phone scam

In another version, the caller pretends to be a law enforcement officer calling to report that a child or grandchild has been involved in a crash.

The FBI Denver Division says that it has seen its main number spoofed in this manner recently, as well as the numbers of its offices in Colorado and Wyoming.

The person is told they will be arrested unless immediate payment is made either via a cashier's check or a Green Dot debit card.

If you get a call from someone asking you to donate to the Cheyenne Police Department, just hang up.

The scammer asks the victim to purchase multiple Green Dot or Steam cards and to give them the numbers as bond payment.

Beck says the patrol hasn't, and won't request any payment over the phone.

Some of the calls spoof the IRS toll-free number to appear to be legitimate.

A jury duty phone scam is continuing to cause problems for residents of Laramie and Albany County.

According to reports, someone claiming to be with Black Hills Energy is calling customers and threatening to turn their power off if they don't pay immediately.

Con artists have been working to improve a classic phone scam.