Feb 25, 2015
I believe this is a part of the "subpoena scam" that has been making the rounds, wherein the caller tries to scare the mark into believing they are in legal trouble but can avoid trouble by payment of a fine, the payment of which of course can only be accomplished by obtaining your credit card information . We received a phone call at our company regarding service on a former employee. The lady on the other end of the line could not even speak intelligently about the legal process of service, could not explain to me whether the subpoena to the former employee was in his individual capacity or in his official capacity as a former employee, nor would she give me the case caption to which this matter supposedly pertained (which is public record). When she got frustrated with my questions, she quickly stated something about filing for evading service and hung up on me. Don't be frightened by this scam and don't let them lead you to believe they are representing the court system in any way.