SALINA – Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating two cases where women were scammed out of money.

In the first instance, a woman in her 30’s lost more than $7,000 while trying to secure a $5000 loan via the internet, according to Salina Police Captain Chris Trocheck.

Between February 23rd, and 26th, the woman had applied for a loan from a website she said was a five minute loan site.

Before she contacted police, the woman had sent $6,118 to cover fees and other charges to four different addresses.

On Monday, after contacting police, the woman received another call asking her to send another $1,000 and she did. Her total loss is $7,118.

On Tuesday afternoon a Salina woman in her 70s told police she received a phone call from a man claiming to be her son.

The caller said he had been involved in a crash with a rental car and she needed to send money.

A short time later the woman said she received another call from a man claiming to be her son’s lawyer. The man said she needed to buy I-tune gift cards or her son would go to jail.

The woman purchased four cards totaling $1,800 and scratched the back of the cards and sent information off of the cards in the mail to New York City.

She then was called again and told to send another $1,800. She called police after her son who lives in Las Vegas called to she how she was doing and learned he had not been involved in an accident.