LYMAN — One Lyman business received an email bomb threat last Thursday, Dec. 13, as part of what is believed to be a nationwide scare.

Lyman Police Chief Kathy Adams said Tuesday morning, the email threat went right into the local business. She said the business was checked out and no threat was found.

Adams said the Rock Springs Hospital and another entity in the Rock Springs area to receive the threat. The emails in Lyman and in Rock Springs are only a few of the emails received by Wyoming businesses and other entities. At least seven Cheyenne businesses and an elementary school in Wheatland received emailed bomb threats Thursday believed to be part of a nationwide scare.

According to a story by the Wyoming News Exchange, “Cheyenne Police Department spokesman Officer Kevin Malatesta said he knew of seven businesses that received emails threatening to set off an explosive device unless the business transferred $20,000 worth of bitcoin to a crypto-currency account.

Adams said Tuesday, she understood the scare was part of a scam or phishing scheme, but had not heard of anything that had been determined as to the source.

“If anyone receives anything like this, they need to report it,” Adams said. “We don’t want anyone to consider it is just a scam and then something serious happens. Any threat needs to be checked out to make sure it isn’t real. It puts a lot of resources out there, but it has to be taken seriously.”