I e-mail to my friend today and it is too late. He already made the deposit. I had warned him and e-mailed him the links to the rental websites on Sunday. Maybe my warnings, that were made before you exposed the scam, were not strong enough. He is traveling from Switzerland to NYC in a few days. I guess we will know the hard way if this is really a scam. I’ll keep you posted. I will phone my friend and ask more details rather than using e-mail. Thanks.