Jury duty scams on the rise in Spartanburg County [Video]

THE SCENE. JURY DUTY SCAMS ARE EMPTYING THE POCKETS OF RESIDENTS IN THE UPSTATE, AND WHILE THIS ISN’T NEW, THEY ARE BECOMING MORE ADVANCED. OUR PENIX JOINS US LIVE FROM SPARTANBURG COUNTY WITH THINGS YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF. TANIQUA. GOOD EVENING MARK. I’M RIGHT OUTSIDE THE SPARTANBURG COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND I SPOKE TO THE CLERK OF COURT, AND SHE DOES TELL US THEY’VE SEEN A RISE OF VICTIMS IN THESE JURY DUTY SCAMS. THE SPARTANBURG COUNTY CLERK OF COURT, AMY COX, SAYS THEY RECEIVED CALLS FROM RESIDENTS WHO’VE BEEN SCAMMED OUT OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. AS A RECORDING OF THE CALL REVEALED THE SUSPECT IS A MAN. COX SAYS HE HAS A SOUTHERN ACCENT AND WITH ALL THE COUNTY’S INFO ONLINE AND PUBLIC, HE SOUNDS LIKE HE CAN BE AN EMPLOYEE FROM HER OFFICE. IT’S DON’T TRUST THEM JUST BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE NAME. HANG UP, CALL US …