AG Weiser issued a consumer alert warning Coloradans about a troubling new trend of phishing scams involving phony threats of blackmail. While the scams—which usually come in the form of an email with an attached letter—may be alarming, the attorney general is telling Coloradans they should treat them like any other suspected scam and delete or otherwise ignore the communications. 

“I’ve personally had friends and colleagues receive these types of scams recently, and I want to be clear that my office does not see them as anything more than scare tactics. Like many other types of scams, the fraudsters behind them use fear and intimidation to scare victims into handing over their hard-earned money. If you receive a scam like this, do not pay. Alarming as these communications may be, throw away the letter or delete the email and report it to us at StopFraudColorado.gov.”- AG Weiser