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A good friend relayed this to me.


JURY DUTY SCAM:

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

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 those summons for jury duty seriously
a new and ominous kind of fraud 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 was just stolen.
The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states,
including Oklahoma , Illinois , and Colorado
This (swindle) is particularly insidious
because they use intimidation over the phone
to try to bully people into giving information
by pretending they are with the court system.
The FBI and the Federal Court System
have issued nationwide alerts on their
web sites, warning consumers about the fraud.

Snopes site: says this is real fraud.
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp

FBI site: warns about the fraud.
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm

thanks!!

and Who do they prey on??? Old Pholks..



and some people still don't believe in the Death penalty

makes me glad I am a convicted felon. no jury duty!!!

Yes. Only respond to an actual summons that you receive in the mail....like I did. This week.

phjrsaunt wrote:Yes. Only respond to an actual summons that you receive in the mail....like I did. This week.

bravedave wrote:

phjrsaunt wrote:Yes. Only respond to an actual summons that you receive in the mail....like I did. This week.

Don't get me wrong. I am PLEASED to do my civic duty. It's going to and parking in downtown Richmond that has me stressed out. That and the fact that I don't know til 6:00 the evening before if I'm supposed to report the next day. So far I haven't had to do it. I'm "on call" for a two week period, so at least it's a pretty short time. And if I get called, I still get paid by my employer, plus the extra $40 the Court pays. I could actually make a couple of bucks! It' just the parking and traffic that I dread.

rich_big wrote:makes me glad I am a convicted felon. no jury duty!!!

now there's the "glass is half full" quote of the day!

phjrsaunt wrote:

bravedave wrote:

phjrsaunt wrote:Yes. Only respond to an actual summons that you receive in the mail....like I did. This week.

Don't get me wrong. I am PLEASED to do my civic duty. It's going to and parking in downtown Richmond that has me stressed out. That and the fact that I don't know til 6:00 the evening before if I'm supposed to report the next day. So far I haven't had to do it. I'm "on call" for a two week period, so at least it's a pretty short time. And if I get called, I still get paid by my employer, plus the extra $40 the Court pays. I could actually make a couple of bucks! It' just the parking and traffic that I dread.

Your lucky.
Kristi Reported for jury duty a few months back and was not selected. She got $10 from the court, But her job didn't pay her for being out that day

Sidew13 wrote:

phjrsaunt wrote:

bravedave wrote:

phjrsaunt wrote:Yes. Only respond to an actual summons that you receive in the mail....like I did. This week.

Don't get me wrong. I am PLEASED to do my civic duty. It's going to and parking in downtown Richmond that has me stressed out. That and the fact that I don't know til 6:00 the evening before if I'm supposed to report the next day. So far I haven't had to do it. I'm "on call" for a two week period, so at least it's a pretty short time. And if I get called, I still get paid by my employer, plus the extra $40 the Court pays. I could actually make a couple of bucks! It' just the parking and traffic that I dread.

Your lucky.
Kristi Reported for jury duty a few months back and was not selected. She got $10 from the court, But her job didn't pay her for being out that day

We get paid about $16. But our service is one day or a trial so you don't have to be on hold for two weeks.

The first time I served, it was two weeks of sitting in a large room waiting all day to see if you were called. Now you go for a day and you are done for at least a year.

And my parking cost more than my pay for the day.

Ya know, I'm not too much of an idiot, but I could almost see me falling for this scam - one, just because I dread "J.D." so much and two, because I'm (usually) such a Goody-Two-Shoes. I'd probably panic and tell them anything that I thought would get me out of trouble. (Them 12 years o' Catholic Edumacation again...)

Thanx for posting this, Barry!

Sidew13 wrote:

phjrsaunt wrote:

bravedave wrote:

phjrsaunt wrote:Yes. Only respond to an actual summons that you receive in the mail....like I did. This week.

Don't get me wrong. I am PLEASED to do my civic duty. It's going to and parking in downtown Richmond that has me stressed out. That and the fact that I don't know til 6:00 the evening before if I'm supposed to report the next day. So far I haven't had to do it. I'm "on call" for a two week period, so at least it's a pretty short time. And if I get called, I still get paid by my employer, plus the extra $40 the Court pays. I could actually make a couple of bucks! It' just the parking and traffic that I dread.

