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AG Jackley: SD Residents Targeted By Telemarketing Scams

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota residents continue to be targeted by con artists who threaten individuals with fines and arrest.

Jackley says residents are being targeted by two telemarketing scams in which scammers purport to be with law enforcement and threaten residents for supposedly failing to report to jury duty.

The con artists typically ask residents for personal information, including Social Security numbers, and instruct victims to obtain pre-loaded cards to pay a fake penalty.

Jackley says the scammers “are banking on an individual’s sense of fear for financial gain.” He says court and law enforcement officials don’t call citizens asking them to pay fines for missing jury duty or other court hearings.

More information about the scams is available through the South Dakota Consumer Protection Division.

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