Jury Duty Scam

[BenNX74205]

Be careful out there...

This has been verified by the FBI (Their link is also included below).

It is spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call. 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. 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 just got stolen. 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 to 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 web sites, warning consumers about the fraud.

http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/092805.htm

[Leroy]

Thanks a lot.
Back to the drawing board.

[BW23]

Good thing my credit sucks.

[StatmanCrothers]

When asked for my SSN, i always give my zip code. When asked for my zip code I give my age.

Then I argue strongly when told that there are more digits.

"Maybe on YOUR social security number. Mine has 5 digits. If you are important enough you get the 5 digit version."

For my name I ask for the caller's name and then I say "yeah, that's my name too".

[bobapples1993]

I don't know how anyone would fall for this.