Section 16-13-240 provides that it is a felony for a person to, ???by false pretense or representation[,] obtain[] the signature of a person to a written instrument or obtain[] from another person any chattel, money, valuable security, or other property, real or personal, with intent to cheat and defraud a person of that property.??? S.C. Code Ann. ?? 16-13-240 (Supp. 2001).