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The call is not the court
Lane County's new jury-scam wave wants money for missed duty
The court says the Sheriff's Office never calls about jury service and neither agency will demand payment or sensitive information.
Lane County Circuit Court is warning about a new wave of jury scams. The familiar threat has a local target: callers pretend to be from the Sheriff's Office and claim someone failed to report for jury duty.
The court's instructions are direct. It will never ask a juror to pay money, meet an officer or court employee away from the courthouse, or provide sensitive personal information by phone or email. The Lane County Sheriff's Office will not call about jury service.
Do not pay or share information. Write down the calling number if it is safe to do so, then report the contact through the published Lane County Sheriff's Office and Lane County Jury office channels. The court has not published a call count or an exact posting time, so this edition does not invent either one.