The Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) is getting report of another round of scam calls using an old ploy: Jury Duty.
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“𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 really never stop, but as of late they’ve been 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 in our area with the old 𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆.
This go round, the scammers are representing themselves as members of the Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO). They use websites, social media and other accessible avenues to find actual employee names for law enforcement officers, including those with HCSO, and claim to be those individuals. In at least one case, they used the name of a former sheriff’s office employee.
In most of the recent calls, the scammer claims the call recipient missed 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆 duty, or some variation thereof. The stories aren’t all exactly the same, but have similar elements, including demand of payment to settle the, “missed jury duty.” There have been requests for payment ranging from gift cards to online money transfer.
The bottom line is and will always remains the same – 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀.
𝗛𝗖𝗦𝗢 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗺. 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗮𝘆. Please talk with any loved ones you believe might be vulnerable to the ploy.”