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PASS THIS ALONG TO YOUR FRIENDS/FAMILY/CO-WORKERS "SCAM" (edit/delete)

Pass this on to your grown children too. 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
Yep! It's true

Please make sure and pass this on!

Comments (2)

Hella Mitschke Rothwell
(831) 626-4000 - Honolulu, HI
Hawaii & California Real Estate Broker

Sadly, this type of scam often works on seniors who are so vulnerable. Thank you for sharing this particular scam. 

Feb 21, 2010 01:56 AM
Jim Dunlap
Roberts Realty - Yucca Valley, CA

Common sense says to never give out any personal informatin to a caller.  From time to time I forget to pay the TV satellite bill, and pay by phone.  One time they called me, and asked if I couldmake a payment over the phone using the bank account last used.  When I lamented that I don't know who I'm tlaking to, she said that to prove that this in indeed the right company, she told me to turn on the TV, and she will disconnect then reconnect service.  Very convincing, however i still said no, hung up and called the company to make the payment.

Feb 21, 2010 03:45 AM