Yet another new scam

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This is an excerpt from our local newspaper.

CROWN POINT — Lake County Treasurer John Petalas is warning the public to beware of phony tax bills being sent from an address in Texas.

Petalas said he received an inquiry recently from Humane Indiana in Munster about a letter from the “Tax Resolution Unit Lake County." It claimed that the animal shelter owed $707 in delinquent taxes.

“The letter is a scam. The Humane Society is a nonprofit organization, so they don’t owe any property taxes,” Petalas said.

A similar letter went out to a house on Gary’s west side, claiming that the resident owed more than $29,000 in overdue taxes. The letters are designed to scare people into sending money to the scammer by mail, Petalas said.

Quilting brings calm

I heard about another new scam today. People are creating fraudulent cashier’s checks. Had both a credit union and a bank confirm this was true. So now when you take a cashier’s check to your bank for deposit, there is a hold until the funds are received from the originating bank