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a Dallas County woman says she almost
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fell for a jury duty scam she got a call
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from somebody claiming to be a Dallas
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County Sheriff's deputy saying she
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needed to settle a legal matter related
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to jury duty she figured it out fast but
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it doesn't happen like that for
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everybody Emilia Jones has the warning
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from the sheriff's office tonight
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Amilia yeah Steve Heather for most
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law-abiding citizens getting a call that
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there's potentially a warrant out for
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your arrest because you missed jury duty
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can sound very serious a voicemail left
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for one Dallas woman was so believable
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that she called the number back only to
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find out it was a scam hello this is I'm
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the deputy down at this Dallas County
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Sheriff's Department ma'am I have a
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legal matter this regarding you it is
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urgent when Lisa Cobb heard this message
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she believed it okay well I better call
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back because I did miss jury duty she
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called the alleged Deputy back and when
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he started talking to me he did sound
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like he was very calm he was very
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Collective and he was very polite he was
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very respectful as the conversation
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progressed cob got a feeling she wasn't
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actually talking to a deputy and I said
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sir I I'm not going to continue unless
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you give me your badge number when he
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finally gave one she hung up and called
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the Dallas County Sheriff's Office the
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woman answered she goes no that's a scam
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you know it's been going around and I
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said well I thought so cob learned the
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caller used the name of someone who
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actually used to work for the Sheriff's
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Office Doug cisk with the Dallas County
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Sheriff's Office says he sees the scam
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two to three times a week sometimes the
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name is a current member on the force or
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a former employee regardless cisk made
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one thing very clear nobody from the
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Dallas County Sheriff's Department is
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ever going to call you and request money
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over the phone because you miss jury
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duty the Sheriff's Office also won't
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call to request money for outstanding
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warrants or request payments in the form
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of gift cards zel or venmo if you do get
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these calls just hang up on them or if
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you want to tell him come arrest me I
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mean nobody's going to come out and
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arrest you CIS says any communication
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between the court and a potential juror
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will go through the US mail and if there
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is a legal matter an investigator would
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show up in person cob feels lucky she
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caught on to the scam in time but she
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wants others to be aware in case they do
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fall victim these people are getting
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better and better and it's not so
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obvious sadly you have to be suspicious
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of every everything these days
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information on who is summoned for jury
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duty is not available to the public so
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it really is just a coincidence that
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Lisa Cobb had just missed jury duty
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before she received that call CIS says
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that this isn't just going around in
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Dallas County but really all over and
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the best tip he can give is that if you
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believe it's a scam hang up and call the
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jury services line directly to confirm
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the information Steve Heather back to
