Scam Artist

A friend of mine just sent me a message regarding scam artist calling people and telling them that they have a bench arrant out on the for failure to appear for jury duty. The person then, of course, denies ever getting a summons for jury duty. The scammer then asks for the person's social security number and date of birth to verify that he was sent the summons. The scammer then uses this information to steal the person's identity. Normally, I would wonder who would fall for this? But I've seen too many news stories about scam artist scamming old people or people who don't really think that someone wold do something this devious to them. It's a sad world we live in where you have to be wary of everything for fear of someone being out to harm you. It seems the more we do to try and protect ourselves from scammers, the more sophisticated their scams become. These are obviously intelligent people, how else would they come up with scams that rip people off for millions? So why don't this people do something worthwhile with their life's instead of hurting innocent people? We have a tendency to look at these people like they are different from the average guy who pulls a stick up, but they aren't. They are just as bad and sometimes wore than the guy who tries to steal your purse. People who perform sophisticated scams are out to hurt as many people as possible with no thought to the harm they are causing. They are selfish and there is no redeeming quality for their behavior, unlike the guy who may have stolen your purse because he was hungry and saw no other way. Both criminals are wrong, but at least one may have a understandable reason for his actions. I have no pity or empathy for anyone who would milk old people and poor people out of the little money they possess. That, to me, is just evil. However, I do believe in karma and I hope that people who pull scams like this get what's coming to them a thousand times over.