Scam in town

Just an FYI to all. This week we recieved in the mail an official looking letter and a check for $968 and some change. The letter directed us to call a long distance # and give them info for taxes because we had won over $8,000. My husband looked it up on the internest and it is a scam. I asked him to take it to the police dept. He did so and basically the officer/dect he spoke with made him feel like it was no big deal as it "has been around about 6 months" per the officer. We did not know and as concerned citizens wanted to make sure no one else got suckered by this.