Internet thieves are finding more imaginative and sophisticated ways to trick consumers into giving up banking and other personal information, using everything from fake airline reservation notices to phony FBI emails. Now, there is a scam sweeping the nation using a fake jury duty notice. The email urges recipients to click a link. Federal courts do not issue jury summons via email.
Anyone receiving a legitimate jury summons will receive that information via physical mail. Do no click any link included in an email from an unknown sender. Better Business Bureau investigator Don O’Brien says it’s a similar grift, whether the scammer reaches out via email, phone call, or text message.
“I don’t know at this point if anything is going to turn them off because again, they can call 100 people and if they are trying to scam them out of $5,000 or $6,000, if that’s their goal, and if they just get that one out of 100, then they have accomplished their goal.”
If you get a scam jury summons via email, you are encouraged to report the incident to the Federal Trade Commission: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov.
***Report Courtesy of farmweeknow.com***
