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12-04-2006, 07:33 AM | #1 |
Mojo, LilyGrace & Me Donating Member Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: cuddling with my babies<3
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| Jury Duty Scam Passing on another email....my grandmother always checks this stuff out!!! 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 fast 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 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 just got stolen. The scam has been reported so far in 11 states, including Minnesota, 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. Check it out here: http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/092805.htm PLEASE PASS THIS ON. ESPECIALLY TO ANY SENIOR CITIZENS YOU KNOW EVEN IFTHEY DON'T HAVE EMAIL, PRINT & GIVE THEM A COPY.
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12-04-2006, 07:36 AM | #2 |
Princess Bella Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: virginia
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| Thanks again for another great heads up I just emailed this to my friends also!
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12-04-2006, 07:40 AM | #3 |
Little Boogers Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: virginia beach, va
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| i am so SICK of scammers
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12-04-2006, 07:41 AM | #4 |
Yorkie Kisses are the Best! Donating Member | Me TOO ! unreal ! |
12-04-2006, 07:42 AM | #5 |
Mom loves Gucci Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New York City
Posts: 6,427
| Oh wow, Thanks for the warning. That is so scary. What I usually do when I received a call like that , I tell them that I will call them or go in person to verified. If is legit they wont mind. I got a similar call but regarding my credit card bill. |
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