Consumer Reports & Tips
 For January 23, 2008

JURY DUTY SCAM

 This has been verified 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 .
 a new a 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.

 FBI site: warns about the fraud.
 http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm
 

(Disclaimer: This article was written from research and what we learned from multiple sources over an extended period of time. This information is for educational purposes only. Please contact a professional in the area of concern  before making any decisions on this or any  topic. No-More-Scams.com is not liable for any damages or losses due to one using this information).