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New Scam - Jury Duty

I have sent this to most of my address book. In fact, the friend who sent
it to me is also included in this mailing so she'll know I really appreciate
the information. This has been verified on <http://snopes.com/> 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
fast so be prepared should you get this call. Most of us take a 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. Give out any of this information and bingo!
Your identity just got stolen.

The scam has been reported so far in 10 states, including Michigan , Ohio ,
Texas , Arizona , Illinois , Pennsylvania , Minnesota , Oregon , Washington
, and Colorado . 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.


Check it out here:

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