LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is urging community members to be on guard against a reported telephone scam.

The agency recently received at least one report of a suspicious phone call to a Lake County resident from someone identifying themselves as “National Insurance,” according to a report from Capt. James Bauman.

On Wednesday morning, an elderly Middletown woman reported getting a call from “National Insurance,” telling the woman they were sending all seniors an “insurance card” and in order to receive the card, they required certain personal identification such as in this case, the woman’s driver’s license number, Bauman said.

The woman stated the caller had a heavy Asian accent and could provide no further information as

the caller abruptly told her he would “call her back” when she refused to provide her driver’s license number, according to Bauman's report.

Sheriff Rod Mitchell encouraged all citizens to treat this incident as yet another reminder to protect their personal and financial information at all times and to never provide such information to unsolicited callers unless the legitimacy of the caller or organization can be sufficiently verified.

“We will arrange for a speaker to present further safety tips to any interested group of citizens,” Mitchell said.

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