For Immediate Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
10/29/2025

It has come to the attention of the Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office that a new
financial fraud has arrived in Cheyenne County, NE.

Residents that have a Discover credit card take extra caution when submitting
payments to Discover. We have had 3 reports of residents mailing their credit card
payment, or so they believed they did, only to be charged with late fees as payment are
never received by Discover.

What appears to be happening, is the mailed payment is being stolen and washed
resulting in the payment not going to Discover, as well as some amounts on the checks are
being changed to a much larger amount, wiping out the individual’s checking account.

Currently the banks have been very cooperative with these discrepancies and they
have been caught in time, where the banks are able to dispute the charges. However,
future victims may not be so lucky. If you have mailed any checks to Discover in the past
month, we strongly advise you to contact your bank and Discover to make sure checks
have cleared to the correct entity.

The best way to avoid this is to make all payments on-line or contacting Discover
directly.

Respectfully submitted:
Adam E. Frerichs, Sheriff