http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp

The lesson, as always: Don't give out personal information to people who call you. Still, this one seems a little sneakier than most since it uses the stick (we are coming to arrest you) rather than the carrot (you just won $100,000, but we need to verify your identity to claim it).

I also doubt that if the police wanted to arrest you, they'd tip you off by phoning you to tell you they were coming...

Unless we're talking about the Phone Cops. They play hardball!

Unless we're talking about the Phone Cops. They play hardball!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e9/WKRP_Jennifer_and_Johnny.jpg/250px-WKRP_Jennifer_and_Johnny.jpg

Johnny, hearing all the sirens: It's the phone company. They know what I did here today.
Venus: What are you talking about?
Johnny: They're coming to get me, man!
Venus: That's paranoia, man!
Johnny: Wake up, sucker, this is the phone company we're talking about! They see everything, they know everything, they got their own covert police force! I'm probably wired for sound right now! I gotta get out of here!
Venus: Johnny!
Johnny: Don't use my name!!