百草園按：請大家一定要必須必、堅決堅地讀這篇博文。事關重大，這是警察局正式發出的通告。小心美國的電話騙子！

來自美國聯邦調查局的警告：

電話響了，你一接電話，裡面的人說他是法院工作人員。緊接着這人說，由於你的錯誤，你沒按政府要求去做法院陪審員，現在已經對你發出逮捕令了。立馬，你急赤白臉地分辨，我沒收到任何讓我去當陪審員的通知啊！上當了吧？對方說，為了澄清這件事，我們核對一下你的信息吧。這下好了，人家要你的出生年月日，社會保險號，甚至可能你的信譽卡號。

百草可沒功夫翻譯這個通告。

長話短說吧，這是美國老早就有的欺騙方法。大家只需記住一件事，永遠絕不在電話上給任何你不知道的人你的個人信息，不管他是誰，不管他咋嚇唬你，就是他說他在電話那頭要開槍了，你要做的就是一件事，馬上掛斷電話！

這是騙子利用你的恐懼心理，實行詐騙。他會用你給的信息，席捲你銀行的存款。千萬小心啊！

目前如下州已經發現這個詐騙行為：

Florida, New York, Minnesota, Illinois, Colorado, Oregon, California, Virginia, Oklahoma, Arizona and New Hampshire

附警察局的原文： 

Warning from the FBI:

The phone rings, you pick it up, and the caller identifies himself as an officer of the court. He says you failed to report for jury duty and that a warrant is out for your arrest.  You explain that you never received a jury duty notice. To clear it up, the caller says he’ll need some information for “verification purposes” – your birth date, social security number, and maybe even a credit card number.

THIS IS WHEN YOU SHOULD HANG UP THE PHONE.  IT’S A SCAM!

Jury duty scams have been around for years, but we have seen a resurgence in recent months. Communities in more than a dozen states have issued public warnings about cold calls from people claiming to be court officials seeking personal information. As a rule, court officers never ask for confidential information over the phone; they generally correspond with prospective jurors via mail.

The scam’s bold simplicity may be what makes it so effective. Facing the unexpected threat of arrest, victims are caught off guard and may be quick to part with some information to quickly diffuse the situation. “They get scared first,” says an FBI Special Agent in the Minneapolis field office who has heard the complaints. “They get people saying, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m not a criminal!  What’s going on?’” That’s when the scammer dangles a solution – a fine, payable by credit card that will clear up the problem.

With enough information, scammers can assume your identity and empty your bank accounts.

“It seems like a very simple scam,” the agent adds. The trick is putting people on the defensive, then reeling them back in with the promise of a clean slate. “It’s kind of ingenious. It’s social engineering.”

In recent months, communities in Florida, New York, Minnesota, Illinois, Colorado, Oregon, California, Virginia, Oklahoma, Arizona and New Hampshire reported scams or posted warnings or press releases on their local websites. The federal court system has issued a warning on the scam and urged people to call their local District Court office if they receive suspicious calls. The FBI also suggests that victims call their local FBI field office.

The jury scam is a simple variation of the identity-theft ploys that have proliferated in recent years as personal information and good credit have become thieves’ preferred prey, particularly on the Internet. Scammers might tap your information to make a purchase on your credit card, but could just as easily sell your information to the highest bidder on the Internet’s black market.

PROTECTING YOURSELF IS THE KEY: Never give out personal information when you receive an unsolicited phone call or email request.

For more information on scams, you can go to www.fbi.gov or www.snopes.com