The sheriff's department said they would never call people and ask for money or gift cards.
She said the man told her he had a paper with her signature on it showing that she agreed to jury duty. To clear it up, she had to go buy close to a thousand dollars in Target gift cards.
So that's what Emily says she did, keeping the man on the phone right until the point she had the gift cards in hand and was about to give the caller the numbers on the cards. Just about that time, Emily got a text from her neighbors, warning her they got the same kind of call, and it was a scam.Emily never called him back.The Hamilton County Sheriff's Department said they've heard from several residents recently about similar phone calls, explaining that they've received so many that they're about put out a public service announcement warning people about the scam calls.
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