Missoula County Sheriff's detectives took a report this week from a couple who discovered they were victims of identity theft when they attempted to file their income tax returns.
Another scam is going around that you need to be aware of. Around 5pm on Tuesday, January 27th, 2015 Missoula resident Heidi Mikulski was at home when a door to door salesperson stopped by. He said his name is Earl Glaspie and he was trying to sell packages of meat and seafood...
Upon the arrival of tax season, Attorney General Tim Fox wants to warn Montanans about aggressive and sometimes threatening phone calls from scammers impersonating agents of the Internal Revenue Service.
There never seems to be time when someone isn’t trying to fraud someone else out of money or property, but the Montana Department of Justice and Attorney General Tim Fox said right now, the department is seeing a lot of activity with two specific telephone based scams.
Several Missoula businesses have fallen prey to an ongoing scam in which they are convinced their power will be shut off if they don't pay their bill immediately.
Missoula Police are warning the public about a phone scam from an individual claiming to be from the police department, who is demanding money in order to settle a criminal charge.
Missoula police received a report at about 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday regarding a possible scam involving the payment of a power bill perpetrated against a local business.
A man claiming to be "Sergent Jackson" from the "warrants division" has been calling Missoula residents this morning, April 14, threatening jail time if they don't pay a court fee for missing jury duty.
Missoula law enforcement officials are warning the public about a new scam that pretends to involve the FBI, the Missoula Police Department, and the Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes.