The Hackers Brief from Cyber Wyoming is sponsored by First Federal Bank & Trust. Be aware of the latest scams in Sheridan, Wyoming and the rest of the nation.
PayPal Email with Attached Invoice Scam
A Rock Springs citizen reported a PayPal impersonation email that was very convincing except that it had an attachment for the invoice, which the citizen was very smart not to open, and it was from a Gmail address. The email’s subject line was ORDER:NUMBER:#HY514N2G6B253.
Ruth Roberto from the Republic of France is a scammer
A very poorly worded email from a Gmail address, with the subject of “I trust in God” was reported by a Laramie citizen. Roberto claims to be a dying widow and a good Christian and requests your help to distribute funds to charity.
Laramie County Sheriff’s Deputy impersonation
The Cheyenne PD wants you to know of a phone scam impersonating a Sheriff’s Deputy. The caller says that you have missed jury duty and you will be jailed unless you provide money or a gift card. The Cheyenne PD wants you to know you can’t pay your way out of jury duty and that actual law enforcement officers will never ask for gift cards.
Whoever Brandi is, she is getting a lot of spam texts
A Big Horn citizen, whose name is not Brandi, reported 8 text messages to Brandi from 307, 817, 407, and 321 numbers. The texts were trying to sell…
