[GeoStL] Jury Duty Scam

From: "Bernie" <happykraut@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Geo \(Geo\)" <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:07:50 -0600
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JURY DUTY SCAM:    
 
This has been verified on Snopes.com (link listed below) and by the FBI
(their link is also in cluded 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 those summons for  jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out
on their civic duty, that a new  and ominous kind of scam has surfaced.

Fall  for it and your identity could be stolen, reports CBS.  In this
con,  someone calls pretending to be a court official who threateningly
says a warrant  has been issued for your arrest because you didn't show
up for jury duty. 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 Se c urity 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.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp " target=_blank
<http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp>
rel=nofollow><http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp>
 <http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/092805.htm>
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/092805.htm
<http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/092805.htm>
<http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/092805.htm>  


 Bernie 



 

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