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This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also
> included below). Please pass this on to everyone in your
> e-mail 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
> included below). Please pass this on to everyone in your
> e-mail 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
