OT: Jury duty scam

Jury Duty Scam 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:

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Reply to
alarman
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Did you happen to take notice of the date on the FBI report?????????????

Reply to
ABLE1

Yes, it's an old report. The scam has resurfaced however, and the info came from our local Sheriff.

Reply to
alarman

Damn!

I knew it! I knew it!

It's just something in the accent when you type. That little "flair" at the end of each sentence.

Now we know it was only a nom de plume and you're really the one and only ...... Le Crash de GoreDon'e

Reply to
Jim

ewww that sounds like a frenchie perfume

Reply to
Crash Gordon

Last time I was on a jury it lasted for 3 days, and they only pay $5/day. Luckily my employer at the time paid my regular rate for those 3 days, it was Brinks Home Security. I guess they needed their money back so they sued Jim.

Reply to
G. Morgan

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