The sheriff department’s most recent records say that Summerville man Roy Trammell was just trying to take out a loan when a stranger made off with his money.

Mr. Trammell told a county deputy last Saturday evening that he had been looking around for a loan recently, and late last month, an individual contacted him claiming to represent ‘Cash Net USA’.

Communicating via text messages, the subject, identified in reports as “Eric Foster”, told Trammell he qualified for 40% of his requested loan amount, but that he could get the full amount if he completed a short task: the subject would wire money to Trammell to buy several iTunes gift cards, and Trammell would scratch them off and text him the PIN codes.

Trammell gave the subject his bank account information, $756.32 was put in his account with a cashier’s check, and he did as instructed.

A few days later, however, Trammell’s bank called to tell him that the cashier’s check was bad, and Trammell would ultimately be responsible for paying it back.

The incident is under investigation.