Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement:
Rankin County Sheriff Warns Citizen That Jury Duty Scam is Happening Again
From December 4th thru the 8th,
2015, the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office has received nine complaints
of a telephone jury duty scam targeting citizens of Rankin County.
In all
of the cases the citizens were contacted by male suspects who stated
they were deputies with the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office. The suspects
told the victims that they had missed jury duty
and a warrant had been issued for their arrest. The victims were all
told that the only way to avoid arrest was to immediately pay a fine
ranging from $500.00 to $900.00.
The “Spoofed” numbers showing up on the victims’ caller ID were:
The fictitious deputies names used were:
Lt. Haines
Deputy Bradley
Deputy David Bradley
Cpl. Wright
Sheriff
Bryan Bailey wants the citizens to know that no deputy would ever call
and ask for money over the telephone. All court fines are collected by
the courts, not the sheriff. A proper receipt
is always issued to a person paying fines in Rankin County. In my 29
years of law enforcement I have never seen anyone arrested for not
reporting for jury duty.
Sheriff
Bailey wants all citizens to also be on guard for anyone who calls about
any issue and it involves a “Green Dot” card or gift card. It is a scam
and hang up and contact the sheriff’s office
or local law enforcement immediately. Do not conduct any business
transactions over the phone that you did not initiate.
This
investigation is continuing and deputies are trying to trace the fake
numbers used in the scam, it is strongly suspected that these calls are
originating from out of state.
1 comment:
Those who use the phones for their scams can make any number they choose show up as their number. Several times I have received calls from myself according to the caller ID.
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