Jury Duty scam - ID theft

iwannausername

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 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 i 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

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There are only a couple of places that require your Social Security Number...IRS, Your employer, unless you are getting money from somewhere that requires taxes to be paid on it they have no need for your number...The only reason my Doctor has mine is because SS number is your military identification number..No one else needs it.

If someone insists they have to have your SS number you have the right to ask them to provide the Law that says they are entitled to it..

Blairweescot

Its good to spread the word that this is bogus

That said, only a dummy gives out their SSN like that

dan kelly

if things like this are happening then why doesn`t the FBI or the state police...some government agency spread the word through the media...all they have to say is that if someone phones you and asks for your details don`t give them out!...simple to solve!

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There is no law prohibiting a business from asking for your Social Security number, but people don't know they can say no," says Carolyn Cheezum of the Social Security Administration.[:(]