SALINA-Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating an online loan scam.

A woman from Salina in her 40s was researching consolidation loans online this week and found the website ‘cashnetpayday,’ according to Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney.

She filled out an application on the site, and received a telephone call a short time later from a man with a foreign accent identifying himself as “Jack Brown.”

The caller told the woman she qualified for a $12,000 loan, but in order to receive the money, she first needed to pay some fees.

He then instructed her to pay the fees using several iTunes gift cards. The woman purchased $350 worth of gift cards at Walgreens and a total of $700 worth of gift cards at CVS Pharmacy.

She then contacted “Jack” and provided him with the access codes to the gift cards.

Sweeney said that after not receiving the loan, the woman contacted “Jack” and was told an additional $1,200 in iTunes cards was needed to process the loan.

When she refused to provide the money, the man then claimed that only an additional $600 would be needed. The woman again refused to provide the money and contacted police.

Total loss in the case is $1,050, according to Sweeney.