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MistressDarkArt -> Eviction Scam (1/30/2014 2:28:58 PM)
I received this in my off-site email: Eviction notice, Hereby you are notified that you have to move to another location from the currently occupied premises within the next three weeks. Please find the lawsuit details attached to this letter. If you do not move within this period of time, we will have no other alternative than to have you physically removed from the property per order of the Judge. If we can be of any assistance to you during your relocation, please feel free to contact us any time. Court representative, Grace Tailor There was an attachment which was blocked by my email service, so I don't know (or want to know) what it contained. I own my house free and clear, so obviously this is not a legitimate correspondence. What please, would be the purpose of this of this scam? It contains no 'evictee' names/addresses or official company designation, just some made-up generic 'court representative' name (no court designation, either). Who would be misguided enough to fall for this?

DaddySatyr -> RE: Eviction Scam (1/30/2014 3:12:19 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MistressDarkArt Who would be misguided enough to fall for this? You mean I *can* go back home? I'll have to break mom and dad's heart (and lug my stuff out of the basement, again)

DesFIP -> RE: Eviction Scam (1/30/2014 3:15:01 PM)
Presumably if you contacted the 'court representative' you would be told that if you paid a certain sum, the eviction would be declared null and void.

FelineRanger -> RE: Eviction Scam (1/30/2014 3:51:36 PM)
It's pure, unadulterated bullshit. In order for an eviction to be legal, your landlord would have to file in landlord/tenant court and you would have received a hearing date before this. If the judge decided in the landlord's favor, you would have received written notice within 10 days after the decision. Finally, assuming you were still there, somewhere between 3 to 6 months, the sheriff's department would pin a notice on the door and authorize the landlord to change the licks. Even then, you'd still have 30 days to collect your property. There is no email communication at all in the entire process. Can you tell I've worked in apartment maintenance and been involved in a few of these?

shiftyw -> RE: Eviction Scam (1/30/2014 4:00:22 PM)
We get these at the family business ALL. THE. TIME. And "court dates" in towns like Chicago or LA. Either the attachment (which your computer blocked) contains a virus, or if you contact the representative (because you can't open the attachment, I think this is more what they are going for)- they will suck you in to pay a large sum of money. I know lots of people who fall for this bullshit.

LookieNoNookie -> RE: Eviction Scam (1/30/2014 4:49:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MistressDarkArt I received this in my off-site email: Eviction notice, Hereby you are notified that you have to move to another location from the currently occupied premises within the next three weeks. Please find the lawsuit details attached to this letter. If you do not move within this period of time, we will have no other alternative than to have you physically removed from the property per order of the Judge. If we can be of any assistance to you during your relocation, please feel free to contact us any time. Court representative, Grace Tailor There was an attachment which was blocked by my email service, so I don't know (or want to know) what it contained. I own my house free and clear, so obviously this is not a legitimate correspondence. What please, would be the purpose of this of this scam? It contains no 'evictee' names/addresses or official company designation, just some made-up generic 'court representative' name (no court designation, either). Who would be misguided enough to fall for this? I never cared for Grace.

angelikaJ -> RE: Eviction Scam (1/30/2014 5:09:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LookieNoNookie quote: ORIGINAL: MistressDarkArt I received this in my off-site email: Eviction notice, Hereby you are notified that you have to move to another location from the currently occupied premises within the next three weeks. Please find the lawsuit details attached to this letter. If you do not move within this period of time, we will have no other alternative than to have you physically removed from the property per order of the Judge. If we can be of any assistance to you during your relocation, please feel free to contact us any time. Court representative, Grace Tailor There was an attachment which was blocked by my email service, so I don't know (or want to know) what it contained. I own my house free and clear, so obviously this is not a legitimate correspondence. What please, would be the purpose of this of this scam? It contains no 'evictee' names/addresses or official company designation, just some made-up generic 'court representative' name (no court designation, either). Who would be misguided enough to fall for this? I never cared for Grace. Yeah, I don't like her either.

MistressDarkArt -> RE: Eviction Scam (1/30/2014 5:47:49 PM)
Thank you everyone. The lengths people will go to scam is reprehensible...[&:]

VideoAdminChi -> RE: Eviction Scam (1/30/2014 6:45:30 PM)
The attachment probably contains malware.

LookieNoNookie -> RE: Eviction Scam (1/30/2014 7:37:38 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: VideoAdminChi The attachment probably contains malware. Or (don't quote me on this), 16 Persian cats left on the surface of the moon in 1969.

dcnovice -> RE: Eviction Scam (1/30/2014 7:46:26 PM)
FR You could write back and tell amazing Grace that you'll have the money once your Nigerian legacy comes through.

DarkSteven -> RE: Eviction Scam (1/30/2014 9:35:24 PM)
Unless the notice was nailed to your door, it's not valid.

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