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So I got this in my email. Seems like something to pass on. Plus I got nothin’ else today kids. Nada. So, enjoy the following P.S.A. from dp.com…
JURY DUTY SCAM:
This has been verified by the FBI and Snopes (their links are included below).
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 that summons for jury duty seriously a new and ominous kind of fraud has surfaced.
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. Give out any of this information and bingo; your identity was just stolen.
The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states, including New York, Oklahoma, Florida, Illinois, Texas and Colorado. This (swindle) is particularly insidious because they use intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving information by pretending they are with the court system. The FBI and the Federal Court System have issued nationwide alerts on their web sites, warning consumers about the fraud.
Snopes site: says this is real fraud.
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp
FBI site: warns about the fraud.
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm
So there you go. Love you. Kisses. Mean it.
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Okay. I am home now. That was excruciating.
Excruciating might be harsh. It was not exactly as bad as the last time as far as the harassment thing. For some reason the friends and family couldn’t be bothered to wake up early for the trial, so they weren’t there yet. I was disappointed actually because I insisted that we not be left in the hallway to be harassed, and they gave us a police officer (detective?)! Anyway, the prosecutor for the DA this time was an adorable blonde woman that reminded me a lot of one of the best bosses I have ever had. I immediately respected her. She was a lot more calm too, and thorough. I think I remembered much more. That was the hard part. Here I am with this traumatic event that I lived through in the front of my mind and then I am immediately cross examined. Okay those cross-examinations are a fucking bitch. They are kinda mean, and condescending to you. Jerks. So I was on the stand forever. Like f.o.r.e.v.e.r…. I thought I was done, but they threw me back and forth like a tennis ball in there. Redirect, redirect! Gah! Thank gawd for the jury, well the one jury lady. She was on the end so maybe she was Juror #1? She seemed sympathetic, so I found myself looking at her a lot. Especially as the defendant’s family trickled in. Why are they allowed to come in all late like that? What the hell?
Anyway. I am almost done for now. I was released, but am subject to recall.
After all of that I had my trolley ride to get home. As we were on the way there was a young man that started harassing and threatening the passengers in the car. Then he tried to talk to me about the bible, and threatened me when I refused to talk to him. He actually got all crazy agitated… scary! He somehow saw my phone and thought I was calling the police so he switched cars at the next stop. Nice way to end my morning, eh? Now I need a nap.
