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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.

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.