HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A scam mimicking Pennsylvania Court phone numbers has been making the rounds recently, leading to a warning from officials.

During the “spoof” calls, Pennsylvanians are being told a warrant is out for their arrest after they missed jury duty, and they have fines that need to be paid, officials said.

In its warning, the PA Courts is assuring that it will never make calls for payments.

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“The Pennsylvania Courts will never place calls soliciting payments by credit card, gift card, or any other means of electronic funds transfer for any reason,” officials said.

The scammer will then threaten to send law enforcement to make an arrest if payments are not made. Also, the scammer will say that there is a gag order with the warrant to stop anyone from going to police.

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If anyone has received any calls like this, they are asked to reach out to the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Bureau of Consumer Protection at (800) 441-2555, or you can send them an email.

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