Jury duty scam

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This one is real:


JURY DUTY SCAM: It is spreading fast so be prepared should you get

this call. Most of us take summons for jury duty seriously, but

enough people skip out on their civic duty, that a new and ominous

kind of scam 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 just got stolen. The scam has

been reported in several states, including California. 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.


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