[TGE-mail] For Sale House Tour - Sunday, September 30th, 1-4p.

[Re, Donald E]

Good morning all.  This is just a heads up; there haven't been any of
these scams reported in the Third District yet, but they're sure to make
it here soon enough.

 

Police Officer Don Re

3rd District Public Affairs

444-0169

dere at slmpd.org


JURY DUTY SCAM: 
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 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/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm 
 

 

 

 

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