Beware of phone scams demanding money for ‘missed jury duty’

This advisory warns about pervasive jury duty scams conducted via phone, email, and text, where impostors posing as court or law enforcement officials use urgent, threatening language to demand fines or harvest personal data. It highlights red flags (generic greetings, spoofed domains/caller IDs, clickable phishing links, and requests for payment via crypto, gift cards, or instant payment apps), and provides practical guidance to avoid these scams—verifying independently, never paying or sharing sensitive data, and using security tools—plus steps to take if victimized, including reporting to authorities, contacting banks, and freezing credit.