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SCAM ALERT: Normandy Park Police Chief warns of jury duty scam calls demanding money

Consumer Rights Nov 1, 2026SCAM ALERT: Normandy Park Police Chief warns of jury duty scam calls demanding money

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Consumer Rights · Scam Alert · November 1, 2026, 2:27 PM CST

Key Facts

  • B Townblog issued a new alert: SCAM ALERT: Normandy Park Police Chief warns of jury duty scam calls demanding money
  • Callers claiming to be Normandy Park Police are demanding money over supposedly missed jury duty, prompting Police Chief Dan Yourkoski to warn residents that the calls are a scam.
  • How it reaches victims: Phone call.
  • Tactics the source describes: Asks for money; impersonates a trusted organization.
Forensic Scam Anatomy · Threat Intelligence
HIGH THREAT VECTOR
Attack Classification: Phone Impersonation / Vishing
Impersonated Entity: Law Enforcement / Judicial Officers (Sheriff / Court Clerk)
Deceptive Vector: Vishing (Caller ID spoofing with urgent audio intimidation)
Demanded Payment: Direct Electronic Transfer or Unsolicited Fee
Consumer Loss Exposure: Median $1,500 – $2,200 loss per victim (FTC Impersonation Index)
Criminal Statute: 18 U.S.C. § 1343 (Wire Fraud — Up to 20 Years)
Action Step: Hang up immediately. Never call back on numbers provided in the voicemail or caller ID.
Report to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) →

SCAM ALERT: Normandy Park Police Chief warns of jury duty scam calls demanding money.

Callers claiming to be Normandy Park Police are demanding money over supposedly missed jury duty, prompting Police Chief Dan Yourkoski to warn residents that the calls are a scam.

Yourkoski said the department was hearing reports of people receiving calls from someone claiming to represent Normandy Park Police.

“The Normandy Park Police Department (or any Police Department for that matter) will not call you demanding money because you missed Jury duty,” Yourkoski said in the warning.[1]

What the Scam Looks Like

How it reaches you: Phone call
What B Townblog reports scammers do
  • Callers claiming to be Normandy Park Police are demanding money over supposedly missed jury duty, prompting Police Chief Dan Yourkoski to warn residents that the calls are a scam.
  • Yourkoski said the department was hearing reports of people receiving calls from someone claiming to represent Normandy Park Police.
  • The chief’s message did not specify how much money callers were seeking or whether anyone had paid them.
  • Asks for money
  • Impersonates a trusted organization
B Townblog does not publish the exact wording of the phone call, so none is shown. The sentences above are the source’s own description, not a transcript.
Animated graphic of how this scam works, using the source alert's own description: Callers claiming to be Normandy Park Police are demanding money over supposedly missed jury duty, prompting Police Chief Dan Yourkoski to warn residents that the calls are a scam. Yourkoski said the department was hearing reports of people receiving calls from someone claiming to represent Normandy Park Police. The chief’s message did not specify how much money callers were seeking or whether anyone had paid them. Red flags marked: Red Flag: Asks for money: Don't pay because of an unexpected message.; Red Flag: Impersonates a trusted organization: Contact the organization yourself. Ends with a SCAM ALERT stamp. This is a description, not a real message.
How the scam works, step by step, in the alert’s own words. The source did not publish the actual message, so this is a description, not a screenshot or transcript. Tap the animation to enlarge it.

How to Protect Yourself

  • Do not send money because of an unexpected call, text, or email. Hang up and contact the agency or person yourself using a number you look up independently.
  • Contact the organization directly using a phone number or website you look up yourself, not one provided in the message.

How to Verify This Yourself

Read the original alert directly at B Townblog — that page is the primary source for everything above.

References

  1. B Townblog. SCAM ALERT: Normandy Park Police Chief warns of jury duty scam calls demanding money. ↩

Investigative methodology: this update was produced by scripts/scam_monitor.py from a real B Townblog alert — not a language model. The quoted text above is verbatim from the source; any message or description shown in the illustration is quoted or copied from the source itself (see its caption); when the source does not publish the scam’s wording, none is shown or invented. Protection tips are matched from a fixed keyword list, not generated per story.

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