Contact: Lt. Marty Graves                              For immediate release
Phone:  (605) 394-6115                                 October 7th 2008
Fax:   (605) 355-3595                                  11:00 a.m.


                                   NEWS RELEASE


The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office has received numerous calls in regards to 
a text message sent to cell phones numbers in the local area.  The text message 
is from ciumegu9@b.tmsg8.com.  The text message is alleged to be from Black 
Hills Federal Credit Union and states that your “Visa check” has been 
deactivated.  A contact number is provided to re-activate your card.

Verification with the Black Hills Federal Credit Union has been made and it was 
determined this is a scam.  Do not call the number provided in the message for 
verification.  Never release personal or bank account information to an unknown 
person.    

Investigators with the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office will continue working 
with the Black Hills Federal Credit Union to try and determined the origin of the 
text message.


								
Lt. Marty Graves
Criminal Investigation Division
Pennington County Sheriff’s Office	
 	

Pennington County Sheriff’s Office
300 Kansas City Street   
Rapid City, SD 57701-2889
Ph.	605-394-6113
Fax	605-394-6854


Don Holloway
Sheriff