IDAHO FALLS - It's from a city Crystal M. Hill has never been to, stating she owes money for some "worthless checks." Already that sounds odd. And on top of that, when she called the number listed to get some answers, she was surprised they had her birthdate, and social security number. She really got suspicious when they asked her to fax a copy of her driver's license. So far, it sounded like a scam, but it turns out it wasn't.

Crystal M. Hill got a postcard in the mail.
Except, wait a minute, it's addressed to Crystal M. White.

"This is a previous married name and I was divorced back in 2003," says Crystal M. Hill.

Besides the wrong name, the postcard was sent from Pensacola, Florida. She was in Orlando two years ago, but never in Pensacola.

"Do you recall writing checks?" asks Araksya Karapetyan.
"No, we had travelers checks with us," says Hill.

Read farther and it pretty much says she owes money, she can either pay up or go to jail .

"It's scary to get something like this in the mail," says Hill.

Everything about it seemed a little fishy.
So we headed over to the Better Business Bureau to check it out.

"You would have received notices," says Donna Oe, BBB president.

"It's sent her to Idaho Falls and it's saying if you turn yourself in, ok what are the odds are you gonna go to Florida to turn yourself in for an insufficient funds charge?" says Oe.

"Worthless check. I mean what does that mean? To me that's a worthless piece of paper, it has no meaning," says Oe.

"The fact that they're mentioning arrest," says Karapetyan.
"Yes," says Karapetyan.

"Almost like a threat," says Karapetyan.
"It is. Very much a threat," says Oe.

"Never heard of this type of thing referred to as a 'worthless check'," says Oe.

Online the number matched a Florida area code, but there was no address listed.

"I am somewhat concerned that there is not any address available here if it's a Sheriff's Office," says Oe.

So with what we considered to be red flags, we decided to give them a call.

"What business are you with?" asks Oe.
"The State Attorney Worthless Check."
"The State Attorney Worthless Check? I've never heard of that terminology. Would it be insufficient funds?" says Oe.
"Right."

"Not sure if somebody actually took the wrong information, or the state of Florida had the wrong person," says Hill.

Well, it turns out.

"Somehow they cross referenced that address with Crystal M. White., there's evidentially two Crystal M. Whites, with the same date of birth."

"Don't know if somebody stole my information or it's a fake account created," says Hill.

Whoever wrote those checks, one thing's for sure, they love shopping at Wal-Mart.

"In two days, about seven checks written, five hundred dollars each to Wal-Mart," says Hill.

For Now Crystal has nothing to worry about.

"From what I understand they're just closing the case entirely. They can't locate this bank account, they can't locate anything, and I've proven it's not me," says Hill.

It's hard to tell when something is a scam and when it isn't, this was one of those cases. Everything about it seemed to point toward a scam, but it wasn't. Regardless, if there is even an ounce of a doubt, it doesn't hurt to check with the BBB before you give out any information or send money.