scams

When we have a disaster or scare such as the Ebola threat, there are scumbags who will be happy to pull your heartstrings, and then take your money. The Better Business Bureau is referencing a fund raiser on GoFundMe for the nurse who is currently being treated in Atlanta, Georgia for Ebola...

“Hey, you just won the $2.5 million Powerball lottery! Give me $800 for taxes and processing and I’ll get you your winnings.” That’s one scam that The Wyoming Lottery Corporation is warning Wyomingites about. Scammers are trying to fool people into handing over money or their personal information in order to collect their WyoLotto winnings...

Scholastic School Supplies is sending out invoices to some Wyoming schools for hundreds of dollars, presumably in the hopes some will just pay the bills without looking into whether they are genuine or bogus bills. Anyone questioning the bills cannot reach them in their supposed home states of Nevada or New Jersey, because the addresses are just phony mail drops...

If you’ve ever dipped your toe into the pool of online dating, you know it can be fraught with peril. While some concerns mirror those found in the “real world,” others are unique to the digital landscape in which people can claim to be anyone they want. And that’s how a twisted mother-and-daughter pair managed to scam about $1 million from women all over the world.