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 summons 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, including Oklahoma,
Illinois, and Colorado. 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. Check it out here:

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp

this was sent to me by a friend who works for the police.

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