Jury Duty Scam
 

My wife just sent this to me. She says it is true and she verified it through Snopes.com. These scammers are really getting creative.

Check it out here: http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp

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 SCAM 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.&nb sp; DO NOT GIVE
OUT ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION!!!!

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 and 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 websites, warning consumers about the fraud. Contact your police
department if it happens to you and if your phone has Caller ID and shows
a phone number give this to the authorities.

Wow, just wow! Thanks for the tip.

Yep, I read about this in Reader's Digest.

These low lifes are getting creative.

That is still published and men read it?

Lzen, you missed jury duty.

I'm gonna need your social security number and credit card numbers.

Hell yeah, I've been reading it for years.

I have to go for jury duty at the end of this month. It is the second time I've been had to, and I'm 24, my old man is 63 and he's had to do it once ever. :cuss:

My pops just got a Fed one in the mail.

Ha ha ha. Actually, I'm one of those good citizens that actually does his civic duty. I was on my first jury 3 years ago. Last year, I was called up again. However, I didn't end up having to do any jury duty. They got all the cases done before my group number came up.

You only get paid $10 per day, plus gas mileage from your house... That sucks balls. I don't want to have to use any vacation time for this crap, but I was dismissed last time so I'm hoping that will happen again.

[QUOTE=ENDelt260]I'd still be getting paid full salary from my employer for the days I was there. I wouldn't have to spend vacation days for it either.QUOTE]

That would be real nice, I'll ask my boss about that, but I don't have alot of leverage, since he just gave me a raise and an extra week of vacation 2 1/2 weeks ago.

Bump for those that never saw this the first time. I just received this email again this morning. I know this is a couple years old, but I would guess that this is still a problem.

There are people who still give out their info over the phone?

Just tell them that you're going to hang up and call the federal office to make sure they're valid.

Just remember:

Lawyer: "{insert first question here}?"

You: "Weird, we were talking about that just the other day at my Klan meeting..."

$ 12.50 per day in KY. I'm on the grand jury here, not too bad, the biggest problem is I don't get paid work days unless I'm home working them.

I will probally serve 8 - 10 days out of the year. I wish I could use a rubber stamp, I'm the head juror and have to sign all the damn documents and indictments . Last Monday I bet I signed my name at least 100 times.....

Heh.

I might try "When we find this fucker guilty, can I shoot him myself?" :D

People really fall for this? Why would you give anyone that calls you your social? If they're calling you from the courthouse they should already know it.

If someone told me there was a warrant for my arrest over the phone I"d tell 'em to come here and get me.

After I told them to eff off of course.

Just show up for duty and say "Fry 'em" you'll be gone by noon

I've never done jury duty. I am hourly. I'd have to weasle out of it if I were selected. Cannot afford the time off.

Maybe next time you will get lucky and end up as a juror in one of those cases where some guy you've never seen before walks up to you in a restaurant over your lunch break, reaches in the breast pocket of his silk suit to pull out an obviously overstuffed brown envelope, turns his head the other direction as he smoothly slips the envelope into your coat pocket and whispers "here's a little something to help with....you know....expenses" only to disappear as soon as you look down at your pocket.