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Fraudsters have sent texts requesting recipients to perform jury duty or pay a fee
Posted 21 September 2020 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|National
UPDATES: CTSI is warning consumers about convincing scam text messages demanding payment to postpone jury service, highlighting key signs that distinguish fraudulent messages from genuine court communications.
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has uncovered evidence of a series of bogus texts inviting recipients to perform jury service or delay it at cost.
The texts host a link to a scam website clad in UK Government branding which asks the target to confirm that they can perform the service, or to postpone jury service for six months at a fee of £34.99.
The texts are ...
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