Jury Duty (Serious)(Very Important)
From Port Hope Police Dept Ontario, Canada.
It is spreading fast so be
prepared should you get this call.
Most of us take the summons for jury duty
seriously, but enough people
skip out on their civic duty, that a new and
ominous kind of scam has surfaced.
Fall for it and your identity could be stolen,
reports CBS.
In this con, someone calls pretending to be a court
Official who threateningly says a warrant has been issued for
your arrest because you didn't show up for jury duty. 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. Sometimes they even ask for credit card numbers.
Give out any of this information and .... Bingo! Your identity has just been stolen.
The scam has been reported so far in 11 states. I
could not find any record of it having been done in Canada as yet.
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.
Deputy Chief
Port Hope Police Services
905-885-8123
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