
The Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County is warning residents about a fraudulent notice falsely presented as an official court communication involving unpaid traffic fines. The scam document is designed to look like a court notice and directs recipients to pay through a fraudulent website within 12 hours and threatens to issue an arrest warrant and immediately revoke a recipient’s driver’s license. It is not a legitimate notice from the Circuit Court of Cook County or the Clerk’s Office. Residents should not submit payment through any unsolicited link and should not share personal or financial information in response to this notice. The Clerk’s Office reminds the public that official case information, court notices and payment options should only be verified through official court channels, including the Circuit Court of Cook County’s website which can be found at cookcountyclerkofcourt.org or by contacting the Clerk’s Office directly by calling the Customer Service Call Center at 312-603-5030. Anyone who receives one of these fraudulent notices is encouraged to report it to local law enforcement and the Illinois Attorney General’s Consumer Fraud Hotline: 1-800-386-5438.

