It's the obligation of every citizen -- jury duty.
It's the latest scam sweeping the nation -- the FBI says the jury duty scam is now here.
"Playing on people's good intention on complying with grand jury," said FBI Supervisory Special Agent Austin Berglas.
Here's how it works: You get a phone call or an e-mail from a person claiming to be a government official, a police officer, an FBI agent, an officer of the court. They say there is a warrant out for your arrest because you failed to show up for jury duty. For "verification" purposes they start to ask about your personal information.
"Social security numbers, address … you name it, that's the prize," Berglas said.
At this point you never remember receiving a notice but now, it's too late said Berglas.
"The end result is they want to take money out of your personal account," Berglas said.
The scam is so widespread many people are posting warnings about it on YouTube.
"They know people want to do the right thing so when they see an e-mail reportedly from the FBI they believe that people will click on that link and then they can install malware on the computer," Berglas said.
That's a computer virus that will give the bad guys access to all your personal information, including your checking and savings accounts if you bank online.
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