[geocentrism] Jury duty scam: ID theft
- From: "Robert Bennett" <robert.bennett@xxxxxxx>
- To: "Home" <robert.bennett@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 11:11:48 -0400
Jury Duty Scam
Most of us take the 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 Security number and date of birth so he or she can
verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant. Sometimes they even
ask for credit card numbers. Give out any of this information and
Bingo! Your identity has just been stolen. The scam has been reported so
far in 11 states. 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.
Pass this on, svp.
Here is the link .
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp
Other related posts:
- » [geocentrism] Jury duty scam: ID theft
