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Fake Jury Summons Postcards With QR Codes in Las Vegas

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Las Vegas / Clark County, NV · clarkcountycourts.us · Arrives by a postcard in the mail

The short answer

Got a jury summons postcard with a QR code? Don't scan it. Check your summons on the court's own website. In November 2026, the Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County, Nevada, warned that scammers are mailing fake jury summons postcards that closely resemble the court's real mailers. The fakes may show a jury ID or group number and a counterfeit QR code. Verify at clarkcountycourts.us/departments/jury-services before you respond.

What is happening

In early November 2026, the Eighth Judicial District Court warned that scammers are mailing fake jury summons postcards that closely resemble the official postcards the court uses in Clark County, Nevada, FOX5 Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. The fake cards may display a jury ID number, a group number, and a counterfeit QR or scan code meant to send people to unofficial websites that ask for personal or financial details. Red flags include a Saturday or other non-court reporting date and unfamiliar phone numbers. Real court postcards send you to a secure court site to verify the summons and use regular business-day reporting dates. The court said not to respond, scan the code, or give personal information from the card; verify at clarkcountycourts.us/departments/jury-services by choosing Complete Jury Questionnaire, then Sign On with your Juror ID and ZIP code.

How to recognize it

  • A jury summons postcard looks like Clark County court mail but includes a QR code or scanner code that sends you off the court's own site.
  • The card shows a jury ID or group number that you cannot confirm on the court's jury-services page.
  • The reporting date falls on a Saturday or another day the court does not schedule.
  • The phone numbers on the card are unfamiliar and do not match official court lines.
  • The card asks you to enter personal or financial details on a site that is not clarkcountycourts.us.

What to do instead

  1. Do not scan the QR code, call numbers printed on the card, or enter personal information from that card.
  2. Verify the summons yourself at clarkcountycourts.us/departments/jury-services: choose Complete Jury Questionnaire, then Sign On with your Juror ID and ZIP code.
  3. If you still need to ask, look up Eighth Judicial District Court Jury Services on the court's own website and use only that contact path.
  4. Real jury duty still matters. Confirm on the court's site rather than ignoring every summons postcard.
  5. Report the mailing at ReportFraud.ftc.gov and to local authorities if you want a record of it.
  6. If you want to tell someone, the rule is: don't scan a jury-summons QR code; check it on the court's own website.

If it already happened

Responding to one of these is common and understandable. These steps are what people usually take next.

  1. Scanning a code or calling a number from a convincing postcard is common and understandable. These mailers are built to look official.
  2. If you entered personal or financial details on a site from the card, watch your accounts and change passwords you reused there.
  3. If you shared a Social Security number or similar identifier, start a recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.
  4. Report it at ReportFraud.ftc.gov and to local police, and keep the postcard.
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Common questions

Does the court really send jury summons by postcard?
Yes. The Eighth Judicial District Court says it does send legitimate jury summons by postcard. The difference is that real cards send you to a secure court site to verify, use regular business-day reporting dates, and do not push you onto unofficial websites for personal details.
What if the postcard has my jury ID and looks official?
A jury ID or group number on the card does not prove it came from the court. Scammers copy the look of real mailers. Confirm the summons at clarkcountycourts.us/departments/jury-services before you respond.
Should I ignore every jury summons I get in the mail?
No. Real jury duty is still a court order. The safe move is to verify on the court's own website, not to throw every postcard away unread.

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Fake Jury Summons Postcards With QR Codes in Las Vegas

Got a jury summons postcard with a QR code? Don't scan it. Check your summons on the court's own website. In November 2026, the Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County, Nevada, warned that scammers are mailing fake jury summons postcards that closely resemble the court's real mailers. The fakes may show a jury ID or group number and a counterfeit QR code. Verify at clarkcountycourts.us/departments/jury-services before you respond.

Read the full alert: https://endscamsproject.com/latest-scams/fake-jury-summons-mail-scam

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