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

Please pass this on to everyone in your e-mail address book.

This scam 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 Co-ordinator. If you protest that you never received a summons for jury duty, the scammer asks you for you Social Security number and date of birth so he or she can verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant. Give out 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 are with the court system. The FBI and the federal courts system have issued nationwide alerts on their web sites, warning consumers about the fraud.

Please check it out here:

www.fbi.gov

Thank you,

Officer Tara Fleetwood
Crime Prevention
Bellingham Police Dept.
Phone: 360-676-6924