A Boardman police officer was sent to a call last week where a woman claimed she had been scammed out of $10,000 after receiving a telephone call from a man who identified himself as a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agent.
      The scammer told the lady she needed to send $10,000 in cash (wrapped in clothes) to an address in Stockton, California in order to avoid being arrested on a warrant, Ptl. Pat Flara said, noting the woman went to a PNC bank and withdrew the funds “out of fear of being arrested,” then packaged the money at her home, ready for shipment to an address in Stockton, California in order to avoid being arrested on the warrant.
      She then took her package to a UPS store at 365 Boardman-Canfield Rd.
      Upon hearing the story, Ptl. Flara went to the UPS store and was able to locate the package and return the money to the woman.
      The woman said she went back to her PNC bank and deposited the funds back into her account.