Courts Service warns about bogus jury duty email

The Courts Service has warned people not to engage with an email scam in which a bogus message claims the recipient has failed to turn up for jury duty.

The email purports to be from ‘the Office of the Jury Commissioner’ and begins: “Our records indicate that on the 20/05/2016 at the COURTHOUSE, Ground Floor Jury Office, Dublin Criminal Courts Office, Parkgate Street, Dublin 8 you failed to appear as scheduled for juror service. This is a violation of the law.”

It then calls on the recipient to contact the office immediately “to explain your absence and to reschedule yourself for another juror appearance date”.