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Jury Duty Scam - 5/26/2009 5:52:50 PM

MasterG2kTR

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This scam has been around for a few years, but apparently making a resurgence. I am sure all of you are too intelligent to fall for this scheme, but it does no harm to be warned about this. I did check it out on snopes.com and they verify that it is happening. Older individuals are more likely to fall for this, so be sure to warn your family members!

Jury Duty Scam
This has been verified 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 summonses for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic duty, that a new and ominous kind of fraud 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 was just stolen.

The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma , Illinois , and Colorado This (swindle) is particularly insidious because they use intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving information by pretending they are 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.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm

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

Yep! It's true

Please make sure and pass this on!

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RE: Jury Duty Scam - 5/26/2009 6:07:49 PM

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Jury notification always happens through the U.S. mail here. They don't ask you for anything; they just tell you to report at a certain date. In my state it's done off the registered voter list, which is public. But, they never call you. I've never done jury duty, but my father has. He received a notification through the mail telling him to report to the court. He did, and he was assigned certain times to show up for trials. The government pretty much uses the U.S. Postal Service for anything. If you ever receive a phone call from someone claiming to be a government agent, than you need to question it.

*edited for spelling*

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RE: Jury Duty Scam - 5/26/2009 6:31:35 PM

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Slaveboy.....that's the whole point to the OP....it's a scam and this is simply a warning for the people who don't understand how it works, and to tell them to NOT divulge personal info in an identity theft scam like this. Well informed people are aware that it always takes place thru the mail with official notifications, but we all know there are plenty of feeble-minded and simple-minded people who are....well....just plain stupid....so they need a little help like this.

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RE: Jury Duty Scam - 5/26/2009 6:34:31 PM

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i do not vote so that blows that idea of getting my name in california off of the voters registry

i might have had my name pulled from the dmv

i will not be able to do it cause i am awaiting a call from the transplant team at the va hospital in madison wisconsin

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RE: Jury Duty Scam - 5/26/2009 7:31:01 PM

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BEst of luck to you, Thomas...keeping my fingers crossed!

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RE: Jury Duty Scam - 5/26/2009 10:14:18 PM

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heh.. I just got a jury summons the other day. Have to go in 6/15. 8am. Damn. That means I cant sleep late.

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RE: Jury Duty Scam - 5/26/2009 10:37:06 PM

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Anytime someone calls you on the phone they're *looking for something!*
I ***LOVE*** to have fun with people like that,"What? You want to fuck my sister?"!!

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RE: Jury Duty Scam - 5/27/2009 3:42:34 AM

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That was you I called?

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RE: Jury Duty Scam - 5/27/2009 3:57:36 AM

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I keep a sports whistle right next to the phone.

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RE: Jury Duty Scam - 5/27/2009 6:50:05 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: popeye1250

Anytime someone calls you on the phone they're *looking for something!*
I ***LOVE*** to have fun with people like that,"What? You want to fuck my sister?"!!

As you know I listen to fringe stuff online. Gloom and doom. I get alot of nuisance calls. So now I just set the phone down. They hear the youtube vid and dont know which TV station said "that". lol

Alot of rain here. I never been called for jury duty. I dont know if I could sit straight for so long.

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