A familiar jury duty scam is targeting Franklin County residents.
According to Sheriff Pat Melton, a man has been calling people in the area and identifying himself as Lt. Paul Gamble with the sheriff’s department and requesting money because the residents have missed jury duty.
The sheriff says his office does not have anyone by that name. He says the scam artist is using a cell phone number out of Louisville.
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Apparently, the scammer tells people they have missed jury duty and have to pay a fine of nearly $1,000 or he’ll have them arrested.
The sheriff says if you get a call like this, don’t give the caller anything.
Sheriff Melton says another scam artist targeted a Franklin County resident Thursday about winning a publisher’s clearing house sweepstakes and wanted that person to send them $200 for tax purposes before they delivered the check.
The sheriff says if you think you’re being scammed, save the scam artist’s number and call the sheriff’s department.
