Scams

The Wyoming Department of Health recently announced that some Medicaid clients on the receiving end of a text message scam.

It's important to remember that con artists can now "spoof' phone numbers to make it look like they are coming from a legitimate source, such as your bank.

Police contacted the supposed seller, but she said that her Facebook account had been hacked and that she had never had any puppies for sale.

Plus, how to identify text messaging scams.

The scammers are apparently using the phony attack warning as an attention-getter to spread the scam post on Facebook.

People should also avoid leaving Christmas gifts and other valuables sitting in plain sight in unattended vehicles

The post goes on to say that the sheriff's office will never ask people for personal information or to make any kind of payment over the phone.

A scam in which people pretending to be stranded travelers give people fake jewelry as collateral against a loan to get back home has been reported in Wyoming.

The RSPD is reminding people to always be careful when getting checks from people they don't know.

City code says "Contractors must display their license number on all advertising, contracts, and bids."

It's a guarantee that something is a scam. But con artists keep using it, so it must be fooling someone.

It's a scam, and the post says that law enforcement will never call people up and demand their personal information under the threat of an arrest warrant.