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Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Jury Duty Scam

Hi,There is a warning almost everyday about a new scam. Some of the warnings are scams in that they are false or intended to upset people. This warning appears to be real based on the write-up at the Snopes site.
Have A Good One!
Bill


Subject: Jury Duty Scam Heed this message. 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

Send this on to your family and friends!! IMPORTANT!!

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