By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A 26-year-old Salina woman was stopped before she lost money to a scammer.
Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning the woman was notified via text that her Amazon account had been hacked.
When she called the phone number in the text, she was told that Amazon was working with law enforcement in Texas, and that there was a warrant out for her arrest for identity theft.
The woman was told to put $10,000 into the crypto coin machine in the mall, which she started to do before her father stopped her. Forrester said she was able to cancel the transaction before losing any money.