A new scam is hitting the Treasure Valley and this one plays a card that scams of the past haven't played before. The scammer is pretending to be your boss.
I've gotta admit the last few times I've gone to the gas pump, I've checked the card reader. I'm just making sure it's not rigged with a credit card skimmer. Credit card skimmers have been so problematic in recent years, even the Secret Service has been cracking down on them.
A southern Idaho sheriff says a recent scam targeted a mother who was told her daughter was being held captive and would need to send money to set her free or she would be killed.
Gem State residents, beware: a new tax scam is targeting Idahoans, according to a consumer alert issued on Monday by Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and the Idaho State Tax Commission.
There seems to be a pretty big influx of spam calls lately. Sometimes they are harmless telemarketers or politicians and other times they are scammers.