Is there NO END to the lengths someone will go to scam us?
When you inform the caller that you never received a notice to appear for jury duty they tell you they need to "verify" it and ask you for alot of personal information such as social secrutiy number, date of birth and in some cases a credit card number. People are so caught off guard at the prospect of having an arrest warrent issued that they give the requested info. It looks like this link is almost a year old but this is one I never would have thought of, and most likely would have fallen for!!! SHEESH!!!!!!!! What will they think of next!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm |
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| there will never be an end to scams....just a matter of all the good people staying on their toes and one step ahead....
NEVER, EVER, EVER give out personal information on the phone...to ANYONE...EVER.... |
| Reason number 1001 why I do not have a home phone. |
| I don't have a home phone either! Some people look at me strange, but both hubby and I have cell phones, why do we need a home phone too? |
| Scary when you think about how more elaborate and worse this will get. |
jcc9797 wrote: I don't have a home phone either! Some people look at me strange, but both hubby and I have cell phones, why do we need a home phone too?
Totally. It felt odd at first but, the more I thought about it, I found it was just a waste of money. The only people who called it were telemarketers and my mom. It seemed pretty crazy to spend over $35 a month to get calls that I didn't want. |
| I was thinking about this more. They ALWAYS contact you in writing if you blow off jury duty. No one would ever call. How do I know? Yup, I accidentally blew it off and they send you an angry letter (I was supposed to be excused as a college student but the court lost my exception).
I am also not of the understanding, how in this day and age, other than really, really old people who just aren't with it, who would give ANY information out over the phone on an unsolicited call? |
| I think "younger" people are much more savey than older when it comes to issues like identity theft. I'd like to think that I would be wise enough not to, I know all about phising scams and not giving info over the internet. But I think if I received a phone call telling me there was a warrant for my arrest for failure to show up for jury duty it would be so nerve wracking that I might not stop to think about the absurdity of it. So add a few years to my age and I can totally see how an older or elderly person might get fooled. |
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