the threats have been making the rounds. i believe it s just stupid. some kid just going around trying to scare kids. it s just a bunch of empty threats. reporter: in adams county, parents also received a letter saying the threats are taken seriously. there are watches on facebook pages. people say they people say they ve heard that clowns are gonna come shoot up the school. reporter: given the violence that has occurred in schools, each threat is being taken as if it is real. reporter: similar notices went out today to the parents of denver public school children. these threats are being taken very seriously. and is those who make the threats if charges. a woman is accused of faking cancer to get money out of a man in westminster. investigators say she took more than $39,000 from the 79-year-old victim. two years ago a bank employee noticed the victim writing thousands of dollars in checks and got suspicious. she has been charged exploitation of an at-risk elde