Watch for this scam!!!!!!!!!!

Jury Duty Scam

Here's a new twist scammers are using to commit identity theft:
the jury duty scam. Here's how it works:

The scammer calls claiming to work for the local court and claims you've
failed to report for jury duty. He tells you that a warrant has been issued
for your arrest.

The victim will often rightly claim they never received the jury duty
notification. The scammer then asks the victim for confidential information for "verification" purposes.

Specifically, the scammer asks for the victim's Social Security number,
birth date, and sometimes even for credit card numbers and other private
information -- exactly what the scammer needs to commit identity theft.

So far, this jury duty scam has been reported in Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Arizona, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington state.

It's easy to see why this works. The victim is clearly caught off guard,
and is understandably upset at the prospect of a warrant being issued for
his or her arrest. So, the victim is much less likely to be vigilant about
protecting their confidential information.

In reality, court workers will never call you to ask for social security
numbers and other private information. In fact, most courts follow up via
snail mail and rarely, if ever, call prospective jurors.
Action: Never give out your Social Security number, credit card numbers
or other personal confidential information when you receive a telephone
call. This jury duty scam is the latest in a series of identity theft scams
where scammers use the phone to try to get people to reveal their Social
Security number, credit card numbers or other personal confidential
information.

It doesn't matter *why* they are calling -- all the reasons are just
different variants of the same scam.

Protecting yourself is simple: Never give this info out when you receive
a phone call.


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[leslie(nova scotia)]

From the land of the Bluenose...interesting to say the least...what next...lol?

[sue,uk]

there are some really dirty, low life, scummy people out there! i wonder how many people get caught out by these thieving gits? i hope not many!

[WVaTom]

a low life thief. thanks for the heads up.

[bill(de)]

I truely believe those scammers should be given life sentences without parole as they are the scum of the earth and they destroy many vulnerable lives especially the elderly and unwary. It's sickening to see they were even preying on the Hurricane victims. Here's to you Scammers Glad i got that off my chest HH Bill