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SirDiscipliner69 -> This has been verified by snopes.com. (1/29/2007 3:40:26 AM)
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This has been verified by snopes.com.
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>>>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 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.
>>> >
>>> >Check it out here:
>>> >http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp
>>> >http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/092805.htm
>>>
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