LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Administrative Office of the Courts just launched a new website to help potential victims fend off scammers.
The recent rise in fake arrest warrant and missed jury duty scams made officials feel like they had no choice.
"When you personalize these things — these phone calls or these emails — and you have your name attached, you think, as the receiver, that there's a certain amount of validity to this scam," Courts Security Manager Darren Allen said. "You immediately panic. 'Uh oh, I've done something wrong. How can I rectify it.' But that's what these folks pry upon."
Allen recommends book marking: kcoj.info/CourtsScamAlert. Once you're there, you'll find information on common schemes, an area to report fraud and a video that will walk you through the tactics scammers are using to make more victims.
These aren't like the scams from the past, either, that were fairly easy to figure out. In just the past two weeks, scammers got someone in LaRue County with the jury duty scam.
That's when the scammer claims you've missed jury duty and are going to have to pay a fine. Scammers often use names of court officials or their badge numbers. So, if you look into it, it can look like the scammer is telling the truth.
"If I receive an email or a phone call out of the blue and I didn't initiate it, never never never give your personal or financial information to the individual," Allen said.
It never hurts to ask questions. If the person on the other end of the phone gets mad at you for doing so, that's probably another sign you're getting scammed.
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