The public has been warned to be vigilant of a scam that sends out fraudulent jury service notices.
A new email, pretending to be from the Irish courts service, tells people that they have been "selected to participate in a court proceeding as a juror".
It then asks them to click a link to get a jury number.
But gardai are warning the public that it is fake and that genuine jury summons are only issued through the Irish postal system.
They said: "An Garda Síochána has been alerted to a scam where members of the public have received fraudulent jury service notices by email.
"In the email a request is made to click on a link to get a jury number. This is a scam, and the public are advised not to click on any links.
"A genuine jury summons is issued only through the postal system.
"The Courts Service of Ireland will never email a message such as this. Jury summonses are mailed via An Post.
"Other official communications are sent either by registered post, summons or under warrant."
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