RANGELY | The Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District (RBWCD) voted to engage Denver-based law firm Otteson Shapiro as special counsel to help recover lost CCITF funds. “They are moving forward with filing our claim with the Colorado Special Districts Association, property and liability pool and also with ColoTrust to help[Read More…]
Tag: Scam
Protect yourself: avoid falling prey to scammers
RBC | “This seems like a very precise in-and-out sort of operation” professional ethical hacker Kyle Suero told the HT when asked about the wire transfer fraud reported by the Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District and County last month. Suero has a breadth of technical experience that includes system administration,[Read More…]
Preventing scams and fraud this holiday season
(Statepoint) Scams and fraud are more deceiving these days, reaching you in more ways than ever before. The FTC reported 2.8 million fraud reports from consumers in 2021 alone, with reported fraud losses increasing 70% from 2020 and more than $5.8 million. Scammers begin their traditional uptick at the start[Read More…]
NEWS NOTES: August 11, 2022
SCAM ALERT MEEKER | Several WREA members have received SCAM calls demanding payment and claiming that WREA will shut off power in 30 minutes for failure to pay a bill. If you receive one of these calls, PLEASE hang up and call WREA AT 970-878-5041. WREA DOES NOT ask for[Read More…]
Medicare scam alert
RBC | As the local State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP), we have had many reports about people receiving calls from someone saying they are from Medicare, claiming there is a problem with your account and asking for the individuals Medicare number. These scammers hijack numbers many times to look[Read More…]
Beware of WREA payment scam calls
MEEKER | Please be advised that someone claiming to be from WREA is calling members demanding payment for alleged delinquent electric bills and threatening to disconnect power if the bill isn’t paid immediately. This is a scam. WREA will not terminate service for delinquent accounts without proper notice and will[Read More…]
Those robocalls aren’t just annoying, they’re also illegal
RBC | Tired of scrambling to answer your cell phone only to find your caller is a robocall, or worse, a scammer? You’re not alone. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), consumers have been targeted with more than a billion illegal robocalls each year. Robocalls are prerecorded messages auto-dialed by[Read More…]
Warning: WREA bill payment scam
MEEKER | Please be advised that someone claiming to be from WREA is calling members demanding immediate payment for alleged delinquent electric bills or their power will be shut-off. This is a scam. WREA does not terminate service for delinquent accounts without proper notice and does not terminate service after[Read More…]
Warning: WREA bill payment scam
MEEKER | Please be advised that someone claiming to be from WREA is calling members demanding immediate payment for alleged delinquent electric bills or their power will be shut-off. This is a scam. WREA does not terminate service for delinquent accounts without proper notice and does not terminate service after[Read More…]
County residents are warned by RBC sheriff and IRS about scam
RBC I Aggressive and threatening phone calls by criminals impersonating IRS agents remain near the top of the annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams for the 2015 filing season, the Internal Revenue Service announced Monday, and Rio Blanco County Sheriff Anthony Mazzola said county residents should also beware of[Read More…]
