Michael Cacioppo
Well-Known Member
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 summons for jury duty seriously .
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 YOURSELF AND SEE
Snopes site: says this is real fraud.
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp<http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp>
FBI site: arns about the fraud
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm
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 .
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 YOURSELF AND SEE
Snopes site: says this is real fraud.
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp<http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp>
FBI site: arns about the fraud
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm
