As the Police Chief notes below, we are not sure how true this is, but we want to share police advise with you whenever we can just as precaution so you don’t caught by them.
Rod Wood
City Manager
City of Beverly Hills
455 N. Rexford Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone 310-285-1012
FAX 310-273-3078
rwood@beverlyhills.org
Don't know how true this is, but it is worth passing around for protection...
JURY DUTY SCAM
>> 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, but
>>enough people skip out on their civic duty, that a new and ominous kind
>>of scam has surfaced. Fall for it and your identity could be stolen,
>>reports CBS.
>> In this con, someone calls pretending to be a court official who
>>threateningly says a warrant has been issued for your arrest because you
>>didn't show up for jury duty. 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.
>>Sometimes they even ask for credit card numbers. 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, Colorado, Texas and California..
>> This (scam) is particularly insidi! ous beca use 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.
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