There are some links below that confirm this scam.
I'm almost positive someone tried to pull this on me today, I told them I had never recieved a notice or a summons, and since they knew my phone number they obviously knew my address so they could send the sherif over to pick me up and I would be waiting, Hung up and didn't give them any info...and I'm still a free man......lol
JURY DUTY SCAM: This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also
included below).It is spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call. Most of us take summons for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic duty, that a new and ominous kind of scam 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 just got stolen. The scam has been reported so far in 11
states, including Oklahoma, Illinois, 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.
for you snoops lovers its on there a real as well
www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp
and the FBI....
www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm
I'm almost positive someone tried to pull this on me today, I told them I had never recieved a notice or a summons, and since they knew my phone number they obviously knew my address so they could send the sherif over to pick me up and I would be waiting, Hung up and didn't give them any info...and I'm still a free man......lol
JURY DUTY SCAM: This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also
included below).It is spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call. Most of us take summons for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic duty, that a new and ominous kind of scam 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 just got stolen. The scam has been reported so far in 11
states, including Oklahoma, Illinois, 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.
for you snoops lovers its on there a real as well
www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp
and the FBI....
www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm
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