<prompt> Human: I think its important to preface this with saying that we never signed a lease, I didnt pay for utilities, and I gave them cash every month. In the beginning of October I had to move very spontaneously found a much better apartment for a good price and was able to give my landlord only 4 days notice. Theyre using that to say they will withhold my deposit. Its not a significant amount of money for me, nor am I holding a grudge against them for it. I just want to know whether Im being scammed or not.  <response>: Well you never signed any documents, so basically this is the result of that. Not really a scam, more of a tough luckAnd for reference, my apartment with a legitimate lease requires 60 day notice. So a 4 day notice is pretty crappy. 