In the last two years, victims in Clay County have lost $3 million to scammers who fabricate fees for missing jury duty and other cons. The scammers then have them convert money into Bitcoin so it's hard to trace or recover.

In just the last two years, 156 people have lost $3 million dollars in Clay County to cryptocurrency ATM scams.

“The scams are limited only by your imagination, but they all rhyme with each other,” Clay County Prosecutor Zach Thompson told KCUR.

The con, Thompson said, is as old as the telephone.

“What we're seeing in Clay County is folks are getting calls from people who purport to be from the sheriff's office,” he said. “They tell them they miss jury service and there's a warrant out for their arrest. And unless they make this payment, someone will come arrest th

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