Sulekha.com — rental scam

I was looking for a room to rent in Seattle, WA area and looking at some Ads in Sulekha.com So, I responded to one of the advertising for renting an apartment in Seattle, WA downtown on 06/10/19. Guy named Nipun Patel contact no.[protected] contacted me saying I have fully furnished room attached with private bathroom available in my apartment and looking for someone to sublease with me.

I will address this Nipun Patel as a fraudster.

So, the fraudster was asking me to send the security deposit of $700 to finalize the room for me. I was fooled enough that I sent a deposit to Zelle ID - [protected]@gmail.com. And At this time I was not in Seattle, WA but actually flying to Seattle, WA for work after 3 days. After 2 days of sending my security deposit, the fraudster called me and to send first month's rent in advance to book a room. Yes, I sent the first month's rent which was $850 to the same Zelle ID. On my arrival in Seattle, WA, I got to know that the fraudster reserved a room for me to spend the one night in the hotel room which he actually did not pay for but just reserved the room. When I asked him the reason to do that he mentioned my dad's health is not stable so I immediately have to go to the hospital and keys are with me but I will come in the morning and handover the key so you can get into the apartment. I was so gullible that I felt into that story and headed to the Hotel room to spend the night. Very next day I kept messaging him and calling him to know the status if he is at the apartment so that I can come and check-in but he kept making silly excuses. Finally, when I was asking to cancel the agreement transfer money back to my account, he was making fake commitments that I have to go to the bank to have your refund back so I will refund your money shortly but I never got my money back.
I would request my total refund which is $1550(Security deposit of $700 + First month's rent $850) back and hopefully, this fraudster gets caught.
The fraudster shard some fake receipts for the security deposit and first month's rent which I would be sharing here.