Jury Duty Scam....ever hear of this one?

[bassman]

JURY Duty Scam

Pass this on to your grown children. 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 DUTY 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 , AZ and more. 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:
 

http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm 
 

And here:
 

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp
 

 

 

 

[Momz]

It just happened to me. I refused to give my info.

[Oss]

Always ask for them to give a telephone number which you will call back

This gets 99% of them to hang up right off the bat

The rest I tell to send me something on the govmt letterhead either thru email or fax that I immediately forward to law enforcement for verification

Sad but so many are intimidated

Remember nobody should be able to take advantage of you without your consent (implied thru silence or otherwise)

Thanks for the post and warning I will be advising my clients of the scam

Oss

[John Schmidt]

I also had fun with that about three mo. ago. This woman called, immediately started giving me a ration of crap and went on and on....ad nauseum. I finally yelled into the phone for her to shut up and listen to something beside her own voice yammering over the phone. Up to that point, I had no idea what it was all about, mostly due to her approach which is probably how they intimidate some folk. If they don't understand what you're talking about they often will go along with your request just to get rid of you. When I found out what it was all about, I started playing games with her...giving the same lame excuses many others probably gave. She finally got frustrated and asked "one last time" for my SS#, DOB, etc.  I finally told this dumb broad that I was well past 70, as is my wife, and therefore exempt from jury duty in Florida....and I also have caller ID. The next sound I heard; SLAM!

Just last week one dipstick salesman told me right off that he was morally obligated to help the old and infirm, that's why he was calling me. I suggested to him that first...I may be older, but I'm not infirm. And, being older doesn't make me stupid, just more experienced when a "dumbass like you calls to make a buck off the elderly." I also reminded him I'm on the nat'l. "do not call" list and I see by my caller ID you're calling from Vegas.  SLAM!

Some days those are the only chuckles I get. 

[ptgb]

This is all predicated on the simple act of answering the phone...

I simply don't answer the phone unless I recognize the number...

If you actually know me you will simply call my cell phone...

Simple.

[ricoman]

I get similar calls, the one where the guy says "I'm calling you back"
No you are not, I did not call you 1st so you are not "calling me back",
if anything you are calling me again, And it is a solicitation call which I do not take so go away.
Often they get really pissed, I let them rant a bit and then mutter something about their
lack of inteligence or what ever comes to mind-then hang up.
Like a 3 ft flame, these calls burn my butt.

[Chrisj CMA]

Always ask for them to give a telephone number which you will call back

This gets 99% of them to hang up right off the bat

The rest I tell to send me something on the govmt letterhead either thru email or fax that I immediately forward to law enforcement for verification

Sad but so many are intimidated

Remember nobody should be able to take advantage of you without your consent (implied thru silence or otherwise)

Thanks for the post and warning I will be advising my clients of the scam

Oss

Me too Oss...even if I trust them I call back (whover it is) but I dont let them give me the number....I just ask for the name of the business, then I look it up

[da prez]

 If you disturb a meal, the wrath of god will befall you.
    If I am in a good mood, I try to sell them a cemetary plot .
           If the call is for the mother in law, I give them the forwarding info to a cemetary.
                 I never give out and info over the phone.
                       If I am wary , I ask them to send me the info.
                           If i get unwanted mail with prepaid return postage, I tear up the info, but leave my name visable and sent it back. It usually only occurs twice. Do not do this with credit card offers, destroy them.                                    da prez