AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF)- According to the Federal Trade Commission, scams are on the rise across the nation, with people losing more than $12 billion last year. That’s a 25% increase over the year before.
Here in the CSRA, reports of jury duty scams are increasing.
We’ve heard from several viewers in recent weeks saying they’ve been scammed out of a lot of money by someone claiming to be local law enforcement and threatening them with arrest for missing jury duty…