The text message Rose House received on Monday told her that she needed to verify her credit union account by calling a phone number. Suspicious activity had been found involving that account, the message stated.

“As soon as I saw it I knew that it was a fraud because I don’t have a credit union account,” the Eudora woman said.

House called the number, 1-888-236-2599, to see who would answer. A recording told her to enter information about an account. House called the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and was referred to the Eudora Police Department.

Eudora Police Chief Greg Dahlem said the department had already taken a report from someone else that day about the same scam effort. Dahlem ran the number through an Internet search and found that it was involved in similar scams elsewhere.

“I guess it’s going on all over,” he said.

Anyone who is targeted by such a scam should notify their cell phone company so officials can investigate, Dahlem said.