Cindy Conway says her husband got a message saying she hadn’t called in for jury duty and there was a warrant for her.
She called back the number that was left and the man, who claimed to be a detective with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, told her to pay over the phone and then go to the Sheriff’s department. She says that should have been a red flag.
“Definitely should have been the first alert was ‘you have to go get the money pack card.’ the other one was the background noise when I called. I should have paid attention to that, but I was more worried about the warrant,” explained Cindy.
No government agency will contact you to take a payment over the phone.
If you’re asked to call a government agency, look up the phone number and use that instead of the number a caller provides.
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