Salina ? An Internet scam has cost a 65-year-old Salina woman $170,000.

Police said Monday that an individual the woman met on the Internet in September sent her what appeared to be a U.S. Treasury check for $456,000. She was asked to deposit the check in her bank and wire a portion of the money back to her new friend.

Deputy Police Chief Carson Mansfield said that she deposited the check at Bank of America in Salina on Oct. 4 and before it cleared, withdrew $170,000 to wire to England. About a month later, the $456,000 check came back as counterfeit.

Mansfield said the woman did not have the funds to cover the loss.