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VERY IMPORTANT : JURY DUTY

Jury Duty ~ 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 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. 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.

Pass this on. I checked Snopes and this is legit. Here is the link if
you want to check it out.
<http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp>
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp