<prompt> Human: Not sure if this is the best place to post this but Im gonna try and keep it short. Recently just moved down to Virginia from Michigan and I have been trying to find a room to rent. I signed up on roommates.com and a few days ago a gentleman messaged me saying he had a place for 800 a month. He gave me his phone number and I contacted him to see the place. The day after I met with him and he showed me the place plus the few tenants that are already living there. Seemed very nice and professional. We agreed on today to meet and sign paperwork as well as pay my deposit which is a months rent We met at a local place Panera and I filled out a rental app and I signed some paperwork. All seemed very legit. I paid the gentleman 800 in cash. He said he would scan all the copies of the paperwork and email them to me tomorrow 7.13.17 I do have his phone number and email address. I also have seen the home that the room is in plus a few tenants. I did not get any copy saying I paid the 800 deposit fee. Now Im very worried that I just gave some man 800 and I will never see him again. I did text him shortly after meeting if he was going to email the copies and he did reply. Just very worried that maybe I got taken advantage of and will have no way of proving I paid. Please help guys!  <response>: Lots of ad-hoc stuff runs this way.Next time, get a receipt. However, theres no major red flags here yet provided he emails the lease. SOP - for future reference - is to hand over cash and sign two copies of a lease; one for you, one for the landlord. Get a separate signed receipt for the deposit.Most scammers will not go to this length to scam. 