A Jury Duty Scam
New month, new scam attempt. I’m certain this is also because I’ve put my number out there a lot recently, but today I got a call from someone claiming to be a sheriff from my actual county.
It started out with him announcing that he was from the [Actual] County Sheriff’s office, his name, and his badge number very quickly. He followed up by telling me that the reason for his call was that I missed a scheduled jury duty appearance today. The “sheriff” knew my name and county, but those are both public record for anyone willing to look.
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