Apartment Rental Scam

A man from England was bilked for $1,800 in an apartment rental scam. He told police May 1 that he wired the money to a Chase bank at 2022 Broadway and West 69th Street. The account belonged to a Julie Cooper. When he arrived at the building he thought he had just rented?57 W. 58th St. and Sixth Avenue?the doorman told him that there was no Julie Cooper living there and that the apartment number didn?t exist.