02-06-2007, 09:31 PM
READ AND BEWARE!!!
Federal law limits the people entitled to get your
social security number and the reasons for which it
may be used. Here is another of many scams but one
which is an easy trap for the unwary. .
JURY DUTY SCAM:
This has been verified on Snopes.com (link listed
below) and by the FBI (their link is also included
below).
Please pass this on to everyone in your email address
book. It is spreading fas t 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 ident! ity could be sto len, 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. Give out any of this information and bingo!
Your identity just got stolen.
The scam has been reported so far in 11 states,
including Oregon, Illinois, and Colorado. This (scam)
is particularly insidious because they use
intimidation over the phone to try to bully people int
o 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
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/092805.htm
Federal law limits the people entitled to get your
social security number and the reasons for which it
may be used. Here is another of many scams but one
which is an easy trap for the unwary. .
JURY DUTY SCAM:
This has been verified on Snopes.com (link listed
below) and by the FBI (their link is also included
below).
Please pass this on to everyone in your email address
book. It is spreading fas t 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 ident! ity could be sto len, 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. Give out any of this information and bingo!
Your identity just got stolen.
The scam has been reported so far in 11 states,
including Oregon, Illinois, and Colorado. This (scam)
is particularly insidious because they use
intimidation over the phone to try to bully people int
o 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
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/092805.htm