Aug. 4, 2026

Another wave of the jury scam is here

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Scammers posing as court employees or law enforcement officers may threaten to fine or arrest you for allegedly failing to comply with a court order or jury duty summons. This particular scam has been around for decades. If an individual announces they are a court official or law enforcement officer and demands you make some sort of payment so that you can avoid arrest, it is a scam. Hang up the phone and call your local court.

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Good Morning, everybody, Welcome to Let's talk about scams. It

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is a great morning to talk about scams and more importantly,

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how to prevent being a victim. My name is Brian Watson.

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I am a community outreach specialist for ROSE Resources Outreach

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to Safeguard the Elderly, and I've just celebrated my three

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year anniversary with ROSE. I started August first of twenty

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twenty three, and it's been a fun three years. I

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have learned so much, I have met so many people.

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I've got to do so many cool things, and one

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of them is this podcast, this online radio show. We

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love that you've tuned in today. I'm here also next

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week filling in for Joyce, and I appreciate the opportunity.

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I have a guest next week. We'll talk about that

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at the end of the show. But today we are

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going to talk about something called the jury duty scam.

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And the title of today's episode is another wave of

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the jury scam is here, So it implies it's been

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around for a long time, and unfortunately it's back. And

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I'm going to tell you the story of three people

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that have been approached by it. Not to scare you,

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but I want you all out there to know about

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this and then more importantly, tell others. So just this year,

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I spoke to three people who are targeted in the

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jury duty scam that basically over the way it works.

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Scammers call up people on the phone and they pose

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as either court employees or the more common one that

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I've seen is claiming to be law enforcement officers, usually

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a deputy sheriff with your local sheriff's office or sheriff's department.

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And you know they'll either threaten you with a fine

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or even worse, an arrest, why because you allegedly failed

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to comply with a court order or show up to

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journey duty because they sent you a summons and you

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didn't reply. So this, this particular scam has been around

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for decades. But what we Joyce and I talk about

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all the time is scammers love to repeat scams. Why

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because if they work, why create new ones? You can

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use the same one over and over. They just like

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take turns. And so we see this all the time.

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Certain scams will come back over and over and over.

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So and if they have a high success, right, you know,

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why not use it again. So for the first person

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I want to tell you a story is my friend Kate.

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She's like the daughter of some close friends of mine

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and she used to live in Arizona. She lives in

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Denver now. She received a phone call in in Denver

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and it was a very nice, professional deputy sheriff, and

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he basically said, you know, sorry to bother you, but

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you missed jerry duty. You know, a summons was sent

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to your house and someone signed for it, so we

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know you got it. You know, he had all of

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her information, her first name, last name, birthday, had her

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home address where she was living. And you know, he said,

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you know, okay, we can make this all go away.

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You just need to make a payment. It's like a fine,

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and that way we'll quash the arrest warrant. And you know,

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my friend, she's late twenties, maybe she's thirty, I'm not sure.

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When she was asked to make the payment via PayPal,

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that just didn't sit right with her. And even though

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she was very compliant and wanted to follow the directions

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of this so called deputy, she realized something wasn't up

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and she the courage to hang up. She said, she

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was this close to paying the money. Why because she

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was raised well, I mean, I know her parents raised

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with good values. She works, she pays her bills. She's

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just an honest person. She's a good person. And that's

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the problem with these scams is it's always good people

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at fall for these scams, law buying citizens, people that

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played by the rules. Second person I want to tell

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you about. I was at the University of Arizona doing

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a panel with a bunch of people that were smarter

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than me, and I was representing Rose and talking about

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My point of view was internet scams and technology and

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things like that. Well, there was one guy on the

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panel and he's in the IT field, like super smart guy,

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like knows everything, and he shared with our panel how

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he he received the jury duty call. He was at home,

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the phone rang, he answered it, same scenario. Deputy sheriff

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had all this information and used words like arrest and

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fine and things like that, and he was told, well,

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if you make a payment, we can quash this arrest warrant,

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we can make it go away. And the caller wanted

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him to go to a cryptocurrency ATM. We always talk

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about cryptocurrency ATMs on this show. If it's a cryptocurrency ATM,

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if you hear that word, you know, hang up. It's

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a scam. And this guy, I mean literally he told

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us he took it, hooked line and sinker. He grabbed

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his wallet, he you know, grabbed his keys, he jumped

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in his car. He was driving to the nearest cryptocurrency

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ATM where he was directed to. His was why I

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figured out something was up and kept trying to call him,

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and he kept screening the phone call because he was

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on the phone with the scammer. And then somehow, some

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way the wife got through. I don't know if she

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sent the text or what it was, but he was

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able to at the last minute figure out it was

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a scam. Now, again, this is a super smart guy.

