Deschutes County scam alert: Fake court ‘summons’

Deschutes County is warning that some residents report receiving emails which include a claim that the recipient is to appear in court.

The emails include an attachment, purported to be a court notice.

These emails are a scam, they said, so please disregard and delete the email — and do not open the attachment.

Experts recommend that if you have opened this or other scam email, you should immediately run virus security software.

One of the emails received by a Deschutes County resident was in substantially the following form:

“From: mail118@accidentlawyers505.com
To: _______@_______.com
Subject: Notice of appearance
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014

Notice to Appear,

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

Truly yours,
Clerk to the Court,
Patricia Tailor”