While this isn’t really related to the Internet, my good friends over at ScamBusters have uncovered a brand new scam which is growing rapidly, and taking in a lot of people, as it’s so diabolical and simple.

The way it works is that someone (the scammer) calls you up on the telephone and tells you that you have missed jury duty, and boy are they upset. In some cases they tell you that there is a warrant out for your arrest!

Now, most people, upon getting a call like that, wouldn’t think to wonder if it were a scam - they would just be so worried that they would want to make it all better, asap!

That’s just where the scammer wants you. And often the target (you) will cry “but I never received a jury duty notice!” Aha! At which point the scammer…

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