phone scam

Have you ever been scammed out of any money?

They urge people to tell parents and grandparents because the scammers target the elderly.

Your phone's scam function might not even detect it!

It's a scam that's been around for years and it comes back because the scammers always find victims.

uthorities say a "concerned citizen" recently told Officers they received a call from someone saying their Pacific Power bill was overdue.

"You have 30 minutes to pay or we're shutting you off!"

Scams and scammers are nothing new. Pharaoh famously fell for the square-wheeled chariot scam back in the day. Ok, I made that up, but it could have happened. Of course, scams these days are easier to pull off with the advent of the internet. All the bad guys need you to do is click a link in an email, for example, and you're sunk.

The callers, who have targeted small businesses and residential customers, insist that the customer is behind on payments.

They're calling it the "jury duty scam," and it seems to have reached Yakima this week.

Pacific Power warns customers and the public to be wary of giving their information out, especially right now, because of a phone scam targeting utility customers in Oregon and Washington. Crooks are posing as customer service agents and trying to get money and steal personal information...