SALINA – Law enforcement authorities are investigating a possible on-line scam.

Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski said a 16-year-old northwest Saline County girl attempted to purchase a car through the online web site Craigslist.

Last week, she exchanged e-mail with the seller of a 2003 Honda Accord.

The owner of the car reportedly had died in an accident and the car was in a shipping container.

The girl sent a Money Gram to Springfield, Missouri to purchase the car.

She contacted the Sheriff’s Office Sunday to report she was scammed.  A phone number the girl was given was out of California.The total loss is $1,530.

She had worked and saved money for over two years to buy a car according to the sheriff.