Message left for me from Officer Williams, telling me that it was urgent that he speak to me. The message was alarming, and sounded legit, and I was terrified that something had happened to a loved one. I called back, a woman/receptionist answered, transferred my call to the 'officer' who proceed to tell me that there was a warrant for my arrest because I"d failed to show up for jury duty for a Grand Jury case. Blah blah blah, this was a felony, judge might be lenient, I need to stay on the line with him until I arrived at the court house in Seattle with a money order that I needed to get in cash at Safeway for $2995. I was so pissed that he made me so worried by his urgent message.
Message left for me from Officer Williams, telling me that it was urgent that he speak to me. The message was alarming, and sounded legit, and I was terrified that something had happened to a loved one. I called back, a woman/receptionist answered, transferred my call to the 'officer' who proceed to tell me that there was a warrant for my arrest because I"d failed to show up for jury duty for a Grand Jury case. Blah blah blah, this was a felony, judge might be lenient, I need to stay on the line with him until I arrived at the court house in Seattle with a money order that I needed to get in cash at Safeway for $2995. I was so pissed that he made me so worried by his urgent message.
We were hit by this same scam today. It is exactly that -- a scam! The "officer" said that there was an arrest warrant out, and that a "provisional voucher" had to be obtained (sounds like the same sort of Safeway cash scam another person wrote about above) -- "had to stay on the line" before meeting at the King County Courthouse.
Advice: Call the King County Sheriff's Office at their publicly-published number to verify the identity of an officer, and the reason for a call, before EVER complying with a call from someone claiming to be representing the agency. The operator at the KC Sheriff's legitimate line *immediately* told us that the call we received was a scam.
What kind of sociopath scares someone like this? Disgusting.