Caller Dupes Staffer for Nearly 5K

Jeff Garretson - Tue 11:22 AM 07/10/2012

Police say the cash was picked up at a Western Union counter in Michigan.

A phone call kickstarts a scam on a Salina business.

According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, an employee at Advanced Checking, 1913 S. Ohio, received a phone call on Monday afternoon from a person claiming to be the owner of the business.

They went on to explain that the District Manager was having "tax issues" and instructed the employee to help by wiring money from the store - via Western Union.

The employee sent $4,700 through the electronic system before realizing it was a scam.

Police say someone picked up the cash at a Western Union counter in Michigan.

Total loss after fees is $4,976.

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Iamgonnagetu

Tuesday 10 July 2012 12:46 Report this comment

Could not happen to a better business. These business's thrive on charging high interest rates and are no different than loan sharks but seem to have the law on their side. Looks like there is a robin hood out there after all.

BONEMAN

Tuesday 10 July 2012 12:48 Report this comment

Another scammer alert.. Things to know when receiving information by mail, email, phone or personal contact.. If there is a large amount of money wanting to be wired then chances that is your first clue into a scam.. Research the issue before making a move. Check with local PD so they can look into the situation..

old_biker

Tuesday 10 July 2012 14:48 Report this comment

Wanna bet the employee and the scammer might be related?

t-bone

Wednesday 11 July 2012 06:30 Report this comment

bonemang, you need to get off of herre for a while. you are sounding like getumgranny which is way out of character for you. in fact, i'd bet you couldnt stay off here for a week. it'd be a nice break for us since you usually don;t have any diareeah of what you're talking about.