Hi John,
this is actually very interesting, because Mrs. Farisa Bell, 2601 Hilltop Dr, Richmond, CA tried the same fraud on me by offering 4933 Sherier Place, Washington, DC for ridiculous $1200/month (advertised from Dec. 5 2011 until yesterday, Dec.8).
This time using the pseudonym Brian T Downing.
I heard about fraud like this so as soon as she asked me to send money, I did a bit of research on her real name, which she send to send money to and found her mentioned right here. Thank you very much! I hope my post will help others as well.
I just wonder, why she still can do that while obviously it is public, that she did this earlier to Tanya?
to everybody else: read the fraud-avoidance articles of craigslist! just once! following some simple rules may save you a lot of money.

Hi Tanya,

This is happening all over the place. These people clone your listing (Relator's) and relist on a place like this as their own.. at usually an unrealistic price and people jump all over it.

I had some people call emt o tell me theywere about to move in.. to bring the keys and take down the sign on a house I was selling.. I asked them what they were talking about.. went there.. and they were there.. with the moving truck..family and everything, the homeowner was still in the house.. it was horible and these people were out about $4,000. They sent it to the "owner" who lived in Nigeria. .. and was renting them the house for $1200 per month in an area that rents for $2700 per month. They thought they were getting the deal of the century. It happens and there is no way for the sites to preview all listings. I would think it would be on the person looking to rent and sending money out to another country.. that sounds fishy.

If you gave money to someone in the united States.. let me know as I am in touch with people investigating this kind of fraud.

Otherwise, good luck.

Mrs. Farisa Bell Moore is back at it.. hitting a bunch of my listings too. I hope people see this and don't send her money. What a pain in the ass she is. We have reported her to the police in Richmond Ca. I hope they get to her.