The jury warrant scammers are at it again. They sound official, they sound scary; but they’re just scammers calling or emailing to say that there is a warrant for your arrest for missing jury duty. They say if you pay a fine, you’ll be good. District Court Jury Services recently received a flood of calls from those targeted by the warrant scammers. The scam is nothing new. It makes the rounds in various forms: sometimes by phone, sometimes by email.
10 things you should know:
- The court or law enforcement will not call you to make payment for a warrant for missing jury duty.
- No official court personnel will ask you to meet them on the courthouse steps to make any payment of any kind.
- No official representatives of the court will call to solicit money for any purpose.
- The court will not call or email to ask you to make payment for a warrant with a pre-paid credit card.
- The court never calls or e-mails or calls people to get personal information such as their social security number.
- Those who receive suspicious e-mails or calls asking for money or pre-paid credit cards should not respond and are advised to contact the Attorney General’s office or Metro Financial Crimes Unit.
- The court does want you to respond to an official jury summons when you receive one in the mail.
- Citizens fulfilling jury service is one of the most important and crucial aspects of our justice system.
- Our judges highly respect and value this service and it can be very informative and rewarding for those who serve on juries.
- The District Court website has information on jury service; visit https://jury.clarkcountycourts.us or call 725-215-1011 (callers should remain on the line for the operator).