Avoid jury duty fine scam
12/16/2016, 7:05 p.m.
Don’t fall for this scam, Richmond Sheriff C.T. Woody Jr. is urging.
Someone pretending to be a sheriff’s deputy is calling Richmond residents to tell them to pay $1,000 to $3,000 to avoid going to jail for missing jury duty, the sheriff disclosed Tuesday.
The caller urges his listeners to stay away from the courthouse and, instead, to pay the money in cash or with a credit card, the sheriff stated.
“It’s bogus,” the sheriff stated. “No one from the office would ever call to seek money from anyone who missed jury duty.”
Sheriff Woody is urging people who get such a call to contact his office at (804) 646-6501.
