Yet another phone scam is taking place in the valley, and Bitterroot residents are advised to be extra careful when taking suspicious calls pertaining to their personal financial information.

On Tuesday, the Ravalli County Sheriff's Office took a report from the Ravalli County Treasurer's Office that several Bitterroot residents had reported a scam to their office. The residents complained that they had received phone calls from an unknown person or persons telling them that their property taxes were delinquent.

"It was somebody calling up and asking for personal and financial information," said Ravalli County Sheriff Chris Hoffman. "These people know that their taxes were not in arrears, and they reported it as a scam."

The suspect caller stated he was from the Treasurer's Office, which he wasn't, and tried to obtain personal information that had nothing to do with the victims or their tax payments, Hoffman said. None of the victims contacted were delinquent, so the jig was up.

"It was a person telling people that they were delinquent on their taxes, and if they would give a credit card number it would be taken care of," said Ravalli County Treasurer JoAnne Johnson. "We got several phone calls from people in the valley who knew it was suspicious."