FYI
This has been verified by the FBI (their link is
also 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 those summonses
for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their
civic duty, that a new and ominous kind of fraud 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 was just stolen.
The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states,
including Oklahoma , Illinois , and Colorado . This
(swindle) is particularly insidious because they use
intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into
giving information by pretending they are 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.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm
And here:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp
Especially tell the elderly in your family, they are the ones that are the
easiest to prey on!! Thanks
also 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 those summonses
for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their
civic duty, that a new and ominous kind of fraud 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 was just stolen.
The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states,
including Oklahoma , Illinois , and Colorado . This
(swindle) is particularly insidious because they use
intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into
giving information by pretending they are 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.fbi.gov/page2/
And here:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/
Especially tell the elderly in your family, they are the ones that are the
easiest to prey on!! Thanks
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