Jury Duty
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 the 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 identity could be stolen, 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. Sometimes they even ask for credit card numbers. Give out any
of this information and .... Bingo! Your identity has just been
stolen. The scam has been reported so far in 11 states. This scam is
particularly insidious because they use intimidation over
the phone to try to 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 web sites, warning consumers about the
fraud.

Pass this on.

I checked Snopes and this is for real. Here is the link if you want to
check it out.
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp

I have checked out this wnaring at www.snopes.com and it is a real warning. Please be careful when giving any information over the phone.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp

Thank you Grannyshirl for sharing.

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Thank you grannyshirl.

I'm going to pass this on to friends and family.

Thanks for the information.

Thanks Grannyshirl! Those cons artist are getting more & more sneaker everyday I would of told them "Come and Arrest Me" LOL Nobody gets my SS or CC without me verifing who they are!! I'm way too suspicous when it comes to thoses type of things..I be sure to spread this news to my family & friends about this.

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