The Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) is getting report of another round of scam calls using an old ploy: Jury Duty.
HCSO FACEBOOK POST:
“๐ฃ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ really never stop, but as of late they’ve been ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ in our area with the old ๐ท๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐.
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 ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ท๐๐ฟ๐ 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 – ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ท๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐ณ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐.
๐๐๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐. Please talk with any loved ones you believe might be vulnerable to the ploy.”