A woman from Winkler shelled out a lot of money over the course of several years before bringing the scam to the attention of Winkler Police earlier this month.

The woman reported that she'd been in contact with someone claiming to be a U.S. Navy officer in Nigeria for the last number of years, and had sent him a large amount of money during this time. However, she was recently told that in order to receive a large amount of money that he had promised her, she would have to send him an additional $200, or she would be in trouble.

Police advised the woman that this was a scam and urged her to stop all communications and payments to the scammer.

Meantime, another scammer didn't get very far after contacting a local man about an item he had posted for sale online.

The scammer requested the seller's name, address and phone number in order to write a cheque for the item, but the seller became suspicious after noticing the incoming phone number came from Pennsylvania, and did not provide the requested information.

Click HERE to view the full Winkler Police Report for Nov 1-7.