{"id":1109,"date":"2026-05-28T20:31:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2026-05-28T20:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:31:38","slug":"did-someone-say-you-missed-jury-duty-and-wants-money-keys-cops-say-its-a-scam-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1109","title":{"rendered":"Did someone say you missed jury duty and wants money? 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Some of the targets are people with pending criminal cases, Adam Linhardt, the sheriff\u2019s office spokesman, said.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf someone contacts you asking for money, purporting to be from a law enforcement agency, any government organization or utility company, a bank, a credit card company, and so forth \u2014 hang up and contact the organization yourself,\u201d Linhardt said. \u201cA sure sign of a scam is anyone asking for payment for anything via gift cards or Bitcoin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1107\">Miami postpones vote on mayor\u2019s $450M public safety bond to the summer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Linhardt said anyone receiving a distressing message supposedly from a friend or family member needing money immediately, to contact that person to confirm they need money before sending the funds.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf possible, save the text, email, or any other information and contact the Sheriff\u2019s Office directly,\u201d Linhardt said. The sheriff\u2019s office\u2019s non-emergency number is 305-853-3211. Numbers for specific substations can be found at www.keysso.net\/locations.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1106\">\u2018Very healing\u2019: Exhibit showcases work by Miami artists experiencing homelessness<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Office is warning people in the Florida Keys to beware of scammers posing as law enforcement asking for money and cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Did someone say you missed jury duty and wants money? 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