[cinci_dads] Fw: Not Humor: Jury Duty Scam
- From: "Dan Zavon" <dzavon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:28:51 -0400
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From: Bmarkstein2@xxxxxxx
To: adriand54@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 1:17 PM
Subject: Not Humor: Jury Duty Scam
This is not an urban legend. See
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp for details. --Bernie
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Subject: Fw: JURY DUTY SCAM]
JURY DUTY SCAM
Already checked on Snopes.com, yes it's real.
JURY DUTY SCAM
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
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 just got 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.
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