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Got this in my email so I'm passing this out...
JURY DUTY SCAM: This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also
included below). Please pass this on to everyone in your email address book.
It is spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call. Most of us take
summons for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic
duty, that a new and ominous kind of scam has surfaced. The caller claims to
be a jury coordinator. If you protest that you never received a summons for
jury duty, the scammer asks you for your Social Security number and date of
birth so he or she can verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant.
Give out any of this information and bingo; your identity just got stolen.
The scam has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma, Illinois,
and Colorado. This (scam) is particularly insidious because they use
intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving information by
pretending they're with the court system. The FBI and the federal court
system have issued nationwide alerts on their web sites, warning consumers
about the fraud.
Check it out here:
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Jury Rigged
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Press Room - Headline Archives
JURY DUTY SCAM: This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also
included below). Please pass this on to everyone in your email address book.
It is spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call. Most of us take
summons for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic
duty, that a new and ominous kind of scam has surfaced. The caller claims to
be a jury coordinator. If you protest that you never received a summons for
jury duty, the scammer asks you for your Social Security number and date of
birth so he or she can verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant.
Give out any of this information and bingo; your identity just got stolen.
The scam has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma, Illinois,
and Colorado. This (scam) is particularly insidious because they use
intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving information by
pretending they're with the court system. The FBI and the federal court
system have issued nationwide alerts on their web sites, warning consumers
about the fraud.
Check it out here:
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Jury Rigged
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Press Room - Headline Archives
