Sheriff warns residents of active scam

An elderly New Rockford resident received a suspicious check for over $8,000 in the mail last week, along with a letter claiming that she had won $750,000 in the North American Publisher’s Clearinghouse Sweepstakes of Canada/USA. Her daughter brought the letter to the Eddy County Sheriff’s Office as a precaution, and it was a good thing she did.

Yes, Virginia, this is a scam (No, that’s not the vi...