OT---Guess the judge will rule without me!!

Jiles

Well-known Member
I have received several email spam requests for me to click on a link. It is supposed to be information about a lawsuit and if I don't respond, the judge will hear the case without my presence.
Needless to say,[b:a8432acb8a] I do not fall for this ridiculous request[/b:a8432acb8a]. Like how does the court system know my email address?
What is the purpose of such email---what would happen if I did click on link---and I HAVE NO intentions of doing so? I just wonder how many people do fall for this??
 
I don't know how a judge can rule on your case
unless you've been served and I don't think that
can be done via e-mail.
 
(quoted from post at 22:14:07 08/18/14) Don't click, you could be downloading malware or virus.

I have [b:ae00777e4c]NO INTENTIONS[/b:ae00777e4c] of clicking on a link!!
I don't click on links associated with ANY email, unless I am positive about the source.
 
As others have said: don't open the link, delete the email.

In Outlook Express you can right click the email and then click PROPERTIES at the bottom of the box that pops up. Then you can see the mailing address where the email was sent from. Sometimes it turns out to be a stranger at some .edu, so I delete it.

I have one niece who must have a bad virus on her computer. Almost every time I get a message from her with an attachment, it turns out to be from a stranger. Anymore I check the mailing address of every email with an attachment before I consider opening it. Once in a while I will send a quick email or text to ask someone to verify that they did sent me an attachment before I will open it.
 
Appears to be pure scam.

I even haven't responded to some legitimate emails from my company because I didn't recognize the sender.

When they finally contacted me by other means, I told them to put something in the subject line on emails that identified them as being with the company.
 
Actually... from time to time I see notices in the paper giving public notice to so and so because they have been unable to present service to them in person either because they don't know where they are or avoid the process server... so public notice is deemed by the court to suffice as service... and the court WILL proceed in absentia... so it is possible.

No doubt the OP is just dealing with span tho...

Rod
 
(quoted from post at 18:48:04 08/18/14) ........Sometimes it turns out to be a stranger at some .edu, so I delete it.
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Those don't actually come from the email sender at the .edu. When I was the IT Mgr at a company we got hit with about 800,000 SPAM emails over a weekend that were using our servers as an intermediary stop. By the time I came in Monday AM, our company was virtually at a standstill, email-wise. Many of the "sender" addresses were at school districts around the country. Those email addresses are extremely easy to get, just go to any school district website and you'll see them published for all to see. The spammers "mine" the .edu sites for valid email addresses, then "spoof" the sender field with them. They find companies with "holes" in their IT security, then exploit them. It took roughly 2 solid days to purge all the SPAM traffic off our servers after we plugged the hole the Monday after the attack.
 

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