scams

Scammers are upping their game tricking consumers.

The Albany County Sheriff's Office alerts residents to scammers impersonating deputies in a phone scam using spoofing techniques.

Similar scams have been reported across the country over the past year or so.

One big red flag with this scam as well as many others is that intended victims in some cases are being asked to pay with gift cards or wire transfers.

The scammer has done some research and knows something about the targeted business and uses that knowledge to get the employees to trust him.

Laramie County residents are being warned about phony events that are supposedly happening at the Archer Events Complex and the Laramie County Fairgrounds.

This sounds like something out of a movie, but it's a real scam that has apparently had some success.

When someone purchases the card and it is activated, the money goes to the scammer's card, which they can then use.

In fact, the video, the image of the celebrity, and the product may all be fake, according to the Wyoming chapter of the AARP.

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.