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    JURY DUTY SCAM

    Thought I would pass this on...

    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 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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    Thanks for the warning.

    I was called for legitament jury duty so atleast I'm somewhat famaliar with the procedure.

    But that was in another state.......and unfortunatly I'm in Il now.
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