Jury Duty Scam

[Butterfly23GrL]

An e-mail I thought I would share, dunno if it's real....


Most of us take those summons for jury duty seriously, but enoughpeople 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 whothreateningly 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 intimidationover 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.

http://www.snopescom/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp

[Myka]

You would have to be a total idiot to fall for that...SSN creditcard# etc...pppfffffffftttt...I would tell them what to lick...rofl...