Jury Duty Scam

Every once in a while, when trying to do the right thing, mistakes can be made. This is something that a young man I know was duped into. If you are not aware, or know others who might not be aware, of this type of data mining, it might be a good idea to share this information.

This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also included below):

This is how this particular scam works. 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 California, 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 here:

FBI Warns of Jury Scam