rockin'robin
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Apr 22, 2007
- Messages
- 24,425
- Reaction score
- 551
An email I received....
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 those summonses for jury duty seriously,
but enough people skip out on their civic duty that a new and
ominous kind of fraud has surfaced.
The caller claims to be a jury DUTY 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 was just stolen.
The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states,
including Oklahoma , Illinois , and Colorado , AZ and more.
This (swindle) is particularly insidious because they use
intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving
information by pretending they are 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:
FBI — Jury Duty Scam
And here:
snopes.com: Jury Duty Scam
Please make sure and pass this on...
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 those summonses for jury duty seriously,
but enough people skip out on their civic duty that a new and
ominous kind of fraud has surfaced.
The caller claims to be a jury DUTY 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 was just stolen.
The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states,
including Oklahoma , Illinois , and Colorado , AZ and more.
This (swindle) is particularly insidious because they use
intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving
information by pretending they are 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:
FBI — Jury Duty Scam
And here:
snopes.com: Jury Duty Scam
Please make sure and pass this on...
