Okay, I have this very odd situation that occured recently.

First, I want to say that I'm 24 (will be 25 in Oct) and bro just turned 22.

Our dad didn't pay child support and always found a way to avoid paying.

Several days ago, mom received in the mail, an Oklahoma Debit Card (Mastercard) with instruction on activating and setting PIN.

We had no clue what this was. At first, we thought it was just a spam mail.

Today, she got a letter and it seems to be coming from DHS.

The letter mentioned that a new card will be arriving (already did) and the child support payment.

With that letter, I went ahead to help her activating the card and withdrawing $250 at an ATM for free. She put $200 into her bank account.

Now, mom just left me a message that her parents think it is fraud. She's worried to death now, because personal info was given to the recording to activate the card.

So, is this strange for child support payments to suddenly start flowing in? We're both way over 18 already. Is this a new common practice by DHS?