A Salina business fell victim to a phone scam Monday.

Lt. Scott Siemsen with the Salina Police Department says an employee of Advanced Checking at 1813 S. Ohio got a phone call Monday afternoon from someone claiming to be the business owner.

The person on the phone told the employee that the district manager had been fired because of tax issues.

The employee was instructed to send $4,700, by Western Union, to a man in Michigan who takes care of tax problems.

The employee wired the money and later found out that the district manager had not been fired.

Total loss was $4,976.