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(NewsDakota.com) Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says a new scam involves phony checks supposedly from the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency.

Stenehjem says the scam artists instruct a victim to deposit a bogus check and wire a certain amount of money to a third party. He says a similar scam several years ago used fake checks made to look like they came from the state treasurer’s office and the state
lottery office.

Stenehjem says a government agency would not operate in such a manner. He says fortunately no one has fallen victim to the latest scam.

A rural Valley City man reported to police that he had received a check like this in the mail. Anyone who receives checks like this in the mail is asked to report it to local police or sheriff’s office.