The scam features a spoofed phone number that shows up on caller ID as being that of the Cheyenne Police Department. That is a common tactic of modern-day phone scammers.
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."
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.