The “prize notification letter” contained a legitimate-appearing (but phony) check for $8,050 from a real insurance agency in Montana. And a phone number, which your humble columnist dialed.
When it comes down to it, you need all of your hard-earned cash to go where you intentionally send it or stay exactly where you put it. In an ideal world, this would always be the case, and any extra.
Pasco County officials are warning residents to be on the lookout for bogus checks that look like they are from the county government and are being used to try and steal your money.