a scam? I have never rented an apartment before so honestly I have no idea if the situation is ladle or not.Thank you!Edit: Thanks for the answers, it was definitely a scam. I told the girl I would rather wait until I have seen te room and met her before sending any money and she called me a time-waster and stopped responding. I will wait until I get to Germany before finding an accommodation even if it means more stress for me.  <response>: 100 a scam. Do not send money to someone for an apartment you have never seen. 