Salina's law enforcement community is joining together to warn the public about recent sweepstake scams - after a pair of women were bilked out of thousands of dollars.
Roger Soldan, Undersheriff for Saline County tells KSAL News that a 38-year-old female who lives northeast of Salina was contacted by a man over the phone who told her she had won $250,000 and a Mercedes-Benz automobile in the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes.
The scammers then convinced her to send $980 to pay for taxes and fees. The woman realized she had fallen victim to fraud when she read a local news story about ...
Salina's law enforcement community is joining together to warn the public about recent sweepstake scams - after a pair of women were bilked out of thousands of dollars.
Roger Soldan, Undersheriff for Saline County tells KSAL News that a 38-year-old female who lives northeast of Salina was contacted by a man over the phone who told her she had won $250,000 and a Mercedes-Benz automobile in the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes.
The scammers then convinced her to send $980 to pay for taxes and fees. The woman realized she had fallen victim to fraud when she read a local news story about ...