COLUMBIA — A consumer alert was sent out Friday morning from the office of Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon concerning scam telephone calls resulting in identity theft. Consumers have recently been receiving calls from individuals posing as federal or state court employees threatening arrest for failure to show up for jury duty.
Jury duty scam leads to identity theft
Friday, September 28, 2007 | 3:25 p.m. CDT;
updated 2:11 p.m. CDT, Sunday, July 20, 2008
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