Scammers in Mecklenburg County are raising the bar on deceit, deploying real judges’ names and counterfeit county seals to swindle residents through bogus jury service fines. Sonya L. Harper, the Mecklenburg County Criminal Justice Services director, has issued a warning about these high-caliber scams. “What we are seeing this year is an increased effort to appear and sound authentic,” said Harper, according to a statement on the Mecklenburg County’s official news site.