The flu isn’t the only nasty thing that’s spread across Iowa in recent weeks. Geoff Greenwood, a spokesman for the Iowa Attorney General, says phone scams continue to be a problem.
Greenwood says they are cold or random calls to people across the state.
He says one of the keys that the calls are a scam is the caller is urgent that you pay immediately.
He says the calls may’ve picked up this time of year because they can catch people at home for the holidays. And he says technology has improved to allow the scammers to hide their identities. Similar calls have been reported in Nebraska and South Dakota.
