Jury Duty Scam

[Bob Bradley]

I don't usually pass this stuff on, but this one sounded serious and legitimate enough to do so...

JURY DUTY SCAM
This has been verified by the FBI (their link is 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:

http://www.snopes. com/crime/ fraud/juryduty. asp

http://www.truthorf iction.com/ rumors/j/ jury_duty_ scam.htm

http://www.fbi. gov/page2/ june06/jury_ scams060206. htm

[Rickysa]

True....just wanted to post the correct Snopes page:

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp


Rick