Your lucky.
Kristi Reported for jury duty a few months back and was not selected. She got $10 from the court, But her job didn't pay her for being out that day

I'm fortunate that I currently work for a Fortune 522 company that believes in doing our civic duty. I just have to hope it doesn't last for more than 20 days, cuz that's the limit for how long they'll pay me!

I had jury duty for the first time ever a little over a year ago. It was the case you never hope to get. An ex-boyfriend of a woman had molested her daughter and a friend. Jury selection was interesting. I was the last person seated on the jury. We adjourned for the day and came back the next for the trial. We sat in the jurors room for several hours after some "delays" which were actually plea bargains taking place.

End result was he pleaded guilty to crimes against both girls, has to register as a sex offender for a minimum of 20 years....after his minimum sentence of 15 years is served at county.

I had no problem at all with my civic duty and found the whole process quite fascinating. The judge did an excellent job and really made sure everyone understood the process.

The most exciting part of the jury selection was an 85 year old man there to do his duty for his country. He was very hard of hearing (which is why he ended up being excused, ultimately) but was such a neat old fella. Really makes you appreciate how important it is to be a part of a jury.

Our town and county is so small, I could've just asked them their name and would immediately known if they were with the court system or not !!!
And I would've said, "Well if you're gonna arrest me, send Andy or David...they know where I live !"

ejr wrote:

Sidew13 wrote:

phjrsaunt wrote:

bravedave wrote:

phjrsaunt wrote:Yes. Only respond to an actual summons that you receive in the mail....like I did. This week.

Don't get me wrong. I am PLEASED to do my civic duty. It's going to and parking in downtown Richmond that has me stressed out. That and the fact that I don't know til 6:00 the evening before if I'm supposed to report the next day. So far I haven't had to do it. I'm "on call" for a two week period, so at least it's a pretty short time. And if I get called, I still get paid by my employer, plus the extra $40 the Court pays. I could actually make a couple of bucks! It' just the parking and traffic that I dread.

Your lucky.
Kristi Reported for jury duty a few months back and was not selected. She got $10 from the court, But her job didn't pay her for being out that day

We get paid about $16. But our service is one day or a trial so you don't have to be on hold for two weeks.

The first time I served, it was two weeks of sitting in a large room waiting all day to see if you were called. Now you go for a day and you are done for at least a year.

And my parking cost more than my pay for the day.

We have that one day or one trial thing too...but there is a whole lot of gray area.

If your number is called...you are basically considered on the jury until dismissed for whatever reason. First the hardship folks argue their cases with the judge, the rest fill out the questionnaire...which in my case was 28 pages at least...

Then you're on hold while the lawyers and judge read the questionnaires. In our case that was two days...then you called in and were told when to report back. At that point the panel seating began...but in between this time court was in recess for two weeks. Okay, so that's 3 weeks invested so far. Questioning continues...jurors are dismissed, new ones seated. I got grilled by the judge and both lawyers, seated and then dismissed by the defense. Apparently I was too smart, too female and too white. All told it was about 5-6 weeks of my time I think, for a trial I never actually served on. One day or one trial? Bullpoop.

And as for the phone calls...caller ID and reverse directories are the best things invented.

Please pass this on to everyone in your email address book.

Don't get me wrong. There is some (common sense) good advice listed here. But puh-leeze, anytime (and I mean anytime) you read the words "Please pass this on to everyone in your email address book." , ignore it, you are perpetuating another problem.

Posting here is probably okay, but anyone who may have one of my email addresses, leave me out of any emails containing this kind of helpful information.

~~~~~ surfpirate

Here's another one.

Tax Notification

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
United States Department of the Treasury

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal
activity we have determined that you are eligible
to receive a tax refund of $184.80.

Please submit the tax refund request and allow us
6-9 days in order to process it.

A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.
For example submitting invalid records or applying
after the deadline.

To access the form for your tax refund, click here.

Regards,
Internal Revenue Service



Document Reference: (92054568).

surfpirate wrote:

Please pass this on to everyone in your email address book.

Don't get me wrong. There is some (common sense) good advice listed here. But puh-leeze, anytime (and I mean anytime) you read the words "Please pass this on to everyone in your email address book." , ignore it, you are perpetuating another problem.

Posting here is probably okay, but anyone who may have one of my email addresses, leave me out of any emails containing this kind of helpful information.

~~~~~ surfpirate

I cringed just a little when I read that too.
Heck, that's what viruses are for...