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If someone like this can get that close to losing

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money in a jury duty scam, we all all can.

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So it's there's nothing to be embarrassed about. Really smart

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people lose money to scams. Why because these criminals are

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that good. They are so good at what they do.

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And then the third story I want to talk about

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is a lady named Rachel that lives here in southern Arizona.

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She actually went on our podcast. She went on this

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show and told her story and I'll give you the

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date when that was later if you missed that particular one.

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But her story is worth a repeat because it lasted

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a long time. It was a long call, and there

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were so many things we can learn from that scam.

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So she was at home, her phone rang. It was

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her cell phone and it was a deputy shriff from

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the Pema County Sheriff's Department. So that's basically twoson Arizona

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and the caller ID on her phone actually came up

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Pima County Sheriff's Department. Criminals do that on purpose. That's

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what builds like a trust. You think it's coming from

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a legitimate law enforcement agency. That's called spoofing. They can

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make it say anything they want. So that was the

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first thing that started. This started her down the road

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and the caller was very nice and he said, you

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know what, you didn't show up for jury duty. And

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you know, unfortunately this particular judge, she's a real stickler

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to duty and she personally gets upset when people don't

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show up for jury duty. And then he said, you know,

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this is now a federal offense. You failed to show

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up for jury duty. But now it's a federal offense,

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and there's a warrant out for your arrest. Rachel on

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arrest for contempt of court and failure to appear. Scary words,

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you know. So then Rachel was like, well, I don't

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remember seeing a jury summons. And then she goes, let

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me talk to my husband. Maybe he saw it and

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put it somewhere, and right when she said that, the

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fake deputy sheriff said, well, if you speak to your husband,

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then he's going to be complicit in the crime. So

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she doesn't. She's not even allowed to talk to her husband.

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And then the caller really starts getting into the psychological

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manipulation here. He said, you know your children could be

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at risk because if you and your husband both go

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to jail for this federal crime, you know that your

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kids are going to have to go into child protective services.

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Like who says stuff like that. That is just pure evil.

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This scammer is willing to scare a mom and tell

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her that her kids are going to be taken away

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from her and she's going to go to jail so

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he can make some money. These people are pure evil.

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So then Rachel asked, well, there's a police station around

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the corner from my house. Let me just drive down there.

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And when she said that. This scammer said, well, if

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you do that, you'll be immediately arrested. You can't pay

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the fine. So the scammer kept Rachel on the phone

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and on the phone. When she drove to the bank,

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she pulled out set. She withdrew seven thousand dollars in

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cash from her bank account, and then scammer kept telling

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her stay on the phone. If you hang up, you're

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going to be immediately are which is really really scary obviously,

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and then ultimately the scammer directed Rachel to a coinstar

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machine at a nearby grocery store. And you know, she

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was Rachel when she told me this story, I mean,

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she was nervous. She was The guy seemed was asking

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what kind of car she drove, what color it was.

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Then she started to get the feeling that he was

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watching her, and that probably was the scenario. Actually, by

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all the clues in this particular scheme, I actually think

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this was a local scheme, meaning the scammer was nearby.

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She actually got the feeling that this guy was in

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the parking lot watching her go inside this grocery store,

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which is really scary because then you don't know if

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you're going to be kidnapped, if you're going to be

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robbed at gunpoint. She knows she's carrying seven thousand dollars

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in cash. She hasn't talked to her husband. She's absolutely

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scared to death because and at this point, the reason

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why she went to the this coinstar machine with the

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seven thousand dollars, the scammer said, you're gonna put this

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money into an escrow account. It'll be held and when

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you show up for your next jury duty, the next

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time you get a summons, you'll get your money back.

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So it's sort of like an escrow account. And it

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just shows how devious these criminals are, because you know,

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they make it sound like it's not gonna cost you anything.

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Just put the seven thousand in, it'll be held. It'll

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be held until you show up to the next one.

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It seems seems almost logical, but it's just it's just not.

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And so Rachel, the way the story ends, Rachel walks

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up to this coinstar machine. So coinstar machine accepts change.

