[Oe List ...] Fwd: Jury Duty Scam.....be aware!

[Sandra/Bob True]

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> Fyi…  xo Jen
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> Subject: FW: Jury Duty Scam
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> > Jury Duty
> >Scam
> >
> > Pass this on. 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 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:
> >rel="nofollow" target="_blank">
> >target="_blank">http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm
> >
> > And here:
> >rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp 
>  ;
> > Yep! It's
> >true
> > Please make
> >sure and pass this on!
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