Scams

An old phone scam has been reported quite a bit in Sublette County recently. That's according to the Sublette County Sheriff's Office Facebook page. According to the post, the agency has been getting a lot of reports of someone representing themselves as a sheriff's deputy calling up potential victims and demanding payment for an alleged arrest warrant...

Some of the common scams include such things as "debt relief calls, imposter calls, investment scams, charity scams, extended car warranties, prize and lottery scams, and travel scams."

The Better Business Bureau says online puppy scams last year cost people over $1 million.

While Lt. Hickerson is an actual CPD officer, he is not making the calls.

In fact such scams have been a recurrent problem for many years, across Wyoming and the entire country.

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.