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You can put your extra pennies, Nichols, dimes, quarters into

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this machine and change it to you know, either cash

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or some other payment form. This particular coin start accepts

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cash to buy cryptocurrency. Again, anything with a cryptocurrency ATM

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is a complete scam. And on the screen, which you know,

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she thought she was putting money into her jury duty

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escrow account, there was a warning on the screen. It

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said law enforcement will never ask you to put money

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in this machine. I mean, this whole time, Rachel wasn't

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one hundred percent sure, but she was scared and the

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guy hadn't answer for everything. But when she finally saw

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the words on the screen that said law enforcement will

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never ask you to put money in this machine, she

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knew it was a scam. So thank goodness, our government

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requires those wordings to go on there. And then, you

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know what, Rachel toughened up real quick. I mean, she

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was tough this whole phone call, but she stood her

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ground and she said, you know what, take my chance.

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I'm going to go to a police station and I

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want to talk to someone in person. I just read

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what's on that screen. And at that point, this nice

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friendly scammer who's professional claimed to be a deputy sheriff,

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started yelling at her, started cussing at her, using some

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very colorful words. And you know what, this whole ordeal,

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this is the crazy part. It took about two hours,

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and during the whole time Rachel was there on her own,

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never got to talk to anyone else, you know what,

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So she went through two hours of complete stress, financial stress,

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marital stress, children's stress, like everything, and driving around in

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a car just and she lost two hours. You know so,

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I was so proud of Rachel. She bravely told her story.

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Why so no one else will suffer the same fate.

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You know, that's what we do here at Rose. We

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share information, we share stories. We are in the prevention business.

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We don't want anyone to be scammed. And so if

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you want to hear Rachel's stories and her words, not mine.

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And you missed that episode that was on our radio

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show on February tenth of this year, February tenth, twenty

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twenty six, you can go, you know, find it on

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our YouTube channel, or you can go to Let's Talk

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about Scams dot com. We post our stuff there. So

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here's some tips to remember, because we always we tell

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scary stories here and then we send people home with

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some positive advice, some just common sense advice. First thing, remember,

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courts do not demand money over the phone. They don't

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demand they don't request gift cards, cryptocurrency or electronic payments

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through venmo zell or PayPal. That's just not the way

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they do business. Judges do not have law enforcement officers

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collect money on the phone on the court's behalf okay.

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And if you get a phone call and the individual

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says I'm a court official or I'm a law enforcement

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officer and demands payment so that you can avoid arrest,

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it is a scam. Hang up the phone and call

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the court directly. Never use a number that was provided

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to you by the caller. Find your own, find the

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phone number yourself by doing an Internet search or you

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know what. You can also show up with the court

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and just say I got a scary phone call. I

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was told I miss Jerry Duty, what's going on? And

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then they'll tell you nope, you didn't receive a summons

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and nope, that's not how we do business. So please

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please please sign up for our monthly email. You can

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go to our website. It's scrolling on the bottom of

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the screen and it's also right next to my name

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there Roseadvocacy dot Org. At the bottom of our homepage.

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There's a blue button where it allows you to sign

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for our monthly email beginning of the month, we send

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out some good information, good conversation starters that we can

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have with our friends and family, and just we just

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need to spend a little bit of time each week

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each month just thinking about scams, being mentally prepared because

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that call will come. We will all get a scam

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call this year. I guarantee you. And if you get

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the jury duty scam, hang up, so I'll be back

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next week. My guest is a gentleman named Kevin, who

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is a friend of mine I've known for a while,

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and he owns a senior placement service, a company that

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helps people find living arrangements for older adults. And it's

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an area that I don't know that much about, and

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so Kevin's going to explain the process, how it works,

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what they do, and then more importantly, you know, what

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are some of the red flags to look out for,

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why you would want to use the senior placement service,

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the pros and cons and you know, and I always

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see at Rose, we always are aware of scams. So

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are there any scams or shady things that go on

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in the senior placement business? So whether you have whether

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you're looking, you know, you're an older adult looking for

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a place to live, or you're a you have a

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parent who might be looking for a place in the future.

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It's a good show to tune into. So that'll be

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next Tuesday morning, same time, same place. So I appreciate

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I appreciate everyone out there for tuning in today. If

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you like this episode, please share with a family member, friend,

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or a neighbor, and thank you for tuning into. Let's

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talk about scams.

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Well that's all the knowledge for this episode. Tune in

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every Tuesday at eight am Pacific time on KFOURHD Radio

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at KFOURHD dot com as Joyce explores a variety of knowledge.

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So you have the power to make scam protection your

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healthy habit and until then, feel free to reach out

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to Joyce and let's talk about scams.

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