Beware the Jury Duty Scam and tell all the old people you know

[jmowreader]

This has been happening in North Idaho for a couple of weeks; tell your mom so she doesn't fall for it when it comes to a town near you.

The scammer calls you, tells you they're from the sheriff's office, and informs you that you failed to report for jury duty. They then tell you a warrant for your arrest will be served unless you pay $2000. You are to buy a Green Dot card, then call back (they give an out-of-area number) with the card number.

They seem to focus on people over 80 years old, so this seems to be the new Grandpa Scam.

[tularetom]

1. Around here if you are 70+ and have a valid medical reason for being unable to serve

you can be excused from jury duty.

And they are reasonable in their definition of what conditions qualify for excuse.

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. Here in Texas, you can opt out if you are over 70 regardless of health.

[sarge43]

6. Same in NH. nt

[meti57b]

9. Same in CA.

[jmowreader]

5. Same here

And all the exempt people know they are.

[Enrique]

2. a special place in Hell...

[K.O. Stradivarius]

4. That's actually an old scam.

Just changed around a bit; they used to ask for a CC#.

I don't believe the scammers target people people by age though.

[RebelOne]

7. Well, I am one of those "old people" you refer to.

I received a jury summons a few years ago, but the summons stated that if you were over 70 years old you did not have to appear. But I had to submit a notarized statement that I was not eligible. So as an "old person" I will not be duped.

[AAO]

10. The educated won't fall for it no matter their age.

[Orrex]

8. I thought that this was about me voting to Hide all of those posts

Whew!

[Hestia]

11. This warning has been going around in Ark. for a couple of months now -

they are telling people to bring cash and meet a deputy at a park or something, as if that is legit. I don't think anyone fell for but people reported to sheriff's offices that they had received calls.

Anything to rip someone off of their money.