Identity Theft?

Question

Don't you agree that it's good to be in the know?

This has been verified on Snopes.com. It is a real threat. Pass it on.

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 summonses for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip
out on
their civic duty, that a new and ominous kind of fraud has
surfaced.

&nb! sp;& ;nbs p; 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.

Check it out here:
> http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm
< http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm >

Answer 1

Thanks so much. I would not have responded to that one anyway, but I know a lot of people would have. My mother would have been one of them. She was such an innocent. She trusted everyone.

I had some call me not long ago with a voice mail instruction to hit the number 19 on my phone to get more information. I waited and called the number back and got this man who was infuriated that I had called him. He told me this was a personal number and I informed him that mine was too and if he ever called me again, I would report him. I never heard from him again.

I use the donotcall.gov on my phone but some still get through.

Thanks for the tip. These people seek out the elderly and do not realize we are pretty smart people.

Answer 2

There is a sucker born every minute.

You can fool some of the people some of the time.

In this day and age, if you give out personal info, or credit card numbers, to unsolicited callers, mailers or emailers, you have opened yourself up to scams.

I have a mean streak and I tend to go along with calls such as these, and then make up information when they ask for it. Yep, I commit fraud on the fraudsters.

Learned this trick back when I was in the dating game and bar scene, I used to give out my home number all the time. My home just happened to be my city's police department. 448-3333. lol....

Answer 3

I had my identity stolen 3 years ago, it was devastating. It started with a Paypal account, the email said my account was linked to "terrorist activity", I gave them all the information, including my maiden name, my mothers maiden name, PIN #, SS#. I wrote a check for $19.49 it bounced! They had wiped out my bank account. Fortunately, my bank replaced all the missing funds, I keep checking my credit reports now, but there is a flag for fraudulent activity on my account

Answer 4

A BIG THANK YOU, Kay, for passing along this information. I had not heard of this scam.

Answer 5

i bought identity theft through my bank,automatic withdraw

Answer 6

thanks for the heads up i will pass it on thats what i love about this site we look out for each other

Answer 7

interesting stuff thanks for this one.