Did you get a call or email saying you missed jury duty and need to pay? It’s a scam (2024)

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JOE

September 16, 2024

I got a call for this subject a while back. They read the riot act to me and I laughed out loud. Then they said they wee coming to arrest me. I told them I'd put the coffee on for them. They hung up. Never got another call.

Julez

September 23, 2024

Shirley

September 16, 2024

I fell for this scam and lost $400.

Bill

September 18, 2024

I got one of these calls today. They claimed to be from the local sheriff‘s office with a bench warrant for missing jury duty. They were coming to arrest me unless I posted a $5000 bond via a wire service. The thing was I’d just got back the day before from several weeks in Europe. Missing a jury duty notice was possible. However the call became increasingly strange and the scammer terminated it when I said I was calling the sheriff’s office to confirm. Some notable features. 1. Payment was not possible at the sherrif’s office; it had to be done at a Winn-Dixie. 2. They wanted me to keep the call active on my cell while I arranged the transfer - I think this was to tie up my phone and prevent me calling the sheriff. 3. The pressure on me was unrelenting. 4. When it was clear it would take hours to get $5000 cash, the scammer started negotiating on the bond down to $1000 which made even less sense than everything else about the call.
These people are truly evil and I’m dismayed thst as a country and a state we allow this to continue. After I have the phone number that called me, and therefore the name and address of the telco services company that owns that number. Their records will most likely provide the IP address of the scammer. They can can be tracked down and identified.

Tom

September 20, 2024

I actually missed jury duty and got arrested and went to jail for six years. I would’ve rather pay to fine.

Nancy

September 18, 2024

We got the same call this afternoon, but the fellow never got to the payment part. He started by softening his prey with threats, but once it was clear he didn't know the basic rules of jury duty (like 75-year-olds are not required to serve), it seemed we were getting scammed. We called both the sheriff's office and the jury commission and learned that this is has become a persistent problem. In fact, we were told some good citizens actually showed up at the courthouse to pay their fines. I really wish we had seen this warning (or heard the local news broadcast) before nearly getting sucked into the scam. And I really thought I was on top of most of the scams!

Anne

September 24, 2024

I got the call about missed jury duty and warrants out for my arrest. They had my address and kept telling me to turn myself in to the Sherriff's office that they were impersonating. Very convincing as an angry, scary policeman. I wasn't asked for money; I think they were waiting for me to leave so they could rob my home. Their phone number was local. I might have fallen for this if they had used my legal name instead of my nickname. Please be careful out there!

September 24, 2024

We got scammed for 500 on this scam they had the the warrant documents and everything it’s ridiculous how people are allowed to get away with this over and over I wish I could see them

September 24, 2024

I received a call today. They even sent a picture of the warrant document. At 1st it seemed real. They told me to come to the sheriff station turn myself in bringing 2 forms of ID. They requested $4500 to delay they warrant. Of course I refused. Another guy started saying some very foul things before I hung up. This was a lot for a scam and appeared real. I feel bad for anyone who has lost money to these criminals