Skinner Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 JURY DUTY SCAM: This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also included below). Please pass this on toeveryone 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 .. 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 anddate 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 YOURSELF AND SEESnopes site: says this is real fraud.http://www.snopes..com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp FBI site: warns about the fraud. http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupe_no Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 you can avoid that by redeeming/personalizing your social security what you can do then is pay for legal fees using the account # on the back of the card, like tickets or court fees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I've yet to get a call like this, but I'd have a ton of fun with the bastards on the other end. JURY DUTY SCAM: This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also included below). Please pass this on toeveryone 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 .. 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 anddate 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 YOURSELF AND SEESnopes site: says this is real fraud.http://www.snopes..com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp FBI site: warns about the fraud. http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I can't wait for them to call. Thx, I'll pass this on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Automotive Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 you can avoid that by redeeming/personalizing your social security what you can do then is pay for legal fees using the account # on the back of the card, like tickets or court fees Do what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I served Jury Duty for 2 weeks in April of 07, pretty sweet gig for me, Got paid 2 weeks off work, got to keep the $200 they paid me which came out to around 150, after parking and food. And I got to go home 8 out of the 10 days at 1pm. You show up at 9am. Not to mention it was interesting and I learned some stuff. Oh I had to claim it on my taxes this year so I lost a little more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupe_no Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Do what? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1075889084907769093 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1075889084907769093 Cliff notes please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciongirl Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 well i watched the first 5 minutes of the entire hour... i got nothin for ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1075889084907769093 God Squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupe_no Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 sure at the beginning but they explain the real stuff throughout the rest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.