phone scams

The callers are often 'masking" their phone numbers to make it appear that they are calling from a Wyoming number when they are really out of state or even overseas.

You can call Black Hills Energy at 1-888-890-5554 for information on your bill or on the legitimacy of someone claiming to represent the company.

The phone scam features a bogus phone number on caller ID to make the call seem more believable.

Social Security officials will not call you up and demand your Social Security number and other personal information.

Apparently, someone is falling for this scam, or the scammers would quit using it.

Cheyenne firefighters are not conducting a fundraising drive.

Some of the scams are well executed and sound very realistic.

The Equifax Credit Bureau won't call you up to "verify your account information."

This is probably one of the trickiest and dastardly scams out there. The scammers want you to say "yes", so they can record it, and here's how they'll get you to do it.

The latest scam circulating in Wyoming features callers telling people they have been awarded a "government grant."