The Administrative Office of the Courts just launched a new website to help potential victims fend off scammers.
The recent rise in fake arrest warrant and missed jury duty scams made officials feel like they had no choice.
Courts Security Manager Darren Allen said when phone calls or emails have your name attached, you think, as the receiver, that there is a certain amount of validity to this scam and sometimes people panic trying to rectify it. But that is what these folks pry upon.
Allen recommends book marking: kcoj.info/CourtsScamAlert. Once you are there, you will find information on common schemes, an area to report fraud and a video that will walk you through the tactics scammers are using to make more victims.
These aren’t like the scams from the past, either, that were fairly easy to figure out. In just the past two weeks, scammers got someone in LaRue County with the jury duty scam.
That is when the scammer claims you have missed jury duty and are going to have to pay a fine. Scammers often use names of court officials or their badge numbers. So, if you look into it, it can look like the scammer is telling the truth.
Allen said if you receive an email or a phone call out of the blue and you didn’t initiate it, never give your personal or financial information to the individual.
It never hurts to ask questions. If the person on the other end of the phone gets mad at you for doing so, that is probably another sign you are getting scammed.
Source: WDRB
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