VC Bed and Breakfast avoids scam

A mysterious caller contacted a Virginia City bed and breakfast accusing the owners of violating state health and safety laws, and demanding $200.

Gena Wood, owner with her husband, Jeff, of the Chollar Mansion Bed and Breakfast in Virginia City, received such a call recently from a woman who identified herself as Jane Matthews and said she represented the state health department.

"She said she was the senior state health inspector," Wood said. "She said I had not responded to a letter she had sent which put me into noncompliance with the law for having safety posters around for employees."

Read the full story in Saturday's Nevada Appeal.