The Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office is alerting the public of fraudulent calls circulating in the area involving citizens being informed they have to pay a fine for missing jury duty.
The sheriff’s office has received reports that citizens are being contacted via telephone by a subject representing himself as a member of the sheriff’s office. This person is informing the citizens that a warrant has been issued for them for failing to report to jury duty. One of the telephone numbers being used in this scam is 706 250-9798. Citizens are being instructed to go to a local store and get a “green money card” for $480 and call them back to provide them with the number of the card to avoid arrest.
Please to be alert to a scam of this nature. The sheriff’s office or court system would never tell a citizen to purchase a green card. This same type scam has occurred in the past and investigators were able to trace the calls to a Georgia prison where a cell telephone had been smuggled in to some inmates.
If anyone receives a call like this they should report it to their local law enforcement agency.