WINONA, Minn. – A Winona woman told police she was scammed out of $13,000 by a caller who claimed to be police and said she could clear up an outstanding warrant by sending the money. At one point, she said, the caller gave a 507 area code telephone number, which, it turned out, was the Winona Police Department. The woman said she suspected being scammed but the caller was forceful and insistent and in the end persuasive.
