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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

New Scam Involving Jury Duty....

Our friends in law enforcement want everyone to be aware of this scam which is relatively new. Please, never give your social security number or date of birth to anyone over the phone. If this happens to you, please write the number of caller ID and call law enforcement immediately to report the incident.

Jury Duty Scam DO NOT DELETE WITHOUT READING !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.htmAnd here: http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp

posted by Mark Avera at 1/27/2009 04:40:00 PM

1 Comments:

 Jim said...

If you happen to be a victim or just merely survived, dont forget to report it to Scampond (dot com). Many people are become victims like my own self. Thanks for sharing these incidents.

January 28, 2009 1:16 AM  

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