Utah Attorney General

Derek Brown

The Office of the Utah Attorney General received the following notice from the U.S. Marshals for the District of Utah. Please read and be alert!

If you receive a message, call, or email from anyone claiming to be a government official, please contact that office to report and verify whether or not it is real. 

A warning flyer from the U.S. Marshals Service alerting Utah residents about a Jury Duty Phone Scam that demands payment via prepaid debit cards to avoid arrest.

According to a study done by Comparitech, since 2012, scams that target military personnel and veterans affected nearly 1 million people and resulted in $405 million in damages. These scams include scammers posing as authority figures and fake companies, employment scams, and identity theft.