The signs are an acronym meaning "slow down, think, outsmart, and put the phone down." ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2025, people were scammed out of more than $135,000 by entities pretending to be members of the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office ...

At least two people fell victim to a scam claiming they owed money for missing jury duty, according to the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office. Both individuals reported the calls to the sheriff’s office ...

The Norfolk County Sheriff’s office urges anyone who gets a call demanding money and making threats for missing jury duty or claiming there is a warrant for their arrest to simply hang up. It’s likely ...

Officials are recommending that the public "just hang up" after the latest successful attempt to scam people out of money. Norfolk County Sheriff Patrick McDermott's office warned residents after a ...

A Quincy woman lost $10,000 in a jury duty scam, bringing the total fraud claims in Norfolk County to over $50,000 since October. Scammers posing as law enforcement threaten victims with arrest for ...

Three people in two weeks lost nearly $22,000 combined after being victimized by scammers posing as Norfolk County Sheriff's office employees.According to the sheriff's office, the scammers told the ...

Missing jury duty is a crime, according to Massachusetts law. If someone skips it, the court would issue a summons to appear in court for an arraignment. A person would only be arrested if they skip ...

A Quincy woman lost $10,000 to a scammer posing as an employee of Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office who threatened her with arrest for “missed jury duty," according to the Norfolk County Sheriff’s ...