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    An email arrived in my junk folder today. It looks suspicious, but is also causing me some concern.

    The sender is L.McNamara, and when I hover my mouse over the name, the sender address is @scotcourts.gov.uk.

    The Subject Title is 'Notice to appear in court' followed by a reference number.
    The text of the email reads

    Notice to Appear,

    Hereby you are notified that you have been scheduled to appear for your hearing that will take place in the court of
    London in March 15, 2014 at 10:00 am.

    Please bring all documents and witnesses relating to this case with you to Court on your hearing date.

    The copy of the court notice is attached to this letter.
    Please, read it thoroughly.

    Note: If you do not attend the hearing the judge may hear the case in your absence.

    Yours truly,
    L.McNamara
    Clerk to the Court.

    Points which seem suspicious:
    Notice supposedly issued by Scotcourts, but the hearing is to be in the court of London, which is not very specific.
    Hearing date is 15 March, which is a Saturday. I didn't think that the courts sat on weekends?
    Grammar and punctuation.

    There is a zip file attached, which I am loath to open for obvious reasons, and I don't have a current Winzip subscription anyway.

    I live in England. I have debts with Mint (RBS) and Bank of Scotland. The latter has previously admitted to not having the original agreement and so is prevented from enforcement, and have not contacted me for months. The former is still in default of my CCA request, having recently once again stated that they require my signature and confirmation of my current address. My response was a slightly tweaked Niddy special telling them to stop playing silly buggers. There has been nothing resembling a LBA from either.

    All of this makes me think that the email is dodgy, but I shall be very grateful for informed opinions on this.
    Many thanks.

  • #2
    Re: Notice to Appear in Court

    After a quick search ----> http://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/ar...-virus-emails/



    Here---> http://techhelplist.com/index.php/sp...rus-not-asprox
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    • #3
      Re: Notice to Appear in Court

      Don't open it. The court will NEVER issue any summons to appear / subpoena via email. Hit delete.
      I'm the forum administrator and I look after the theme & features, our volunteers & users and also look after any complaints or Data Protection queries that pass through the forum or main website. I am extremely busy so if you do contact me or need a reply to a forum post then use the email or PM features offered because I do miss things and get tied up for days at a time!

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      • #4
        Re: Notice to Appear in Court

        Many thanks Deepie, that's it exactly.

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        • #5
          Re: Notice to Appear in Court

          Originally posted by Never-In-Doubt View Post
          Don't open it. The court will NEVER issue any summons to appear / subpoena via email. Hit delete.
          Thanks Niddy - will delete immediately.

          Thank you both for your swift responses.

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          • #6
            Re: Notice to Appear in Court

            I got 2 of these this morning too... Trojan.

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            • #7
              Re: Notice to Appear in Court

              You should have forwarded it to the Ministry of Injustice and to the Scottish Courts Service.

              Even if they cannot track down whence it originated, it might bugger up their systems.

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              • #8
                Re: Notice to Appear in Court

                Lol, if I get one I know where I'll forward it! A few creditors deserve to have this.

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                • #9
                  Re: Notice to Appear in Court

                  I've since had another dodgy email 'Unpaid Fines' from Pierre Mcelroy. This one was more obvious as the sender address was dressbhn432@ rotherm.com
                  Apart from that, I don't have any unpaid fines.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Notice to Appear in Court

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                    I'm the forum administrator and I look after the theme & features, our volunteers & users and also look after any complaints or Data Protection queries that pass through the forum or main website. I am extremely busy so if you do contact me or need a reply to a forum post then use the email or PM features offered because I do miss things and get tied up for days at a time!

                    If you spot any spammers, AE's, abusive or libellous posts or anything else that just doesn't feel right then please report them to me as soon as you spot them at: webmaster@all-about-debt.co.uk

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                    • #11
                      Re: Notice to Appear in Court

                      Send it to Wibble.

                      She might fall for it.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Notice to Appear in Court

                        the from email address has been spoofed. prob by using a free mail server and rewriting the message headers manually prior to sending. Very easy to do with php.

                        The only way you can track its source is via the i.p address of the originator, but its unlikely you would get any further than that, without a request to the ISP for information.
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