BOARDMAN - A Boardman woman lost $40,000 after police say she was scammed by someone impersonating a PayPal employee.

According to a police report, the woman received an email on Tuesday, December 2 that a $500 purchase was made from her PayPal account with a phone number to contact on it.

Police say the woman contacted that number and spoke to a scammer impersonating a PayPal employee about the alleged fraudulent charge. The scammer told the woman that she could request a refund on a website.

From there, police say the scammer told the woman that she had accidentally requested a $50,000 refund instead of $500 and that she had to pay the money back.

The scammer requested that the woman purchase several Target and Xbox gift cards and send him the codes, which she did. Police say th

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