[Bonanza]

My husband and I had a message on our answering machine today, from a very authoritative sounding male voice, stating that he was calling from "the claims department of your county with a check fraud complaint." The message was probably only a minute or so long and at the end of the message, the voice said we (I?) or our attorney should call back at 1-877-881-0890. Interestingly, I picked up the phone at the very end of the message. It was strictly a recording; there was no warm body to speak with at the other end.

My antenna went up immediately!

I called the Sumter non-emergency police department (1-352-569-1600) and they told me to call Seniors vs. Crime here in TV tomorrow, during working hours (689-4600), and give them the information. The gal at the P. D. told me that Seniors vs. Crime keeps records of this kind of thing, but truthfully, I really don't know what they do with these complaints.

I am assuming that this is a scam although there is a possibility the message was really for the previous owner of our phone number. My initial thought, however, is to act with an air (a big air!) of caution, since I know that we have no problem whatsoever with check fraud.