Juror Scam in Tarrant Count – Update Update on previous post about jury duty scam in Tarrant County, TX. Another friend was just contacted by someone claiming to be with the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office. The caller claimed the person missed jury duty and had a warrant out for their arrest. Then the scammer insisted the person meet them at Walgreens to pay their $900 fine to lift the warrant. The phone number used most recently is 817-357-9029, and the person is using a fake badge number 206L41. As mentioned in our previous post, Tarrant County has already provided information about these scams. The county says that a representative will not contact you by phone. Other information about jury service
Read more →Tarrant County has already posted about “jury service scams.” In the post, the county makes clear a representative will not contact you by phone to pay a fine for failure to appear. Jury scams have been reported around the country. The National Center for State Courts has posted information about various scams. As a new twist, likely in response to the Tarrant County post, scamming callers are claiming they are a Tarrant County Sheriff’s deputy enforcing federal jury service. The Northern District of Texas has a page dedicated to those with questions about jury service. If you receive a legitimate summons you can visit their page for information. The page also instructs those concerned about a “bogus” attempt to collect
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