Watch Out for New Telephone Scam
If you live in one of these states, please read the information below so that you are not duped into believing the telephone scam caller. Even if you live in another state, be aware of the scam since your state could be next.
This telephone scam starts out with the caller claiming to be a jury co-coordinator in your county and/or your state. The caller further explains that a jury summons has been sent to you but that the county and/or state has not received a response back from you. You, the victim, inform the caller that you have not received a jury summons. The caller insists that one was sent to you and that because you did not respond, an arrest warrant has been issued. The caller then asks you for your address, date of birth and social security number so that he can confirm your information and cancel your arrest warrant.
Do not fall for this telephone scam and do not give your information to the caller.
Ask the caller for his name and telephone number and tell him that you will call him back. He will probably refuse to give it to you. Hang up and call the county and/or state court in your area. Inform them of the telephone call you have just received and verify that no jury summons and arrest warrant has been issued to you. You can also call your local FBI field office and report that you were an intended victim of this telephone scam.
References:
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp
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17 Comments
Post a Commentyep, i had this call. I hung up! I have also been getting weird phone calls from Turkey of all places. They call and let the phone ring for a few seconds, then when you call back and press 1 you end up paying $30 a minute to whom ever that number belongs to! be careful.
OMG, unbelievable. And there are people who will give out that valuable info!
Thanks for the warning. :-)
Holy cow! What will these scam artists think of next!!!! Super info you shared!
They get clever with some of this stuff I have to admit.
This doesn't really surprise me. How many of us give our SSN to the phone company, gas company, cable company, and so on, then confirm the last 4 digits every time we speak to a representative of the company? I hate it. If people knew more about how SSN's worked, they would likely think twice. If you tell me just your name and the last 4 digits, it wouldn't be too hard to come up with the rest of the number.
Awful... Just what we need, ANOTHER scam! Thanks for the info.
Wow...that's terrible...thanks for the heads-up.
Crazy - it is so hard to believe that anyone would give their SS number on the phone to a stranger but I guess it happens.
Thanks for the heads up.