A con man posing as a rental agent duped 10 East Village apartment hunters out of nearly $22,000 in cash deposits for flats that aren’t his, authorities said.

Cops are hunting for the hustler, who allegedly posted an ad for the apartment on Craigslist, luring nine women to respond between Jan. 16 and Feb. 1.

When the victims went to the building on East Sixth Street near Second Avenue, the swindler gave them tours of an unoccupied apartment before promising the pad to each in exchange for a $2,200 cash deposit, cops said.

He cheated another woman out of $2,100 for a phony rental on East Ninth Street, authorities added.

It’s not immediately clear how the man, who allegedly uses the aliases David Horowitz and Michael Bryant, gained access to the East Sixth Street apartment.

Police said he may be a former resident of the building who once rented and later sublet the bait apartment.