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Notice: E-mail Scam Reported

Posted: Thursday, January 8, 2015

The Minnesota Judicial Branch has learned of an e-mail scam where recipients are receiving a pretrial notice regarding a court complaint. The public should be aware that these e-mails are not coming from the Minnesota Judicial Branch or the Minnesota appellate courts, and they should not open these e-mail or respond. Official court communications regarding jury notices, warrants, notices to appear, and pretrial notices will only be sent by phone, U.S. mail, or to registered users of EFS.

Examples of the messages are included below:

From: "Bryan Cave" <support@napshappen.com>
Date: Jan 8, 2015 11:29 AM
Subject: Court notification
Pretrial notice Hereby we inform that you are obliged to come as a defendant to Minnesota Court of Appeals on February 15th, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. for the hearing of your case of illegal software use.
If necessary you have a right to obtain a lawyer for your protection. You are kindly asked to have an identity document with you. Personal appearance is compulsory.
Please find the plaint note with more detailed case information on our site and study it thoroughly.
Court clerk,
Daniel Parsons

From Bingham McCutchen, LLP (support@uag.edu)
Warrant to appear. Please be informed that you are expected in the Minnesota Court of Appeals on February 2nd, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. where the hearing of your case of illegal software use will take place. You may obtain protection of a lawyer, if necessary. Please bring your identity documents to the Court on the named day. Attendance is compulsory. The detailed plaint note is attached to this letter, please download and read it thoroughly.
Clerk of court,
Ethan Wheeler