SALINA – Law enforcement authorities in Salina are investigating a reported e-mail scam.

Police Captain Mike Sweeney said a 41-year old Salina woman who advertises babysitting services on the internet, said a woman named Emily Smith contacted her through e-mail.

Smith said she was moving to Salina, and wanted to have the woman watch her 5-year-old son and run errands for her.

The victim received a check in the amount of $2,775 in the mail on the account of a business in Atlanta, Georgia and was instructed to open a bank account and deposit the check.

The woman did and spent $460 from the account before being notified by the bank that the check was fraudulent.