[ SHOWGSD-L ] Jury Duty Scam OT but worth the read
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- Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:37:14 EST
Jury Duty Scam
Jury Rigged - I checked with Snopes to verify authenticity....it is true.
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 News.
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, including Oklahoma,
Illinois, and Colorado. This (scam) is particularly insidious because they
use intimidation over the phone to try and 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
websites, 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)
Cathleen Bennett
Rialto, Ca
_www.crossroadsgsd.com_ (http://www.crossroadsgsd.com/)
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