A scam that almost got me: "Notice to appear in court."

[Mr Mannn]

This is a scam that hitting emails everywhere.
The title sound ominous: Notice to appear in court.
Inside that is an attachment to download and a simple note like if you fail to appear, the may decide the case without you.
clerk of court Ruby Mason.

BUT. There is no .gov return address. No identification of where the court is, no address or phone numbers.
*** basically it wants to scare you into downloading malware.

If you get this, no matter how tempting it might be, don't open the attachment.
A real court doesn't use emails in this way.

Just a helpful warning from your friendly neighborhood Spiderman.

[JohnnyReb]

There is a similar phone scam going around. The local sheriff had a piece in the local paper about that last week. They call and say they're going to arrested you for failure to appear but if you send in "X" amount for the fine you can avoid arrest and the hassle. They want your credit card number, money order or check and the address is anywhere but a local government office.

[BlueStateSaint]

This is a scam that hitting emails everywhere.
The title sound ominous: Notice to appear in court.
Inside that is an attachment to download and a simple note like if you fail to appear, the may decide the case without you.
clerk of court Ruby Mason.

BUT. There is no .gov return address. No identification of where the court is, no address or phone numbers.
*** basically it wants to scare you into downloading malware.

If you get this, no matter how tempting it might be, don't open the attachment.
A real court doesn't use emails in this way.

Just a helpful warning from your friendly neighborhood Spiderman.

I've received that scam email for about three months now.  For one, it goes to my Spam file; and I don't open anything in said file, just delete it.

Another one that's been showing up lately (again, in my 'Spam' file) is supposedly from EZPass for 'non-payment for driving on a toll road.'  They get deleted.  It's easy to figure out--check the email address that it was sent from.

[Mr Mannn]

yes all the variations share something in common: the victim is intimidated into opening the attachment.

[DefiantSix]

  It's easy to figure out--check the email address that it was sent from.

Yup. If it doesn't come from a .gov email extension, it ain't real. (.org and .net are not acceptable substitutes, either.)

I'm also pretty sure that e-mail notices are inadmissible as proof of service, just about anywhere.  Government offices just about HAVE to send that kind of stuff via Snail Mail.  Heck, even businesses - like utilities (::cough:: Detroit Water Department ::cough:: ) - have to go back to Snail Mail when recalcitrant DUmbshits refuse to pay their bills via the modern, convenient means.

[obumazombie]

This is a scam that hitting emails everywhere.
The title sound ominous: Notice to appear in court.
Inside that is an attachment to download and a simple note like if you fail to appear, the may decide the case without you.
clerk of court Ruby Mason.

BUT. There is no .gov return address. No identification of where the court is, no address or phone numbers.
*** basically it wants to scare you into downloading malware.

If you get this, no matter how tempting it might be, don't open the attachment.
A real court doesn't use emails in this way.

Just a helpful warning from your friendly neighborhood Spiderman.

This has been a public service announcement from your mild MANNered staycationer !

[vesta111]

Those of us that still use land lines or cable bundles still get the phone calls and some are really brilliant.

Got a call the other day from some company with an American speaker that told me they by random dialing got my phone number--Truth--. 

They wanted to send me a package of trial products from manufactures --Truth.

Then they went into a song and dance about a $100.00 gift card to Sears and a $80.00 card to any eating place or Sears in the area that honored the card.

I was sent to the shipping center to be told my mailing costs would be only $60.00. -------------I hung up.

 What a bug a boo, the package I found out from a friend that fell into the trap had perhaps 1 pound of give away samples.  The Sears that honored the gift cards was just in one small town in the mid west and the dinning card was for some town on the West coast.  What you are not told is the gift cards are not for your area but from where the call originates from.