EVERETT, Wash. - Yesterday KING 5 reported on a Lake Stevens, Wash. family that was ready to move into a rental house in Everett, Wash., only to learn the woman renting the property didn't own it.

Kimberly Coney is allegedly behind the housing scam.

On Wednesday, KING 5 learned that Emily Osborne was scheduled to move into the same house, but had cleverly won her deposit back from Coney, a suspect who police say has duped at least eight people out of cash deposits totaling $8,600.

Coney has an August 21 court date.

Osborne was scheduled to move into a three-bedroom home in an Everett cul-de-sac today. She found the home on Craigslist.

It's the same home Makesha Kinney, of Lake Stevens, had arranged to rent from Coney, only to find it was a scam and Coney didn't own the property.

Osborne says she was looking forward to her child playing in the back yard.

"We were counting down the days. We were saying 'is it the 15th? Is it the 15th yet?'" Osborne said.

Osborne felt the first twinge of suspicion when she tried to see the place a second time.

"I called her (Coney) in the afternoon and her phone was temporarily disconnected," Osborne said. "I instantly panicked thinking this is a scam."

She says she checked online public records, which didn't show that Coney owned any homes.

Osborn enlisted a friend to act as an "out of town relative" wanting to see the house.

During the tour, the friend asked Coney why she wasn't listed as the legal owner.

"She says she had been renting for the last three years but six months ago she'd had the option to buy. Maybe that is why it wasn't updated," Osborne said. "My friend said no, that happens instantly."

The friend convinced Coney she may be a victim of some sort of scam.

That's when Coney allegedly offered to refund the $1,150 deposit.

"I go ya know that's great we really want to rent the house once everything is on the up and up and that was the last time I talked to her," Osborne said, "and that was the end of last month."

Osborn is still on the hunt for a new home and is using Craigslist to do it.

She encourages anyone buying, selling or renting to do their research.